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Weather forecast below for the SoCal area the weekend following my 4WD and hike adventure that itself was plagued with road closures on both East and West entrances from CA Hwy 76 due to severe mudslides and dam break flooding. The only open road in the area was the fire road to the summit firetower on Palomar Mountain...a 14 mile one-way adventure at about 5 mph in 1st gear due to the condition of the rutted and washed out dirt base, and presence of boulders that had rolled across the road, even forcing me to get out twice and roll some out of the way for passage! Needless to say, another full day's adventure by the time I had nearly circumnavigated Temecula twice, failed to get to the Observatory, and completed the roundtrip to the firetower. Positive factors and some saving grace for the day involved great weather, a lack of solid snow and ice on the road for more than I have shown in the photos, and a section of the road in the middle that had a base coating of asphalt over the dirt.

THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START ABOVE 7000 FEET BUT WILL LOWER TO NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER TWO FEET AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BUT WIDESPREAD TOTALS SHOULD BE IN THE HALF TO ONE FOOT RANGE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS (i.e. Palomar) COULD EVENTUALLY GET UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW.

IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AS EXPECTED...IT WILL ONCE AGAIN POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS AND ON STEEP TERRAIN. SINCE RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO BE HIGH AT TIMES ON FRIDAY...THE DEBRIS FLOW THREAT WILL BE ENHANCED.

THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL RECHARGE OF SURFACE MOISTURE AND AQUIFERS BELOW RIVER BEDS FROM THE STORM LAST WEEKEND...SO MORE OF THE RAIN THIS STORM WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS... RIVERS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND DEBRIS FLOWS...SHORT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED...LOW LYING AREAS.