BY TUESDAY NIGHT, THE FRONTAL ZONE WOULD FINALLY MAKE IT INTO THE LOS ANGELES AREAS. THIS MAY HAVE A LOT OF POWER IF ALL GOES RIGHT FOR SOME HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA WITH THE STRONG 30 KNT SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS. THE FRONTAL ZONE WOULD SHOW IT'S TRUE SHAPE FINALLY AS IT MOVES JUST PAST THE LOS ANGELES AREA TO THE EAST AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE SAME DYNAMICS FROM TUESDAY EVENING IN VANDENBERG AND SANTA BARBARA MOVE IN. THE WAY TO TELL IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE ON TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE TO MONITOR THE VANDENBERG AREAS AS IT PASSES THEM TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL TELL THE TALE DOWNRANGE FOR THE LOS ANGELES AREAS, EASTWARD. A 1/4 - 1/2 OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN FRONTAL BURST FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE, AND ORANGE COUNTY / LOS ANGELES BASIN, ON DOWN TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS WOULD SEE MORE IN THE RANGE OF 1/2 - 1 OF RAIN.

BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT, THE FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA, LEAVING US WITH THE NORTHERN FLOW AND MOISTURE DYNAMICS TO WORK WITH. ONLY NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOUNTAIN SLOPES WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION AS I AM NOT EXPECTING ANY TO MOVE OVER AND SUSTAIN INTO THE SOUTHERN SLOPES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE LOWEST OVER THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING BAKERSFIELD WHERE 1,000 FOOT SNOW LEVELS HAVE BEEN CALCULATED. THIS ACTUALLY MEANS THAT THE TOWN OF TEHACHAPI SHOULD BE SEEING SNOW AT THIS TIME. CALCULATION ARE FOR JUST 1/2" OF SNOW SO NOT MUCH, AND WOULD ONLY QUALIFY AS A DUSTING IN A FORECAST. HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS OVER 7,000 FEET WOULD SEE NEAR 2" OF SNOW. REALLY NOT MUCH, BUT ENOUGH TO GET THAT GROUND WHITE. BECAUSE OF THE FLOW, AND MOISTURE IN THE AREA, BAKERSFIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE PRECIPIATION.