First Alert Weather Alert: Tracking gusty winds, mountain snow, and rain showers

We are currently under a First Alert Weather Alert as we track the impacts of this atmospheric river. Temperatures considerably cooler thanks to the cloud cover and winds have been mild throughout the morning. We only topped of at 74 today, which is just a couple degrees below seasonal.

Here's a look at your Thursday morning:

Biggest talker for us will be our increasingly gusty winds overnight and especially into our Thursday mid day. Winds will be the main proponent of the next 24 hours with several spots expected to see gusts upwards of 50mph.

A Wind Advisory is in place until 10am Friday for some of our neighboring outskirt communities--specifically Banning, the San Gorgonio Pass, Whitewater, Desert Hot Springs, Yucca Valley, and Twentynine Palms.

In terms of rain, this is frankly not the wettest system. Locally, rainfall totals are unlikely to exceed a tenth of an inch. There will be chances for some light rain chances overnight and throughout the day on Thursday.

However, this will be a good system for snowfall on the mountains. The snow level will fall from around 8,000' down to roughly 4,000 feet overnight. Several inches of snow are expected at/above this elevation.

We start to look drier and winds begin to calm down into our Friday, although don't be surprised if you see a few lingering breezes Friday morning.
Expect much cooler than usual temperatures for the rest of the workweek. Conditions will clear and warm starting Friday. Highs will peak on Sunday and Monday ahead of another round of wet weather next week.
Don't forget we Spring Forward on Sunday. Yes we lose an hour of sleep, but we gain an extra hour of daylight.