Scattered showers expected in L.A. through rest of Sunday

A weak storm brought scattered showers to Los Angeles County overnight, and the rain is expected to continue through Sunday evening.

Mountains areas got as much as 1.48 inches of rain, but rainfall was more modest elsewhere, with Pasadena reporting 0.29 inches and Burbank 0.24 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, Alhambra reported 0.11 inches, downtown L.A. 0.05 inches, and Santa Monica and Long Beach, just 0.01 inches.

The heaviest rain came between 2 and 6 a.m.

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Scattered showers were expected to continue through Sunday evening, including a slight chance of thunderstorms in the mountains and Antelope Valley through the evening. But the Monday morning commute will likely be dry.

Sunday’s storm was fueled by a low-pressure system moving south from the San Francisco Bay Area. The system is concentrated in San Luis Obispo County and is producing rain as it combines with energy and moisture coming in from the ocean, said David Sweet, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

L.A.’s increased humidity is resuls from warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures, which are in the 70s. “It feels more muggy than it typically would be for this type of storm,� Sweet said.

Weak storms in October are not unusual in Southern California, and could keep the fire danger down a bit for a few days in the wettest areas, Sweet said.

But the fire danger is still present in the northwestern part of the state. The National Weather Service office in Eureka warned of strong and gusty winds from the east and northeast and northwest California is under a red flag warning.

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