Lake Elsinore Rain Showers, Winter Storm Watch For RivCo Mountains

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — Say farewell to the Santa Ana winds and hello to colder, wet winter weather through early next week. Humidity returns to the region throughout Friday and Saturday when rain and mountain snow are expected.

The National Weather Service placed the mountain areas under Winter Storm Watches: The San Bernardino County Mountains from Saturday evening through Tuesday morning and the Riverside County Mountains from Sunday morning through Tuesday morning.

“A return of onshore flow will spread higher coastal humidity inland beginning later today through the weekend. Stronger onshore flow will bring stronger and gusty southwest-to-west winds for the mountains and deserts for Saturday afternoon through Saturday night with gusts to 45 to 55 mph and isolated gusts to 70 mph," the NWS said.

"Not much has changed with the timing and track of the closed low-pressure system from the north for the weekend into early next week. The center of that closed upper-level low-pressure system is expected to move to near Point Conception late in the day on Sunday, then move slowly eastward across southern California on Monday.

There will be increasing chances for showers on Saturday night into Sunday. The snow level will fall to around 4500 feet on Saturday night and around 5000 feet on Sunday.

In Lake Elsinore, your forecast for the next seven days is as follows:

Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Friday night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind.

Saturday
A slight chance of showers after 10am. Widespread haze before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night
Showers. Low around 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. High near 52. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Monday
Showers, mainly before 4pm. High near 55. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night
A chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Tuesday
A slight chance of showers after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 61.

Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.