Spring break snow bunnies reveled in a rare burst of Easter weekend powder, posting ecstatic reports from Southern California ski resorts while egg hunters stayed home in unusually humid weather in Los Angeles.
Mammoth and Big Bear resorts each saw several feet of new snow this weekend, while torrential rains and sporadic thunderstorms caused flooding across swaths of the South Coast, with more precipitation expected throughout the ‘State for the first weekend in April.
“It’s pretty rare,” said meteorologist Ariel Cohen of the National Weather Service.
Protective tarps in place Saturday attempt to thwart further movement of land under three homes in Dana Point after a landslide in early February.
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Parts of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties experienced severe flooding over the weekend, with more than 6 inches of rain in and around Montecito, and up to 4 inches in parts of southern Los Angeles. Angeles, beach towns and Long Beach, Cohen said.
A section of Malibu Canyon Road was closed following a rockslide Friday evening and is not expected to reopen until Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
Wet conditions also scrambled plans for thousands of Easter vacationers, canceling or postponing popular egg hunts in Pasadena, Santa Anita Park and Garden Grove.
While most saw blue skies on Sunday, the postponed events could rain again next weekend, meteorologists warn.
“Next weekend is going to be unstable,” Cohen said. “We cannot rule out some showers.”
Back-to-back similar storms are expected across the state.
“It’s a lot of weather on the weekend,” said Tony Fuentes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno.
Wet snow blanketed the Tahoe area this weekend, while showers and thunderstorms hit parts of the San Francisco Bay area, bringing up to 2 inches of rain to some areas, reports said. those responsible. More “unsettled” weather is expected again from Thursday.
“This is probably the most typical time of year that we have these types of showers, but it was certainly above normal,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
He predicted wet weather could ruin another spring weekend.
“Basically it’s just bad luck,” he said.
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