Another dose of late-season rain on the horizon for California

Showery weather will return to portions of California at the end of the week as yet another late-season storm rolls ashore.

April is typically a month that turns drier across the state as the frequency of storms lessens, but that has not been the case thus far this month.

Downtown Los Angeles has received 3.02 inches of rainfall as of April 16. This is 3.3 times their normal precipitation for the entire month of 0.91 of an inch. If the city's rainfall were to climb above 3.77 inches by the end of the month, April 2020 would become the fifth wettest April on record.

In San Diego, rainfall is nearing five times their monthly average of 0.78 of an inch. This April is already the city's third wettest on record, only trailing behind 1988 and 1926 when 3.71 and 5.37 inches fell, respectively.

These cities may get no more than a sprinkle or two with the next storm, with areas farther north, such as Fresno, likely to receive more rainfall.

This storm will swing onto the Southern California coast through Friday, generating rain and snow showers across central and southern portions of the state.

"While the bulk of the precipitation will occur at higher elevations, some showers should make their way into coastal and valley areas Friday and Friday night," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski said.

Rainfall amounts will generally be light, ranging from 0.10 of an inch across the San Joaquin Valley to 0.25-0.75 of an inch in the Sierra Nevada.

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Such amounts will not make a noticeable impact on the abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions ongoing across portions of the state. Still, any rainfall this late in the spring is welcome heading into the dry season.

A few of the showers can be slow-moving and create ponding of water on the roadways, including a portion of Interstate 5. Essential workers and truck drivers should exercise caution.

Up to a few inches of snow can fall over the mountains, generally above 8,000 feet.

Stray rain and snow showers may linger across the Sierra on Saturday, before drier weather resumes on Sunday.

AccuWeather meteorologists will be monitoring a second storm to move in from the Pacific next Monday and Tuesday which can return showers to the Golden State.

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