LOS ANGELES (AP) - Forecasters say a cold weather system could bring snow to extremely low elevations of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley.
The National Weather Service office for the Los Angeles region says some of the coldest air in many years will enter the region Thursday.
The system originated in Alberta, Canada, and its route to California has been over land so there’s been no opportunity for the relatively warm waters of the Pacific to modify the cold air mass.
Forecasters say precipitation will be variable, with showers, hail and dustings of snow as low as 1,500 feet (457 meters) in Southern California mountains and higher valleys.
Snow levels could fall below 1,000 feet (305 meters) in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, but with little to no accumulations.
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