Hey, winter, like storm, brings rain,
hail and several inches of fresh
snow to our local mountains.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the four.
I'm Heather Myers. I'm Marcella
Lee in today for Carlo Cecchetto.
This storm started last night and has
really packed a punch all over the county.
CSA Shannon Handy has been up
in our local mountains all day.
There she is joining us live from Pine
Valley with the latest on conditions there.
Shannon, it sure looks pretty and you
have those cute kids throwing snowballs,
but you wouldn't probably want
to drive in it.
No, it was a little bit treacherous,
but as you mentioned,
it is beautiful out here,
Marcella and Heather,
this is just a small sampling of what
our local mountains look like today.
As you mentioned, we're in Pine Valley,
which saw good dusting enough
for these kids to throw some
snowballs and have some fun.
But higher up in Mount Laguna,
that's where we saw snow falling all day
and people taking full advantage of it.
This was the scene along Sunrise Highway.
We saw some family sledding,
throwing snowballs and building snowmen.
Now it wasn't that crowded,
so there was plenty of
parking and space for people,
but chains were required.
We did, however,
see some people make the drive without them,
which is not a good idea because the higher
up you are the more treacherous the roadways.
For those who made it to the snow today,
they say this is what makes San Diego.
So unique.
I mean, it's great.
Our daughter got out of
school right around 11:12,
so we were able to jet up here.
The little one took a nap in
the car and it was just perfect.
I mean, where else can you get the
beach and the snow within an hour?
And back out here,
live in Pine Valley again.
You see these kids here
behind me throwing snowballs.
Don't throw them at me. OK guys, having
fun with the snow.
Now, if you do plan to come
to the mountains this week,
keep in mind there is a construction
project underway on the AE,
so that may delay you, but also you're
going to need a permit to go sledding.
And you can find those online and you
can pretty much find them at any local
business up here in the mountains.
And finally, of course,
make sure whatever you bring with you,
you bring back. Don't leave any trash.
And of course Dr carefully.
Ohh Shannon. Yes, the mom.
And you came out there.
I thought for sure you were
gonna be a target of one
of those snowballs there.
By the way, what about the schools?
Are they? Yes.
Are they closed or how
are they being impacted?
Yeah, so according to the San
Diego County of Office of San
Diego County Office of Education,
there were some school
districts closed today.
I have this list here,
Julian Union Elementary,
Julian Union High School,
Spencer Valley and Warner unified.
They were closed today because of
those icy conditions and this snow.
But at this point they have not
announced if the snow school closures
will continue into tomorrow.
They say to check their Twitter for updates
and I keep checking throughout the day,
but so far no update on tomorrow.
But I'm sure they'll send a
note out to those parents.
To let them know in the meantime
they're being maybe I'll
just go have a snowball,
OK? You could throw it at me now, OK.
I gave him a shot. I gave him a show.
No, now they're coming. OK, let's see.
Alright, alright, let's see.
How's your aim? He's getting closer.
Yes. No, no, no, you can't do that.
Ohh, you brought this on yourself.
My goodness. No. We better.
All in good fun, guys.
All a good mercy.
Yeah, I got to make a snowball.
I got to get these kids back.
Is on below that,
below the shoulder.
She's brave.
They could look like he had another.
Never tell a kid to go ahead.
No. Yeah, no. I'm fair game now.
No, the winter storm did bring some
heavy downpours to parts of East County.
Today, CBS 8 Kelly Hesjedal
joins us live now from along
Interstate 8 near La Mesa.
With how things look out there right now,
Kelly. Oh, you've got your umbrella
up. So this evening, it's raining out there.
Yeah, you know, it's been
raining on and off all day long,
and it actually just started raining
a couple of minutes ago. But yeah,
here's the 8 freeway here behind me.
You can see rush hour just got underway.
Things moving along just fine right now,
but it was certainly a much different
picture out here this morning.
So we have some video from the 94 as
we were heading out to East County.
And you could really feel those spots on
the freeway where there was cooling water.
It was a little slippery.
We saw that heaviest downpour
around 8:30 this morning.
Then there was a bit of a
break right around noon.
And then 1:00 PM,
the Clouds opened up and the
rain came pouring down again.
So here's what it looked like
along Main St in El Cajon.
We spotted plenty of umbrellas
out there as some people headed
out prepared for this weather now,
but others did not.
We saw a man using his car shade
as an umbrella to keep himself
dry as he headed inside a bank,
as the rain made everyday tasks
like loading groceries into
your car a little bit harder.
But people we talked to did
not mind the rain at all.
Just love this weather.
I love that it's cold.
I love that I get to wear
my sweater in my boots.
I think we need it. It's great.
And I, even though I don't love it,
we should have it more and more and
more and more and all the time.
It's good for us. Yeah.
So even if it's a hassle,
we should be quiet.
And other people I talked to today
said they just wanted to get their
errands finished early so they
could go home and stay there.
They could get warm,
snuggle up, that kind of thing.
But if you are heading out tonight,
certainly be patient,
give yourself extra time and you know
and be patient with other drivers.
Heather and Marcella,
it's been a while since our
roads have been that slit.
Kelly, were there any major crashes today?
Well, it did sound like the CHP was dealing
with a couple of serious accidents,
one in the Oceanside area
and the other in San Marcos.
But I did see a lot of Fender
benders pop up today.
The CHP certainly been very busy.
So just a reminder just to
be careful out there.
All right, good advice, Kelly.
Hospital reporting live from
East County. Kelly, thanks.
As clouds are still
hanging around San Diego,
but how much more rain could we get?
Meteorologist Sean Stiles,
he's been busy today.
He's in for Carlene and has
more on what we can expect next.
Sean was. Radar show.
I tell you what, Marcella, good, you asked.
I actually have that up.
But what I want to talk about is how cold
it is going to get here in San Diego.
If you've got sensitive tropical pants,
bring them inside if you can.
If not, put a cloth over them.
Don't put plastic,
because that frost will get right
on through into the plant itself.
Now, we do have a winter storm
warning out for San Diego in the
mountains until 10:00 PM tonight.
We also have that frost advisory
until 9:00 AM tomorrow morning.
Now, literally moments ago,
this small craft advisory and beach
hazard statement came down at 4:00 PM,
but I wanted to put it up because magically
at 4:00 PM everything didn't go calm.
It's still pretty wild and woolly out there.
So if you're heading to the
coastline just to check things out,
don't get out on open rocks,
and if you're a boater,
just stay in port today.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Marcella, there's your Doppler radar,
and you can see the snow falling right
around Pine Valley where Shannon was,
and we're still seeing scattered showers.
In and around where Kelly was.
So definitely some precipitation.
And look at these rainfall
totals from this storm.
Many locations well over an inch and in
the mountains anywhere from 4 to 6 inches.
Pick your favorite spot.
It fell all the way to guard Tai Guata,
you say?
Where the heck is that?
We'll find out in the second-half hour,
I'll tell you about that.
And in the next three days,
take a look at these temperatures,
42 year overnight low on Wednesday
and for you folks in the inland areas,
36 degrees.
It's gonna get cold overnight.