The winter storm brings more
scattered showers, wind and even
heavier snowfall to our mountains.
Good evening,
I'm Jesse Pagan in from Marcella Lee.
Tonight I'm Carla Chichetto,
a very rare Blizzard.
Warnings in effect just to our north and
the East County Mountains could still
get several feet of snow closer to the coast.
A storm watch, excuse me,
a flood watch is in effect tonight.
We have team coverage.
Meteorologist Sean Stiles here with a
look at what's happening right now.
Brian White is live.
In North county.
But first, let's check in with CSH.
Regina Urita live in Juliet,
where we've seen a lot of
snow and it's not over yet.
Regina.
Jesse, Carlo, good evening.
I have to tell you, I envy where you
guys are sitting right now because it's
coming down pretty hard at the moment.
I mean, we have been seeing this at
different times throughout the day and
it's just bringing heavy snow to Julian.
A lot of people are saying
this is unbelievable.
They haven't seen it this
bad within the last 15 years.
That's why we're actually seeing some
businesses already closed down because
they're preparing for what could be an
even heavier snowfall throughout the weekend.
Now I want to show you.
Guys, actually footage of earlier today.
What you're gonna look at
right now is a a parking lot.
This is covered in powder.
It was pretty much just covered in snow.
It's located near Main Street.
Every inch of that parking lot
is buried underneath that snow.
Families actually stopped to take pictures,
many taking advantage of the snow.
I actually caught up with the City Heights
resident who made the drive to Julian.
She was with her furry friend earlier today.
Her two year old Husky was turning.
Two, and decided to take her
to the snow for the first time.
Take a listen.
She loves it a lot. She's excited.
She wants to run around in the snow.
It's her first time. I told her I
was gonna take her to the snow.
Yeah. So we were on top,
like she would pull us in the sled.
I love it. What's her
name? Cielo. Cielo. Like sky.
Yeah, because her eyes are blue.
White, yellow. Hi. Are you loving the snow?
Thank you.
Again, it's it's pretty crazy out here.
I'm going to send it back here live.
It's pouring pretty heavy,
a lot of heavy snowfall while we're
dealing with this kind of snow.
I noticed that in other
areas of San Diego, well,
they're dealing with widespread rain.
Actually, our CBS 8, Brian White,
has been covering the North county.
He's in Escondido right now.
Brian, how is it going out there?
How are you doing?
Regina, it's a little warmer over here.
So we're doing a little better than you are,
but we appreciate you being out
there and bringing us that report
on the snow out there. And Julian,
it's lightly sprinkling right now,
but a few hours ago is actually coming
down pretty hard here in Escondido.
And I got completely drenched.
That's kind of how it's been
throughout the county, off and on,
scattered showers across the county.
Pretty intense downpour, definitely
coming down cats and dogs. Plenty
of rain fell hard at times here in
Escondido, making for wet roads
and tough driving conditions.
The drivers are kind of sketchy.
Most people don't know they're
doing driving too fast,
but if you go slow, it's fine. It's
been very windy and rainy.
Sarah Muraskin just moved to Escondido.
She took a walk on her lunch break.
I walked in the rain for 10-15 minutes.
You didn't want an umbrella or
something. Ohh, I'd like to ride.
Wet driving conditions on the I-5
freeway with several car accidents
throughout the day, including an
overturned semi north of Oceanside.
It had been removed by the time I arrived,
but you can see the center guardrail
and fencing were completely destroyed as
Caltrans workers cleaned up the debris.
In Oceanside, plenty of rain soaked
the ground as storm clouds moved in.
It's blustery. There have been
some squalls that have come in,
people bundled up for the windy weather
and tried staying dry with umbrellas.
Wet and rainy. It's gorgeous.
It's interesting.
The waves are wonderful.
You look like you're nice and
prepared with an umbrella.
Oh yes. I mean, I pretty
much always have it on me.
Just in case you never know
when the weather is going
to turn on you, Danielle Marhefka
is visiting from Colorado.
She brings some nice perspective to
this stormy weather. We're having.
My mom called me last week
and said it was -, 12.
So even with the rain,
I'd much prefer to be here.
Meanwhile, back in Escondido,
Kyle Neal isn't phased by the rain. This
is nothing for us. Ohh right, but we're
gonna go up to the snow. Where Julian?
And there you have it. Mr.
Kyle O'Neil from Escondido headed
up to Julian to see the snow.
He's taking the family up there.
But it is fair to say that the driving
conditions are extremely dangerous,
very, very treacherous,
even with snow chains on.
So if you're thinking about heading up there,
it's something to consider.
For now, we will toss it
over to CBS's meteorologist,
Sean Stiles in the studio. Sean.
Well, Brian, you try to get in
and out of that rain and Regina,
hopefully they've got some warmers in the.
Work for you there.
We're talking about some major weather
moving into Southern California, Maine.
Take a look what the National
Weather Services issued.
We've got a winter storm warning
for the mountains. No kidding.
We just saw Regina win from the coast
all the way into the mountains,
down into the desert.
Not at that level,
but still very gusty conditions.
And because the wind is coming off the ocean,
they've got a Gale warning in the
waters of Southern California.
Carlo mentioned this.
A Blizzard warning for the
San Bernardino saying.
Gabriel and Ventura, Santa Barbara.
Mountains.
This has not been issued since 1989.
This storm is tremendous and big.
Here's the unsettled air continuing
to move through the area.
The storm though to the north of
us up over Northern California and
Southern Oregon that will continue
to grind down the coastline.
And by this time tomorrow we'll be
such a weighted over point conception.
So we're talking about heavy rain
at times throughout the day into
the overnight hours lasting into
Saturday and then finally some break
in the action as we get into Sunday.
Morning,
but not before we've picked up at
least an inch plus along the coastline.
2 plus inches in the inland microclimates
and in the mountains down to 3000 feet.
The possibility of up to a
foot of Snow Carlo.
Thanks, Sean, and remember to keep
up with the latest forecast and
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