LOS ANGELES — Another menacing storm front moved into Southern California early Thursday morning, bringing heavy rain, flash flood concerns, strong winds and dangerous surf as the region is still reeling from a moisture-rich atmospheric river that has pounded the entire state in recent days.
The cold front and heaviest rainfall moved through the Los Angeles area around midnight, dropping about 1 to 2 inches of rain at lower elevations and 2 to 5 inches of rain at higher elevations, meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Oxnard said.
Though the storm system passed hours earlier than expected, the region remained at risk of isolated thunderstorms, strong winds and flooding through Thursday because of a cold air mass that has moved into the area in the storm's wake, forecasters said. At least 1 to 2 inches of additional rainfall were expected.
