The same storm system that brought record-breaking rain and snowfall to San Diego over the weekend is circling back through our region Tuesday.
It'll be mostly cloudy and cool in San Diego County Tuesday with a slight chance of rain. Coast and inland valley regions will be cloudy, with a chance of patchy drizzle.
Some communities may experience showers with a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
βThe mountains and deserts have a 30 percent chance today of shower or pop-up thunderstorm,β NBC 7 Meteorologist Jodi Kodesh said.
The chance of rain returns Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
βTodayβs weather is actually the same storm that moved through the region last weekend,β Kodesh explained. βMonday, it dove down into Mexico, and today, it has moved back up into the states.β
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San Diego County experienced a good round of rain showers over the last 72 hours.
The rain totals shattered records.
- San Diego 0.79β (Old record 0.32β in 1971)
- Alpine 0.98β (Old record 0.31β in 2013)
- El Cajon 0.90β (Old record 0.23β in 2013)
- Vista 0.84β (Old record 0.40β in 2013)
- Chula Vista 0.84β (Old Record 0.34β in 2013)
- Escondido 0.83β (Old record 0.78β in 1912)
- Palomar Mountain 0.63β (Old record 0.62β in 1964)
- Campo 0.63β (Old record 0.22β in 1956)
All three days of rainfall combined, most areas in the county received over an inch of rain, while a few spots received over 2 inches.
More than 2 inches of rain fell in Mt. Woodson, Descanso, Alpine, Pine Hills and Fallbrook.
Mountain areas received 2 to 10 inches of new snow. Palomar Mountain received 10 inches of snow, breaking a previous snowfall record of 2.50β set in 1964.
While it is not uncommon for spring storms to roll through in May, Kodesh said the amount of rain and snow we received is rare.
βNormally, for the entire month of May, San Diego gets about 0.20β of rain. Lindbergh Field is already at 0.89β of rain, in just the first 9 days.β
There is a chance of showers in the forecast tonight, and Wednesday morning.