Southern California will see a mild weekend before three cold storm systems bring heavy rain and dropping snow levels starting on Monday.

A frigid storm will sweep across California, lowering snow levels and creating dangerous Sierra and mountain travel conditions. Tahoe and Big Bear travel could turn treacherous by Monday.

A strong storm system is set to hit Southern California starting Sunday, bringing potential thunderstorms, damaging winds and dangerous surf.

Southern California can expect another round of rain next week. A powerful, multi‑day storm pattern moves in late Sunday with heavy rainfall, mountain snow and a threat of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Meteorologists say California and much of the Western United States are about to trade a calm, warm stretch for a run of harsh mid-February storms. Forecasts call for systems strong enough to bring heavy rain,

The storm dumped more than an inch of rain in Ojai in Ventura County, nearly three-quarters of an inch in downtown Los Angeles and dropped rain at nearly .75 inches an hour in the Angeles National Forest,