Grapevine Section of the 5 Freeway Closed Due to Snow and Ice

The 5 Freeway over the Grapevine was closed Monday morning due to heavy snow in the mountains of northern Los Angeles County.

The California Highway Patrol says that it was escorting traffic over the Grapevine due to snow and ice, which is creating treacherous driving conditions. Caltrans urges drivers to plan their travel and expect delays. It’s unknown when the Grapevine will reopen.

A winter storm warning was issued for the Los Angeles County mountains
until 10 p.m. Monday. The Santa Monica Mountains were excluded from the warning.

The closure could extend for hours due to a winter storm that is over California early Monday. That system will continue to bring rain and snow through Monday morning before moving out.

“This system, especially the rain, is going to be wrapping up this morning,” said NBC4 forecaster Belen De Leon.

It is the second in a series of winter storms to sock Southern California. The first arrived Friday night and continued into Saturday morning. A third storm is due to arrive later this week and bring several days of rain.

n Monday, the greatest rainfall amounts were expected across the central coast and eastern LA County. The amount of northwesterly flow will limit rainfall totals across Ventura County and western L.A. County.

In Orange County, widespread showers and thunderstorms were expected
Monday as well.

Monday’s high temperatures were only expected to reach the 50s in the downtown Los Angeles area, Orange County and the coast, and will remain in the
upper 40s in the colder valley areas and the mountains.

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