Confirmed! A Rare Snow Day in L.A. Drops Flurries from Malibu to Pasadena

[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]t has been unseasonably cold and — dare I say it — wintry in Los Angeles in February, and now we are in for a rare sprinkling of snow on Thursday, according to an early morning report by the National Weather Service.

Two Southern California mountain passes could even be shut down on Thursday by a cold storm bringing snow to elevations as low as 1,500 feet, including 1 to 4 inches in areas that rarely see the white stuff – like the higher valleys of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, the foothills and the Santa Monica Mountains.

Four to 6 inches of snow are expected in the eastern part of the San Gabriel Mountains, the report said.

Snow fell on the Grapevine and in Palmdale last night and in the early hours Thursday morning, creating icy road conditions on the 5 Freeway in Lebec.  The flow of traffic, albeit slow, was not halted due to the icy weather on the main artery from Southern California in to the Central Valley.