A strong cold front continues its progression through Southern California this evening with locally heavy snow expected through about 8 PM, turning more showery tonight. We've already received around 3-5 inches of snow and additional impulses will bring scattered snow showers through tomorrow, occasionally heavy with gusty winds and frigid temperatures. The snow level continues to drop, currently at about 5,000 feet, and will fal to around 4,000 feet overnight with several more inches of snowfall likely through Tuesday. This has made for extremely treacherous driving in areas of reduced visibility and white-out conditions, expect major delays on all highway headed out of Big Bear with R2 restrictions in affect on all mountain roads. Daytime temperatures will also drop near freezing tomorrow with lows in the teens and 20s, combined with gusty winds to produce near-zero wind chills. Another disturbance will move through the area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with a reinforcing shot of colder air and heavy snow with blizzard like conditions possible. Intenense snowfall rates could approach 2-3 inches per hour! The snow level could dip as low as 3,000 feet on Wednesday. Snow showers will even persist into Thursday as one last disturbance moves through the area, bringing total weekly snowfall accumulations in the 1–2-foot range, with locally higher amounts possible. Skies will clear on Friday with fair weather returning over the weekend; however, additional storms are on the radar for next week and through the end of the month. So we will make up for a lot of lost ground in snowfall after a very wet start to our winter season! If you have travel plans this week in the mountains, be prepared for dangerous driving conditions in near white-out and blizzard-like conditions. Travel is not recommended this week, if you must, be ultra prepared, pack extra supplies, and always carry tire chains. For the most up to date chain restriction information check socalmountains.com (click here)