Storm to bring less than an inch of rain, forecast says

Andrew Edwards

Forecasters predicted a break in the recent spate of sun and pleasant

weather and announced that a minor storm will drop rain over

Newport-Mesa today and Saturday.

Noel Isla, a forecaster for the National Weather Service, said to

expect an inch or less.

The strom is not expected to be as severe as the one that hit

Southern California in early January, when five days of bad weather

dumped more than 4 inches of rain near Newport-Mesa between Jan. 7

and 11. The rain, combined with a high tide, led to flooding on

Balboa Peninsula on Jan. 10.

Newport Beach officials aren’t worried about another overflow,

General Services Manager Dave Niederhaus said.

City officials don’t have plans to distribute sandbags today.

“We really only do that for strong weather,” he said.