Some relief from the rain

Conditions in L.A. are expected to remain relatively dry until the middle of the week.

Los Angeles residents already sick of the rain will get some relief over the next several days, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service.

Although meteorologists expect light showers to sprinkle the county Monday, conditions should remain relatively dry until the middle of this week.

“The next real rainmaker for us would be Wednesday,” weather service meteorologist Emily Thornton said. That storm could bring about a quarter-inch to a half-inch of precipitation to the county.

More than 2 inches of rain fell in four days in downtown Los Angeles last week, the weather service said.

The first major El Niño storms of the season — three in a row from the Pacific — caused some flooding of roadways and freeways, with relatively modest mudslides in areas recently burned by fires.

From a scientific standpoint, Bill Patzert, climatologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, said last week was a “textbook” El Niño system, with the storms lining up single file over the Pacific.

Based on the amount of rain last week, he said, the 2016 El Niño is shaping up to be impressive.

The weak cold front rolling through the Southland will be less so.

Temperatures are not expected to climb above the high 50s, Thornton said. Low temperatures in the mountains and foothills could dip into the 30s, she added.

Though some showers could linger into Sunday morning, conditions are expected to dry out. Thornton said light rain could fall again Monday before Wednesday’s storm arrives.