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While forecasters hoped the low-pressure system would blanket the slopes in Mammoth, mountainside temperatures remained too warm for serious snow.

The cold front will have moved away from Los Angeles, but the cold core of the low-pressure system will still be around.

By Tuesday, the cold front will have moved away from L.A., but the cold core of the low-pressure system will still be around.

Because the low-pressure system powering the storm is not pushed along by the jet stream, “it will just spin around like a top and go where it pleases — very difficult to predict,” Kittell said.

“It’s certainly early for this time of year and an unusually deep low-pressure system,” Lund said.