SAN DIEGO – Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario began pushing into Southern California on Wednesday, bringing cloudy skies, scattered showers and the potential for thunderstorms through Friday.

Satellite imagery showed an extensive mass of clouds and precipitation streaming in from the south and southwest, where Mario was once designated as a tropical cyclone over the Eastern Pacific .

Rainfall is to remain scattered, but some communities, especially in higher terrain, could see as much as an inch or 2 of precipitation. Others may struggle to record more than a tenth of an inch.

Localized heavy downpours could cause brief flooding, though a widespread flooding event is not anticipated.

"We've got a 1 out of 4 on a bad scale when you're talking about flash flooding," said

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