A winter storm system moved through the Pittsburgh area on Monday, dumping several inches of snow throughout the region in the process. Heavy snow began to blanket parts of the area early on Monday and continued to accumulate throughout the afternoon and the evening.

Allegheny County's Department of Public Works will send out 30 salt trucks with plows to clear snow and ice from 356 miles of county-maintained roads.

Crews have been working around the clock to clear the roads of snow, but there's some work left to be done in the city of .

Monday's round of snow brought some of the highest snow totals in Fayette County, with five inches reported in the Leith-Hatfield area. First Alert: Today with snow lasting until around 7 p.m. Aware: Below normal temperatures all week.

When all is said and done with this major winter storm, Pittsburgh, for the most part, will have dodged another bullet with the snow not making it as far north as previously predict.

First Alert Meteorologist Kristin Emery has more on how much it snowed in the Pittsburgh area on Monday. The NWS is warning SoCal residents to be prepared as a life-threatening, destructive, widespread windstorm is expected to sweep through much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday through Wednesday.