San Francisco warned of high winds that could fell trees, heavy rain and potentially flooded streets as storms hit California starting Wednesday morning, while residents in the mountains could see 20 inches of snow and “impossible” travel conditions, forecasters said.
The San Francisco Bay Area could get up to 4 inches of rain in the weather set to hit the area starting Wednesday morning and expected to ramp up Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
A flood watch starting Thursday was issued for San Diego, which is still recovering from floods that struck it and Southern California on Jan. 22 after the wettest January day on record.
“The main storm is expected on Thursday. That looks to be the greatest impact on Thursday,” Alex Tardy, a senior meteorologist for the weather service in San Diego, said in a video briefing Monday.
Rainfall of 1½ to 2 inches was forecast for coastal regions and valleys, and 3 inches could fall on coastal mountain slopes, forecasters there said.
In the Los Angeles area, 1 to 3 inches of rain could fall starting Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and rates of a half-inch an hour are possible, the weather service for the Los Angeles area said in a forecast discussion.
The rain in Southern California could be helpful in the end. While San Diego, struck in recent storms, is back to normal precipitation amounts for this time of the year, much of the region is not.
“A lot of the Southwest, Southern California, is still much below normal,” Tardy said.
Two storms are on the way, Tardy said.
The first one this week will be faster, and it is the main precipitation event, he said, while the one Monday and Tuesday will be slower. Both are so-called atmospheric rivers, which forecasters describe as long and narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport water vapor.
There could be 10 to 20 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevadas and up to 30 inches near the Sierra crest, the weather service for that region, in Reno, Nevada, said in a statement.
A winter storm warning is in effect for the greater Lake Tahoe region from 10 a.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Friday.
California braces for flooding and feet of snow in mountains
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