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This storm is the main precipitation expected in the foreseeable future. The weather pattern may allow for occasional rain, but more storms are unlikely to change the trajectory.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning for the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada and Western Plumas County,
As weekend storms bear down on Southern California, forecasters are beginning to pinpoint when the most rain will fall and how much the region is likely to get. “We will get rain, but we won’t get it on Friday,
The storm will roll in Friday evening, gather strength overnight, and reach its snowy peak from Saturday night into Sunday when the heaviest flakes are expected.
On Wednesday at 2:50 p.m. a winter storm watch was issued by the NWS Hanford CA valid from Friday 5 p.m. until Sunday 11 p.m. The watch is for Yosemite, Upper San Joaquin River, Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge,
As much as 48 inches of snow could fall in the hardest-hit areas, with people told not to travel during the worst of the storm.
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"Mountain travel may be very difficult to impossible," the National Weather Service warned.