California is going to soak again, whip and throw away.
The robust storm system will sweep from the center of the evening to Friday, which brings threat of heavy winds, heavy rain or snow to each part of the state.
Officials are particularly worried about the risks of lightning floods and landslides in areas that have recently been burned by fires in the coastal southern California. But across the state, power outages and delayed airports, as well as closure of roads from floods, snow and shot trees, as the storm moves. This system also spews the Pacific Ocean and brings dangerous surfing on the beach.
The key things you should know
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The hardest rain and snow are expected on Thursday. Some humidity brought a modest amount of rain to the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California overnight and to South California on Wednesday morning, but the main event starts on Wednesday evening and is expected to last on Friday afternoon.
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In South California, this storm is expected to be the strongest of the winter, which increases the risk of flooding roads and streams and especially in fire burns. Daniel Swain, climate scientist at the University of California in Los Angeles, said on Tuesday The fact that he was particularly concerned about the blast of torrential rains over burns scars left by the palisades and the Eaton Fire in the Los Angeles area, could run the Greeks of Water, Mud and Trosky. Some evacuation warnings have already been issued.
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In northern California, the rain is expected to be the hardest in and south of it. Downtown San Francisco is likely to see at least the thumb of rain and up to about three inches, which could lead to some unpleasant floods.
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This storm is to be the largest snow producer on the track this winter, with a few feet of snow in Sierra Nevada.
The rain will bring a risk to slipping to southern California.
The storm is expected to be the strongest season for southern California, which has seen an otherwise dry beginning of winter, with recent rain.
The rain is on the way to start light on Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon before it ended early on Friday. Strong rain can lead to floods of roads, small streams and streams along the coast, but the greatest danger is the potential flow of remnants of burned fires, which could be life -threatening.
Santa Barbara County released evacuation warnings for people Around the area that was burned last year by the fire of the lake.
Urban occupations is likely, especially in the districts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, but Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist of the National Meteorological Service, said that it is not expected to be as serious as it was in 2023, when after the storms of Santa Street Barbara, street in the center of Santa Barbara turned into a river.
“The sums do not look as high for Santa Barbara as the storms and the rainfall leading to these storms are much smaller for this storm,” said Mr. Kittell. “But with regard to it, we expect a lot of road problems in Santa Barbara.””
While the sums of precipitation are added within 48 hours, the main threat is short, sharp explosions of rain. This could cause floods that lead to water flows, mud, boulders, trees and ashes of debris in the areas of burnt fires.
There are 10 to 20 percent of the chances of thunderstorms in Los Angeles County, which could bring heavy rainfall that could cause the wreckage. But heavy localized torrential downpours are possible even without storms, because the most intense period of the storm, whether it occurs within 15 or 60 minutes, “could be really very difficult,” said Swain.
The meteorological service said that the fear of lightning floods were highest in the areas burned by palisades and Eaton Fires in January and September by the fire of the bridge.
The southern half of the state will also be whipping on Wednesday by Friday about the wind and the meteorological service warned that the delay is possible at airports, including the International Airport in Los Angeles.
Northern California gets another round of rain.
This winter, the northern part of the state got more rain than usual and is going to get more. Although it is not the largest storm of the season in this area, one to three inches of rain is expected on the coast and in the valleys and more is probably in higher terrains.
Although there is a risk of flooded roads and streams from the coast through the central valley and to the foot of Sierra, the risk is expected to be lower than in The last storm This led the Russian river to escape through its shores.
Winter storms more often give the most difficult precipitation to the northernmost parts of the region. However, this system will focus on the south – around San Francisco and the Santa Cruz, Monterey and Big Sur.
While for most parts of the Bay area, flood watches have been released, “our biggest problem is the floods and landslides in the Santa Cruz and Monterey districts and South Bay in some areas,” said Crystal Oudit, a meteorologist with Meteorological Service in Monterey.
Sierra Nevada is expected to get fire.
The storm is on the track to bring the largest dump of winter to Sierra Nevada. Unlike the systems of this winter, which supplied a mixture of rain and snow, it is expected to accumulate several feet of snow.
Donner Pass is expected to be three to five feet of snow, one of the most traveled passages in the state and the gateway to the Tahoe basin.
Andrew Schwartz, the main scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, Central Sierra Snow Lab, said the storm would also bring impressive sums to the middle and southern parts of Sierra Nevada, which recorded less snowing than the northern half of this winter.
“I’m not sure if it gets us to the average in these areas, but it should at least match things,” he said.
The northern edge of the storm will brush Oregon and Washington, bring lower clotting than in California and gives a mixture of rain, freezing rain and snow.
