![]() ![]() That was certainly the case in Central California, where Tulare County residents continued to deal with flood threats from surging rivers and breached levees. “At this point, we’ve gotten so much rain that any additional rain has the potential to cause problems.” “We’ll have our eye on (wildfire) burn areas, we’ll have our eye on just about any location, really, for the possibility of flooding,” Sweet said. ![]() But the arrival of more moisture remains a top concern. County and 60 mph in the mountains - are also possible. Strong winds - including gusts up to 40 mph in L.A. Up to 4 feet of snow is possible at elevations above 6,000 feet with a significant threat of avalanches. Lower mountain and foothill areas in the Los Angeles area could see up to 4 inches of rain, with up to 3 inches possible along the coast and in valleys, Sweet said. ![]() By Wednesday, high temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees below normal. “The main event starts to approach tonight, and it really hits us hard tomorrow - that’s when we’re going to get the heaviest rain, the strongest winds and the heaviest snow in the mountains,” Sweet said. The greatest effects are expected in Southern California. Unlike recent warm atmospheric river storms that pulled moisture from the tropical Pacific, the incoming system will be a “cold, powerful, dynamic storm coming out of the northwest,” said David Sweet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Light rain was falling in many regions Monday, the first day of spring, with precipitation expected to gain strength early Tuesday and linger into Wednesday. LOS ANGELES - A weary, storm-soaked California is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, power outages and potential flooding this week as a cold weather system takes aim at the state. Rain falls in Chinatown in Los Angeles as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain to Southern California on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. ![]()
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