Forecasters warned Tuesday that much of California may be hit with another “atmospheric river” storm system that will produce heavy rain in some areas that were hit hard by flooding over the past winter.
“A persistent series of lows off the northwest Pacific coast and upper-level energy rotating around the trough in place will help to encourage nearly continuous lower elevation valley/coastal rain and higher elevation mountain snow chances for the Pacific Northwest and northern California,” said the National Weather Service (NWS) in a Tuesday update. “Heavy snow is forecast for the northern coastal ranges and Sierra in California Tuesday where higher elevations may see totals well over a foot.”
