The system is forecast to bring damaging winds, flooding, mudslides and mountain snows.
Virtually the entirety of Northern and Central California is under flood watches and high-wind warnings, with damaging gusts to 60 mph possible. Strong to severe thunderstorms could be in the offing as well, in addition to 2 to 4 inches of rain in the lowlands and more in the mountains. In the highest terrain, the heavy rain will transition to up to 2 to 4 feet of heavy snow. Along the coast, beaches will be battered by large waves and areas of coastal flooding.
“Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines,” the Weather Service warned. “Widespread power outages are expected.”, in the Monterey Bay area of California’s Central Coast, because it is prone to flooding.On Wednesday morning, the threatening storm system resembled a potent comma-shaped swirl on water-vapor satellites as it lurked ominously off the West Coast.
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