Darwin, California

... A pair of storms to affect the central California interior this
week...

A pair of Pacific storms will move through central California
interior this week... bringing cooler temperatures... breezy
conditions and a chance for rain and mountain snow.

The first storm is the weaker of the two... and will quickly move
through the region Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Rainfall
amounts will be light... but the central San Joaquin Valley could
see one or two hundredths of an inch as far south as Fresno
Wednesday morning. The snow level will fall to around 6000
feet... with up to an inch of snow possible over the high country.

The second... and significantly stronger... storm will reach the
central California interior Thursday night... and linger over the
region through Friday night. This will be a colder system... and
snow level will fall to around 4500 to 5000 feet during the day
Friday. Rainfall amounts with this storm are uncertain at this
time... but the valley floor could see as much as a quarter inch of
rain... with between a half inch and an inch of rain over the
southern Sierra Nevada... and up to a tenth of an inch of rain over
the Tehachapi Mountains. Above 5000 feet... new snow totals for the
southern Sierra Nevada could reach 6 to 8 inches by Saturday
morning.

This storm also will bring gusty winds to the Sierra high country
and through and below the passes of the Kern County mountains
Friday and Friday night.

Listen to NOAA Weather Radio... or your favorite news source... for
updates on this situation.


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