Winter Storm Watch for California's Sierra Nevada: 6 to 12 Inches of Snow Above 6,000 Feet
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for California's Sierra Nevada from 4 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. next Tuesday, with 6 to 12 inches of snow expected above 6,000 feet, the National Weather Service office in Hanford said in its forecast discussion issued Wednesday night, November 11.
Multiple storm systems from Friday night through Saturday and again Sunday night through Tuesday will bring much-needed rain to the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills. For the first system, forecasters put the probability of at least a foot of snow over the Sierra crest between Friday morning and Saturday morning at 80 to 90 percent, with 1.00 to 1.50 inches of rain in the lower Sierra and adjacent foothills and snow levels around 6,000 feet. A persistent ridge of high pressure shifts east by Thursday evening, and temperatures drop sharply into the weekend.
The same outlook includes a Wind Advisory from 10 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday for the Mojave slopes and desert, and lake wind advisories for San Luis Reservoir and Lake Isabella. A third system is expected next Wednesday, keeping the weather unsettled for much of next week, with impacts mainly above pass levels.
Source: National Weather Service
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Photo: 图：Sierra Nevada 雪峰。Wikimedia Commons，CC0。 / Photo: Snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
