The latest major storm in a series from the Pacific Ocean began affecting California Monday night. The storm will seriously impact Southern and Central California with torrential rain, high winds and heavy mountain snow into Wednesday. The likelihood exists of road closures, widespread power outages and risks to lives and property in the region, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm will also hurl significant rain and snow over the interior Southwest, including the Colorado River basin.
“The heaviest rain will fall along the Central California coastal ranges, in the lower and intermediate slopes of the Southern California mountains, as well as the Sierra Nevada foothills,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Heather Zehr said. In these areas, a general 2-4 inches of rain will fall with pockets where 4-8 inches will pour down with an AccuWeather Local StormMax
of 10 inches.
