A major winter storm , fueled by a renewed atmospheric river , will bring heavy rain and mountain snow to both Northern and Southern California on Wednesday and Thursday.
Heavy rain and gusty winds will impact Wednesday’s commute around the Bay Area, while several feet of snow will begin piling up in the Sierra, including Tahoe.
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By Wednesday evening and into Thursday morning, showers and thunderstorms will linger locally, while the pulse of heavy precipitation will shift southward, bringing several inches of rain and mountain snow to Central and Southern California.
A miss and then a hit
Across the eastern Pacific, an active weather pattern will return late Monday into Tuesday as a storm develops well offshore. It will pass the Bay Area harmlessly, instead setting its sights on bringing wet weather to Southern California.
Up to an inch or more of rain will fall in San Diego and San Bernardino counties on Tuesday. This is after the area received several inches of rain and snow late last week, providing some relief for a region experiencing widespread excessive drought conditions…