A stormy pattern is returning to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest just in time for the weekend.
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00:00We have another storm starting to move in
00:01and already have several alerts that
00:03have been issued ahead of this winter.
00:05Storm warnings in the dark blue
00:06winter weather advisories in the gray.
00:08We have some high wind
00:09warnings in that tan color,
00:11so let's break down exactly what to
00:12expect because it's not just one
00:14storm that we're talking about.
00:15It's a pattern stormy pattern really
00:17that is starting up once again
00:19for the Pacific Northwest,
00:20so this is the first storm starting
00:22tonight lasting through tomorrow.
00:23We're going to see some locally
00:25heavy rainfall that could lead
00:26to some flooding concerns.
00:27Also, that mountain smoke that
00:29could lead to so that mountain snow.
00:31And of course,
00:32some of the icy mix in between when
00:34we are moving from lower to higher
00:36elevation and then starting tomorrow night.
00:38We have an atmospheric River coming
00:39in a Pineapple Express specifically,
00:41and of course we know the atmospheric
00:43rivers these bring the even heavier
00:45rainfall where flooding landslides,
00:47especially in burn scar areas.
00:48That is more of a concern,
00:50but you'll notice also this storms
00:52focus has shifted more to northern
00:54California all the way down to the Bay Area.
00:56So let's take a look at some
00:58Let's take a look at future radar and
01:01exactly how this plays out here and
01:03how the storm is going to move through
01:05as we go throughout the rest of the
01:08evening and into tomorrow morning.
01:09We see more of that mountain snow
01:11mixing in for Washington, Oregon,
01:13starting to move into Idaho,
01:14but it's by the time we get to the
01:17evening hours that this is really
01:18more of an issue for Idaho and then
01:20we're talking about the next storm,
01:22right?
01:23That immediately moves in after more of
01:24a southern focus northern California
01:26there and we have some snow mixed in.
01:28There as well.