A fresh NWS Christmas travel warning is in effect for thousands of holiday travelers planning to cross Northern California’s mountain corridors this week, as a strong Pacific storm sequence targets the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades with feet of snow, damaging winds, and flooding risk at lower elevations.
The National Weather Service office in Sacramento says the setup is being driven by a parade of warm “atmospheric river” storms capable of producing long-duration rain in the valleys and foothills while transitioning to heavy snow in the high country—an especially disruptive combination for peak Christmas-week traffic.
A recent tweet from the National Weather Service:
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