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Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

An atmospheric river will wind down through today across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning. Areas of tree damage and power outages are possible. Read More >

Sacramento, CA

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Last Map Update: Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 6:08:45 pm PST

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A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for the Sierra/Southern Cascades above 4500 ft from now - 10 PM Fri & for the Coast Range/Shasta Co Mountains above 3500 ft from now - 10 PM Fri. Mountain travel is highly discouraged this holiday week!
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A look at your Holiday Travel Forecast through the Christmas week. Moderate impacts from rain and mountain snow into this evening. Major travel impacts from heavy mountain snow today.
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A look at the rain forecast from today. Scattered showers continue today with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Heaviest precipitation expected this afternoon and early evening. Travel during this time will be difficult at times.
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