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Tracking Atmospheric River for California; Record Temperatures Further East

An atmospheric river will bring gusty to high winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to California today through Saturday. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains into Friday associated with this atmospheric river. East of these impacts dozens of record high maximum and high minimum temperatures may be broken or tied today and Friday. Read More >

The tropical systems depicted on this map west of 180 (dateline) are based on bulletins issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), based in Honolulu, HI for cyclones between EQ-25N and 180-130E. The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) for this area is the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

 

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