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Atmospheric River Bringing Heavy Rain to Southern California and Heavy Snow to the Sierra Nevadas

A strong atmospheric river will continue heavy rain over southern California through Friday. The heaviest rainfall is ongoing today in the Los Angeles Basin. Flash and urban flooding is possible. A prolonged heavy snowfall has begun over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and will continue through Friday. Travel will become increasingly difficult over the passes due to snow and strong winds. Read More >

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 DATE                                        FRIDAY 12/26/25                         SATURDAY 12/27/25
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   90   85   75   85   80   70   90   90   75   70   70   70   65   55   50
 TEMPERATURE        25   22   22   23   22   21   22   24   21   19   16   16   16   15   16   18   16
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           21                  24                  15                  18
 WIND DIR            S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         13   12   12   14   19   19   20   20   21   26   27   26   24   19   14   11    6
 WIND GUST (MPH)                   32   39   39   39   39   41   54   55   55   52   37               
 PRECIP PROB (%)    40   40   70   80   70   40   50   80   90   90   80   80   60   60   30   30   10
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S     
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.21      0.23      0.25      0.18      0.09      0.03      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.9       2.6       3.0       3.3       2.4       1.2       0.4       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.3  4.0  3.9  3.9  3.5  3.3  3.6  3.6  3.1  2.4  1.6  1.6  1.8  1.6  1.6  1.9  1.9
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN