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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 >

WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)
 
 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        SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    50   45   55   75   80   70   55   60   85   85   75   80   80   75   75   70   55
 TEMPERATURE        29   26   25   26   27   24   23   25   23   22   18   15   14   13   14   15   11
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           22                  27                  12                  16
 WIND DIR           SW   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW
 WIND (MPH)         20   20   19   20   23   25   24   23   23   26   27   28   27   20   19   16   12
 WIND GUST (MPH)                        40   44   42             44   48   48   46                    
 PRECIP PROB (%)    50   10   40   70   80   40   40   70   90   90   90   90   80   80   60   60    5
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S     
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.10      0.20      0.18      0.07      0.15      0.12      0.07      0.03
 6 HOUR SNOW                 1.0       2.4       2.4       1.0       2.3       2.0       1.3       0.6
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.9  4.8  4.9  5.0  5.0  3.9  3.6  3.7  3.6  3.5  1.9  1.0  1.0  0.6  0.5  0.6  0.4
 
 

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