Another powerful bomb cyclone storm on the way for California: Weather updates
Another strong storm system that was evolving into a bomb cyclone Monday will bring flooding rain, powerful winds and heavy snow to much of California this week.
The Golden State was slammed by a similar bomb cyclone last week, which killed two people and resulted in a tornado that damaged buildings and injured people in Southern California.
This week, two separate storms joined forces over the northeastern Pacific Ocean and were set to slam into the state by Monday night, AccuWeather said. The dangerous weather will begin in the northwestern part of California late Monday, and then advance south through central and southern areas into Tuesday and Wednesday.
The storm will then roll into the western and southwestern U.S. amid colder temperatures, spreading snow well inland across portions of the Intermountain West, AccuWeather said.
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More heavy rain, snow for California
"A powerful Pacific storm system will begin to approach the West Coast on Monday. Moisture spreading inland will significantly increase precipitation chances across northern California and the Pacific Northwest," the National Weather Service said.
The weather service said the storm will result in moderate to heavy rainfall along the coast.
AccuWeather said the heaviest rainfall will be on Tuesday, and lighter rainfall could linger into Thursday for Southern California. Small hail is also possible later in the week.
The system could also drop several feet of snow in the upper elevations of Northern California’s coastal mountains and the Sierra Nevada, making travel difficult, forecasters said.
In Southern California’s mountains, the storm could drop snow at elevations as low as 2,500 feet and possibly on foothills, forecasters said.