Atmospheric River Parade Continues Out West – National Weather Outlook For January 12, 2023

by | Jan 12, 2023 | Weather

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National Weather Forecast

On Thursday, two main systems will be impacting the United States. First, another round of heavy rain and mountain snow will impact parts of the Western United States. Meanwhile, we’re tracking snow and ice for parts of the Upper Midwest to New England, with a mix of precipitation as far south as the Tennessee Valley and the potential of severe storms in the Deep South.

This next round of heavy rain for the west coast is aiming a bit farther north vs. some of the recent ones, impacting northern California into parts of the Pacific Northwest with 3-6” of rain through Friday.

48-hour expected precipitation totals through 4 PM PST Sunday.

A band of rain moving in Friday is just the start of another batch of rain moving in for the weekend for California. This next system will be much more widespread, impacting central and southern parts of the state once again. At least another 1-4” of rain is expected to fall across areas of California this weekend, with the heaviest falling in coastal areas. Up in the mountains – especially the Sierra Nevada – several more feet of snow will fall.

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