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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain Returns to California

Lake effect snow will continue through Friday bringing significant snowfall to areas east to southeast of the Great Lakes. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel this evening and overnight across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Upstate New York. Heavy rain will bring another flash flooding threat for southern California New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >

5%-15% Probability of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding in Green and Yellow shaded areas, respectively.
60-70% probability of at least a half inch of rain in a 24 hr period. Much of this rain, across the Flood Watch in Kern County, will arrive between 2a and 8a Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.
Rainfall expected with storm #1. This is an uncharacteristically warm system, with snow levels at 10,000 feet. Thus heavy rainfall will be efficient near the storm across the high elevations and deserts in southern and eastern Kern county, where a Flood Watch is in effect from 10p Wednesday to 10pm Thursday.

 

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