New storms raise risk of flash floods in California wine country: Live

The second atmospheric river weather system to hit the West Coast in recent weeks is expected to last until Wednesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) has said.

A forecast on Sunday said that following a brief period of isolated, light showers across the region, a stronger storm system moves into the area by the afternoon.

“This second system will stick around into Wednesday and bring periods of heavy rain, gusty winds, cooler temperatures, high-elevation snow, and a slight chance of thunderstorms,” the NWS said.

“Dry weather with warming temperatures are expected to follow on Thursday and Friday.”

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Weather officials say that the latest storm in California is expected to move through quicker than the devastating atmospheric river that parked itself over the south of the state earlier this month, turning roads into rivers, causing hundreds of landslides and killing at least nine people.

“It’s not the ideal setup for an atmospheric river, but it does have some of the characteristics,” including a band of subtropical moisture bringing up the rear of the storm, said Brayden Murdock, meteorologist for the National Weather Service (NWS).

“Otherwise it’s just a cold front.”

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The latest in a series of wet winter storms blew ashore in Northern California on Sunday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days.

Gusts topped 30 mph (48 kph) in Oakland and San Jose as a mild cold front late Saturday gave way to a more powerful storm that will gain strength into early Monday, meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the National Weather Service (NWS) told the Associated Press.

“The winds are here and getting stronger, and the rains will follow quickly,” he said on Sunday afternoon.

California’s central coast is at risk of “significant flooding,” with up to 5 inches (12 cm) of rain predicted for many areas, according to the weather service. Isolated rain totals of 10 inches (25 cm) are possible in the Santa Lucia and Santa Ynez mountain ranges as the storm heads toward greater Los Angeles.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has warned of the possibility of tornadoes along the Central Coast on Sunday ahead of further atmospheric storm systems.

“The environment is marginal for a weak and brief tornado or two along the Central Coast, mainly coastal sections of San Luis Obispo County late this afternoon to evening hours. That is when marginal instability overlaps with modest low level veering (turning),” an updated NWS forecast said on Sunday afternoon.

“Other hazards include brief heavy downpours, gusty winds to 40 mph, and potentially lightning. As mentioned in earlier discussions, this type of low top convection may produce little to no lightning, but still present many of the hazards listed.”