It’s going to be busy week of weather for Kern County.<\/p>\n
We’re tracking wind, rain, and snow on the way.<\/p>\n
Let’s start with the wind, which will be the first impact we feel.<\/p>\n
A High Wind Watch is in effect for our mountain and desert areas, as well as the south end of the Valley Tuesday through Thursday.<\/p>\n
Gusts over 30 miles per hour will be possible in Bakersfield, with even stronger gusts through our mountain areas.<\/p>\n
Wind prone areas like the Grapevine could see gusts over 50 miles per hour.<\/p>\n
Strong winds will make travel more difficult, especially for high profile vehicles, and also bring the chance for tree damage and power outages.<\/p>\n
Gusts winds will continue on and off through Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
Now let’s get into the rain.<\/p>\n
Everyone in Kern County will see rain this week.<\/p>\n
Rain will start up in mountain areas by Tuesday evening, and become widespread across Kern late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Some clearing is expected by late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening, before another round of rain arrives Christmas Day, with lingering rain into Friday.<\/p>\n
Rain totals look to be high all across Kern.<\/p>\n
Through Friday, 1-2″ of rain is expected in the Valley and Desert, with 2-4″ of rain expected in our mountain areas.<\/p>\n
Locally higher amounts will be possible, too.<\/p>\n
A Flood Watch is in effect for all of Kern County through Friday.<\/p>\n
We’re likely to see our typical heavy rain impacts from this storm, things like flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas, rock slides through the Kern canyon, and washouts of rural roads.<\/p>\n
Finally, we do expect some snow, too.<\/p>\n
Snow levels will start our very high, around 8,000 feet, and gradually drop to around 6,000 feet by Christmas night.<\/p>\n
On the very tail end of the storm Friday night snow levels will lower to around 4,500 feet.<\/p>\n
This means we can’t completely rule out a bit of snow over the passes late Friday, but at this point it seems unlikely that we’d see any travel impacts due to snow.<\/p>\n
If you’re planning to travel this week, keep a very close eye on the weather!<\/p>\n
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