Stormy weather remains in the forecast this week.<\/p>\n
The first impact from the storm was gusty winds.<\/p>\n
Bakersfield had a gust of 47 miles per hour Tuesday afternoon, and damage to trees and power outages were reported.<\/p>\n
Winds will be gusty on and off through Thursday, but not as strong as what we saw Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Our focus now shifts to rain.<\/p>\n
Rain will begin to move into Kern County Tuesday night, and become widespread by Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n
Some clearing is expected Wednesday night, before another round of rain moves in Christmas Day, with lingering rain through at least Friday.<\/p>\n
Everyone in Kern County will see rain, and it’s likely most will see rain totals over an inch.<\/p>\n
Valley areas look to pick up 1.0″ – 2.0″, Desert areas are likely to receive 1.5″ – 3.0″, with mountain areas forecast to get 2.0″ – 4.0″.<\/p>\n
It’s even possible that areas like Frazier Park, Pine Mountain Club, and Lebec pick up over 4″ of rain.
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A Flood Watch is in effect for all of Kern County (and most of California) through Thursday.<\/p>\n
Flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas will be possible in the Valley.<\/p>\n
Runoff flooding and washed out roads will be possible in our mountain and desert areas.<\/p>\n
Mud and rock slides will be possible, too.<\/p>\n
We’ll also see some snow this week.<\/p>\n
As rain starts up Tuesday night only the very highest peaks in Kern will see snow, but snow levels look to drop to around 6,000 feet by Thursday night.<\/p>\n
By Friday night snow levels drop to around 4,5000 feet, which means snowflakes over passes aren’t out of the question, but at this point travel impacts from snow are unlikely.<\/p>\n
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