The first Pacific storm of the season is on the way!<\/p>\n
Rain is already falling in parts of California, including a few light showers in Kern, and widespread rain will arrive in Kern County Monday night.<\/p>\n
A few light showers are expected through Monday evening, but the heavier band of rain will begin to works its way through Kern after midnight.<\/p>\n
Here in Bakersfield the most likely time for the arrival of this heavier band is around 2 AM to 3 AM.<\/p>\n
Rain is expected to linger into Tuesday morning, with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm or two developing into the afternoon.<\/p>\n
All precipitation should clear out by Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
All of Kern will see precipitation from this storm, and this will bring a good, soaking rain to most of the county.<\/p>\n
Valley and desert rain totals between 0.50″ and 1.00″ are likely, and mountain areas are likely to pick up 0.75″ to 1.50″.<\/p>\n
There will of course be some locally higher and lower amounts, too.<\/p>\n
Given the potential for early season heavy rain, the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the Sierra Nevada foothills, as well as burn scar areas around the Kern River Valley.<\/p>\n
We’ll be keeping a close eye on these areas, as well as the Kern Canyon for things like rockslides and debris flows.<\/p>\n
In the Valley, no widespread flooding is expected, but minor flooding of low-lying or poor drainage areas is always possible with heavy rain in the forecast.<\/p>\n
We are expecting some snow from this storm, too, but snow levels look fairly high, around 6,000 feet.<\/p>\n
That means there will be no snow over the Grapevine or Highway 58, but the highest elevations in Kern are expected to see their first flakes of the season!<\/p>\n
Behind the storm system we’re also expecting much cooler temperatures.<\/p>\n
Highs in the Valley will be in the 60s on Tuesday, and some of our mountain areas may not even hit 50\u00b0!<\/p>\n
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