Major Multi-day Storm Headed Toward Northern California

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP/CBS13) — A large tempest is headed toward Northern California this weekend, promising to driblet dense snowfall successful the Sierra Nevada and rainfall passim the region.

Forecasters accidental the tempest is connected way to deed coastal areas northbound of San Francisco Saturday nighttime and bring airy rain. The heaviest rainfall is expected to travel Sunday nighttime into Monday greeting arsenic the tempest spreads eastbound and south.

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Pacific Gas & Electric is sending crews to wide vegetation distant from powerfulness lines to trim the accidental of energy outages. On Friday, they said they had stockpiled other powerfulness poles, powerfulness lines, transformers and different electrical equipment.

“This strong storm has the imaginable to origin powerfulness outages owed to significant rain, gusty winds and heavy snowfall in the mountains. Our meteorology squad is intimately tracking the forecast and moving with our crews successful the tract to ensure we’re acceptable to reconstruct power safely and arsenic rapidly arsenic possible,” PG&E manager of meteorology and occurrence subject Scott Strenfel said successful a property release.

Meanwhile, forecasters warned radical successful the Sierra Nevada to hole for days of snowfall “that volition apt beryllium remembered for years to come,” and Caltrans discouraged upland question arsenic the large wintertime tempest volition person periods of dense snow, thundersnow and whiteout conditions.

The National Weather Service reported downed histrion limbs and powerfulness outages are besides possible.

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