There will be enough rain to ease the drought condition across the state. By the end of this weekend, storms will start affecting the state with moderate to heavy rain across California and heavy snowfall over Sierra Nevada. This is a result of a massive low-pressure area moving in from the central and eastern Pacific.
Areas from San Diego and Los Angeles to San Francisco and Sacramento will get good rainfall throughout next week. Areas like northern California including Crescent City will get the maximum rainfall. In Sierra Nevada snow accumulation of upto a foot is expected.
The upcoming spell of rain is good news for the state, but there is a long way to go for the loss due to drought to ease. Downtown Los Angeles still needs more than 200 mm of rainfall by the end of March to reach the normal rainfall for this time of the year. Both San Francisco and Los Angeles have not received any rain since mid-February.
Though the precipitation will be welcomed, it will come with some problems. The rainfall will be heavy enough to cause some flooding and mudslides in some places. There could be some travel disruptions especially roadways.
Similar weather will continue throughout next week as one or two more storms are expected to affect the region.
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