Some areas of California could see up to 24 inches of snow with the incoming storm.
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists published a map on Wednesday showing which California cities were expecting more than a foot of snow with the late-season winter storm this weekend.
More than 12 inches of snow are forecast for the high-elevation Sierra Nevada mountains this weekend, with possible locally higher amounts between 18 and 24 inches. Lower elevation areas are expecting rain.
The storm comes at the start of the state’s dry season, following a series of atmospheric rivers that produced an abnormally wet winter with above-average snowpack throughout the state. Atmospheric rivers are likened to rivers in the sky, and when they make landfall, they cause torrential rain and sometimes snowfall.
The forecast shows the heaviest snow falling in Lassen National Park, where up to 24 inches is expected.
