A large winter storm is going to hit Southern California this week, bringing up to 5 feet of snow and very strong wind gusts.
that the storm moving into Southern California would bring"a pretty significant rain and snow event."
He said the mountains near Los Angeles and San Diego could see over a foot of snow at elevations of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Lower elevations, such as in the LA basin, could see enough rain to cause flooding. That amount of precipitation is rare, with Douty saying it only happens every three to five years.
Trees in a meadow are coated in white after a major Pacific storm dumped a foot of snow in Yosemite Valley, California, in 2021. Southern California faces a blizzard warning and could receive up to 5 feet of snow in higher elevation areas.
A rare Blizzard Warning has been issued for parts of Southern California . The mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura County will see wind gusts to 75 mph and 2-5 feet of snow which will make it the largest snow storm since the 1980s.
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