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Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding Concerns in California; Heavy Snow in the Sierra

An atmospheric river will bring heavy rainfall to lower elevations of California this week, and heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Flash flooding, some of which may be locally considerable, will be a concern on the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains through Tuesday. Landslides, rockfalls and mudslides are possible in the Southern California mountains. Read More >

The new National Weather Service radar page is now live at radar.weather.gov with some big upgrades!

Benefits of this new page include:

  • Mobile device friendly.
  • High resolution radar.
  • Searchable locations with the local forecast.
  • Display precipitation type. 
  • Add radar data to your own GIS software.
    ...and more!

The display has many new features that make some time to get familiar with. Here is a link to a short tutorial and a link to a 15 minute video to take you through the features of the new radar page. Finally, here is a link to a FAQ for the new radar page.

 

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