California Bracing For More Rain, Feet Of Snow As Potent System Moves Onshore

California is soaked. Let's get out into it. The Golden State, Sierra Nevada Mountains just socked with this record snow. Not over as we see this new storm coming in, it's fueled by the Pacific moisture. And as this moves in, a lot of people are on edge to look at the potential for flooding and to also talk about where this water will go as spring rolls around. Fox News correspondent Claudia Cowan in Sausalito, California. Claudia, looking at yet another storm, it's been great getting to know you through the storms over over the last several months.

But here we go again. That's right, I feel like I'm an honorary Fox weather correspondent because this winter season has been no joke. It's been one storm after another. And now this last Tuesday of the month of March is once again off to a cold and soggy start with heavy rain battering the Bay Area, dumping more snow up in the mountains and we have a wind advisory in effect. I just extended now through this evening with gusts expected between 45 up to 55 miles per hour system. Very strong winds. So the heavy rain began here in Northern California just a couple of hours ago, just of course in time for the morning commute.

And there have been reports of accidents, including a crash on the Bay Bridge between the East Bay and San Francisco. That crash was cleared away, but the traffic there backing up. Most places could see one to two inches of rain before this storm moves out later tonight. Maybe not the deluge we saw last week, but meteorologists with the National Weather Service say there could still be a lot of problems. Thankfully, the main storm is staying well off to the Northwest off of the Northern California coast, so we shouldn't see as great as impacts. But again, after such a wet winter, down trees, power outages, and even that potential for minor landslides and rock slides, especially in the hilly terrain, we're dealing with a lot of that across the Bay Area so far this winter season. So residents have spent the past few dry days cleaning out storm gutters and and drains, refilling sandbags, removing trees and tree limbs that toppled down during the last round of rough weather, and they've been getting out their warmest clothes.

The main cold front with this storm will bring temperatures in the 20s and 30s way below the average for this time of year. Up in the mountains, snow totals are topping 650 feet in places like Mammoth and Palisades Tahoe. Both of these ski areas saying they'll be open through the 4th of July. Finally, take a look at this dramatic before and after graphic. Now, while the U. S. Drop Monitor says 36% of California is still very dry since September back to back storms have drenched California with trillions of gallons of water, virtually erasing severe drought conditions across most of the state in just six months.

Showers are on tap for tomorrow morning and again over the weekend. So Amy, California's wild winter weather not over yet, no matter what the calendar says back to you. And it's unanimous here. We all agree that you've earned a Fox Weather hat. It's on the way. Hopefully you'll be able to support that and some California sunshine by the time we get well into spring. Fox News correspondent Claudia Callan.

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