Which states and cities are threatened by blizzards within the US? How lengthy do they final?

(CNN Spanish) — A brand new storm is threatening to deliver rain and snow to the western United States this Friday and Saturday, prompting uncommon blizzard warnings for California.

Under is a assessment of the places that can be affected over the following few hours.

California

“If everybody in California seems in the proper path, we must always be capable of see snow beginning later this week.” In response to Daniel Swain, a local weather scientist on the College of California, Los Angeles. “Snow (fall) shouldn’t be but attainable in main California cities, however it should fall very shut,” he defined.

For instance, the Sierra Nevada Mountains might report snow accumulations of as much as 1.8 from Friday by way of Saturday.

Right here is the abstract of district sensible advisory.

St. Bernard’s

San Diego’s Nationwide Climate Service issued its first blizzard warning, saying mountains in San Bernardino County might get 1 to 1.5 meters of snow by Saturday morning.

Los Angeles and Ventura

“This storm system can be unusually chilly and the quantity of snow can be very low. In actual fact, areas very near the Pacific coast and inland valleys that aren’t used to seeing snow, you may see some snow,” the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned early Friday.

Circumstances are anticipated to start enhancing by Friday night time because the storm strikes south.

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In Nevada, a blizzard warning has additionally been issued for northwestern Nye County, which can stay in impact till early Saturday morning.

“Visibility can be zero with heavy snow and winds gusting to 97 km/h,” the climate service warned.

With reporting by CNN’s Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton.