High winds are also possible over parts of coastal California and Oregon, according to the weather service.
A week’s more worth of storms were backed up out over the Pacific and will begin hitting coastal California Friday night. While each will be less intense than the storm on Wednesday and New Year’s Eve, they will still bring water to already saturated soil and full waterways.
“It’s just a conveyer belt of these low-pressure systems,” Burdock said. “A lot of this next week is going to be watching rivers and streams for flooding.”
“Rain rates over 1 inch per hour may lead to rapid water rises and mud (and) rock slides,” Weather Prediction Center forecaster Paul Ziegenfelder said Thursday
Wind gusts in excess of 100 mph were reported in Placer County’s Alpine Meadows, and gusts of up to 85 mph forced the cancelation of scores of flights at San Francisco International Airport.