A low pressure system that moved across northern California during the evening of January 16 and the early morning of January 17 brought some light precipitation to the area with much of the Sierra Nevada picking up between a quarter and a half inch of liquid precipitation with the snow level near 7000 feet. Several SNOTELs picked up an estimated 3 to 6 inches of new snowfall.
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A low pressure system that moved across northern California during the evening of January 16 and the early morning of January 17 brought some light precipitation to the area with much of the Sierra Nevada picking up between a quarter and a half inch of liquid precipitation with the snow level near 7000 feet. Several SNOTELs picked up an estimated 3 to 6 inches of new snowfall. Most of the central San Joaquin Valley picked up between a tenth and a quarter inch of rain while the south valley and the Kern County Mountains and Deserts generally had a tenth of an inch or less. This system also produced a brief period of strong wind gusts in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts with several stations reporting gusts exceeding 40 mph and a few locations measuring gusts exceeding 55 mph.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walker Pass RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
The Bear Peak RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 75 mph.
The Southern California Edison station at Paradise Cove measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
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