Several rounds of heavy rain and mountain snow will soon hit an increasingly parched West, the result of a meaningful change in the weather pattern evolving across the United States.
The first of several storms will begin pushing into the region from the Pacific Ocean late Saturday into Sunday, initially focusing on Northern California and parts of Oregon. By Monday, a potent low-pressure center will come ashore somewhere around the San Francisco Bay Area, blanketing the state in widespread precipitation and gusty winds.
