Northern California was blasted by a deadly, record-breaking atmospheric river storm last week, and another one is on the way for the Golden State this week. Central California is bracing for a landfalling atmospheric river Monday morning, which will bring heavy rain and snow until Wednesday. The atmospheric river’s subtropical moisture plume is forecast to aim at San Luis Obispo, with Santa Cruz on the northern boundary and Santa Barbara on the southern end. Because this week’s atmospheric river is not overlapping with areas that flooded last weekend, no extreme impacts are expected. However, Monterey and San Luis Obispo could record their wettest two-day stretch since last winter.

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