The KCRA 3 weather team is issuing Impact Days leading up to a Weather Alert Day on Tuesday as back-to-back storm systems will bring waves of rain and snow that can affect outdoor activities and travel.

A persistent trough of low pressure has parked itself along the Pacific Northwest. As it spins counterclockwise it is pumping in a lot of moisture from the West

Places like California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada are (somewhat) used to this sort of phenomenon. You can see how this week's "river" grabs all that moisture from the Pacific and flings it onland.

A much wetter stretch is ahead from California to Washington as multiple systems crash into the Pacific Coast. Here’s how much rain and snow is on the way and when.

It could rain for many hours each day in the middle of next week as a storm takes a swing through Southern California, forecasters say.

As a result, over 13,000 employees with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found their inboxes stuffed with spam. Some users signed the NOAA up for newsletters from entities like the Church Officials in California have revealed that President Donald Trump nearly flooded the region’s farms when his administration tried to send an excessive amount of water south,