California's mountains could see rare August snow in weekend of 'weather whiplash'

For the first time in over two decades, some of the highest peaks across California's Sierra Nevada could see snow in August. The unusually strong, early season storm is bringing fall-like weather across Northern California.

An unusually strong, early-season cold front was moving across Northern California on Friday, bringing with it the possibility for rare August snow along the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. A low-pressure system coming off the Pacific has created a few days of 'weather whiplash,' which forecasters say will drastically drop temperatures and create favorable conditions for showers and thunderstorms Friday and Saturday — before rebounding to more typical August weather patterns by Sunday.

The shift in weather bringing the chance of snow will mostly give people an early 'hint of fall,' including a chance for some record cold temperatures in the area, Fuentes said. “Last time we had a cold front that dropped us to these temperatures in August was 2014,' he said. The Tahoe area will see some of the most dramatic drops, with highs Friday and Saturday about 15 to 20 degrees below seasonal averages.

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