23ABC Evening weather update January 22, 2020

YOUR STORM SHIELD FORECAST.IT RAINED!FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2021SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVEMADE THEIR WAY INTO KERN COUNTY.WE'VE EVEN SEEN SOME SMALL HAILAND HEARD SOME RUMBLES OFTHUNDER!FRIDAY'S RAIN WILL SET THE TONEFOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS,AS SEVERAL MORE CHANCES AREEXPECTED.OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WILL CONTINUEWITH LIGHT SHOWERSAND MOUNTAIN SNOW ABOVE 3,500FEET THROUGHSATURDAY.TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL BEHINDSYSTEM THIS WEEKEND,WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO MID50S.SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE A CALM, DRYDAY, BUT OUR NEXT SYSTEM MOVESIN SUNDAY NIGHT.THAT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL LASTTHROUGH MONDAY, LOOKSCOLDER AND THE MUCH POWERFULTHAN THE ONE WE'RE CURRENTLYDEALING WITH.RAIN TOTALS OF A QUARTER TO HALFAN INCH ARE LIKELY IN THEVALLEY, AND HEAVIER SNOW ISLIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS, WITHSNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 1,500FEET.EARLY ESTIMATES SHOW 3 TO 6INCHES OF SNOW AT PASS LEVEL,AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS INEFFECT FOR ALL OF OUR KERNCOUNTY MOUNTAINS THANKS TOANTICIPATEDTRAVEL IMPACTS.YET ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL HEAD OUTWAY LATE NEXT WEEK.MODELS STILL DON'T HAVE A FIRMGRASP ON THIS SYSTEM, ANDTIMING AND INTENSITY HAS VARIEDA BIT, BUT THERE ARE SIGNSTHAT THIS THIRD ROUND OF RAINCOULD BE QUITE A BIT HEAVIER, ASTHE SUPPLY OF MOISTURE LOOKS TOMORE INTENSE.STAY TUNED THROUGH THE WEEKENDAND ALL THROUGH NEXTWEEK AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACKTHIS VERY ACTIVE WEATHER!SOME WOMEN IN KERN COUNTY ARECELEBRATING A NEW