National weather service and local agencies tracking and preparing for weekend wet weather

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Wet weather, thunder and gusty winds swept done the vale level connected Thursday morning.

The speedy strategy cleared retired by noon successful the South Valley.

But the National Weather Service says this is the archetypal of respective rounds of showers for the vale and snowfall for the mountains they are expecting.

"So Saturday greeting into Saturday evening clip framework is erstwhile the 2nd question oregon 2nd tempest is expected to determination in," says Meteorologist Mikal Montgomery.

Mikal says that this rainy play has shaped up to beryllium supra mean for November, "Typically, the country sees astir .86 inches. For that timeframe, and past for the period of December, it's 1.76 inches."

Crews pass intimately with exigency agencies, including Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol.

Local powerfulness companies, similar So-Cal Edison, are besides gearing up for the bedewed weather, imaginable breeze and high-elevation snow.

"All of that tin summation the hazard of outages oregon damages to the electrical strategy and infrastructure. So erstwhile we spot conditions similar this successful the forecast, we prepare," says Southern California Edison spokesperson Gabriela Ornelas.

Extra Edison crews are connected standby.

The institution is asking locals to bash their portion by securing immoderate outdoor items up of the rainy weekend.

"What we privation to forestall is harm to a powerfulness line, which is an highly unsafe scenario. Even erstwhile a enactment is down, it tin inactive beryllium energized," Gabriela explains.

It's besides indispensable to person an exigency kit acceptable to go.

Plus, keeping your phones and laptops charged is simply a bully idea.

"We besides urge penning important telephone numbers and interaction accusation connected a portion of insubstantial successful lawsuit their artillery runs out; they inactive person entree to that information," says Gabriela.

The National Weather Service besides recommends not driving into the mountains during storms. But if you must, double-check roadworthy conditions and marque definite you person a acceptable of tyre chains with you.

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