Officials are urging drivers to slow down, exercise caution and check state road condition websites before setting out.

An updated winter storm watch was released by the NWS Sacramento CA on Friday at 12:51 p.m. valid from Monday 11 a.m. until Wednesday 5 p.m. for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada.

Big changes on tap this weekend as a potent Pacific system brings widespread mountain snow and valley rain... and eventually valley snow for some!

The incoming winter storm is the first of its kind to hit Central California this season. National Weather Service (NWS) offices have issued winter storm watches ahead of the snowstorm. The watches will go into effect on Monday. Thousands of people are included in the watch area, with the heavy snow expected to make travel hazardous.

The NWS Hanford CA issued a winter storm watch at 12:35 p.m. on Friday valid from Monday 11 a.m. until Wednesday 5 p.m. The watch is for Yosemite, Upper San Joaquin River, Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge, Kings Canyon,

A fall storm will bring scattered rain, snow, and chillier temperatures to Montana for the first weekend of October.

On Friday at 2:58 p.m. the NWS Spokane WA issued a winter storm watch valid from Sunday 8 a.m. until Monday 11 a.m. The watch is for Northeast Mountains, Okanogan Highlands and Western Okanogan County.

La Nina, the cooler and at times costlier flip side of El Nino, has arrived to warp weather worldwide, meteorologists said Thursday. This natural weather phenomenon often turbocharges the Atlantic hurricane season,