Another storm system is moving into Northern California just in time for Christmas Eve, bringing widespread rain to the valley and snow to the Sierra. Expect travel impacts just in time for the holiday.

Christmas and the holiday days following could be somewhat active and stormy with rounds of significant mountain snow, gusty weather, heavy rain and the risk of landslides and some river flooding. The best chance for thunder will be over the Kitsap Peninsula, the South Sound and the Olympic Peninsula. The craft is billed as a taxi of the future.

Steady rain will kick in at the beaches, and gusty southerly winds will start to roll up the Washington coast. By mid-day on Wednesday, the precipitation will fill into the Puget Sound Basin, then march up into the Cascades to yield heavy snow by early afternoon.