Get Ready For A Super Soaking This Weekend

SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) - The National Weather Service says California's withering winter dry spell will end this weekend as a series of storms move through the state.

Scattered light showers fell around Northern California early Friday and were expected to continue on and off overnight before becoming steady and heavy through Saturday evening as a strong cold front crosses the region, the NWS San Francisco office said.

Southern California will see rain arrive slightly later than in the north, approaching late Saturday and lasting into early Sunday.

In the northern part of the state, forecasters say that with the rain will be blustery winds, possibly up to 50 mph.

Bob Benjamin, a forecaster with the National Weather Service says the agency has issued a wind advisory beginning at noon on Saturday with winds expected to be around 15 to 20 mph and gusts up to 50 mph.

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