A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…WITH VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF THE THE REGION ALONG WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN. CURRENT PROJECTIONS HAVE THE MAIN RAIN BAND FIRST AFFECTING THE  CENTRAL COAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT… THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES MONDAY MORNING…WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF  LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE  THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A 12 HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.  INITIAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THIS STORM CALL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES  ACROSS COAST AND VALLEY AREAS… WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS  AND MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE  FAVORED SOUTHERN FACING SLOPES DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW. GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS…A STORM SYSTEM OF THIS  MAGNITUDE WOULD ALSO BRING A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING… EVEN TO NON BURN AREAS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THAN RECENT WEATHER SYSTEMS… STARTING OUT AROUND 5000 TO 6000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH  MONDAY… BUT SHOULD THEN LOWER TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING. WITH THE STRONG WINDS AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY  REACHING TWO TO THREE FEET… DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE  EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS  AND SATURATED SOILS… A STORM SYSTEM OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD ALSO BRING A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING…EVEN TO NON BURN AREAS.  STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO  ACCOMPANY THIS STORM FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE MOST AFFECTED AREAS FROM THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE OVER HIGHER  TERRAIN… AND ALSO OVER MUCH OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES…WHERE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOWER ELEVATIONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WILL LIKELY  EXPERIENCE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 45 MPH.