Residents of California are preparing themselves for a series of storms that may bring winds, mudslides and snow up to 10 feet.

Forecasters are warning that the bad weather might last all weekend.

At least two storms hit the West Coast, from Washington State to Southern California.

The first storm hit on Thursday Northern California and brought two inches of rain, bloomerg.com informs.

Thursday night in the Sacramento area were registered power outages and damaged electrical lines.

Almost 2,000 customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company north and east of Sacramento remained without power, according to spokeswoman Susan Simon mercurynews.com said.

It also brought gusts of winds of 50 mph at Sacramento International Airport.

According to the U.S. National Weather Service, the second storm will bring more rain on Friday.

The weather service's San Francisco office wrote on its Web site: “Behind the (first) front, a yet even stronger storm is developing. The strong winds currently ongoing will remain and actually increase to high wind warning levels, or 25 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph.”

Until January 6 a high-surf advisory is in effect. Tides of 30 feet were expected and the U.S. Coast Guard cautioned boaters to remain in the port.

In the Mount Shasta the U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning and in the Sierra Nevada a blizzard advisory was issued by the weather service. Here the winds could reach 100 mph and snow could drop up to 8 feet.

According to the AccuWeather website: ``Snowfall amounts in the Sierra from the upcoming storms could rank among the top snowstorm totals of the past 50 years. The benchmark is a series of storms in mid-January 1952 that left more than 12 feet of snow in Tahoe City, California.''

According to Ken Reeves, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com, the areas that were affected by the fires, like Hollywood Hills and Malibu, might suffer mudslides.

He said: ``There's nothing to hold the topsoil down as the rain comes down in high quantity.''