Yup... we're bracing. It's projected to drop 4-6" of water equivalent up here. I'm hoping it is 90% water at our elevation. Anything more than another foot of snow is going to be a problem.
We all have 4-5 foot snow sponge on our roofs, so when that rain falls, the snowpack on the roof is going to get very heavy. I've been running worst-case calcs to see how worried I am. Answer... a little worried. Worst case-scenarios are 25% past the design load of our roof. Best-case scenarios are 30% below the design load.
I'm just grateful this one is forecast to come as rain. 1000 feet higher than us at 7000 (which is not much here - the top of our neighborhood is 6000, go 4 miles in one way and you are at 2000 feet and, in the other direction just shy of 8000) there's going to be big snow. Above 9000 they are saying another 6-8 feet. If we got that here on top of what we have, all systems would collapse.
And then there's the question of saturated ground and weakening root systems... but let's not go there.