January 9, 2024 | Posted in News
SO FAR IN THE FORECAST TODAY, IT’S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY, A LITTLE BIT COLD OUTSIDE, BUT CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY. MARK. YEAH BOY, REALLY CHILLY THIS MORNING AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE CHILLY MORNINGS THIS WEEK. RIGHT NOW THAT’S THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM LIVECOPTER3. WE ARE LOOKING TOWARD THE MONTEZUMA HILLS AND THE EXTENSIVE WINDMILL NETWORK THAT IS OUT THERE, AND SOME OF ARE MOVING, SOME OF THEM AREN’T. THERE’S NOT A LOT OF WIND OUT THERE TODAY, BUT WE WILL START TO SEE SOME MORE WIND, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE MIDDLE PART OF THIS WEEK. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 54 DEGREES- WITH SUN AND SOME CLOUDS INREES- SACRAMENTO. AND WITH INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO COOL OFF PRETTY QUICKLY. BY MIDNIGHT WE’LL BE DOWN IN THE UPPER 30S, BUT WILL LIKELY JUST KIND OF TOP OUT RIGHT IN THERE OR SHOULD SAY BOTTOM OUT, BECAUSE AFTER THAT WE’LL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS DURING THE NIGHT AND THAT WILL TEND TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING ANY MORE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST THESE HIGH CLOUDS COMING IN THERE ARE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FIRST ONE THAT’S GOING TO GO BY TOMORROW. SO IT’S NOT REALLY GOING TO DO MUCH FOR US. THIS IS TOMORROW MORNING, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT SNOW IN THE SIERRA. BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, THIS IS 9:00. YOU NOTICE HOW THE SHOWERS ARE VERY SPOTTY. SOME AREAS MAY MISS RAIN COMPLETELY TOMORROW AND AREAS THAT DO SAY WILL SEE RAIN WILL LIKELY SEE LESS THAN A 10TH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE IN THE MORNING. SO BY HE TIME WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON, WELL, THE CLOUDS ARE BREAKING UP. WE’LL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE AND IT WILL TURN INTO A NICE LOOKING AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET INTO THE THE BETTER SYSTEM THAT WILL GET HERE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NOW THIS ONE TOO WON’T DO MUCH FOR THE VALLEY. THIS IS FIRST THING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOTICE THE VALLEY IS DRY, BUT IT’S ALREADY STARTING TO SNOW IN THE SIERRA. MAYBE NOT VERY HEAVY, BUT WE COULD BE IN CHAIN CONTROLS VERY EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. ON WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 THERE’S RAIN IN THE COASTRILLIONANGE, BUT THERE’S NOT MUCH GOING ON IN THE VALLEY. THERE’S RAIN IN THE FOOTHILLS, THERE’S SNOW IN THE SIERRA. AND WE’LL BE SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOW AT 4000FT. THIS IS A TWO IN THE AFTERNOON. AGAIN, NOTICE HOW SPOTTY THE RAIN IS, BUT THE SNOW IS MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS AND THE SNOW CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY GIVING UP AND THEN WILL BE DRY DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SO JUST FOR THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, UP ON DONNER SUMMIT, WE’RE LOOKING AT 12 TO 18IN OF SNOW. THAT’S WHY WE’RE CALLING IT AN IMPACT DAY AND A DAY THAT YOU WANT TO AVOID TRAVEL. IF YOU CAN. WE’LL SEE. MAYBE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8IN OF SNOW IN POLLOCK PINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW THAT COULD SEE MAYBE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. PLACES LIKE CAMINO. SO TOMORROW, YES, THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE WILL SEE DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW 30S AROUND TAHOE. A LITTLE TYPO THERE FOR POLLOCK PINES. THE FOOTHILLS WILL SEE DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 40S WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS, BUT A COOL DAY AGAIN IN AUBURN WITH A HIGH OF 48 ALONG THE COAST. FAIRFIELD WE’LL SEE A HIGH OF 52 WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE DRY AND FOR THE VALLEY HERE TOO, THERE WILL BE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BUT BY THE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE, 53, IN TRACY, 50 DEGREES IN LODI. AND FOR THE SACRAMENTO AREA, TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO TOP OUT IN THE LOW 50S. SO A COOL DAY WITH MORNING CLOUDS AND SOME SPRINKLES AND THEN MORE SUN IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY IS THE BETTER RAIN, BUT AGAIN, MAYBE A 10TH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. A BETTER SNOW PRODUCER. WE’RE DRY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS SATURDAY. A LOT OF VARIABILITY IN THE MODELS ABOUT SATURDAY,