Northern California forecast: Rain and snow returning
Clouds and gusty winds are expected Monday ahead of a system that will bring rain and snow back to the region starting Tuesday.
ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VACCINES. 420 NOW, TURNING OUR ATTENTION BACK TO OUR FORECAST, AND WE HAVE GOT SOME MAJOR CHANGES THIS WEEK AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THE STOCKTON WATERFRONT. LET’S GO TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG. YEAH, A LOT TO GET THROUGH. SO LET’S JUST DIVE RIGHT IN. FIRST THINGS FIRST. YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING THEY’RE UP A LITTLE BIT. WE’RE INTO PRIMARILY THE LOWER 50S IN MODESTO AND SACRAMENTO. LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM WEST SACRAMENTO CLOUDY SKIES COVER ACROSS THE TOWER BRIDGE, BUT YOU DON’T SEE ANY FOG FROM THIS VIEW, TEMPERATURES ARE NOTICEABLY WARMER, ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEY AND THE SIERRA 6 TO 10 DEGREE JUMP WITH A BLANKET OF CLOUDS OVERHEAD. 11 DEGREES WARMER THIS MORNING IN TRUCKEE. BUT BIG CHANGES I’M TRACKING AS WE GET RIGHT INTO THIS WORKWEEK. BREEZY AND CLOUDY DAY TODAY, BUT DRY. WE START TO NOTICE THE RAIN MOVING IN IN THE SIERRA SNOW BY TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. BOTH DAYS ARE DEEMED IMPACT DAYS AND THEN A STRONGER SYSTEM, A COLDER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PLUNGE THROUGH THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND. LET’S GET RIGHT INTO THE DETAIL HERE. BIG PICTURE VIEW, RADAR AND SATELLITE WEATHER IN MOTION. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A WEAK SYSTEM BYPASSING US RIGHT NOW. KICKED OFF A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. BUT ANOTHER ONE TAKING AIM AT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JUST OFF THE COAST. CURRENTLY IT’S GOING TO SPREAD CLOUD COVER OUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TODAY FOR THIS MONDAY. SO CLOUDY SKIES, A BIT OF A NORTH BREEZE, BUT NO RAIN YET. EVEN BY TOMORROW MORNING I THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET THROUGH. LIKELY THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH DRY CONDITIONS ON THE ROADS. JUST THOSE SCATTERED CLOUDS. THEN WE GET INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HERE’S 1:00 FRAMED UP AND HERE COMES THE RAIN. WE WILL HAVE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL. SOME OF THOSE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS A POSSIBILITY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THAT WE GO. THEN HERE COMES THE SNOWFALL IN THE SIERRA. INITIALLY STARTING OUT ROUGHLY ABOVE 6000FT, BUT THEN DROPPING DOWN CLOSER TO AROUND 5000FT, ESPECIALLY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DURING THE EVENING, WE WILL HAVE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THEN WEDNESDAY MORNING, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS LINGERING IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY WITH MORE SHOWER CHANCES. RENEWING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN TERMS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS, NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT ENOUGH TO REALLY MAKE FOR WET ROAD CONDITIONS AND LIKELY SOME SLOW TRAVEL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH POSSIBLE AROUND SACRAMENTO, HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH. PLUS IN THE FOOTHILLS. HOW THAT’S GOING TO TALLY UP IN THE SIERRA. I THINK THAT BY TUESDAY NIGHT WE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES AT THE PASSES, THEN REALLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COMING DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL INCH PLUS AROUND DONNER SUMMIT, FOR EXAMPLE. POTENTIALLY AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING, THURSDAY, FRIDAY LOOK LIKE THE DRIER PARTS OF THE WEEK. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY, MORE SHOWERS BY THE EVENING, SUNDAY AND IMPACT DA
Northern California forecast: Rain and snow returning
Clouds and gusty winds are expected Monday ahead of a system that will bring rain and snow back to the region starting Tuesday.
Updated: 5:06 AM PST Feb 9, 2026
Monday is a dry, cloudy day with a few mountain showers possible in the late afternoon. Winds will increase in the valley by midday with occasional gusts 20-30 mph.IMPACT DAYS: TUESDAY & WEDNESDAYTuesday morning commute looks dry with rain developing by the afternoon. Showers will be on and off for the afternoon with snow beginning by later in the day.Snow could be heavy at times over the passes by Tuesday evening into Wednesday. Isolated thunderstorms will also be possible Tuesday afternoon.Wednesday looks showery with lingering snow in the Sierra above 5000’.The Valley may see up to 0.50″ of rainfall by Wednesday afternoon while the Foothills may receive up to 1″. 4-10″ of new snow accumulation is possible above 5,000′ with up to 18″ above 6,000′. Thursday and Friday will be dry, but rain and Sierra snow return late Saturday into Sunday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Monday is a dry, cloudy day with a few mountain showers possible in the late afternoon. Winds will increase in the valley by midday with occasional gusts 20-30 mph.
IMPACT DAYS: TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Tuesday morning commute looks dry with rain developing by the afternoon. Showers will be on and off for the afternoon with snow beginning by later in the day.
Snow could be heavy at times over the passes by Tuesday evening into Wednesday. Isolated thunderstorms will also be possible Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday looks showery with lingering snow in the Sierra above 5000’.
The Valley may see up to 0.50″ of rainfall by Wednesday afternoon while the Foothills may receive up to 1″. 4-10″ of new snow accumulation is possible above 5,000′ with up to 18″ above 6,000′.
Thursday and Friday will be dry, but rain and Sierra snow return late Saturday into Sunday.