More clouds with cooler temps, rain and Sierra snow

More clouds with cooler temps, rain and Sierra snow for Northern California

Changes are afoot… Clouds are increasing along with a breeze; temps are running cooler and will continue to drop over the next couple of days. Rain in the forecast starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing with showers through Wednesday. Snow levels will start 5500 ft early Tuesday morning, then climb to 6500-7000 ft. By Wednesday, levels will drop back below 6000 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday are Impact Days due to expected rainfall in the Valley and foothills (.25″-1.00″) and travel impacts in the Sierra due to chain controls and slick driving conditions. Thursday and Friday are looking dry.

CALIFORNIA. AND THAT’S JUST THE START OF WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING. LET’S GET RIGHT TO DIRK NOW. THE CLOUDS AND THE BREEZE. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED WHEN I WAS OUT TODAY. JUST IT FELT SO MUCH COLDER, EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE MID 60S WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE BREEZE, IT MADE IT FEEL A LITTLE CHILLY, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD. TAKING A LIVE LOOK HERE FROM A RANCHO CORDOVA SKY CAMERA. CURRENT TEMPERATURES UPPER 50S. SO AGAIN, TEMPERATURE WISE, NOT BAD. 58 DEGREES, BUT AGAIN A LITTLE BREEZY OUT THERE. 54 DEGREES IN STOCKTON, 57 MODESTO AND 36 DEGREES CURRENTLY IN TRUCKEE. WE DO HAVE THE WINDS STILL HOLDING ON IN YUBA CITY AND SACRAMENTO, 14 TO 20MPH. YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA HERE THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY UP INTO GLENN COUNTY, COLUSA COUNTY. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE WINDS THAT ARE UPWARDS OF 20MPH. THOSE ARE SUSTAINED WINDS. WE’VE BEEN HAVING WIND GUSTS THAT HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 30 TO 40MPH. WE STILL HAVE SOME PRETTY STRONG WIND GUSTS HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. BUT THE WIND GUSTS HAVE STARTED TO DIE DOWN IN YUBA CITY AND SACRAMENTO. SO TODAY WE HAD A DAYTIME HIGH OF 65 DEGREES IN SACRAMENTO. NORMAL TEMPERATURE THIS TIME OF YEAR 60. RECORD TEMPERATURES SET BACK IN 2018. NOT TOO FAR. NOT TOO LONG AGO. 74 DEGREES. BUT TEMPERATURE WISE, IT WASN’T TOO BAD. AS YOU LOOK AT THE THERMOMETER. BUT AGAIN, YOU STEP OUTSIDE WITH THE CLOUD COVER THAT OVERCAST AS WELL AS THE WINDS. IT FELT A LITTLE BIT CHILLIER. BUT WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE IS WE’RE STARTING TO GET THAT PUSH OF THAT FLOW COMING UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS HERE, THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS OF THE SIERRA. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING HERE OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE WITH US THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HERE WE ARE, 1030. WE’LL SEE IT PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OVER THE MAMMOTH LAKES AREA, MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, AND WE COULD SEE SOME ALL THE WAY UP INTO ALPINE COUNTY. HERE’S TUESDAY ABOUT 11 A.M. IN THE MORNING. WE’LL STILL SEE SOME AREAS OF SNOW. MOST OF IT’S GOING TO BE UP ABOVE 6000 TO 6500FT, THOUGH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PLUMAS COUNTY. AND WE START TO SEE THINGS SPREAD OUT A BIT AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. SO TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS WHEN THINGS REALLY GET STARTED. WE GET THE RAIN COMING OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, THROUGH THE DELTA AND INTO THE VALLEY, AND THEN THE SNOW STARTS PICKING UP. YOU CAN SEE FROM LAKE TAHOE NORTH INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA, INCLUDING PLUMAS AND SIERRA AND NEVADA COUNTIES. AND THEN WE SEE THAT SNOW START TO ACCUMULATE A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE HEAD INTO LATE NIGHT, TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN FACT, WE COULD EVEN SEE A FEW LITTLE THUNDERSTORMS POP UP IN THE VALLEY AS WE GET THIS UNSTABLE AIR WORKING ITS WAY IN. THE CENTER OF THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE SETTING ITSELF UP RIGHT OVER ACROSS FROM THE BAY AREA ALONG THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. IT’S GOING TO BE FLINGING THESE SHOWERS ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND IT’S NOT GOING TO BE TILL WE GET INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THAT FINALLY BACKS OUT AND WE SEE THE SKIES CLEAR OUT. AND THAT MEANS THAT WILL WARM BACK UP INTO THE 60S. BUT WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE A DROP IN TEMPERATURES. AND OF COURSE, THE RAINFALL FORECAST FOR RAINFALL FOR THE TWO DAYS, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WE’RE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN MODESTO AND STOCKTON, A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SACRAMENTO AND YUBA CITY. THEY’RE HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH, THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO OVER AN INCH POSSIBLE. IN PLACERVILLE AND BLUE CANYON, WE’RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2IN OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE SNOW SITUATION STARTING OUT AROUND 5900FT, GETTING UP TO ABOUT 7200FT AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND THEN DROPPING DOWN BELOW 6000FT. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW LOOK LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO BE FALLING STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO THAT’S WHEN WE’LL GET THE BULK OF OUR SNOWFALL IN THE SIERRA TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. STARTING OFF IN THE 40S AND DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOME SPOTS MAY GET UP TO AROUND 60 DEGREES, AND YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST SHOWS THOSE IMPACT DAYS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AND THEN WE GET THE SUNSHINE BACK FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT THEN COOL

More clouds with cooler temps, rain and Sierra snow for Northern California

Changes are afoot… Clouds are increasing along with a breeze; temps are running cooler and will continue to drop over the next couple of days. Rain in the forecast starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing with showers through Wednesday. Snow levels will start 5500 ft early Tuesday morning, then climb to 6500-7000 ft. By Wednesday, levels will drop back below 6000 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday are Impact Days due to expected rainfall in the Valley and foothills (.25″-1.00″) and travel impacts in the Sierra due to chain controls and slick driving conditions. Thursday and Friday are looking dry.

Updated: 8:38 PM PST Feb 9, 2026

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Changes are afoot… Clouds are increasing along with a breeze; temps are running cooler and will continue to drop over the next couple of days. Rain in the forecast starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing with showers through Wednesday. Snow levels will start 5500 ft early Tuesday morning, then climb to 6500-7000 ft. By Wednesday, levels will drop back below 6000 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday are Impact Days due to expected rainfall in the Valley and foothills (.25″-1.00″) and travel impacts in the Sierra due to chain controls and slick driving conditions. Thursday and Friday are looking dry.

Changes are afoot… Clouds are increasing along with a breeze; temps are running cooler and will continue to drop over the next couple of days. Rain in the forecast starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing with showers through Wednesday. Snow levels will start 5500 ft early Tuesday morning, then climb to 6500-7000 ft. By Wednesday, levels will drop back below 6000 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday are Impact Days due to expected rainfall in the Valley and foothills (.25″-1.00″) and travel impacts in the Sierra due to chain controls and slick driving conditions. Thursday and Friday are looking dry.