Northern California forecast: Drier weather this week while we anticipate next storm system
Thursday will start with patchy morning fog and a few lingering Sierra snow flurries.
TURNING OUR ATTENTION BACK TO WEATHER NOW AND TRAFFIC WITH A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THE STOCKTON WATERFRONT FROM OUR WILL HERYFORD SKYCAM. AND PRETTY QUIET RIGHT NOW. BUT I KNOW IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WE COULD REALLY GET HIT AGAIN. WE COULD. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING A COLDER SYSTEM PLUNGE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STARTING AS EARLY AS SUNDAY, AND THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD IMPACTS ALL INTO NEXT WEEK. SO MY ADVICE TO YOU IS GET OUT AND ENJOY THE DRY WEATHER WHILE WE HAVE IT AROUND. TODAY IS GOING TO BE A DRY DAY AS WE GET INTO THE MORNING, THERE’S SOME FOG THAT’S TRYING TO DEVELOP. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AS WELL IN STOCKTON FROM A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT. YOU ALSO NOTICE THE FLAG IS NOT ABRUPTLY MOVING AROUND LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. THIS MORNING. YESTERDAY MORNING WE HAD THAT STEADY NORTH WIND IN PLACE. THE NORTH WIND WILL SIMMER DOWN. SKIES HAVE CLEARED OUT AND SO SOME FOG MAY BE PRONE TO DEVELOP, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO DAYBREAK. HERE IN THE 7:00 HOUR WE’RE DOWN TO THE LOW MID 40S. ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A CHILL BITE TO THE AIR AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR. 26 IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS IS AS OF 7:00 LAST NIGHT. SO REALLY, ONCE THE SUN SET, WE SAW MOST OF OUR TOTALS THAT CAME IN MARYSVILLE PICKING UP JUST OVER 3/10 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVER 2/10. IN OROVILLE. YOU SEE SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS THERE AS YOU GO ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR NORTH OF MARYSVILLE AND EVEN AROUND CLEAR LAKE, OVER AN INCH LOGGED IN THE RAIN BUCKET, CLOSE TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN SACRAMENTO, WE GOT OVER A 10TH OF AN INCH IN STOCKTON. BUT LOOK AT MODESTO PICKING UP 4/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE FOOTHILLS. WE SAW ANYWHERE BETWEEN A QUARTER TO ABOUT A HALF AN INCH, AND THAT’S EXACTLY HOW WE ANTICIPATED THAT SYSTEM TO WORK THROUGH TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SO OF COURSE, WITH SOME SATURATED GROUND OUT THERE, SOME FOG TRYING TO DEVELOP, WE HAVE SOME HAZY SKIES IN STOCKTON AND AT STOCKTON AIRPORT, TWO MILE VISIBILITY, CURRENTLY FREEZING FOG TRYING TO DEVELOP AS WELL AROUND TRUCKEE THAT MAY LIMIT YOUR VISIBILITY FOR DRIVING UP AND OVER THE DONNER SUMMIT IN THE PASSES RADAR. SATELLITE VIEW PRETTY MUCH QUIETING DOWN. WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SWEEP TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AND KIND OF CRUMBLE AT THE SEAMS, BUT THE NEXT ONE IS WAITING IN THE WINGS TO ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AND THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THE IMPACT ICONS IN THE SEVEN DAY. TALKING ABOUT SNOW ABOVE 5000FT, WE COULD BE TALKING FEET OF SNOW THIS TIME AROUND 3 TO 5FT. AND THAT’S AGAIN A COMBINATION OF SUNDAY NIGHT ALL THE WAY INTO WEDNESDAY. AND THAT SNOW LEVEL COULD PLUNGE AS LOW AS AROUND 3000FT. SO AREAS LIKE ALTA ARNOLD EL CAMINO COULD BE SEEING SOME SNOW WITH THIS NEXT ROUND, AND RAIN WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3IN POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY. SO LET’S TIME THIS OUT WITH FUTURECAST AGAIN. WE’RE DRY THROUGH SATURDAY SUNDAY. FRONT HALF OF THE DAY IS DRY. NEXT ROUND OF RAIN STARTS TO MOVE IN BY SUNDAY EVENING, AND THEN WE REALLY START TO SEE THE SNOW COMING DOWN STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON. LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY AS WE GET REINFORCEMENT OF COLD AIR. WORKING IN WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM. SO TWO WAVES TO GET THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AGAIN, THAT’S PROMPTING THESE IMPACT DAYS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UNTIL THEN AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE DRY. DRY FOR VALENTINE’S DAY WITH
Northern California forecast: Drier weather this week while we anticipate next storm system
Thursday will start with patchy morning fog and a few lingering Sierra snow flurries.
Updated: 6:05 AM PST Feb 12, 2026
Thursday will start with patchy morning fog and a few lingering Sierra snow flurries.Skies will clear by late morning, and sunshine will return to warm the valley to highs in the mid 60s. Foothill temperatures will top out in the upper 50s, with Sierra temperatures peaking in the low 40s.Weather remains dry, with some morning fog, through Valentine’s Day. However, we’ll notice a light breeze pick up on Saturday as our next storm approaches. Rain returns to the region on Sunday and becomes widespread at the start of the next workweek.As two back-to-back systems move through Northern California, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be Impact Days, with more rain, strong winds, and heavy mountain snow at lower elevations than the last system.The timing and duration of these systems are still uncertain, but forecast models suggest impacts could linger into early Thursday morning.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Thursday will start with patchy morning fog and a few lingering Sierra snow flurries.
Skies will clear by late morning, and sunshine will return to warm the valley to highs in the mid 60s. Foothill temperatures will top out in the upper 50s, with Sierra temperatures peaking in the low 40s.
Weather remains dry, with some morning fog, through Valentine’s Day. However, we’ll notice a light breeze pick up on Saturday as our next storm approaches. Rain returns to the region on Sunday and becomes widespread at the start of the next workweek.
As two back-to-back systems move through Northern California, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be Impact Days, with more rain, strong winds, and heavy mountain snow at lower elevations than the last system.
The timing and duration of these systems are still uncertain, but forecast models suggest impacts could linger into early Thursday morning.