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SACRAMENTO STATE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WE’RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK. IN THE MEANTIME, A LIVE LOOK HERE AT RANCHO CORDOVA SKYCAM. IT IS A WET AND STORMY START TO THE DAY. JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE DOPPLER RADAR. LET’S GO TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG WITH A LOOK. YEAH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO TALK ABOUT. LET’S FIRST TAKE YOU INTO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, WHERE YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY THE DROPS ARE HITTING THE CAMERA LENS AND THE STREETS ALL AROUND TOWN. THEY ARE REALLY WATERLOGGED. WE’VE HAD RAIN REALLY COMING DOWN SINCE ABOUT 10:00 LAST NIGHT. AND NOTICE THAT THE TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED DOWN AFTER A DAY IN THE 60S YESTERDAY. WE’RE NOW DOWN TO THE LOW 50S ON THIS PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY, MID 30S UP AT THE TOP, WHERE THE SNOW HAS ALSO BEEN STREAMING IN THE WIND, PRIMARILY OUT OF THE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. NOT TOO STRONG THIS MORNING, BUT THOSE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE RAMPING UP, ESPECIALLY MIDDAY AND BEYOND, WHERE WE COULD HAVE A PERIODIC GUST UP TO ABOUT 25 TO 35MPH IN AND AROUND THE VALLEY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. LET’S LOOK AT THE RAIN NOW IN THE RADAR SWEEP OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SLEEPING. TYPE OF RAIN I KNOW I HEARD IT HITTING MY ROOFTOP AS I WAS GETTING UP AND GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT THE DOOR FOR WORK. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THAT SNOW IS REALLY COMING DOWN ROUGHLY BETWEEN ABOUT 4000 AND 5000FT FOR THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AND INTERSTATE 80. YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THE CHAIN CONTROLS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND AROUND GRASS VALLEY, NEVADA CITY. IT’S ALL RAIN FOR YOU THIS MORNING. COMING DOWN AT A REALLY GOOD CLIP. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN AREAS LIKE CAMINO, IT’S PRIMARILY RAINFALL AND PLACERVILLE GETTING SOME GOOD SOAKING RAIN AS WELL INTO THE GROUND. STOCKTON THE RAINFALL INTENSITY IS ON THE LIGHTER SCALE. IT PICKS UP AROUND ESCALON AND MODESTO PICKS UP AS WELL ALONG AREAS OF HIGHWAY 108 INTO SONORA. SO THE BIG PIECE OF THIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, JUST CHURNING OFFSHORE, AND WE’RE SEEING AGAIN THE FLOW OF THAT MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM THE SOUTH. BUT THE NEXT PUSH OF MOISTURE COMES IN FROM THE NORTH. AND THAT WILL NOT ONLY CHANGE UP OUR WIND FOR US IN THE DIRECTION, IT’S ALSO GOING TO BRING IN SOME COLDER AIR TO WORK WITH. SO TUESDAY, HERE’S FUTURECAST. AT LUNCHTIME YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW LEVEL WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE HILL, AND WE COULD EXPECT SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS AROUND 2000FT, ESPECIALLY EVEN BY TOMORROW MORNING. RAIN WILL BE ON AND OFF AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THEN WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO WEDNESDAY, AND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD EVEN SEE THAT SNOW LEVEL INCHING DOWN CLOSER TO JUST BELOW 2000FT AS THAT COLD AIR REALLY STREAMS IN. AND THEN WE GET INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THINGS WILL QUIET DOWN QUITE A BIT, BUT WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. SO FROM YESTERDAY’S RAIN, WE GOT IN THE OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WE COULD PICK UP 1 TO 2IN. SOME SPOTS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY PUSHING CLOSER TO THREE INCHES, LIKE AROUND YUBA CITY, AND THEN THREE TO ABOUT FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. TUESDAY EVENING. HOW MUCH SNOW MIGHT BE ON THE GROUND WHERE YOU LIVE, OR IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL THOSE PASSES 56IN POSSIBLE DONNER SUMMIT 37. ECHO SUMMIT 43 AROUND KIRKWOOD AND EVEN COLFAX COULD BE SEEING SOME GOOD STEADY SNOWFALL FOR THE COMING DAYS, ESPECIALLY AS THAT COLDER AIR WORKS IN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY FORECAST AGAIN, STILL A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED. WE GET INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WHILE WE MAY STILL SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SIERRA, THE VALLEY DRIES OUT AND THE VALLEY IS LOOKING DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY, WE COULD SEE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER SYSTEM TO RETURN AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. AGAIN, MODELS ARE STILL KIND OF WORKING OUT THE DETAILS ON THAT, BUT LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES, THE HIGH YESTERDAY FOR PERSPECTIVE WAS IN THE 60S. WE CRASHED DOWN TODAY TO THE 50S WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. THAT TELLS YOU THIS IS A COLDER SYSTEM THAT WILL KIND OF LINGER AND HAVE IMPACTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. EXCITED TO SEE TH
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Updated: 7:37 AM PST Feb 16, 2026
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The KCRA 3 weather team is issuing Alert Days for Monday and Tuesday because of the risky conditions posed by heavy rain, soaking rain and gusty winds in Northern California.
Here is where to find live, interactive radar and traffic maps on KCRA.com to help keep you prepared during weather events in California.
Track the latest forecast here.
Download our app for the latest breaking news and severe weather alerts
Here is where you can download our app for the latest weather alerts.
Track real-time traffic updates in Northern California here
(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)
Track California Doppler radar here
(App users, click here to see our interactive radar map.)
See the latest Northern California rain totals here Track California highway road conditions here
Here is where you can search Caltrans road conditions by highway and see if chain controls are in effect.
Here are key websites to prepare for and track California power outages.Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and XMeteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist Heather Waldman on Facebook and XMeteorologist Kelly Curran on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Ophelia Young on Facebook and X. Watch our forecasts on TV or online
Here’s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we’re live.
We’re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.
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