Impact Day: Rain and snow continue in Northern California
Scattered rain showers are forecast for the Valley and Foothills again today with more snow expected in the Sierra through Wednesday morning.
TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. SACRAMENTO CITY SKYLINE. ANOTHER UNSETTLED DAY AND ANOTHER IMPACT DAY. WE ARE TRACKING RAIN IN THE VALLEY AND SNOW IN THE SIERRA. HERE’S KELLY CURRAN WITH A LOOK. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK THOSE RAIN SHOWERS RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN AT THIS HOUR, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO SEE MORE. SO THIS IS WHAT WE’RE SEEING. 53 DEGREES. SO CERTAINLY COOL TEMPERATURES NOT GOING TO BUDGE A WHOLE LOT TODAY THOUGH. CALM WINDS FOR US WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN. WELL THAT IS IN THE FOOTHILLS. SO DOWN NEAR SONORA YOU SEE THOSE SHADES OF YELLOWS AND ORANGES INDICATING THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SAN ANDREAS MURPHYS GETTING IN ON THAT. ARNOLD AS WELL. BEAR VALLEY SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW. AND THERE OF COURSE, IS MORE ON THE WAY. WE HEAD UP TOWARD ROSEVILLE, LINCOLN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF MAINLY LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY, BUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT INCREASING. YUBA CITY AND POINTS SOUTHWARD. SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RAIN. LIKE I SAID, SACRAMENTO NOT SEEING A WHOLE LOT, AT LEAST NOT RIGHT AT THIS HOUR. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT FUTURECAST. SO ALL OF THIS RAIN AND THE SNOW IS WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW. NOW THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. AND THAT’S WHEN WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THAT SNOW AS THIS LOW STARTS TO SHIFT FURTHER TO THE EAST, SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WE’RE DONE. IN FACT, WE’RE DONE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE’LL SEE A FEW CLOUDS AROUND FROM TIME TO TIME, TEMPERATURES WARMING UP. IN FACT, GETTING UP INTO THE UPPER 70S BY SATURDAY. THEN THE NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO APPROACH. THIS ONE AT LEAST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING WET WEATHER FOR SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. MORE SNOW FOR THE SIERRA AS WELL. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE MONITORING CLOSELY. HOW MUCH MORE RAIN COULD WE SEE? WELL, TODAY COULD PICK UP AN EXTRA HALF AN INCH IN SACRAMENTO. KEEP IN MIND WE’VE ALREADY HAD MORE THAN AN INCH. I’M STILL WORKING ON THE GRAPHIC WITH THE RAINFALL TOTALS FOR YOU UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN PLACERVILLE SONORA COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FOR TODAY. HOW MUCH SNOW ARE WE LOOKING AT? WELL, THIS IS STORM TOTAL AGAIN. WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DUSTING IN MOST LOCATIONS, BUT DONNER SUMMIT COULD SEE 8 OR 6 TO TEN INCHES. ECHO SUMMIT 8.4 TO 8 AND THEN DOWN TOWARDS SONORA PASS. THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE THAT POSSIBILITY OF SEEING UP TO 30IN OF SNOW. SIERRA SEVEN DAY FORECAST. AGAIN, LOOKING AT CLOUDY SKIES TODAY, MORE SNOW SHOWERS ON THE WAY, LINGERING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SACRAMENTO. WE’RE EXPECTING A HIGH TODAY. THE HIGH ONLY 60 DEGREES. 67 THOUGH TOMORROW THE CLOUDS STARTING TO BREAK UP. AND THEN LOOK AT THAT. BY SATURDAY WE’RE TALKING A HIGH OF 78. WE’RE STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY, BUT GOING TO KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW JUST BECAUSE TH
Impact Day: Rain and snow continue in Northern California
Scattered rain showers are forecast for the Valley and Foothills again today with more snow expected in the Sierra through Wednesday morning.
Updated: 6:05 AM PDT Oct 14, 2025
Scattered rain showers continue Tuesday in the Valley and Foothills. Rain showers will be more scattered than yesterday with the Valley picking up an addition .25-.50″ and the Foothills potentially picking up an 1″ of rain. Temperatures will be quite cool again today with Valley highs in the upper 50s and low 60s while the Foothills sees highs in the low 50s. Rain showers will wrap up overnight and clouds will decrease tomorrow. Snow showers are expected to be heaviest this afternoon and evening. Snow levels will fall to 5,500′ overnight. 6-10″ of snow is forecast near Donner Summit and 4-8″ are expected near Echo Summit. Areas south of Hwy 50, especially around Sonora pass could see up to 30″. Temperatures in the Sierra will only be in the 40s this afternoon. Snow showers will wrap up Wednesday morning. Dry conditions are forecast Thursday through Sunday morning with another low pressure system brining the potential for active weather Sunday night and Monday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Scattered rain showers continue Tuesday in the Valley and Foothills. Rain showers will be more scattered than yesterday with the Valley picking up an addition .25-.50″ and the Foothills potentially picking up an 1″ of rain. Temperatures will be quite cool again today with Valley highs in the upper 50s and low 60s while the Foothills sees highs in the low 50s. Rain showers will wrap up overnight and clouds will decrease tomorrow.
Snow showers are expected to be heaviest this afternoon and evening. Snow levels will fall to 5,500′ overnight. 6-10″ of snow is forecast near Donner Summit and 4-8″ are expected near Echo Summit. Areas south of Hwy 50, especially around Sonora pass could see up to 30″. Temperatures in the Sierra will only be in the 40s this afternoon. Snow showers will wrap up Wednesday morning.
Dry conditions are forecast Thursday through Sunday morning with another low pressure system brining the potential for active weather Sunday night and Monday.