Tule fog continues across the Central Valley
Fog and low clouds persist in the Valley, Delta, Bay Area, and even the lower Foothills keeping temperatures well below normal.
SWITCHING GEARS BACK TO OUR FORECAST. AND ANOTHER FOGGY DAY AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE OVER THE CAPITAL CITY. LET’S HEAD IT RIGHT NOW TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG. AND THE FOG IS BACK. YEAH, WE’RE JUST KIND OF USED TO THIS. RINSE AND REPEAT. ROUTINE DAY AFTER DAY. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FOR YOU RIGHT NOW IN RANCHO CORDOVA WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME HAZY SKIES. BUT NOTICE VISIBILITY AT THIS POINT IS FINE. MOST OF THE FOG HERE ALONG AT LEAST THE 50 STRETCH AT THIS POINT, AND THIS ELEVATION. IT’S RATHER ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SPREAD. RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS THE VALLEY. WE’RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THAT MUCH FROM THOSE NUMBERS AS OF THIS MORNING, EVEN INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THE FOG LAYER IS GOING TO STICK AROUND IN THE SIERRA, THOUGH, IF YOU’RE SEEKING SUNSHINE, THAT’S ONE OF THE AREAS YOU CAN GO RIGHT NOW. A CHILLY START AT 24 AND EVENTUALLY WARMING INTO THE LOW 60S IN SPOTS LIKE TRUCKEE FOR THE AFTERNOON. THIS PERSISTENT PATTERN CONTINUES TO LINGER. WE’VE HAD NOW 19 DAYS SINCE WE’VE HAD RAINFALL. LAST TIME WE HAD RAINFALL IN SACRAMENTO GOES BACK TO NOVEMBER 20TH, WHERE WE PICKED UP 11/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. WE HAVEN’T HAD A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR DECEMBER. NORMALLY FOR DECEMBER, TYPICALLY WE SEE JUST OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN. MEASURE UP AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS COMING IN FROM SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. WE CERTAINLY CAN DO BETTER NOT ONLY IN THE RAIN DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO IN THE SNOW DEPARTMENT. WE’D LOVE TO SEE A SNOWSTORM BLAST THIS YEAR. I JUST DON’T SEE THAT IN OUR SHORT AND EVEN LONGER RANGE FORECAST VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW. JUST SOME HAZY SKIES IN THE VALLEY. YOU WILL SEE SOME ROUGHER PATCHES OF FOG, ESPECIALLY GOING UP IN ELEVATION ABOVE ABOUT 500FT. YOU START TO SEE SOME OF THAT FOG IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE EASTERN SUBURBS. THE PERSISTENT PATTERN IS BECAUSE OF THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE. WE’VE GOT STORM SYSTEMS TRACKING TO THE NORTH REALLY PRETTY MUCH DAY AFTER DAY, GETTING HAMMERED THERE ALONG AREAS OF OREGON AND UP THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE. WHILE OUR FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. AND I SAY THAT NOW BECAUSE WE’RE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF DECEMBER, AND TYPICALLY THIS IS ONE OF OUR WETTER PARTS OF THE RAIN SEASON AND THE RAIN YEAR. WE’D LOVE TO SEE MORE MOMENTUM. BUT AS WE GET INTO EVEN THE WEEKEND, THAT RIDGE IS STILL HOLDING FIRM. SO WE’VE GOT A DRY WEEKEND AHEAD. LOOKS LIKE NEXT WEEK WE COULD SEE A SYSTEM THAT TRIES TO WORK ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT AT LAST BET FORECAST MODELS DON’T SHOW MUCH. WITH THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY WEAK SYSTEM. IF IT DOES GET A CHANCE TO PLAY BALL WITH OUR AREA. SO IN THE FOOTHILLS THIS YEAR WE ARE DRY AND LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE BULBS THERE. TEO THAT’S WHAT THE SUN LOOKS LIKE. IN CASE YOU FORGOT. RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO GO UP IN ELEVATION ABOVE 1500 FEET TO GET IT. AND WE ARE DRY IN THE FOOTHILLS IN THE SIERRA WITH THE SUN VALLEY ONCE AGAIN PLAGUED BY THE TULE FOG. NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH THOSE HIGHS STAYING IN THE 40S, I’M AFRA
Tule fog continues across the Central Valley
Fog and low clouds persist in the Valley, Delta, Bay Area, and even the lower Foothills keeping temperatures well below normal.
Updated: 4:49 AM PST Dec 9, 2025
Fog and low clouds persist in the Valley, Delta, Bay Area, and even the lower Foothills keeping temperatures well below normal. Afternoon highs will only manage to reach the mid and upper 40s, not much warmer than the morning lows. By contrast, sunshine is expected about 1,500 ft. and along the coast in the afternoon. Some locations in the Sierra may even tie or break record highs as temperatures climb into the upper 50s and low 60s. The pattern of fog and chilly temperatures at lower elevations and sunshine in the Sierra continues through the workweek with no significant rain or snowfall in the forecast.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Fog and low clouds persist in the Valley, Delta, Bay Area, and even the lower Foothills keeping temperatures well below normal. Afternoon highs will only manage to reach the mid and upper 40s, not much warmer than the morning lows.
By contrast, sunshine is expected about 1,500 ft. and along the coast in the afternoon. Some locations in the Sierra may even tie or break record highs as temperatures climb into the upper 50s and low 60s.
The pattern of fog and chilly temperatures at lower elevations and sunshine in the Sierra continues through the workweek with no significant rain or snowfall in the forecast.