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<\/p>\nNorthern California forecast: Monday, Tuesday are Alert Days for heavy snow, rain & strong winds<\/p>\n
A storm system moves in Sunday night, setting up a soggy Monday with periods of light to moderate rain, breezy winds, and heavy snowfall in the Sierra.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSURE PEOPLE DON\u2019T WAKE UP TO FLOODED STREETS OR HOMES. TURNING NOW TO KCRA 3 WEATHER A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE TONIGHT FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE. THIS IS ALONG THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY IN SACRAMENTO, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPLASHBACK FROM THE CARS THERE. WE\u2019RE SEEING THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MOVING, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT RAIN HAS MOVED INTO OUR AREA. WE\u2019RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SNOW. WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW WITH METEOROLOGIST OPHELIA YOUNG. SO YEAH, IT\u2019S HERE. IT\u2019S HERE. YEAH. AND SNOW. IT\u2019S JUST GETTING STARTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. IT\u2019S GOING TO GET PRETTY HEAVY OVERNIGHT. BY MORNING, UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA. THAT\u2019S AS WE WAKE UP AT SEVEN, 8:00 IN THE MORNING. BUT IT\u2019S NICE TO SEE RAINDROPS BACK ON ALL OF OUR CAMERAS AGAIN. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE RAIN TO GET HERE, BECAUSE FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING, THE PRECIP BAND WAS STALLED RIGHT OVER THE COASTAL RANGE. AND THAT IS WHY THE COASTAL RANGE IS STARTING OFF THIS STORMY STRETCH WITH ANYWHERE FROM A HALF TO 1.5IN OF RAINFALL ACCUMULATION. THIS EARLY IN THE STORM. JUST LIGHT RAINFALL FOR THE REST OF THE VALLEY. BUT THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE SOON. MODESTO YOU\u2019RE GETTING A FEW SPRINKLES RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THROUGH STOCKTON MOVING THROUGH SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW. YUBA CITY ALSO GETTING A GOOD SOAKING AND THAT RAIN JUST ARRIVING TO THE FOOTHILLS IN THE LAST HOUR. FLURRIES IN THE MOUNTAINS. BUT THAT\u2019S INTENSIFYING AS WE SPEAK. THE STORM NUMBER ONE IS ABOUT TO SWING ONSHORE RIGHT BEHIND IT. HOWEVER, STORM NUMBER TWO IS ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. IT IS LIFTING AND GATHERING ALL THIS COLD AIR, AND WHEN IT CHARGES SOUTH OUT OF THE GULF, IT\u2019S GOING TO BRING ALL THAT COLD AIR WITH IT AND SPREAD IT ACROSS THE WEST COAST. AND THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO RAPIDLY DROP OUR SNOW LEVELS FROM THE 4500FT ON MONDAY TO 3000FT IN ELEVATION ON TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, 2000FT, WHICH MEANS SOME AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS MIGHT BE SEEING SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. BY THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT UP TO FIVE FEET OF SNOW IN DONNER, FOUR FEET IN ECHO SUMMIT, ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3FT IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, POLLOCK PINES UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN ARNOLD, ANYWHERE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW, MAYBE EVEN MORE. AND BY THEN, RAINFALL TOTALS MIGHT AMOUNT TO TWO INCHES. IN SACRAMENTO, TWO AND A HALF IN YUBA CITY, IN THE FOOTHILLS. WE\u2019RE EXPECTING UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NOW UNTIL WEDNESDAY IN BLUE CANYON, FIVE INCHES. BUT OF COURSE, SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO FALL. A SNOW STARTING ON MONDAY. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ARE THE WINDS. TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A BREEZY DAY, MAINLY RAINY, SOME BREEZES TUESDAY AS THAT STRONGER, COLDER SYSTEM DROPS DOWN. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO GUST TO 45MPH IN THE VALLEY AND IN THE SIERRA. THOSE GUSTS COULD REACH 60MPH. EVEN 100MPH AT THE RIDGE TOPS. GOING TO BE A MESSY COUPLE OF DAYS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOUNTAINS. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ARE TEMPERATURES TODAY. WE STILL MADE IT INTO THE MID 60S IN THE VALLEY, STILL COMPARATIVELY WARM FOR THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY. WELL, TOMORROW THIS IS WHAT OUR WARM-UP LOOKS LIKE. WE DON\u2019T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF ONE. WE\u2019RE GOING TO START THE DAY OFF UPPER 40S WITH THAT RAIN AND THAT COLD FRONT PASSING. WE\u2019RE ONLY GOING TO TOP OUT IN THE LOW 50S, YET TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO STABILIZE TOMORROW. AND THAT MEANS HIGHS IN THE FOOTHILLS ARE GOING TO DROP INTO THE LOW 40S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AS THAT SECOND SYSTEM COMES AROUND. THEIR DAYS THIS WEEK IN THE SIERRA THAT TEMPERATURES WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE 20S, WITH RAIN LINGERING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY. TOMORROW BREEZY AND RAINY. TUESDAY WINDY WEDNESDAY IS MARKED AN IMPACT DAY, EVEN THOUGH PRECIP IS GOING TO BE MORE SCATTERED THAT DAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE VERY LOW WHEREVER YOU\u2019RE TRYING TO TRAVEL. NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE WET IN THE VALLEY, BUT ROADS STILL MIGHT BE CLOSED IN THE SIERRA. AND I THINK BY THEN A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO GET OUT.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Northern California forecast: Monday, Tuesday are Alert Days for heavy snow, rain & strong winds<\/p>\n
A storm system moves in Sunday night, setting up a soggy Monday with periods of light to moderate rain, breezy winds, and heavy snowfall in the Sierra.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 8:29 PM PST Feb 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n