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<\/p>\nRed Flag Warning: Planned, unplanned outages happening across NorCal due to heavy wind, fire risk<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRELIES ON MORE SNOWMELT. TIME FOR KCRA 3 WEATHER. NOW LET\u2019S GET A CHECK ON TODAY\u2019S WEATHER IMPACT DAY WITH METEOROLOGIST KELLY CURRAN AND KELLY. IT WAS QUITE BREEZY YESTERDAY. WILL IT BE THE SAME TODAY? IT CERTAINLY WAS. I MEAN, IN FACT, AT SFO THEY CLOCKED A WIND GUST TO 42MPH MODESTO YESTERDAY, CLOCKING WINDS AT GUSTING TO 38MPH. AND THE WINDS TODAY ARE GOING TO BE EVEN STRONGER THAN WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SO YOU\u2019RE INSIDE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW SUNSHINE. A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE OUT THERE, BUT IT IS ALREADY PRETTY BREEZY. IT\u2019S 61 DEGREES IN SACRAMENTO BUT WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 16MPH. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY\u2019RE GOING TO GET STRONGER. SO THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE RADAR COMPOSITE. THERE ARE SOME SOME ACTIVE WEATHER HERE UP INTO NORTHERN NEVADA. YOU SEE SOME CLOUDS THAT\u2019S ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE CENTER HERE. AND THIS LOW IS ALSO THE CAUSE FOR OUR WINDS. SO WE\u2019RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY RAIN OR SNOW OUT OF THE SYSTEM. WE\u2019RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE ANY CLOUDS. WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT ALSO BREEZES LINGERING INTO TOMORROW BEFORE THE WINDS FINALLY START TO SUBSIDE. THE TEMPERATURES THOUGH, THOSE ARE GOING TO START CLIMBING BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WE\u2019RE GOING TO SEE HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S AS WE HEAD TOWARD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE MOVING ITS WAY IN THIS ONE, HOPEFULLY BRINGING WITH IT SOME COOLER, MORE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LONG WEEKEND ALONG WITH SOME LIGHTER WINDS. BUT WE STILL DO HAVE THIS RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THE AREAS SHADED IN RED. THIS DOES INCLUDE YUBA CITY, SACRAMENTO, FAIRFIELD, STOCKTON, AND MODESTO. THIS GOES THROUGH 8:00 MONDAY EVENING. NOW TODAY, THIS IS WHEN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE STRONGEST OF THOSE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH, GUSTING TO AROUND 45MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE AFTERNOON BETWEEN 7 AND 15%. SO VERY DRY CONDITIONS. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR GRASS FIRES WILL THAT IS GOING TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF I-5. NOW, SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER AS FAR AS THAT WILDFIRE SAFETY. DON\u2019T MOW THE GRASS. DON\u2019T USE WEED WHACKERS TODAY, IF THOSE BLADES HIT A ROCK, THAT CREATES A SPARK AND THEN WE END UP WITH A GRASS FIRE. YOU DON\u2019T WANT TO PARK CARS ON GRASS, ESPECIALLY HOT CARS THAT CAN START FIRES. DON\u2019T DRAG CHAINS IF YOU\u2019RE MAKING. IF YOU\u2019RE HAULING ANYTHING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP SO THAT IT\u2019S NOT GOING TO DRAG ON THE GROUND. NO OUTDOOR BURNING, NO BURN BARRELS, NO LEAF PILES, NOTHING LIKE THAT TODAY. AND MAKE SURE YOU\u2019RE DISPOSING OF CIGARETTE — PROPERLY. IT\u2019S ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND YOUR HOME. SO RAKE UP ANY LEAVES, GET ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE THAT COULD START ON FIRE. LET\u2019S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SO FOR TODAY IN THE FOOTHILLS, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 70S. BUT NOTICE BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S IN THE SIERRA. TODAY 52 DEGREES. IT IS GOING TO BE A BIT BREEZY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN THE SIERRA. TEMPERATURES WARMING UP INTO THE UPPER 70S LATER THIS WEEK AND IN THE VALLEY. BUT TODAY AND TOMORROW ARE IMPACT DAYS BECAUSE OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND THE STRONG WINDS THAT WE\u2019RE EXPECTING, THE WINDS WILL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES COOL, BUT IT\u2019S HARD TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT WHEN YOU\u2019RE DEALING WITH 45 M\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Red Flag Warning: Planned, unplanned outages happening across NorCal due to heavy wind, fire risk<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:21 PM PDT May 17, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n