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Rain and Snow For Northern California

Rain and Snow For Northern California
JUST TRYING TO SAVOR THE WEATHER. WE’RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. MARK. IT’S BEAUTIFUL, ISN’T IT? YOU KNOW, BUT WE DO NEED SOME RAIN AND SOME SNOW. THAT’S THE WAY IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW FROM LAKE TAHOE. YES, THERE’S SOME SNOW UP THERE, BUT IT’S EARLY DECEMBER. WE SHOULD BE SEEING THE SIERRA JUST COATED IN SNOW. THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE SUN JUST GETTING READY TO GO DOWN, DOWN ON THE VALLEY FLOOR. SACRAMENTO HAS 64 DEGREES WITH A LIGHT BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTH AT THREE MILES AN HOUR. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING, TEMPERATURES WILL STAY RELATIVELY MILD WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND EVEN BY MIDNIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S. SO FOR DECEMBER NIGHT, NOT ALL THAT COLD. SO WHAT WE’VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS IS STEADY RAIN IN WASHINGTON. THEY’VE BEEN SEEING SOME FLOODING UP THERE BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN SEEING SO MUCH RAIN. ALL WE’RE GOING TO GET IS THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS KIND OF BRUSHING BY THE AREA. BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TWO CHANCES OF RAIN HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING. SO TOMORROW MORNING, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 40S DON’T THINK WE’LL HAVE MUCH FOG, BUT WE’LL HAVE A DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. LET’S GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. THIS IS NOON TIME. BY THEN, IT’S RAINING IN NAPA COUNTY, RAINING IN LAKE COUNTY, SACRAMENTO, THE FOOTHILLS, SIERRA ARE DRY AGAIN. THAT’S AT NOON TIME. A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S, SO IT’LL BE COOLER AND IT WILL BE RAINING. IT’LL BE RAINING IN YUBA CITY AND GRASS VALLEY AND ROSEVILLE. SACRAMENTO. STOCKTON, AND JUST ABOUT TO RAIN INTO MODESTO AND NOT QUITE SNOWING IN THE MOUNTAINS JUST YET. BUT AGAIN, THAT’S 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT THE WETTEST PART OF THE DAY TOMORROW. LET’S FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS IS 5:00 O’CLOCK. THE VALLEY REALLY DRYING OUT. BUT FROM AUBURN THROUGH GEORGETOWN AND PLACERVILLE AND PLYMOUTH AND JACKSON AND SONORA, THAT’S WHEN WE’RE SEEING SOME NICE RAIN. AND IT’S THIS TIME THAT WE MAY BE SEEING SOME GOOD SNOW IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 6000FT AND LIKELY GETTING CHAIN CONTROLS. BUT BY 9:00, MOST OF THAT IS DONE. WE STILL MIGHT HAVE CHAIN CONTROLS. AND THEN LET’S GET INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS IS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AT 7:00. WE HAVE INCREASING CLOUDS, A LITTLE LINE OF RAIN GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING. YOU CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS BECAUSE THE AIR IS GOING TO BE COLDER. WE MAY SEE SOME SNOW ON THURSDAY AS LOW AS 4000FT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU IN POLLOCK PINES, WE MAY SEE AN INCH OF SNOW. AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP. IT’S GOING TO BE A SHOWER AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. THEN ALL OF THAT CLEARS OUT TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 50S DURING THE DAY. THURSDAY AND THEN WITH CLEAR SKIES AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, IT’S GOING TO BE COLD WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE 30S. BUT FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND WILL STAY DRY. SO HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE EXPECTING DURING THE DAY TOMORROW? ABOUT A 10TH TO MAYBE A QUARTER OF AN INCH. A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO A HALF AN INCH IN THE FOOTHILLS, ESPECIALLY ABOVE HIGHWAY 49. WON’T DO QUITE AS WELL IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. HERE’S THE WAY ALL THAT LOOKS ON THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SHOWERS AND COOLER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ON-AGAIN OFF-AGAIN SHOWERS. THEN WE’RE DRY ON FRIDAY BUT MUCH COLDER IN THE MORNING. AND THEN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, CONDITIONS STAY DRY AND WE’RE LIKELY GOING TO BE DRY INTO NEXT WEEK. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT AFTER THE RAIN AND SNOW GOES BY, TEMPERATURES WON’T
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Rain and Snow For Northern California
Rain will move in Wednesday afternoon with Sierra snow above 6000'.

Rain will move in Wednesday afternoon with Sierra snow above 6000'.

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