We are tracking another winter
storm as we head into Oscars Sunday.
You can see the band of rain
just off the coast here.
Right now. Southern California
is dry for the red carpet,
but that rain soon to move in.
Guided by this big low that will also bring
a chance of thunderstorms in our outlook.
What's new is the timing and
totals that we're starting to see
as we edge closer to what's next.
The storm rolling in as we look out
towards a gorgeous spring Gilmore backyard.
Temperatures at this hour still
in the 60s in the valley.
As well As for the foothills to near
70 and then we hit temperatures right
around 60 degrees for this year,
and now the deal with the winds.
They're going to be particularly gusty
as the cold front starts to move in.
That'll happen overnight tonight
through early tomorrow with wind
gusts up to about 25 to 30 mph,
but currently at about 5 to 15 mph
as we head into our late Sunday
afternoon and evening.
But the timeline shows how
quickly things are changing.
We turn from partly cloudy
skies to cloudy conditions.
Right in through just after sunset
and then rain begins roughly at
about 10:00 PM with temperatures
holding steady for tonight.
Again, the winds are going to be
a big part of this storm system,
but there certainly be present.
Wet morning commute and a chance of
storms developing for the afternoon.
Winter Weather advisory also in
place tomorrow for much of the day.
Slippery roads,
limited visibility,
possible chain controls.
A messy situation up top for
the high country for the morning
commute locally in the valley.
We've got it in the red for 6-7.
And 8:00 AM with rain and snow
for the high country,
and then for the PM commute we
have that chance of thunderstorm.
So not all of us are going to
see the rainy conditions,
but we are going to see
those isolated showers.
And again some thunderstorms as
well in terms of our snow levels.
Since we are going to be seeing
some colder air work in will
start it off at 6000 feet.
But during the day we're going to
see that jump up to about 6500 feet
and then come right back down as that
colder air works in for Tuesday morning.
So overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.
We will still have some snow out there.
Bottom line here,
we're going to see snow on all of the
passes throughout the course of this storm.
Rolling in will continue to track that
overnight with that slick morning commute.
Plus those isolated thunderstorms
you can see if you're headed out
toward that morning walk or jog,
it's not going to be the
best right through 10:00 AM.
But then we start to see improving
conditions because of the isolated
nature of some of the showers
that will be popping up.
But again,
one of the other risks that we have
is the Thunder storms. And that'll.
Will extend through the southern Sacramento
Valley through the San Joaquin Valley all
the way down into Southern California.
We could even see a few thunderstorms with
the snow in the Sierra with the rain.
We're going to be bringing down
those pollen counts on Monday
down to the medium category,
but Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
They're right back up.
Nice to get some help from Mother Nature
right now with some of the rain coming in.
Here's the band of rain at 10:00 PM.
The heaviest hit at 10:00 PM will be
right along I-80 as you head out towards
the delta and also the Carquinez Strait,
so Fairfield Vacaville Dixon Davis
we're going to start to see that
heavier rain as well as the Bay Area
there and then that pulls its way
eastward throughout the overnight hours.
Some of the heaviest rain actually between
midnight and 4:00 AM really coming down,
so maybe I got those windows open.
Make sure to close them for tonight
as you head down I5 Hwy 99.
Very slick conditions as we head
towards the morning commute.
Now some of this starts to break up
slightly and that band of heavier
rain moves off to the east into the
foothills and the snow heavy at times,
particularly South of Hwy 50.
We're talking 8889 as well as 120 and 395
where we'll see some of the higher totals.
Actually,
once that counterclockwise circulation starts
to pull on through is that low moves through.
We'll see the showers breaking
up ever so slightly by noon,
but again with that cold air
coming into place,
we also see some.
Instability and the chance of
Thunder storms for the afternoon.
Snow will be spotty by 5:00 PM
and then we think we're done,
but not quite to back edge with.
This system starts to affect us
early Tuesday morning with the
snow in the Sierra once again and
it's not gonna last long.
We'll be back to the dry conditions
by Tuesday morning's commute,
but again,
those overnight snow showers still
in the forecast as far as our totals.
About 1/2 an inch to an inch throughout
the valley as well as the foothills
higher totals will be South of us,
so Carson and it's past 6 to 12 inches
of snow compared that to Lassen.
Donna and Eco Summit 3 to 6 inches of snow.
Nice to get any rain drops and
any flakes we get though because
then we head back to this drier
than average forecast.