And good morning,
I'm ABC 10 meteorologist Tracy Humphrey.
Let's take a look at the forecast.
We do have an opportunity
for unsettled weather.
We could be looking at brisk winds,
rain, and snow over the course
of the next two to three days.
Yesterday we hit 72.
You can see the average is 62,
so we were 10 degrees above
average for the afternoon high.
The record for today is 72.
Just in case you're wondering,
today's afternoon highs expected
to be in the mid to upper 60s.
Take a look at something else.
Seasonal rainfall.
This has since the beginning of October,
which is the beginning of our water year.
We picked up more than 14 inches of rainfall,
but we are kind of in the need of
more look at the departure now.
This is essentially a surplus.
We are close to 2 1/2 inches above
average and we have not picked up
a lot of rainfall over the course
of January or February January.
We normally see more than
3 1/2 inches of rainfall.
We didn't pick up any you could
see 3.49 inches of rainfall
typically in the month of February.
Yes,
and we still have not picked up
any so the opportunity for rain
and snow coming into play the next
couple of days is very good news.
For us,
something else that has been in the
forecast for February has been dry,
and it's also been very mild.
Slash, warm, average daytime,
high in the 50s,
and you know yesterday again was in the 70s,
so if your weather headlines,
more clouds and cooler conditions
will be moving into the forecast.
Today, Marks Day 44 in a row of no rainfall,
and that happens to be the record.
So we have at least met the current record.
Unsettled weather moving back
into the forecast Monday through
Wednesday with windy conditions
and the possibility of rain and
snow temperatures over the course
of the next five days.
With the opportunity for
unsettled weather temperatures.
Our cooling down normal daytime high
is 62 will be closer to seasonal
highs on Monday and then with the
opportunity for rainfall coming
in and some snow for the Sierra,
temperatures will be below average Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday in the
mid to upper 50s outside around
7:00 o'clock in the morning.
We got the 40s through the valley.
We got the 50s coming in for
parts of the foothills with 50
and Auburn 50 in Placerville,
18 degrees in Truckee,
35 in South Lake Tahoe and overall conditions
are higher versus the same time yesterday.
That's because we do have
clouds in the forecast,
so clouds insulate.
They really inhibit the opportunity
for radiational cooling,
and here are the clouds.
Now those clouds are associated
with a low pressure system,
so you'll have more clouds to
greet you throughout the day today.
And because of that temperatures
won't warm quite as much.
That low pressure system
is going to be kind of
dipping through the area a bit with
that trough and we will see the
opportunity for more peaks of sunshine.
For the latter portion of the day.
But All in all more clouds and not quite
as warm as what you enjoyed yesterday.
Let's take a look at the opportunity
for unsettled weather here it is.
This is an inside slider.
It is not a traditional.
In the sense of how it gets to us
normally our storm tracks come off
the Pacific and they head West.
To east, but right here is a high
pressure system which is blocking that.
So this system slides on the
backside of the high pressure system,
which is why we coin it.
That that's the phrase that we use.
That's going to be coming into play
as early as late Sunday into Monday.
Best chance of rain and snow
showers coming into the forecast
on the backside of that system.
And that's going to be Tuesday,
and we are going to see some
much colder air coming in,
so snow levels will start at
around 5500 feet in elevation.
That's going to be Monday evening,
and then we'll see temperatures.
Are cooling down and the opportunity
for snow levels as low as 1200
feet in elevation that will be
coming in Tuesday evening.
Take a look at how much we could
pick up 6 inches in boreal more
than a seven and a half coming
in for Palisades at Tahoe.
You can see Sierra at Tahoe at
9 inches close to 9 inches at
Kirkwood and you can see Bear Valley
close to 8 inches of snowfall.
Well, what about rainfall?
We need that to less than 1/2 of an
inch possible from reading all the way
down to San Francisco outside of Fresno,
that's anything that you see
in the green shading there.
And then the blue showing the better
opportunity for the upper foothills
and parts of the Sierra to pick up
up to 1 1/2 inches of rainfall.
I mentioned the opportunity
for winds picking up.
They're going to start to
pick up as early as today.
They'll be brisk onshore winds coming in
through the delta parts of the Sierra.
We're going to see some brisk
and gusty winds as well,
and then Monday with that
system comes through.
We'll go from onshore to offshore and
you'll see the opportunity for some winds.
Brisk and breezy, at times coming in
on the western side of that valley floor,
as well As for parts of the Sierra.
And that's still going to be in
the forecast through Monday night.
Finally,
starting to move out of the area
during the day on Tuesday.
Here's a look at afternoon highs
today with more clouds in play.
Not quite as mild as yesterday.
Upper 50s coming in from Nevada
City as well As for Placerville.
66 and I own mid 50s coming in
from Pollock Pines and the lower
60s coming in for all burn
tahoes for the next 5 days in mid 40s.
Coming in for Sunday but once
that weather system comes in
temperatures cool down 31 Monday 26.
Coming in for Tuesday and it gets
snow level starting at around 5500
feet falling as low as 1200 feet.
Just in case you're in
some of those locations.
That's going to be lower than coal
fax by the time it gets that low,
most of that system will have petered out,
so maybe about two to three inches
when it's all said and done for some
of those upper Foothill locations,
Laura 60 is coming in for San
Jose 61 in Gilroy 64 and Antioch,
65 degrees coming in for Fairfield.
You hit the valley floor with
similar conditions from Lodi
68 possible in Paterson today.
Hopefully they'll pick up a
little bit more Sunshine,
67 from Modesto and overnight lows coming in.
Just shy of 40 degrees.
Yesterday in Tahoe we saw some
pretty nice temperatures in the
50s yesterday in Sacramento we
saw temperatures in the lower 70s.
Today the mid 60s you'll see overnight
lows coming in in the mid to upper Thirties.
10 day forecast.
So the temperatures are really going
to be very representative of what
will be happening with the weather.
You'll see the opportunity for the mid 60s.
You'll see a system coming into play.
Temperatures cool down to near
60 with sunshine.
Best chance of rain showers coming in Monday.
They'll be coming into Tuesday.
You'll see some drizzle opportunities
for light rainfall for the valley.
Better chance of rainfall,
which could be moderate at times
for parts of the upper foothills.
Those conditions again in the 50s will
stay in the 50s Wednesday and Thursday,
with some sunshine coming into
play and then more seasonal highs.
Back in the forecast for the
upcoming weekend.