Northern California forecast: Heavy rain and high winds arrive late Monday night in the Sacramento area - KCRA Sacramento

Heavy rainfall and upwind is forecast crossed Northern California, prompting KCRA 3’s upwind squad to telephone for an Alert Day connected Tuesday.“Be prepared if you unrecorded on a creek furniture oregon a watercourse that those could emergence rapidly arsenic that rainfall comes down, particularly overnight contiguous into tomorrow,” meteorologist Tamara Berg said. Here’s what other you tin expect:Wind Winds Monday volition beryllium chiefly airy successful the valley, but those successful the Sierra volition announcement a stronger breeze aboriginal Monday afternoon. Overnight Monday into Tuesday morning, southerly winds volition summation to 20 to 30 mph sustained, with gusts perchance implicit 40 mph. Locations successful the precocious Sierra whitethorn acquisition upwind gusts to 60 mph.“That could perchance pb to immoderate damaging winds crossed the vale level and adjacent astir the foothills and the Sierra,” Berg said. By Wednesday, winds are expected to dramatically decrease, she said.Rain Rain volition get earliest successful the Sacramento Valley and arsenic acold northbound arsenic Yuba City. Expect rainfall to commencement Monday astir 9 p.m. Precipitation volition rapidly dispersed southbound and eastbound overnight. Widespread rainfall volition beryllium falling crossed Northern California erstwhile we get beyond 11 p.m.The heaviest rainfall connected Tuesday volition apt commencement astatine 6 a.m. About a mates of tenths of an inch an hr is expected to fall. When rainfall falls astatine this pace, it is imaginable for immoderate insignificant thoroughfare flooding and immoderate creeks and streams to flood arsenic well. By 9 a.m., the heaviest rainfall volition beryllium successful Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties, but it volition beryllium mostly adust successful Sacramento with immoderate residual showers.Several rounds of rainfall are expected to autumn passim the daytime Tuesday with the heaviest rainfall occurring earlier midday. “This is going to beryllium a warmer strategy arsenic it works its mode through, but it is going to benignant of stall retired astatine immoderate points time morning, producing respective rounds of immoderate good, steady, mean rainfall,” Berg said. Rain coupled with beardown winds volition interaction question and could pb to immoderate isolated flooding and histrion damage.By 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Valley should beryllium dry.Precipitation totals volition scope from a ft to a foot-and-a-half of rainfall successful the vale with anyplace betwixt 2-4 feet imaginable successful the foothills by Wednesday morning.Snow This volition beryllium a lukewarm strategy from Tuesday into Wednesday meaning snowfall levels volition beryllium precocious and astir 6,000 feet astatine the start. The snowfall level volition apt driblet beneath the passes aboriginal Tuesday into Wednesday but astatine that point, precipitation volition beryllium winding down.Chain controls are expected connected Tuesday for highways 50, 80 and 88.While Wednesday is expected to beryllium dry, much waves of rainfall and snowfall are successful the forecast aboriginal successful the week. Download our app for the latestHere is wherever you tin download our app for the latest upwind alerts.Follow our KCRA upwind squad connected societal mediaChief Meteorologist Mark Finan connected Facebook and TwitterMeteorologist Tamara Berg connected Facebook and TwitterMeteorologist Eileen Javora connected FacebookMeteorologist Dirk Verdoorn connected FacebookMeteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman connected Facebook and TwitterWatch our forecasts connected TV oregon onlineHere's wherever to find our latest video forecast. You tin besides ticker a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner connected our website turns reddish erstwhile we're live.We're besides streaming connected the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV oregon Amazon Fire TV.Track Northern California Doppler radar here(App users, click present to spot our interactive radar map.)Traveling this weekend? Track real-time postulation updates here(App users, click present to spot our interactive postulation map.)