Northern California forecast: Timeline for Tuesday’s Valley rain, Sierra snow - KCRA Sacramento

ACROSS AREA. EVERYONE IS WAKING UP TO SOME WET TRACK THE BIGGEST THING TO WATCH FOR THIS MORNING IS WHERE SOME HEAVIER BANDS HAVE BEEN FIXED ON AND THAT HAS BEEN AREAS ACROSS THE BAY. IF YOU ARE A SUPER COMMUTER OFF TOUR LET’S SAY EVEN CONCORD OR THE DANVILLE EAST BAY SPOTS, YOU ARE GETTING IN ON THE GOOD SOAKING STEADY RAIN FALL, CLOSER FROM CONCORD, WE HAD A HEAVY RUN OF RAIN. OUT -- NOW THAT IS MOVING INTO THE BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, COMING DOWN AT A GOOD CLIP. WHEN WE SEE RAIN AND THE ORANGE COLOR, THAT IS IF YOU HAD WINTER WIPERS ON LAST IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HELP YOU BECAUSE IT IS THAT HEAVY. THAT CAN NAVIGATE TOWARD STOCKTON AND DOWN THE I-5/99 STRETCH IN THE NEXT HOUR. OR MODERATE RAIN PICKING UP THE PACE IN MODESTO AND ALSO SAME STORY IN STOCKTON. ACROSS SACRAMENTO, NICE, STEADY, LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITY, WATCHING THE INTENSITY PICKUP IN AREAS LIKE COLUSA MOVING ALONG TOWARD YUBA CITY. UP TO THE SIERRA AND WE SEE SOME RETURNS ON RADAR OF SNOW, BEST ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE SIERRA. WE HAVE SEEN THE OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THERE IS MORE TO COME, A LOT MORE TO COME, BRINGING IN METEOROLOGIST OR TORN. TO DISCUSS THE SNOW AND LEVELS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AND WE START BY TAKING A LOOK AT LEVELS. WHAT I WILL FOCUS ON IS THE I-80 ORDER. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY INTO TOMORROW. SNOW LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE RISING A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE MORNING UNTIL WE GET TO THE NOON HOUR WITH A SNOW LEVEL 4000 FEET. THEN IT STARTS TO DROP AS MORE COLD AIR COMES IN BEHIND. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT, THEN BY TOMORROW MORNING, THIS IS WHEN WE EXPECT THE SNOW LEVELS TO BE AT THE LOWEST AS EARLY IN THE MORNING AROUND SUNRISE OR SO, 3400 FEET. AS FAR AS AMOUNTS, DONNER SUMMIT, THINGS ARE STACKING UP, WE WILL SEE A STEADY INCREASE IN THE RATE OF SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND SPEAKING DURING THE NOON HOUR. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, STILL COMING DOWN GOOD. THEN DROPPING OFF INTO THIS EVENING AND WORSE WHEN THE COLDEST AIR ARRIVES, THAT IS WHEN WE GET THE DRIEST AIR SO WE ARE NOT EXPECTING AS MUCH IN THE WAY OF SNOWFALL HITTING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BULK OF IT WILL COME THROUGH FROM NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE IT STARTS TO TAPER. WE ARE LOOKING GOOD AMOUNTS. 40 AT OUR FORECAST, THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE. AN ADDITIONAL TWO FEET OF SNOW AT BLUE CANYON, TRUCKEE COULD SEE A PHOTO SNOW, 21 INCHES ECHO SUMMIT, MORE TOWARD KIRKWOOD AND PINECREST SO’S TO THE SOUTH IS WHERE WE SHOULD SEE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. NOW BACK TO YOU. TAMARA: EVEN FOLKS IN POLLOCK PINES OUT SNOWBLOWERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. YOU CAN SEE THE BASE OF THE SYSTEM IS PIVOTING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO TURN OVER US WHICH WILL KEEP THE GOOD, STEADY HEAVY RAINFALL COMING OUR WAY STRAIGHT TO THE MORNING COMMUTE HOURS. HERE IS FUTURECAST, CUTE OF AT 8:00. THAT IS WHEN YOU TAKE OFF OF THE MORNING DRIVE, MAYBE THAT IS THE TIME YOU SAY FOR KIDS TO THE SCHOOL, BE PREPARED IT WILL BE SOGGY ON THE ROADS, LIKELY PONDING AND PUDDLES OUT THERE. YOU CAN SEE IT IS COMING DOWN HEAVILY IN YUBA CITY, SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON, MODESTO ALSO KIND OF IN THE QUEUE. BEYOND NOON, IT TURNS MORE SHOWER YOU COME ON OFF-AGAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE AND PREPARED AS YOU PICK THE KIDDOS ARE FROM SCHOOL TODAY IF THEY HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THINGS POTENTIALLY COULD BE CANCELED BECAUSE OF HOW WET THE FIELDS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THOSE AFTERNOON PRACTICES. BY 10:00, NOTICE WE HAVE SHOWERS FILLING IN FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND LIGHT SNOW COMING DOWN IN THE SIERRA. NOWHERE NEAR THE INTENSITY OF WHAT WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH FOR THIS MORNING TIME FRAME. IN IMPACTING TODAY FOR THE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE WHERE WE HAVE THE STEADIEST RAIN. COULD BE BREEZY ON OCCASION WITH HIGHS UPPER 50’S. TOMORROW, LOOK FOR LINGERING SHOWERS. A SHOWER HERE OR THERE, NOWHERE NEAR TO THE EXTENSION OF WHAT THE RAIN COULD PICK UP TODAY. THERE’S AN FRIDAY AND BE ON THAT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO DRY FOR THE WEEKEND SO IF YOU HAVE YARDWORK CALLING YOUR NAME, BETTER TIME TO GET BEHIND -- GET THOSE DONE. DEIRDR