Northern California storm coverage: Weather Alert day Saturday due to strong winds; latest rain, snow timing - KCRA Sacramento

Heavy rainfall and upwind are forecast this play successful Northern California. If you person immoderate outdoor plans, you should reconsider them unless you don't caput immoderate bedewed weather. Travel successful the Sierra won't beryllium recommended. KCRA 3’s upwind squad is calling Saturday an Alert Day owed to the imaginable for harm from gusty winds and dense Sierra snow. Here is what to cognize astir the latest timeline. Weekend rainRain volition beryllium heaviest connected Saturday, with scattered downpours into Sunday. A fewer showers whitethorn linger into Monday.The rainfall started successful the Valley successful the aboriginal greeting Saturday and volition beryllium dependable with the heaviest rainfall falling earlier 2 p.m. In the Sacramento area, a dense play of rainfall volition statesman astir 10 a.m. Periods of rainfall are expected done the remainder of the time Saturday with immoderate heavier downpours and adust periods, too. On Sunday, expect immoderate periods of off-and-on rainfall passim the time with a flimsy accidental of thunderstorms. Rain totals could beryllium successful the scope of 1 to 2 inches successful the Valley for Saturday and Sunday combined. There could beryllium 2 to 3 inches successful the Foothills. Winds successful Northern CaliforniaStrong winds volition prime up successful the Valley and little Foothills connected Saturday morning. The eastbound broadside of the Valley could spot gusts of 45 to 50mph, which could origin powerfulness outages oregon histrion limbs to fall. Sacramento's gusts volition apt beryllium astir 40mph. Winds volition taper disconnected precocious successful the afternoon. Snow successful the SierraSnow amounts are expected to ascent passim the time Saturday and into Sunday. Travel successful the Sierra volition beryllium precise hard and dilatory this weekend.Saturday's snowfall levels volition beryllium successful the 5,000-foot scope oregon higher. The heaviest snowfall volition apt autumn from 10 a.m. done 5 p.m. with a complaint of 2 to 3 inches per hour. Colder aerial volition driblet the snowfall level to the 3,500-4,000-foot scope Saturday night. Snow volition autumn overnight into aboriginal Sunday. By the day the snowfall volition taper successful intensity.Combined snowfall totals for some days could beryllium successful the 4 feet oregon much scope supra 6,000 feet. Locations adjacent 4,000 feet could spot 6-10 inches connected Sunday. Click present for a look astatine Caltrans' QuickMap for postulation conditions. Click present to hunt conditions by highway. Track real-time postulation updates here(App users, click present to spot our interactive postulation map.)Track Northern California Doppler radar here(App users, click present to spot our interactive radar map.)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.