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Rain and upwind are returning to Northern California this play up of a stronger tempest that volition deed the portion connected Monday, according to KCRA 3’s upwind team. KCRA 3's upwind squad is calling Monday an Alert Day due to the fact that of dense rainfall and wind.Here is what to cognize astir the adjacent rounds of bedewed weather. Rain returns to Northern California for the play You tin expect chiefly airy rainfall successful the Valley that volition beryllium hit-and-miss connected Saturday, our upwind squad says. The heaviest rains volition prime up from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Winds volition prime up Saturday night, starting astir 5 p.m to 6 p.m. bringing gusts from 40 mph to 50 mph, Meteorologist Heather Waldman said. Winds whitethorn beryllium beardown capable for further histrion and powerfulness enactment damage.On Sunday, showers volition commencement the day, but things volition aboriginal adust out. A stronger strategy moves successful Sunday nighttime and lasts into Tuesday. That volition bring widespread, dense rainfall to the Valley and Foothills locations and upwind gusts that could erstwhile again beryllium beardown capable to bring down histrion limbs and origin powerfulness outages. Impactful flooding is besides imaginable successful parts of the Foothills and Valley, including confederate Sacramento County, which dealt with flooding connected New Year's Eve.“We person to truly support an oculus connected that Monday forecast for the rises, particularly successful the rivers, creeks and streams,” Meteorologist Tamara Berg said this week.That's due to the fact that we already person a batch of h2o successful our system, truthful it volition beryllium easier to scope the flood signifier connected immoderate of our region's rivers and creeks. Possible flooding concerns adjacent weekWe volition larn much details astir Monday and Tuesday successful the coming days. As of Sunday morning, the Cosumnes River is forecast to scope a akin level connected Tuesday arsenic we had connected New Year's Eve. The Mokelumne River astatine Benson’s Ferry is besides forecast to scope flood signifier connected Tuesday. This volition apt beryllium capable for much precocious h2o successful the Wilton country and surrounding locations successful confederate Sacramento County.The Tuolumne and Bear Rivers are besides forecast to scope flood signifier but the forecast levels astatine this clip lone flood areas wrong the levees.Snow successful the Sierra Sierra snowfall volition scope its highest Saturday nighttime into Sunday, earlier tapering disconnected each done Sunday. Snow levels connected Saturday are starting astatine astir 5,000 feet, but we’ll steadily spot that snowfall level emergence to 7,000 feet up of the heaviest precipitation.“We'll steadily spot that snowfall level rising. This is not going to beryllium a large leap similar we've seen with immoderate of these different storms,” Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said. “This volition enactment cool, but it volition gradually emergence arsenic we spell done Saturday.”As we get into Sunday, snowfall levels volition beryllium implicit 5,000 feet, topping retired astatine astir 5,500 done the nighttime and into Monday morning. | MORE | Here's however overmuch rainfall is flowing into reservoirs successful Northern California How to way real-time postulation updates, Doppler radar during Northern California stormsDownload our app for the latestHere is wherever you tin download our app for the latest upwind alerts.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.)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.

Rain and upwind are returning to Northern California this play up of a stronger tempest that volition deed the portion connected Monday, according to KCRA 3’s upwind team.

KCRA 3's upwind squad is calling Monday an Alert Day due to the fact that of dense rainfall and wind.

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Stat of the day....
Since Dec. 26, Sacramento has picked up 7.11" of rain.
That translates to 37% of our mean rainfall play successful conscionable 11 days pic.twitter.com/zHLekBmdJq

— Mark Finan (@kcraFinan) January 6, 2023

Here is what to cognize astir the adjacent rounds of bedewed weather.

Rain returns to Northern California for the play

You tin expect chiefly airy rainfall successful the Valley that volition beryllium hit-and-miss connected Saturday, our upwind squad says. The heaviest rains volition prime up from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Winds volition prime up Saturday night, starting astir 5 p.m to 6 p.m. bringing gusts from 40 mph to 50 mph, Meteorologist Heather Waldman said. Winds whitethorn beryllium beardown capable for further histrion and powerfulness enactment damage.

Good morning!

Expect connected & disconnected airy rainfall Saturday, past heavier rainfall & beardown winds aboriginal tonight. Gusts 40-50 mph whitethorn origin much histrion harm & outages. No watercourse flooding.

Sunday volition beryllium breezy with showers to start, past mostly adust during the day. @kcranews (1/4) pic.twitter.com/g8yKuxSgBg

— Heather Waldman (@KCRAHeather) January 7, 2023

A stronger tempest arrives Sunday nighttime and lasts done Tuesday.

Expect wide dense rainfall successful the valley. Foothills locations volition apt spot respective inches with renewed flooding.

Wind gusts whitethorn erstwhile again beryllium beardown capable to bring down trees and origin outages. (2/4) pic.twitter.com/BPFQgFCgkW

— Heather Waldman (@KCRAHeather) January 7, 2023

On Sunday, showers volition commencement the day, but things volition aboriginal adust out.

A stronger strategy moves successful Sunday nighttime and lasts into Tuesday.

That volition bring widespread, dense rainfall to the Valley and Foothills locations and upwind gusts that could erstwhile again beryllium beardown capable to bring down histrion limbs and origin powerfulness outages.

Impactful flooding is besides imaginable successful parts of the Foothills and Valley, including confederate Sacramento County, which dealt with flooding connected New Year's Eve.

“We person to truly support an oculus connected that Monday forecast for the rises, particularly successful the rivers, creeks and streams,” Meteorologist Tamara Berg said this week.

That's due to the fact that we already person a batch of h2o successful our system, truthful it volition beryllium easier to scope the flood signifier connected immoderate of our region's rivers and creeks.

Possible flooding concerns adjacent week

We volition larn much details astir Monday and Tuesday successful the coming days.

As of Sunday morning, the Cosumnes River is forecast to scope a akin level connected Tuesday arsenic we had connected New Year's Eve. The Mokelumne River astatine Benson’s Ferry is besides forecast to scope flood signifier connected Tuesday. This volition apt beryllium capable for much precocious h2o successful the Wilton country and surrounding locations successful confederate Sacramento County.

The Tuolumne and Bear Rivers are besides forecast to scope flood signifier but the forecast levels astatine this clip lone flood areas wrong the levees.

Monday volition apt person the astir important impacts with some commutes affected by rain, thoroughfare flooding & wind.

Cosumnes, Mokelumne & Tuolumne are forecast to scope flood signifier Tuesday. This could pb to much precocious h2o successful Wilton and different parts of confederate Sac County. (3/4) pic.twitter.com/8AzXajdXPZ

— Heather Waldman (@KCRAHeather) January 7, 2023

.@usbr is expanding releases astatine Folsom from 25,000 cfs to 35,000 cfs to hole for important runoff Monday & Tuesday.

Lower American River volition emergence arsenic a result.

Sacramento River is expected to proceed to emergence astatine the I Street bridge, but stay beneath flood stage. (4/4) pic.twitter.com/4MvIvN7gQs

— Heather Waldman (@KCRAHeather) January 7, 2023

Snow successful the Sierra

Sierra snowfall volition scope its highest Saturday nighttime into Sunday, earlier tapering disconnected each done Sunday.

Snow levels connected Saturday are starting astatine astir 5,000 feet, but we’ll steadily spot that snowfall level emergence to 7,000 feet up of the heaviest precipitation.

“We'll steadily spot that snowfall level rising. This is not going to beryllium a large leap similar we've seen with immoderate of these different storms,” Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said. “This volition enactment cool, but it volition gradually emergence arsenic we spell done Saturday.”

As we get into Sunday, snowfall levels volition beryllium implicit 5,000 feet, topping retired astatine astir 5,500 done the nighttime and into Monday morning.

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