12-22-12
.NOW... A BROAD AREA OF RAIN IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE SACRAMENTO RIVER DELTA...THE LOWER SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND INTO THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TO THE EAST. AN ESPECIALLY VIGOROUS BAND EMBEDDED IN THIS AREA STRETCHES FROM DAVIS...NORTH AND EAST THROUGH SACRAMENTO NICOLAUS...THROUGH LOMA RICA AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF YUBA COUNTY. THE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SHOWERS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED NUISANCE FLOODING. PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION THIS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TODAY.
additional hazardous statement:
A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST WILL PIVOT SEVERAL DISTURBANCES THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.