- 3-19-13
- Today Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
- Tonight Rain, mainly after 11pm. Low around 44. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
...COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS: * SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS AND CHAINS REQUIREMENTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * SLICK ROADWAYS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST WEEK WILL BE REPLACED BY COOLER WEATHER ALONG WITH RAIN AND HIGH-ELEVATION SNOW LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE BY TONIGHT AND PEAK EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL TAPER TO SHOWERS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY LINGER INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGH WITH THIS SYSTEM SO ONLY THE HIGHER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW. INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 88 WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW ACCUMULATING ON THE ROADWAYS AROUND THE PASS LEVELS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS AND CARRY CHAINS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT PASS LEVELS DOWN TO AROUND 6500 FEET WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BELOW THAT LEVEL. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER PEAKS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITHIN THE VALLEY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE FOOTHILLS WILL RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK SO MOTORISTS SHOULD INCREASE FOLLOWING DISTANCES.