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Monday, September 2, 2013

Short term forecast - National Weather Service

9-2-13 
  • Labor Day Isolated showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
  • Tonight A slight chance of sprinkles before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.
 
 
.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR
CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. AT 640 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
SHOWERS FROM RANCHO MURIETA TO AUBURN TO BLUE CANYON TO JUST SOUTH
OF QUINCY. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE BETWEEN BLUE CANYON AND QUINCY
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ANYWHERE
ALONG THIS LINE SHOWERS DUE TO ASSOCIATED UPPER LOW. ANYONE PLANING
OUTDOOR EVENTS THIS LABOR DAY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY DUE
TO THE SHOWERY CONDITIONS AND THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS.