Spokes - 2009-02-20 3:47 PM
Uh oh...
Issued by The National Weather Service
Sacramento, CA
3:12 pm PST, Thu., Feb. 19, 2009
... WET AND WINTRY WEATHER TO RETURN SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK...
DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO SATURDAY THEN ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS MORE PRECIPITATION SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO BE WARMER AND WETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE AS IT TAPS INTO SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY AND WITH WET SOIL FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM... URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY BE A POSSIBILITY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 6000 FEET SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THUS RAIN WILL FALL ON THE LOWER ELEVATION SNOW PACK DURING THIS PERIOD... INCREASING RUNOFF. AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... SNOW LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 4000 T0 4500 FEET. SEVERAL FEET OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. ALSO... BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK AS MORE STORMS MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
On a positive it should be dry for the TT tomorrow which will be awesome since Im now going riding late morning and therefore to watch some of it!