Rain, strong winds, flooding concerns

HERE. TAMARA: LAST NIGHT, WE HAD LIGHT RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA, NOW SOME RAIN IS PICKING UP THE PACE. I EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, WE WILL HAVE SOME HEAVIER INTENSITY RAIN MOVING THROUGH. LET’S GO FROM NORTH, WEST, EAST, TO SOUTH. ACROSS TO LIST COUNTY, IT IS ALL SNOWFALL, ESPECIALLY DOWN IN THROUGH QUINCY. THAT IS SNOW THAT IS STICKING TO THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING. ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY, DOWN HIGHWAY 70 AND 90 GOING NORTH, THERE HAS BEEN RAINFALL. MODERATE AROUND YUBA CITY MARYSVILLE. IT PICKS UP THE PACE DOWN I-5 AND INTO THE AND COLUSA COUNTIES. DOWN THE I-88 STRETCH, IT HAS BEEN RAINING SINCE 10:00 LAST NIGHT. WE ARE WATCHING THAT RAIN FELL IN FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL TOWARDS THE BAY AREA RIGHT AND EARLY. STEADY RAIN FALL AT A MODERATE PACE THROUGH NEWMAN. MODESTO IS SEEING RAIN FILLING IN RED FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING, YOU HAVE HAD A RAIN BREAK, BUT IN STOCKTON, WE HAVE SEEN HEAVIER BANDS THROUGH. MODERATE DOWN I-99. YOU ARE NOTICING RAIN PICKING UP AND SONORA OFF TOWARDS ARNOLD. SUTTER CREEK HAS MORE OF A LIGHT INTENSITY. GOING INTO THE SIERRA, THIS IS A DIFFERENT STORY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THOSE HE — THOSE PIECES YOU GET TOWARDS DONNER SUMMIT. CHECK OUT THIS VIEW AROUND INTERSTATE 80. AROUND KINGVALE, THAT IS COMING DOWN AND GETTING BATTERED BY THE WIND. NOTICING TRAVEL THROUGH THE SIERRA AND OVER THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS THAT NO KEEP COMING DOWN AND EVENTUALLY LOWER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TODAY. THE WIND IS ANOTHER PART OF THE WEATHER STORY. WHEN SEVEN GUSTING BIG 35-40 MPH. — WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING AT 35-40 MPH. IF SPOTS LIKE POSSIBLE AND AUBURN AND TOWARD SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, WINDS ARE GUSTING IN ABOUT 37 MPH. WE ARE GETTING INTO THE HEIGHT OF THE RAIN AND WIND THIS MORNING. IT WILL LAST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. BEYOND 7:00, THINGS START TO TAPER. THE BIG CONCERN FROM THAT POINT WILL BE 20 RISES IN RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS. EILEEN IS IN THE HOUSE THIS MORNING AS WELL, KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WHAT IS AHEAD IN TERMS OF PROJECTED RAINFALL AND WHERE WE COULD SEE RAPID RISES IN RIVERS, CREEKS AND STREAMS LATER TODAY. EILEEN: WE ARE CONCERNED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ABOUT CREEKS FILLING QUICKLY. THERE IS SO MUCH DEBRIS FROM THE WIND, SO WE ARE CONCERNED THAT DRAINS WILL BE BACKED UP AND SMALLER CREEKS COULD HAVE ISSUES. SO FAR, RAINFALL RAINS HAVE NOT BEEN EXTREME. IT HAS BEEN A NICE, STEADY RAIN AROUND SACRAMENTO. WE HAVE ONLY PICKED UP A COUPLE HUNDREDS OF AN INCH AROUND MODESTO AND STOCKTON, BUT MORE WILL COME. BY MIDDAY, ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN IN SACRAMENTO. IF IT FALLS DOWN HEAVY ENOUGH, WE MIGHT SEE ISSUES WITH CREEKS. FAIRFIELD, IT MAY BE OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN BY MIDDAY. THESE MODEL PREDICTIONS CAN BE OFF BY A QUARTER OF AN INCH. FOOTHILLS WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCH AND A HALF IN PLACERVILLE AND MORE IN SONORA. AFTERNOON WE GET A BIT OF A LULL INTO THE EVENING. INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE DO NOT PICK UP A LOT OF RAIN. TOMORROW MORNING, WE ARE DEALING WITH WHATEVER RAIN FALLS TODAY. THAT WILL CHANGE BY THE COMMUTE TIME TOMORROW. AFTER 4:00 TOMORROW MORNING, WE SHOULD PICK UP THE RAIN AGAIN. YOU’LL AT TWO IT, JUST NOT THE LOANS WE WILL SEE TODAY. IN THE VALLEY TODAY, WE COULD SEE AN INCH TO AN INCH HALF OF RAIN. IT IS THE KIND OF RAIN THAT COMES IN DOWNFORCE AND LOTS OF BY TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY, NOW WE HAVE INCLUDED THE CHANCE OF LINGERING SHOWERS, WE COULD SEE TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN SACRAMENTO, MAYBE MORE. STOCKTON ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. IN SOME SPOTS IN THE VALLEY, NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE CLOSER TO THREE INCHES. THE RANGE IS TWO INCHES TO FOUR INCHES IN QUINCY, ALL REBELLED. CERTAINLY NOT THE AMOUNT THAT WE SAW WITH THAT NEW YEAR’S STORM, WHERE WE HAD 8-10″ IN PLACES. THIS WILL COME IN WAVES. THE FIRST WAVE COMES THIS MORNING AND BREAKS APART TOWARDS MIDDAY. WE WILL BE WATCHING THE COSUMNES RIVER CAREFULLY. THIS IS WHERE WE HAD THE ISSUES WITH WATER COMING DOWN THE RIVER AND FLOWING INTO SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO. WE ARE KONG FOR THE CREST TODAY — CALLING FOR THE CREST TODAY, THIS EVENING AT 9:00. IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE MICHIGAN BAR SITE, THIS WENT OVER 16.5 FEET WHEN WE HAD FLOODING IN PARTS OF WILTON. LOWER AMOUNTS OF WATER COMING DOWN THE COSUMNES RIVER COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW IT NEW YEAR’S. THAT IS WHAT IS PREDICTED FOR NOW. WE HAVE TO WATCH RAINFALL RATES IN THE FOOTHILLS. THAT IS CRUCIAL TO HOW MUCH WATER GHOST DOWN THE COSUMNES, BUT AT THIS POINT, THE FORECAST LEVEL IS BELOW NEW YEAR’S. THIS NOT TO SAY WE WILL NOT HAVE WATER ISSUES IN SUMNER COUNTY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY IS THAT RAIN CONTINUES AND WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW. WE COULD SEE ISSUES ON OUTLYING ROADS, CERTAINLY THE. — DYLAN — DILLAR. I CHECK IN THE CREEKS, TOO. NO ISSUES. ALL CREEKS WITHIN THEIR BANKS. IT RAINED SO FAR MANAGEABLE. WE WILL SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. TAMARA: SOMETHING ELSE BEING TOSSED AROUND IS IT THE POTENTIAL FOR OPENING UP THOSE FREMONT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EILEEN: TO TAKE THE STRESS OFF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER, THEY WILL OPEN THE WEIRS AT THE TOP OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER, THE NORTHERN PART AND ALLOW IT TO DRAIN INTO FLOODPLAINS. OVERTIME, IN RAIN YEARS, WHEN YOU GO OVER THE YOLO CAUSEWAY, IT IS LIKE GOING OVER A HUGE RIVER OR LAKE. IT IS DESIGNED THAT WAY TO TAKE STRESS OFF RIVERS. HE SACRAMENTO RIVER, THE AMERICAN RIVER COMMITTEES ARE HIGHLY REGULATED CARRYING FOLSOM LAKE HAS COME DOWN 25 FEET SINCE THE BIG STORM OVER NEW YEAR’S WEEKEND. THAT IS WHY FLOWS ALONG THE AMERICAN HAVE BEEN HIGH, BECAUSE THEY ARE DRAINING FOLSOM LAKE. TAMARA: I HAVE DRIVEN ACROSS THE RIVER SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT HAS SWELLED, BUT WE DO NOT SEE ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE RAINFALL WILL GET TODAY OR TOMORROW. EILEEN: AN INCH OF RAIN, MAYBE MORE IN THE VALLEY, 2-4″ IN THE VALLEY SEEMS TO BE THE BALLPARK, BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE. TAMARA: WE ARE HERE TO MONITOR THAT. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WINDS — SOME OF THE HEFTIER GUSTS HAVE BEEN PLAYING OUT IN PARTS OF THE FOOTHILLS. KOSOVO, EL DORADO COUNTY SEEING GUSTS CLOSE TO 40 MPH. IT IS BEEN GUSTING THIS MORNING AND AUBURN BUT AT 30 MPH. ACROSS THE VALLEY FORD, GUSTS ANYWHERE FROM 25-30. IF YOU ARE A LIGHT SLEEPER, THAT IS WAKING YOU UP. WE HAVE WINDS UP GUSTING AT 36 IN STOCKTON. I EXPECT WE WILL SEE THE PEAK OF THE WIND AROUND DAYBREAK, BETWEEN ABOUT 5:00 A.M. AND 7:00 A.M. WE COULD SEE WINDS GUSTING 30-40 MPH COLETTE MADE THE INCHING CLOSER TO 50 MPH. NOTICE HOW US SUBSIDE BEYOND 9:00. THE WIND RANGE, THIS IS AROUND DAYBREAK, WINDS SUSTAINED CLOSE TO 30 MPH IN STOCKTON. IT WILL BE GUSTING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT BEYOND IT :00 OR 9:00 THIS MORNING, HERE IS 11:00 A.M., THE WIND IS A DISTANT MEMORY EXCEPT FOR BRANCHES AND DEBRIS LITURGY AND RUNWAYS CAUSING ISSUES. WE THOUGHT A LOT OF ISSUES OVER THE WEEKEND. I DO NOT EXPECT THE WIND WILL BE PLAYING OUT TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE DEALT WITH SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA RIGHT NOW, LIGHT TO MODERATE. SOME AREAS IN THE HEAVIER RANGE. THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY IS THE SKILLS IN SIERRA — THE SNOW IN THE SIERRA. RIGHT NOW, THESE SNOW LEVEL IS HIGH, AROUND 7000 FEET. THESE HAVE BEEN WARMER STORMS. TODAY, THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP AND THAT WILL PRESENT ISSUES. I WAS LOOKING AT SOME CALTRANS CAMERAS. THE WIND IS PUSHING SNOW AROUND. IT IS A HEAVY, WET SNOW. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT IS ADVISED NOT TO. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A HAVE BEEN SEEING A HABIT ISSUES WITH RESORTS — POWER OUTAGES, TREES DOWN. THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE RESORTS ARE SAFE ENOUGH TO OPEN. A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO GET IN, BUT GIVE THEM TIME TO WORK THROUGH. BRANDI: THE THING THAT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHOUT POWER — YOU DO NOT HAVE,. TAMARA: I DO NOT. IT IS FRUSTRATING. YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT WHEN THE CREWS BROUGHT THEIR, THEY ARE TRIAGING THE SITUATION. TEO: THEY NEED TO PRIORITIZE. TAMARA: RIGHT AND THEY NEED TO BE SAFE. TEO: THANKFULLY, THE WIND IS NOTED THAT 60 MPH RANGE. THAT CAUSES ISSUES. TAMARA: THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 50 MPH AND 60 MPH. TEO: WE CONTINUE OUR BREAKING COVERAGE. THIS SYSTEM UPON

Northern California Alert Day Forecast: Timeline for rain and winds, Sierra snow

The first part of the next system is bringing more rain, strong winds and flooding concerns.

Updated: 11:42 AM PST Jan 9, 2023

Monday morning’s rain and wind is moving on from Northern California. Some light rain will linger in the foothills through the early afternoon but the valley has dried out. Much of the rest of the day will be dry with an occasional breeze. Most valley locations saw about 1.00-1.50″ of rain since Sunday night. Vacaville is one exception, measuring close to 2.50″ in that same timeframe. In the Sierra, snow is falling at 7,000 feet. High level passes have very low visibility due to heavy snow and gusty winds. The snow level is expected to drop to 5,000′ later Monday evening.Travel throughout the Sierra is not advised, as wind will generate whiteout conditions throughout the day. What to know about flooding concerns While we are getting a break in the rain for most of Monday afternoon and evening, rain will restart very early Tuesday morning.Flooding is possible on smaller creeks and streams as well as low-lying areas over the next several days. High water on back roads is also expected.People in the Wilton area have been told to evacuate.Because we already have a lot of water in our system and the ground is saturated, it will be easier for our region’s creeks to reach or exceed their banks.As of Monday morning, the Cosumnes River is forecast to crest Monday night at 12.7 feet, 3.5 feet below the level we had on New Year’s Eve. The Mokelumne River at Benson’s Ferry is forecast to reach just below flood stage on Tuesday. The Tuolumne and Bear rivers are now forecast to reach just below flood stage. Sierra Snow ForecastSnow will be steady above 7000′ for most of Monday. Up to 10″ of new snow is expected at places like Donner Summit and Echo Pass. Snow will remain above lake level in the Tahoe area through this afternoon. The snow level will drop Monday night into Tuesday as the next round of precipitation moves into Northern California. Expect accumulating snow down to 5000′ Tuesday.By Tuesday evening, locations above 7000′ may measure an addition 2 to 3 feet of snow. Travel will be dangerous through the mountain passes Monday night and Tuesday due to the combination of periods of heavy snow and gusty winds which could cause whiteout conditions.How to track real-time traffic updates, Doppler radar during Northern California stormsDownload our app for the latestHere is where you can download our app for the latest weather alerts.Track real-time traffic updates here(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)Track Northern California Doppler radar here(App users, click here to see our interactive radar map.)Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaChief Meteorologist Mark Finan on Facebook and TwitterMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and TwitterMeteorologist Eileen Javora on FacebookMeteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and TwitterWatch our forecasts on TV or onlineHere’s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we’re live.We’re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.

Monday morning’s rain and wind is moving on from Northern California. Some light rain will linger in the foothills through the early afternoon but the valley has dried out. Much of the rest of the day will be dry with an occasional breeze.

Most valley locations saw about 1.00-1.50″ of rain since Sunday night. Vacaville is one exception, measuring close to 2.50″ in that same timeframe.

In the Sierra, snow is falling at 7,000 feet. High level passes have very low visibility due to heavy snow and gusty winds. The snow level is expected to drop to 5,000′ later Monday evening.

Travel throughout the Sierra is not advised, as wind will generate whiteout conditions throughout the day.

What to know about flooding concerns

While we are getting a break in the rain for most of Monday afternoon and evening, rain will restart very early Tuesday morning.

Flooding is possible on smaller creeks and streams as well as low-lying areas over the next several days. High water on back roads is also expected.

People in the Wilton area have been told to evacuate.

Because we already have a lot of water in our system and the ground is saturated, it will be easier for our region’s creeks to reach or exceed their banks.

As of Monday morning, the Cosumnes River is forecast to crest Monday night at 12.7 feet, 3.5 feet below the level we had on New Year’s Eve.

The Mokelumne River at Benson’s Ferry is forecast to reach just below flood stage on Tuesday.

The Tuolumne and Bear rivers are now forecast to reach just below flood stage.

Sierra Snow Forecast

Snow will be steady above 7000′ for most of Monday. Up to 10″ of new snow is expected at places like Donner Summit and Echo Pass. Snow will remain above lake level in the Tahoe area through this afternoon.

The snow level will drop Monday night into Tuesday as the next round of precipitation moves into Northern California. Expect accumulating snow down to 5000′ Tuesday.

By Tuesday evening, locations above 7000′ may measure an addition 2 to 3 feet of snow.

Travel will be dangerous through the mountain passes Monday night and Tuesday due to the combination of periods of heavy snow and gusty winds which could cause whiteout conditions.

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