![]() The park is projected to get up to 1 inch of snow Monday into Tuesday. Sacramento police are appealing for the public’s help to find multiple shooters who opened fire downtown early Sunday morning, killing six people and leaving the California city with a broken. Yosemite National Park closed temporarily last week amid concerns that the brief warm-up might melt snow rapidly and trigger flooding. "Travel delays and chain controls will be possible," the weather service warned. Tuesday is expected to bring the highest snowfall rates, Hand said. Dustings of snow are possible at elevations as low as 4,500 feet. In the northern Sierra, the weather service is predicting 8 inches of fresh snow Tuesday and Wednesday at elevations of 7,000 feet and above and up to 2 to 5 inches Wednesday into Friday. The weather service's Hanford office said dangerous thunderstorms and small hail are possible north of Kern County on Tuesday from 2 p.m. The Sacramento weather service office warned of a 10% to 25% chance of thunderstorms across the northern Central Valley through Thursday. Afternoon highs across the Bay Area will be below normal, in the high 50s to low 60s, through the week. Rain chances continue through Thursday, the weather service said. In the Bay Area, the weather service said rain showers are on tap Monday night into Tuesday and an organized rain band is expected to push through the region Tuesday morning. #CAwx #CAwater /IFdDLgEyxM- Daniel Swain April 30, 2023 A late-season cut-off low, associated with rather cold air aloft, will bring a period of much cooler and unsettled weather to most of CA. High-elevation snow, continued showers, below-normal temperatures, and thunderstorms are all in the mix for California this week.Īfter a substantial early-season warm spell across interior CA, another big change in the pattern is still on track. While this is not a strong storm and it will not bring the copious amounts of snow and rain that winter systems delivered earlier this year, "it will bring atmospheric conditions unstable enough for fairly widespread convective showers and isolated to scattered thunderstorms at times, with some light high mountain snowfall," UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain wrote in a Tweet on Sunday. on Monday, the city had hit 57 degrees - that's a 31-degree temperature difference. On Friday, downtown Sacramento hit a high of 88 degrees at 2 p.m. "When you consider how warm it was late last week, it's a pretty dramatic shift." "I suppose it is a winter storm in that we're going see snow, but it would be a very late-season storm," said Katrina Hand, a forecaster with the weather service's Sacramento office. Under these conditions, land for grazing is inadequate for animals, wildlife diseases increase and water beds are lower than usual.The shift in the weather was triggered by a trough of low pressure from the Gulf of Alaska pushing into California and pulling in cold air and unsettled weather, the National Weather Service said. In the county, more than a million people are affected by drought, according to, a national drought information system. Todays the hottest day its been in Sacramento, the resident of 32 years. The city has been urging residents to limit their water usage, as Sacramento and the state confront severe drought conditions. Duane McMullen, of Sacramento, walks along 15th Street past Capitol Park on Tuesday, Sept. ![]() With less than normal precipitation and snow, there’s less water in the state’s water supply, which is not good for California’s long-standing drought. ![]() ![]() A bomb cyclone is a weather phenomena fueled by strong winds and heavy precipitation, potentially creating conditions similar to hurricanes and blizzards.ĭry spells have parched the Sacramento region as well, with record long consecutive days of no rain during anticipated water years. The Sacramento area occasionally experiences extreme weather, such as a steady stream of record rain that causes localized flooding or even a bomb cyclone. ![]()
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