TURNING NOW TO KCRA 3 WEATHER AND A LIVE LOOK AT STOCKTON TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOUDS THERE IN THE DISTANCE. A CHILLY EVENING OUT THERE. WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST DIRK VERDOORN DIRK. WE’RE SEEING CLOUDS ALL ACROSS OUR REGION NOW. YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT CLOUDS THERE? LOOK AT LAKE TAHOE. THOSE ARE SOME OMINOUS CLOUDS LOOKING BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF RAYS OF SUNSHINE TRYING TO BREAK IN THROUGH THE BREAK IN THE CLOUDS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE CLOUD COVER WITH US FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT, AND AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND SOME SNOW IN THE SIERRA. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT PROBABLY ABOVE 7000FT, BUT EVENTUALLY, AS WE GET INTO MONDAY MORNING EARLY, WE COULD SEE IT DOWN AROUND LAKE LEVEL. SO ABOUT 6200FT. SO TEMPERATURE CURRENTLY 42 DEGREES AT LAKE TAHOE, 59 IN MODESTO, 60 IN STOCKTON AND 57 DEGREES CURRENTLY IN SACRAMENTO. AND SO WE’RE COOLING OFF AGAIN. THE SUN’S GOING DOWN AND TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING OFF. BUT HERE COMES THE RAIN. THOSE RAINDROPS ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY. YOU CAN SEE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS LAKE COUNTY WORKING YOUR WAY ACROSS GLENN COUNTY, TEHAMA COUNTY, AND ON INTO BUTTE, AS WELL AS PLUMAS COUNTIES. AND THIS IS GOING TO SLIDE FARTHER SOUTH AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. BUT ALL OF IT’S GOING TO BASICALLY COME THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SHOULD BE GONE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING. ANOTHER FEATURE I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HERE IS THE WINDS. WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE SOME WIND HERE IN THE VALLEY, BUT WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE SOME STRONGER WINDS, ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE TAHOE. AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. RIGHT NOW, SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 14MPH. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PICKING UP. WE EXPECT TO HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSER BETWEEN 15 TO 20MPH, WITH GUSTS THAT WILL BE UP OVER 30 TO 40MPH. AND SO WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY THAT’S BEEN POSTED FROM ABOUT 8 P.M. TONIGHT TO ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING. SO IT’S ALL GOING TO BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SO HOPEFULLY NOBODY’S GOING TO BE OUT ON THE LAKE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO NOTICE THOSE WINDS INCREASING AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ON THROUGH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCATTERED SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BEHIND IT WE HAVE A POCKET OF COLD AIR. AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO PLAY INTO OUR FORECAST AS THIS COLD AIR STARTS TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT’S GOING TO KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES DOWN AND BRING THAT COLD WEATHER INTO THE VALLEY AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE BETWEEN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BELOW 2000FT. WE’RE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 TO 36 DEGREES. SO THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A FREEZE WATCH THROUGH MUCH OF THE VALLEY AND SOME FOOTHILL LOCATIONS NOW ABOVE 6000FT. THERE’S ACTUALLY A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 5 TO 15 DEGREES. SO AGAIN, ANYBODY THAT’S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE, IT’S GOING TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY COLD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ABOVE 6000FT. SO THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING AND THEY’RE GOING TO STICK AROUND THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE WE START WARMING UP AGAIN. SO FUTURECAST SHOWS AGAIN CONDITIONS TONIGHT WE HAVE THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. THE COLD AIR IS WITH US MONDAY. TUESDAY WE’RE LOOKING AT WIDESPREAD FROST POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY AND THEN MORE CLOUDS AND THE CHANCE FOR RAIN RETURNS. NOW WHAT’S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS WHAT’S CALLED AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE JUST THAT STEADY STREAM OF RAIN MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA, WHERE THAT SETS UP. THAT’S WHERE THE BULK OF THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE, AND IT’S JUST GOING TO KIND OF HOVER HERE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO THERE’S SOME AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE WON’T SEE MUCH RAIN. OTHER AREAS UNDERNEATH THAT LINE OF RAIN WILL GET THE BULK OF THE RAIN. SO THIS IS HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE SHAPING UP AS FAR AS AMOUNTS ARE CONCERNED. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A LOT MORE RAIN EXPECTED TO THE NORTH. SACRAMENTO KIND OF ON THE EDGE, AND THEN YOU GO INTO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. NOT A LOT OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE GET INTO FRIDAY. IT SHIFTS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. WE COULD SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN BY FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. SO YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST I PUT DOWN AN IMPACT DAY FOR WEDNESDAY BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE. SHOWER ON THURSDAY. FRIDAY, HEAVIER RAIN POSSIBLY COMING IN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALSO MORE RAIN.