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Northern California forecast: Black Friday weather and a look into next week

Northern California forecast: Black Friday weather and a look into next week
FOR DAYS AND DAYS IT’S GOING TO BE NICE. YEAH. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE’LL START WITH THE SKY CAMERA OVER DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. AND AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE YOU CAN SEE WATCH SOME OF THE STEAM COMING OFF THE BUILDINGS THERE. IT’S JUST KIND OF RISING STRAIGHT UP. NO WIND ACROSS THE VALLEY. AND WE’RE STARTING OFF THE DAY AGAIN. CHILLY LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY AS WE’RE LOOKING AT A TEMPERATURE OF 34 IN SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW, 34 IN STOCKTON, 34 IN MODESTO AND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, 14 DEGREES THERE AND WIND IT DOESN’T REALLY EXIST, JUST A LIGHT BREEZE THROUGH AUBURN RIGHT NOW. IT’S THAT DOWNSLOPE WIND THAT WE SEE AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, JUST FIVE MILES PER HOUR AND A FIVE MILE PER HOUR WIND ALONG THE COAST. BUT FOR THE REST OF THE VALLEY, NO WIND. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT CAMERA THERE. AND JUST SEEING THE STEAM RISE STRAIGHT UP. TODAY WE’RE LOOKING AT A HIGH OF 59 FOR THE SACRAMENTO AREA. AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE IS 60. SO WE’RE RIGHT IN THE ZONE. THEIR RECORD 71 WHICH WAS SET IN 1995. THE RECORD LOW 27 SET IN 2015 WHERE WE’RE LOOKING AT A LOW OF 36 AS WE HEAD ON INTO THE EVENING. BUT FOR NOW WE’VE GOT A LOW DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND THAT’S CIRCULATING SOME HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH THE SACRAMENTO AREA. SO AS THE SUN COMES UP, WE WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA. BUT OUR FORECAST FOR TODAY, TOMORROW AND ON INTO SUNDAY, WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES MUCH LIKE TODAY AS THEY WERE YESTERDAY. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE TREND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTING IN OVER THE AREA AND THAT’S GOING TO DOMINATE OUR FORECAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND BRINGING WITH IT SOME MILD CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY INTO NEXT WEEK. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING FAR OUT INTO FRIDAY. SO AGAIN, MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS THE OVERALL TREND. YOU SEE HERE. THAT ORANGE PATCH THAT IS SOME MILD WEATHER, MILD TEMPERATURES. AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING IN SOME WARMER WEATHER AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT WEEK. SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE’LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IN THE FORECAST IS THAT IT’S GOING TO REMAIN DRY INTO NEXT WEEK FOR TODAY. QUINCY A HIGH OF 48. LAKE TAHOE 48. LOWS IN THE 20S FOR THE FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. PLACES LIKE AUBURN WHERE WE ARE SEEING THAT LIGHT BREEZE THIS MORNING WILL BE CALM THE REST OF THE DAY. WITH A HIGH OF 57. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, 38 DEGREES FOR YOUR LOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILL AREAS. RIGHT IN THAT BALLPARK, AND THEN HEADING ON TO THE COAST. PLACES LIKE CONCORD, NAPA AND LAKEPORT COULD SEE A LITTLE FROST RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A FROST ADVISORY ISSUED THIS MORNING AND FOR TOMORROW MORNING IN THOSE AREAS, BUT BEYOND THAT, IT WARMS UP INTO THE 60S AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE DAY, HEADING ON INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CHECKING IN ON PLACES LIKE STOCKTON, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A HIGH OF 57 WITH A LOW OF 38 TRACY 58, AND THE SAME FOR MODESTO WITH THE HIGH LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND INTO THE SACRAMENTO AREA, 5735 FOR A LOW FOLSOM 58 AND 38 FOR OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. HEADING ON INTO THE SIERRA 49 DEGREES FOR TODAY 52 ON SATURDAY, 51 ON SUNDAY, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA. AND FOR OUR VALLEY. SEVEN DAY FORECAST 57 TODAY. TOMORROW, 58 ON SUNDAY AND ON INTO NEXT WEEK. WE’RE IN THE 60S WITH SUNNY
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Northern California forecast: Black Friday weather and a look into next week
Friday will be a dry and seasonable day for Northern California, continuing a stretch of dry conditions that followed rainy and snowy days.Traffic expert Brian Hickey, who is filling in for the morning weather team on Friday, said Friday's forecast high for downtown Sacramento is 59 degrees. The average for this time of year is 60 degrees.Here are the average forecast highs for the other regions in Northern California:Foothills: High 50sSierra: High 40sCoastal Hills: Low 60sSan Joaquin Valley: Upper 50sThe skies should be clear in time for Black Friday shoppers, and the 7 day forecast appears dry and sunny. TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADARClick here to see our interactive radar.DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATESTHere is where you can download our app.Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.Watch 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.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

Friday will be a dry and seasonable day for Northern California, continuing a stretch of dry conditions that followed rainy and snowy days.

Traffic expert Brian Hickey, who is filling in for the morning weather team on Friday, said Friday's forecast high for downtown Sacramento is 59 degrees. The average for this time of year is 60 degrees.

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Here are the average forecast highs for the other regions in Northern California:

  • Foothills: High 50s
  • Sierra: High 40s
  • Coastal Hills: Low 60s
  • San Joaquin Valley: Upper 50s

The skies should be clear in time for Black Friday shoppers, and the 7 day forecast appears dry and sunny.

    TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADAR
    Click here to see our interactive radar.
    DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATEST
    Here is where you can download our app.
    Follow our KCRA weather team on social media

    • Meteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and X.
    • Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on Facebook
    • Meteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and X.
    • Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.

    Watch our forecasts on TV or online
    Here'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.

    See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter