TODAY'S FORECAST - RAIN AND SIERRA SNOW ON THE WAY! 40°F 6:00AM

RAIN AND SIERRA SNOW ON THE WAY! 40°F 6:00AM Hey hey Giovanni here. Clouds will be on the increase as a fast moving storm approaches. This is a colder system with snow levels falling to 4500ft overnight. It's also not the wettest storm as it weakens coming ashore. Overall we may receive 0.50" of rain with the Sierra receiving 4-8" of snow above 7000ft, primarily after 6PM. Today's temps may reach the upper 40s with overnight lows in the upper 30s.

Saturday looks to start out mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Clearing is expected later in the day. Sunday looks dry. The forecast turns wet again on Monday as an Atmospheric River aims at NorCal. This won't be anywhere near as strong as the storm patterns we saw last month, but expect gusty winds, moderate to heavy rain at times and maybe up to 3" of rain and several feet of snow above 6000ft. I'll have more on that soon.

The long range forecast still looks wet off and on as we approach the end of March. April now looks to start out dry with a significant warming period. Rain also looks possible the first week of April. Have a fantastic Friday!

Today -
*Partly cloudy early.
*Becoming breezy.
*Rain developing around noon.
*Up to 0.50" of rain.
*Snow above 4500ft.
*4-8" of snow overnight above 7000ft.
*Highs in the upper 40s.
*Lows in the upper 30s.

Truckee....................................43°F - 27°F
GV/NC .....................................48°F - 39°F
Penn Valley/LOP......................51°F - 41°F

Saturday -
*Showers early.
*Becoming partly cloudy.
*Highs in the low 50s.
*Lows in the mid 30s.

Sunday -
*Mostly sunny and dry
*Highs in the mid 50s.
*Lows in the low 40s.

Monday - Wednesday
*Rain developing.
*Gusty winds.
*Rain becoming moderate to heavy at times.
*1-3" of rain possible in town.
*Snow levels initially above 6000ft.
*Highs in the low 50s.
*Lows in the low 40s.

Thursday-
*Showers early
*Snow levels 4500ft.
*Highs in the low 50s.

*Statewide Sierra Snow Pack - Current Observations: 52% of the Sierra range is covered in an average of 37" of snow. 155% of normal for this date.

*March 2018 rainfall.......................13.67"
*Average March rainfall....................9.37"
*Rain so far this month.....................3.78"

*Nevada City Rainfall as of 7/1/2018: 47.13" (93% /avg)
*Normal Average Rainfall by end of March: 53.98"
*Snowfall in Nevada City so far this season: 16"

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