TODAY'S FORECAST -SO WARM! 71°F 1:00PM

SO WARM! 71°F 1:00PM Hey hey Giovanni here. I'm late today with the forecast as I was working super early making a living to support my weather habit. The weather today will remain warm and sunny as we reach the warmest temps we've seen all year. Enjoy the warmth as it won't last. A few high clouds are expected by this evening as a through approaches the coast this overnight. Today's temps may reach the low 70s with overnight lows in the mid 40s.

Clouds will be on the increase on Tuesday, leading to a decent chance of rain and Sierra snow above 5500ft by Wednesday morning. The Sierra may see 6-12" of snow above 7000ft. We may see half an inch of rain in town. It's not expected to be an overly wet storm as the bulk of it is expected to drift south, toward SoCal. Only a few showers are expected by early Thursday with a break before the next storm arrives late Friday. This system is looking less impressive as the majority of it may stay to our north. It's a colder storm, but it may also be drier, bringing us only showers through early Sunday. More on that soon.

The long range forecast looks wet off and on with a few days in between storms as we approach the end of March. This stormy wet weather pattern is typical of March and doesn't look particularly strong or that wet. Have a marvelous Monday.

Today -
*Sunny and dry again.
*Daytime highs in the low 70s.
*Overnight lows in the upper 40s.

Truckee......................................57°F - 29°F
GV/NC .......................................72°F - 49°F
Penn Valley/LOP........................73°F - 50°F

Tuesday
*Sunny to partly cloudy.
*Increasing clouds.
*Daytime highs reaching the mid 60s..
*Overnight lows in the mid 40s.

Wednesday-Thursday
*Cooler and mostly cloudy.
*Showers with rain developing early Wednesday.
*A chance of showers through early Thursday.
*Snow levels above 5500ft.
*6-12" above 7000ft
*Highs in the mid 50s.
*Lows in the low 40s.

Friday - Saturday
*A fast moving colder storm possible.
*Showers and snow showers above 4500ft.
*Cooler and unsettled.
*Highs in the low 50s.
*Lows in the low 40s.

Sunday -
*Showers possible.
*Clearing out.
*Highs in the mid 50s.

*Statewide Sierra Snow Pack - Current Observations: 55% of the Sierra range is covered in an average of 38" of snow. 158% of normal for this date.

*March 2018 rainfall.......................13.67"
*Average March rainfall....................9.37"
*Rain so far this month.....................3.25"

*Nevada City Rainfall as of 7/1/2018: 46.60" (93% /avg)
*Normal Average Rainfall by end of March: 53.98"
*Snowfall in Nevada City so far this season: 16"

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