A dry weekend

Our Chico office has now recieved 9 inches of rain in January after last night's system! Dry weather and partly cloudy skies this weekend. Chance of showers early next week with wet weather in store late in the week.

Rain on Tuesday?

I've seen some forecasts calling for a fair amount of rain on Tuesday all the way into Central CA. I'm thinking we'll get some rain in NorCal (i.e. SacVal) on Tuesday, but very little if any south of SF to Sacramento. The system late Friday/early Sat looks stronger than the one for Tuesday. Both systems are weak compared to storms expected later next week. Marc WWG

El Nino rains to return late next week.

Our two week long rain spell Jan 11-26th has most (if not al)l of the state above normal now for precip (100% to 125% for most stations). Most stations were running 50-70% back on January 11th before the spickett turned on. Assuming models are correct and we see another week long plus rainy period late next week through mid February - much of the state should be running close to 110% to 140% above normal. Thank you El Nino. Marc Walsh WWG

One more wet day....

More rain has engulfed the Sacramento Valley today with many places seeing over an inch of rain. In fact some locations across the North Coast have recieved over three inches of rain! But, relief is in sight. Today will likely be the wettest day in the next week or two. Only a few weak systems look to near the North State, one on Friday and another early next week. Otherwise, warmer temperatures and more sunshine will be in store. The umbrellas will finally get a break...however wetter than normal conditions are still expected over the coming months. ~Matt

Wet weather across California...Flooding?

Moist storm systems continue to pound California this morning with alomst 4 inches of rain already in Chico, CA since Monday. Yesterday's storm brought water spouts and tornadoes to Southern California while also bringing gusts of over 70mph across the Bay Area. Thursday's system will come in more to the south which should help to make conditions less wet aross the North State. Drier and cooler weather should be in store heading into the weekend. Our Chico weather station has about 6 more inches of rain so far this year than last year (7/1-now). Thats should help the reservoirs! ~Matt W.