HAZY SKIES AND WARM (not too hot)!

A large fire in Tulare County (the Lion Fire), along with southerly monsoonal flow will bring hazy skies to Northern California over the next few days. Thunderstorms across the Sierra today through Sunday could spark new fires. If hiking, watch out for flash floods and possible severe weather. Next week in the valley we should have near normal temps (middle 90s) under mostly sunny skies.

~Matt, Meteorologist

Outlook looks dry!

(Near Mt Lassen)

After some wet and cold weather started us off this year, mild and dry weather looks in place for the next 7 to 10 days with a slight chance of light showers in northern areas on Sunday. Overnight temps should stay generally above freezing with mild afternoons. The last week of January may return wet weather but for now, forecast models are flip-flopping back and forth on dry or wet conditions. Most areas are over 100% of normal for rainfall so this dry spell shouldn't be too bad. With La Nina conditions in place, the question is how much rain will we get for late winter & spring...it's expected to be lower than normal.

HAPPY NEW YEAR...DRY WEATHER!

A blocking pattern has set up across California and this looks to keep dry conditions through at least the middle of January. Therefore expect mostly sunny days with daytime highs in the 50s and overnight lows near or below freezing.