3-24-14 ...WET AND COOLER WEATHER TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...
* IMPACTS: WET ROADS WITH WINTRY TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
PONDING OF WATER POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY: UP TO AN INCH IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY WITH UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS MAY BRING LOCALLY HIGHER RAIN
TOTALS.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF THE COASTAL RANGE AND SHASTA COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500
FEET.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH OVER HIGHER
MOUNTAIN TERRAIN...LOCALLY HIGHER OVER REMOTE PEAKS.
* THUNDERSTORMS: A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALL BE POSSIBLE
THREATS.
* TIMING: PRECIPITATION BEGINS OVER THE COASTAL AND WESTERN SHASTA
MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING SPREADING OVER MOST OF INTERIOR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION
TURNS SHOWERY WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. DECREASING THREAT
OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEY. ADDITIONAL
SYSTEMS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK.
