More Heavy Rain Expected to hit Drenched Sierra

Rain is slowly returning to the valley today. News10 Futurecast shows a chance for light rain and drizzle through 4 p.m. before more significant rain develops this evening. The main cold front associated with the rain will move over Sacramento during the Wednesday morning commute. Therefore plan on a wet drive tomorrow morning. The latest forecast is always available at www.news10.net/weather

Northern California residents recovering Monday from a series of wet, windy storms likely won’t get much of a break as another system is expected to drench the area.

Up to five more inches of rain could fall in the region beginning Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

The rain could be especially heavy at times in areas north of Redding and across the Sierra Nevada, meteorologist Dan Keeton said.

Still, it should be nothing like the downpours that left between 15 to 20 inches of rain in some areas over the five-day period that ended Sunday...

“It’s going to be significant, but less impactful,” Keeton said of the coming rain. “There will be some isolated impact in certain areas, but nothing as widespread compared to what we saw late last week.”...

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