Flood Watch | Northern California Weather 6 PM

Good evening! I'm Aaron Jolly. And this is the Northern California Weather Podcast for Monday, February 23rd. Folks, step outside right now and you're feeling a lovely 66 degrees. Soak that in.. Because a warm soaking rain is headed your way tonight. Let's start along the coast. Bay Area, rain rolls in around 9 P.M. Tonight. It builds overnight, with the heaviest downpour landing right around 10 A.M. Tuesday. Rain is likely all morning and into the afternoon. You hit 65 degrees today near 3 P.M., then slide to 55 degrees by 2 A.M. Winds flip from southeast to west around 3 P.M., so tonight gets breezy. Tuesday's high only reaches 63 degrees. Rain lingers into Wednesday morning. Now swing inland to the Central Valley. You're catching a quick splash between 5 P.M. And 7 P.M. Tonight. That's about it. Lows dip to 54 degrees around 5 A.M., then temperatures bounce right back. You'll hit 70 degrees by 1 P.M. Tuesday. Wednesday? Sunny and 67 degrees. The Valley shrugs this one off. Here's what matters most. Snow levels climb to ten and eleven thousand feet. That means the Sierra gets rain, not snow. Great for travelers. Not great for burn scars. Flood watches are up for Mendocino, Lake. And Humboldt counties. Two to four inches of rain possible through Tuesday. Wind advisories cover the Shasta Valley and Warner Mountains with gusts reaching 55 miles an hour. Tie down anything that isn't bolted. Looking ahead, Wednesday clears everything out. The Bay Area rebounds to 67 degrees by Thursday. The Central Valley flirts with 70 degrees through the weekend. A weak system might bring a slight chance of showers Sunday, but nothing worth worrying about. One more thing worth celebrating. We're gaining two minutes and twenty five seconds of daylight today. Sunrise at 6:48 A.M., sunset at 5:54 P.M. Those longer evenings are adding up fast. I'll be tracking this rain all night. Charge your phone and keep an umbrella by the door. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Take care!