off and on showers

The weather this week into this weekend should remain fairly unstable, with chances for rain showers for the valley and snow for the mountains. The National Weather Service is predicting 3 to 8 inches of snow above 4000 feet in elevation tomorrow night into Wednesday morning. If you're traveling into the Sierra Nevada mountains at that time, be prepared. Otherwise, it'll be mainly nuisance- type precipitation the next several days. Temperatures in Chico will range from the upper 40s to mid 50s for highs, while lows will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Not too much stormy weather to talk about. We haven't had a good storm since mid October. That storm carried with it the remnants of a powerful typhoon (whose name eludes me). Gusty winds up to 50 mph and heavy rain totaling nearly two inches in 24 hours accompanied that storm. It was very exciting! Unfortunately (well, it is if you're a storm lover like me), we haven't seen anything on that scale since. I'm becoming bored with our weather pattern and hope it will get more interesting soon!