nasty weather ahead

This is from the National Weather Service in Sacramento:

A VERY STRONG JET STREAM IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND
WILL TRANSITION INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO A WETTER WEATHER
PATTERN NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MUCH NEEDED
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. A RELATIVELY WEAK STORM MOVES
THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN MUCH STRONGER AND WETTER SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN
SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL
STORMS IS DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY 24 TO 36
HOURS A SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH. RAINFALL TOTALS BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK COULD EXCEED 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 10 FEET OR MORE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER SIERRA
NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 4000 TO 5500 FEET
BUT AT TIMES COULD DROP INTO THE FOOTHILLS. THERE IS ALSO LIKELY
TO BE PERIODS OF BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND TRAVEL INTO THE
MOUNTAINS IS LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED.

Wow! Five to ten inches of rain! And up to 10 FEET of snow in the mountains! This is what I've been waiting for all season! Heck, for the past two years! Tomorrow and Friday look dry, with partly to mostly cloudy afternoons after some morning fog. A weak system moves through Friday night and Saturday, bringing a 40% chance of precipitation to the valley and mountains. However, by Sunday, the first in a succession of major storms will impact Northern California. Heavy rains, piles of snow, and strong, gusty winds are possible from Sunday all the way through next week. Forecast temperatures for Chico will mainly be in the 50s for highs and 40s for lows. Get ready for some wild and wicked weather!