stormy Sunday

From the National Weather Service:

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PULGA...PARADISE...OROVILLE...
CHICO...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM PST

* AT 500 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS NEAR
CHICO AND OROVILLE WITH PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. THIS
COULD CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

There have been some pretty decent thunderboomers (aka thunderstorms)this evening over Chico and Butte County (hence the Urban Flood Advisory). Heavy rain, small hail, thunder and lightning have all been associated with these storms as they move east/northeast. Earlier today we had some steady, moderate rain, giving Chico over three-fourths of an inch. The winds were breezy, but not gusty, generally in the 15-25 mph range. All of this stormy weather will move off to the east throughout the evening, and skies will clear after midnight. Lows tonight will dip into the mid 40s. Highs tomorrow under sunny skies will only rise to the chilly 50s. Lows tomorrow night will drop into the mid 30s! Frost and/or freeze warnings may be posted for early Tuesday morning because of the cold air. On Tuesday the clouds return with highs stuck in the upper 50s, and we'll see a decent chance of showers Tuesday night. It'll remain dry Wednesday through next Sunday, with temps warming up from the lower 60s on Wednesday into the lower 70s by next weekend. So, the weather will improve as the fall foliage peaks in Chico this next week. Have a good week!