update on unsettled weather

The latest from the National Weather Service office in Sacramento:

A PACIFIC FRONT WILL BRING VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO
INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION
WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK OR
LULL IN THE RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY EVENING...A COLDER STORM SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA.

IN THE COASTAL AND NORTHERN INTERIOR MOUNTAINS...RAIN AND SNOW WILL
INCREASE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 6000 TO 7000 FEET SHOULD
LOWER TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET AS THE COLDER STORM MOVES INLAND LATE
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TWO TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE
COASTAL RANGE WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE SHASTA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE GENERALLY BE ABOVE 5000 FEET.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN MAY LET UP AT TIMES
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THE COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT MAY BRING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY SHOULD RANGE FROM A THIRD OF AN
INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH THROUGH MONDAY.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE WEEKEND
INTO MONDAY SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST INFORMATION AND ROAD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.
DRIER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

Overall I'd say this is a fairly benign storm with light winds and occasionally moderate precip. Nothing exciting or unusual- mainly just nuisance rain for the valley. The mountains may experience the harsher conditions.