update on wet weather

From the National Weather Service office in Sacramento: WET AND COOLER WEATHER TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK... * IMPACTS: WET ROADS WITH WINTRY TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS. PONDING OF WATER POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY: UP TO AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COASTAL RANGE AND SHASTA COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN TERRAIN...LOCALLY HIGHER OVER REMOTE PEAKS. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION BEGINS OVER THE COASTAL AND WESTERN SHASTA MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING SPREADING OVER MOST OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION TURNS SHOWERY WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. DECREASING THREAT OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEY. ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK.