Special Weather Statement

From the National Weather Service in Sacramento: A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE CALIFORNIA COAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND IS FORECAST TO BRING VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD HOLD OFF BRINGING RAIN TO THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY UNTIL LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING OR EVEN BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A WARMER STORM...AND NOT AS WET AS LAST WEEK`S STORM WITH SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY LOWERING TO 5500 TO 6500 FEET OVER THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES DOWN TO AROUND 5500 FEET. LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE REMOTE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. RAINFALL IN THE VALLEY IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM ABOUT A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH WITH UP TO AROUND AN INCH OVER THE FAR NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.