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From the National Weather Service office in Sacramento: A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS BEGAN SPREADING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ONTO THE COAST THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE HIGHER THAN RECENT STORMS...RANGING BETWEEN 6000 AND 7500 FEET. A MUCH MORE PROMINENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO BETWEEN 4000 FEET OVER SHASTA COUNTY AND AROUND 6000 TO 6500 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA. BETWEEN TODAY AND SUNDAY...1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS. AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA...AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW POSSIBLE AT PASS LEVELS. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY WHEN THE SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW COULD CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. OUTDOOR RECREATIONALISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. FALLEN LEAVES MAY CLOG DRAINS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. PERIODS OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH BREEZY WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND WEAKENED TREES LEADING TO LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS.