The mini-storm that swept through Northern California on Tuesday has come and gone.
Today's weather is expected to be sunny in Sacramento with a daytime high in the upper 50s after a chilly morning of freezing-to-near-freezing temperatures.
The upper level low pressure system that produced the wet and snowy weather on Tuesday moved into Southern California, according to the National Weather Service. It will move east into Arizona today.
Rainfall totals in the Sacramento area: .24 in Elk Grove, .26 in Sacramento, .32 in Rancho Cordova, .28 in Fair Oaks, .28 in Orangevale, .29 in Rio Linda, .43 along Deer Creek outside Folsom and .15 in Roseville.
Ski resorts this morning were reporting five inches of new snow in the Sierra from the storm.
The National Weather Service reported two tornadoes and a gustnado over parts of the northern Central Valley Tuesday afternoon. Twister damage was reported to the roof of a barn near Los Molinos, Tehama County.
The weather service says that a gustnado is a slang term for "a short-lived, ground-based, shallow, vortex that develops on a gust front associated with either thunderstorms or showers."
They may only rise 30 to 300 feet above the ground and be accompanied by rain.
Wind speeds can reach 60 to 80 mph, resulting in damage.
The detailed, 7-day forecast from the NWS for the Sacramento region:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 57. North northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tonight: Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Thursday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. Light north wind becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Thursday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
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