The Pacific Northwest and much of California will have showers due to a cold front Friday Oct. 31, 2014. A storm system will produce a chance of showers for the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic states. Storms will be possible in Florida and southern Texas.
The Pacific Northwest and much of California will have showers due to a cold front Friday Oct. 31, 2014. A storm system will produce a chance of showers for the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic states. Storms will be possible in Florida and southern Texas. AP
The Pacific Northwest and much of California will have showers due to a cold front Friday Oct. 31, 2014. A storm system will produce a chance of showers for the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic states. Storms will be possible in Florida and southern Texas. AP

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Sacramento to be treated to rain on Halloween

By Bill Lindelof

blindelof@sacbee.com

October 30, 2014 06:53 AM

A Pacific frontal system is forecast to slide into Northern California Friday afternoon, delivering rain and snow on Halloween.

Thursday will see the last of the mild, warm weather for a while. The high temperature Thursday is expected to be 79 under mostly sunny skies.

Clouds start to move in Thursday night, followed by a cold front that will move through Friday, bringing precipitation and cooler temperatures.

Trick-or-treaters could see fairly wet conditions Friday evening in Sacramento, according to the National Weather Service. Snow levels Friday evening are expected to be around the 7,000-foot elevation level – then drop overnight to around 5,000 feet by Saturday morning.

Predictions from the weather service for rain Friday through Saturday:

Sacramento: 0.50 of an inch

Woodland: 0.35

Roseville: 0.49

Placerville: 0.74

Auburn: 0.68

Yuba City: 0.46

Jackson: 0.65

Snowfall predictions for the same period:

Blue Canyon: 1.4 inches

Cisco: 2.7

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Kingvale: 5.7

Donner Summit: 9.0

Truckee: 3.2

Kings Beach: 4.0

Echo Summit: 3.7

South Lake Tahoe: 3.7

The detailed, seven-day forecast for the Sacramento region from the NWS:

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 7 to 9 mph.

Friday: Rain likely, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 11 a.m. High near 67. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and a half inch possible.

Friday night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South wind around 10 mph.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Tuesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Call The Bee’s Bill Lindelof, (916) 321-1079.

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