Northern California could see more rain Monday — but don’t expect another deluge

Sacramento and other parts of Northern California are expected to see some modest rain Monday.

Chances for rain throughout the region could start Sunday night and are expected to last through Monday. The National Weather Service’s Sacramento office expects the city will receive less than a tenth of an inch of rain.

It’s a pittance compared with last week’s record-setting ”bomb cyclone,” which triggered localized flooding in Sacramento and dumped more than five inches over the city in a single day.

So, don’t get your hopes up for another storm of the century just yet.

Elsewhere in Northern California, Monday’s showers could bring a bit more substantial precipitation. The weather service expects up to a quarter inch of rain in Grass Valley, up to an inch in Santa Rosa and less than a tenth in South Lake Tahoe.

The highest amounts of rainfall are expected in the northwest area of the state, where Ukiah could see an inch, Eureka a half inch and Weaverville a full inch.

There is good news for those yearning for wetter days in Northern California. Forecasters expect Monday’s rain showers to be followed up by another storm system that could bring more precipitation later this week.

“A break in the weather is expected Tuesday and Wednesday with milder temperatures ahead of another system for late in the week,” weather service meteorologists wrote in a Sunday forecast discussion. “More rain is expected after mid-week.”

A preliminary seven-day forecast for Sacramento shows that this week’s later rain showers could bring a little over a tenth of an inch of rain to the city starting Thursday morning.

This story was originally published October 31, 2021 at 12:01 PM.