A forecast of 100% chance of precipitation proved correct about an hour after this was shot at 1:30 pm. A winter weather advisory remains in effect until 10 pm pst this evening, Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusts up to 30 mph this evening. Impacts: Travelers through the Sierra will encounter slick roads, including Interstate 80 and Highway 50. Expect travel delays and chain restrictions. SacPress Photo | Kati Garner

The sun finally won over the clouds for a bit, creating a nice visual from Old Sacramento this evening.   Looking east from Richards Blvd shows sunlight hitting downtown's skyscrapers. SacPress Photos | Kati Garner

A winter storm carrying wind gusts up to 60 mph and heavy rain pounded the Sacramento region Wednesday, cutting power to more than 50,000 people, knocking down dozens of trees and causing minor street flooding. Most of the outages were scattered in small pockets with small numbers of customers per outage. The highest number of outages was 370 at the storm's peak, which occurred between about 9 and 10 a.m., said Chris Capra, spokesperson for Sacramento Municipal Utility District. The storm didn't cause nearly the amount of power outages as the biggest storm in October, when thousands of outages occurred, Capra said. The lack of leaves on trees at this time of year helped; there wasn't a s

The Bank of the West building along Capitol Ave. seems to disappear into the fog around 9am this morning, as does the Wells Fargo Building (below). The forecast for the next ten days calls for rain and wind from the southeast.   SacPress Photos | Kati Garner

SacPress Photos | Kati Garner

                                                                            Bright cheesy moon A full moon shines brightly above the Cheesecake Factory at Arden Fair Mall tonight. Condensation in the air diffuses the light, creating a halo around the moon. A change in the forecast shows rain is heading this way Sunday. SacPress Photo | Kati Garner  

This view from the Sacramento Marina says it all - the weekend before Thanksgiving started off in foggy mode. Clearing began around 11am. Weatherbug forecasts mostly sunny skies for  Thanksgiving week with a slight chance of showers tomorrow. SacPress photo | Kati Garner

Sacramento residents' eyes were glued to the eastern sky on the evening of June 3 to witness lightning brightening the dark clouds.       All photos were taken by Ryan and Rusty Kleine

Sacramento, CA Friday, May 1, 2009 Sacramento EMS crews were kept quite busy all day Friday. Mild temperatures and start of a new weekend had many people out on the road, but add in rain with heavy traffic throughout the region and you’ve created a recipe for havoc on the roads. We caught up with Sacramento Fire engines, truck crews, medic rigs, and Sac Police on a couple of incidents today out of the many we heard being dispatched over the squawk box. As the rain poured down, fire crews made sure the scenes were safe and assisted as paramedics tended to the victims; and officers took statements and reports on wet notepads. The first incident we encountered with EMS crews was a head-on c

So, yes, we're in a drought. We keep hearing about it. We're even in a state of emergency, officially. But since when does a drought look like these pictures, taken this afternoon from the I Street Bridge during a break in the downpour? If this is a drought, I say: Bring it!

It's hailing outside! Or at least it was around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.   According to the National Weather Service, the thunderstorms and hail could continue into this evening, however, I haven't heard any thunder, yet.  Does anyone remember the last time it hailed in Sacramento? Has it been very long? It feels more like winter since this storm has come through. Is anyone particularly happy that we're getting this rain? How do you think this will affect the Amgen tour, if at all?      

Turn off those heaters and bust out the tank tops. Sacramento is experiencing well above average temperatures this week after a long stretch of cold and fog. Yesterday, Jan. 12, 2009, Sacramento recorded a high temperature of 73° F. That crushed the previous high for the same date of 67° F set way back in 1980 (weather.com). This heat wave raises the question of that dreaded term, Global Warming (or Climate Change, or Green House Effect). Other questions arise as well: Are we really going to lose San Francisco to the rising ocean levels? Will Sacramento melt in extreme heat this summer? I dare not mention the sad fate of the beloved polar bear. Everyone has their own opinion on the topic

The first storm of the season started blowing in on Friday.  It is amazing how quickly the landscape can change in such a short time when the weather starts to cooperate.  The first blessed white layer covered everything in the first few hours, and for the next 3 days cloud after cloud dropped the precious, precious snow all over all of Tahoe.  By Sunday night we had a bonafide foot on the ground, and the snow shows no signs of slowing down, with big dumps on Monday and more forcasted for the rest of the week. Only Exhibition at Squaw is spinning right now.  Not even Exhibition actually, but it's the newly constructed midstation. Fritz Renner, who just walked in claimed "pow day" and "kne