For the last several days the greater Sacramento area has been socked in by fog. Early morning commuters are encouraged to drive slower than normal in the dangerous conditions. There is a dense fog advisory for most of the Central Valley and Bay Area until 11 a.m. Many areas are experiencing less than 1/4 mile visibility, and even a few locations have visibility below 500 feet.

The fog made visibility worse in rural areas, where moisture has accumulated off the nearby fields. The winds are expected to pick up starting Wednesday and will help stop the Sacramento area’s streak of foggy days.

Spring is here, but summer is right around the corner. Tomorrow Sacramento is expected to hit 90 degrees. The increase in temperatures is expected to be accompanied by winds.

Here is your outlook for the rest of the week:

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A strong Pacific storm is expected to move through the region today bringing strong gusty winds and heavy rain. Heavy snow is likely in higher elevations. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday for interior Northern California. Southeast to Southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph in the Central Valley. South to Southwest winds of 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph are expected in the mountains.

Showers are expected diminish across the region by Monday.

Yes it’s snowing in the greater Sacramento area. Send you photos to sacramento@fromthecapitol.com and we will publish them online.

The foothills actually have enough to sled on. Schools in some foothill school districts are closed.

Yesterday’s storm in the Sacramento area is gone, but the region is a mess.

SMUD and PG&E are still woring hard in the area. Over 12K SMUD customers are still without power. The storm knocked out power to over 90,000 people in the Sacramento region. Cities and communities where customers are without power included Sacramento, 2100 customers; Carmichael, 2,119 customers; North Highlands, 1,449; Arden Arcade, 1,385; Citrus Heights, 1,315; and Fair Oaks, 1,078. No ETA has been given by SMUD or PG&E.

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The greater Sacramento area is scheduled for a big storm this week. Some are even touting this as the biggest October storm in decades.  We could see winds between 40 and 45 MPH along with about 2 inches of rain.

Snow will fall in the Sierra starting at about 7,500 feet elevation.  When you get up to 8,000 to 9,000 feet we may see winds as high as 100 MPH.  Most of the wind will be concentrated to Tuesday afternoon and continue throughout the day.

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