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Placerville, CA 7 Day Forecast & Discussion
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(Downtown Placerville is at about the 1,867 foot el.)
NWS Forecast for Placerville CA
National Weather Service Forecast for: Placerville CA
Issued by: National Weather Service Sacramento, CA
Updated: 12:01 am PDT Mar 28, 2025
 
Overnight

Overnight: Showers likely, mainly after 4am.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind.  Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Showers
Likely

Friday

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 7am.  Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.  Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Showers
Likely then
Slight Chance
Showers
Friday
Night
Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm.  Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm  in the evening.
Chance
Showers then
Partly Cloudy
Saturday

Saturday: Areas of frost before 8am.  Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Areas Frost
then Sunny

Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm  in the evening.
Slight Chance
Showers

Sunday

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 11am.  Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Showers
Likely

Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Showers.  Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Showers

Monday

Monday: Showers.  Cloudy, with a high near 51.
Showers

Monday
Night
Monday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 11pm.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Showers
Likely

Lo 44 °F Hi 54 °F Lo 37 °F Hi 58 °F Lo 42 °F Hi 54 °F Lo 46 °F Hi 51 °F Lo 39 °F

 

Overnight
 
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
 
Showers likely, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
 
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
 
Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
 
A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
 
Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday Night
 
Showers. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Monday
 
Showers. Cloudy, with a high near 51.
Monday Night
 
Showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Tuesday
 
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51.
Tuesday Night
 
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Wednesday
 
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 54.
Wednesday Night
 
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Thursday
 
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Placerville CA.

Weather Forecast Discussion
355
FXUS66 KSTO 280749
AFDSTO

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1249 AM PDT Fri Mar 28 2025

.Discussion...

.Synopsis...
Active weather continues today through Saturday morning. A brief
lull in the activity for most of the day on Saturday. The next
weather system will arrive on Sunday-Tuesday AM, then a very short
"break" in widespread activity. Then, late Tuesday morning a more
robust and stronger system is forecast to move into the area.
Still a fair amount of discrepancies amongst ensembles regarding
the potential impacts/precipitation totals on storm 3 (Tuesday -
Friday morning).

.Key Messages...

* Winter Weather Advisory elevations above 5500 feet
  Sierra/Southern Cascades. Periods of moderate mountain snow
  through Friday Evening. 24-hour Probability of snowfall > 6
  inches: 40 to 60 percent.

* Slight chance (20%) of Isolated Afternoon/Evening Thunderstorms
  Today. A 15% chance of t-storms in the afternoon/evening on
  Sunday, mainly in the foothills and mountains.

* Brief lull Saturday followed by a return to active weather
  Sunday into next week with two more periods of at least light to
  moderate rain/mountain snow expected with gusty winds and
  isolated thunderstorms possible.

* Sunday-Tuesday AM System: Snow levels 4500-5500 feet. 48-hour
  Probability of snowfall > 8 inches: 60 to 90 percent above 5500
  feet along Sierra/southern Cascades. Overnight forecast runs
  have lowered snow levels slightly...very early Tuesday morning
  snow levels could reach 3000 feet for a short period.

* Tuesday-Friday AM: Wettest of this series of storms with
  rainfall generally 0.50" to 1.25" rain in Valley, locally higher
  rain totals in Shasta County, with snow accumulations possibly
  more than a foot. Low forecast confidence with this system.

.Changes from previous forecast...

* No changes to any potential impacts. Slight fluctuations in rain
  and snow totals for Sunday - Tuesday AM storm system.

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR conditions expected to prevail next 24 hours at TAF sites,
although some brief periods of MVFR possible through 00z in -SHRA.
MVFR/IFR expected along Sierra in light/moderate snow showers
through 06z as well. Steady snow levels around 4000 to 5000 feet,
fall to 3000 to 4000 feet after 00z. South to west winds gusting
20 to 30 kts north of Interstate 80 through 15z, with breezy winds
gusting 15 to 20 kts region wide to follow.

&&

.STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Weather Advisory until 5 PM PDT this afternoon for West
Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-Western Plumas County/Lassen Park.

&&

$$
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