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Friday, Feb. 08, 2013

Sunny days, chilly nights on tap for Sacramento area weather

- blindelof@sacbee.com

Look for sunny days and cold nights on the weekend in the wake of weak weather system that delivered only a trace of precipitation in Sacramento at the official rain gauge on Thursday.

Thunderstorms failed to materialize in much of Sacramento on Thursday. Some spots got a bit more rain than the official Sacramento rain sensor, including .02 at Sacramento's Executive Airport and .11 at Sacramento International Airport.

Redding got more than a half inch of rain. The northern part of the Sacramento Valley did experience thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Cover frost-sensitive plants overnight Saturday. Temperatures are expected to dip to freezing in Sacramento.

The detailed, 7-day NWS forecast for the Sacramento vicinity:

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Light north northwest wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. North northwest wind around 11 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 58. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind.

Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday night: Patchy fog after 5am. Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Tuesday: Patchy fog before 11am. Patchy frost before 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63.

Tuesday night: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Wednesday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 65.

Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

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