Chester, CA Weather

Plumas County12:31 PM PDT40.31°N, 121.23°WElevation 4,534 ft

Current conditions

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
52°
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Feels like 52°
High 56°·Low 28°
WindS 3 mph gusts 10 mph
Humidity88%
Dew point49°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover79%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:24 AM
Sunset6:16 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    A chance of rain between 10am and 11am, then showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then rain. Mostly cloudy. High near 56, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 1 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Rain before 2am, then patchy frost between 4am and 5am, then a slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy. Low around 28, with temperatures rising to around 34 overnight. West northwest wind 1 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    A slight chance of rain before 7am, then widespread frost between 7am and 10am. Sunny. High near 59, with temperatures falling to around 57 in the afternoon. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 10 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 52°72%
  2. 1 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 53°81%
  3. 2 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 54°81%
  4. 3 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 55°86%
  5. 4 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 54°90%
  6. 5 PM Light Rain 53°77%
  7. 6 PM Light Rain 54°84%
  8. 7 PM Light Rain 50°96%
  9. 8 PM Light Rain 49°88%
  10. 9 PM Light Rain Likely 47°72%
  11. 10 PM Chance Light Rain 45°48%
  12. 11 PM Chance Light Rain 44°43%
  13. Fri12 AM Chance Light Rain 43°33%
  14. 1 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 41°22%
  15. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 40°14%
  16. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 38°
  17. 4 AM Patchy Frost 36°11%
  18. 5 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 34°18%
  19. 6 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 32°15%
  20. 7 AM Widespread Frost 31°
  21. 8 AM Widespread Frost 29°
  22. 9 AM Areas Of Frost 36°
  23. 10 AM Sunny 42°
  24. 11 AM Sunny 45°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Showers And Thunderstorms96%28°56°
  2. FriOct 23 Slight Chance Light Rain then Sunny Slight Chance Light Rain then Sunny15%22°59°
  3. SatOct 24 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny24°66°
  4. SunOct 25 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny26°68°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny25°65°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°65°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°64°
  8. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny33°64°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

26
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:24 AM
Sunset 6:16 PM
Daylight 10 h 52 min (−2 min 30 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:22 PM Moonset 3:35 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in STO, issued 23 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Scattered showers, thunderstorms, and high elevation snow showers expected through late Thursday.

- Drier weather moves in Friday and into the weekend, with breezy north to east winds Friday.

- Ridge builds in over the weekend, with slight chances for showers in Shasta county.

.DISCUSSION...

...Today through Thursday...

Current radar has a swath of rain and isolated thunderstorms through the Coastal Range down toward the Sierra Foothills. The track is to the north-northwest. We have seen a few lightning strikes over the past couple of hours, but they remain few and far between storms. There are gaps of coverage in the rain as it moves through the area, but HIRES guidance continues to show the swath of rain filling in completely over the next several hours and begin to push toward the north and east as the main upper level system off the coast moves onshore. Instability has been lacking in the latest observations, with only up to 250 J/kg across the Valley, foothills, and mountains. This will likely continue for the rest of the afternoon. Cloud coverage is the key into keeping the instability lower than expected. None the less, moisture content is high and lift is present to development thunderstorms and at least maintain them through this evening. The question remains on if these storms will be able to sustain hail shafts long enough to produce nickel or even quarter size hail. As of right now, we are leaning toward small hail as a possibility and brief gusty winds in the strongest of storms. Brief heavy rain and frequent lightning will also be a hazard to watch out for.

Aviation

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible through the afternoon and into the evening hours, with lowered ceilings. Ceilings should remain VFR, but chances are there for MVFR for all sites post 00z. Best timeframe for thunderstorms will be 2000z through 0400z for all sites. Winds will remain light throughout the day. Areas in and around thunderstorms may see erratic winds, brief moderate rain reducing visibilities and IFR ceilings. Otherwise, we are looking at a lull in activity later tonight around 09-10z through the mid morning hours. During this lull isolated to scattered showers at times for the sites. Near the end of the TAF period thunderstorm chances start to increase once again.

Sto Watches

None.

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