Saturday Evening Forecast - 6/18/22

The latest weather forecast for the Sacramento region.

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  • Tropics watch: National Hurricane Center watching 3 tropical waves in Atlantic basin

    No new tropical cyclones are expected over the next five days but as Tropical Storm Colin reminded us, conditions can change rapidly.

  • It's July, and something very abnormal is happening in Redding over this holiday weekend

    And if Mother Nature again smiles favorably upon us, it will happen again Monday.

  • Severe storms expected in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin, including hail and wind up to 60 mph

    The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for southeastern Wisconsin until 3 a.m.

  • Floodwaters race through Montana city and leave damage behind

    Dramatic footage from Helena, Montana, showed roaring floodwaters overwhelming streets in the city on July 3. A storm began to sweep through Helena on Sunday evening, bringing fierce wind gusts and significant flooding with it. Video acquired by Storyful and shot by passerby Andy Shirtliff showed water up to the wheel well of vehicles as they drove through downtown Helena. The water made its way into some buildings downtown, including The Lewis and Clark Library. Maintenance teams worked quickly

  • Electra fire explodes past 3,000 acres, threatens power grid, officials say

    Out-of-control Electra fire threatens hundreds of structures and prompts multiple evacuation orders in Amador and Calaveras counties.

  • One-third of KY is experiencing a drought. A meteorologist explains what it means

    More than a third of Kentucky is experiencing conditions of moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Is it time to worry?

  • Severe thunderstorms headed to the Lowcountry. Here’s when they’re expected to hit

    Beaufort County is at risk for thunderstorms, which could flood some low-lying areas between mid-afternoon and sunset on Monday, according to forecasters.

  • Electra Fire: Wildfire in Amador County strands 4th of July revelers, explodes to 3,034 acres

    Firefighters are battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday at a recreation area in Amador County packed with Fourth of July revelers.

  • Temperatures to rise as lake levels drop

    No relief is in sight from brutal summer temperatures for the next week.

  • Minnesota weather: Storms move through early Monday morning

    A line of storms is expected to sweep through Minnesota early Monday morning.

  • Lightning strike leaves man unresponsive near North Carolina coast, cops say

    He was taken to a hospital, officials said.

  • Tropical Weather Forecast - July 5, 2022

    Bonnie is now a major hurricane. The Atlantic has several tropical waves but nothing is expected to become a tropical cyclones for now.

  • Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact From Drought

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  • China sees record rains, heat as weather turns volatile

    From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June. Extreme heat is also battering Japan, and volatile weather is causing trouble for other parts of the world in what scientists say has all the hallmarks of climate change, with even more warming expected this century. The northeastern provinces of Shandong, Jilin and Liaoning saw precipitation rise to the highest levels ever recorded in June, while the national average of 112.1 millimeters (4.4 inches) was 9.1 % higher than the same month last year, the China Meteorological Administration said in a report Tuesday.

  • Chicago weather: Heat advisory issued for Tuesday with ‘torrential rainfall’ possible

    Monday evening’s thunderstorms won’t be the last of them. The National Weather Service warned northeast and north central Illinois will likely see thunderstorms “capable of producing torrential rainfall” and possible flash flooding Tuesday afternoon into the evening. A heat advisory was also issued for Chicagoland from noon until 8 p.m. Heat indexes — the way the body feels temperature — will ...

  • Hottest weather of the year on tap for Vegas, Dallas and OKC

    A large dome of hot air, responsible for many days of extreme temperatures, will expand westward from the southern Plains to much of the Western United States later this week, AccuWeather meteorologists say. As the heat expands, the frequency of thunderstorms will diminish over the Southwest, while some places over the southern Plains that have dodged rain for weeks could have an opportunity for a downpour. The extreme heat was produced by the persistence of a large northward bulge in the jet st

  • At least 14 hikers still missing as death toll rises after glacier collapse in Italy

    At least seven hikers were killed in the devastating avalanche, while eight people suffered injuries and 14 others remained missing Monday.

  • 3 feet of rain sets up 4th round of flood misery for Sydney

    More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes Monday as Australia’s largest city faces its fourth, and possibly worst, round of flooding in less than a year and a half. Days of torrential rain caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a new flood emergency to parts of the city of 5 million people. “The latest information we have is that there’s a very good chance that the flooding will be worse than any of the other three floods that those areas had in the last 18 months,” Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said.

  • Ominous green sky amid severe weather in South Dakota

    Before severe weather swept through the area, ominous green skies loomed over Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 5.

  • Why Australia is battling floods again

    Torrential rain is lashing Australia's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger of floods and landslides in a region battered by major flooding four times in the past 18 months. Some areas in New South Wales state have received a month's rain in the past two days, swelling rivers and forcing Sydney's main dam, the Warragamba Dam, to spill on the weekend. Flooding in March and April in New South Wales and southeast Queensland state resulted in A$4.8 billion ($3.3 billion) in insured damage, the Insurance Council of Australia estimated.