Chester, CA 96020 Weather

Plumas County2:39 PM PDT40.30°N, 121.23°W

Current conditions

Partly Sunny
62°
Partly Sunny
Feels like 62°
High 68°·Low 35°
WindSE 2 mph gusts 7 mph
Humidity46%
Dew point41°
Cloud cover69%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:23 AM
Sunset6:18 PM

Observed at CHESTER · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 64 in the afternoon. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then rain. Mostly cloudy. Low around 35, with temperatures rising to around 40 overnight. South wind 0 to 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Thursday

    Rain likely before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then rain likely. 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.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Sunny 67°0.01
  2. 3 PM Mostly Cloudy 67°11%
  3. 4 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 66°24%
  4. 5 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64°66%
  5. 6 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 62°60%
  6. 7 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57°65%
  7. 8 PM Light Rain 55°80%
  8. 9 PM Light Rain 52°92%
  9. 10 PM Light Rain 49°79%
  10. 11 PM Light Rain 48°82%
  11. Thu12 AM Light Rain 46°78%
  12. 1 AM Light Rain Likely 44°62%
  13. 2 AM Light Rain Likely 44°57%
  14. 3 AM Chance Light Rain 43°54%
  15. 4 AM Chance Light Rain 41°37%
  16. 5 AM Chance Light Rain 40°29%
  17. 6 AM Chance Light Rain 40°29%
  18. 7 AM Chance Light Rain 37°47%
  19. 8 AM Chance Light Rain 40°43%
  20. 9 AM Chance Light Rain 44°48%
  21. 10 AM Light Rain Likely 49°59%
  22. 11 AM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50°52%
  23. 12 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 52°61%
  24. 1 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 53°62%

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms92%35°68°
  2. ThuOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Showers And Thunderstorms91%28°56°
  3. FriOct 23 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny23°60°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny26°66°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny26°65°
  6. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny25°63°
  7. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny25°63°
  8. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny33°58°
  9. 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

35
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 7:23 AM
Sunset 6:18 PM
Daylight 10 h 54 min (−2 min 31 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 3:59 PM Moonset 2:30 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in STO, issued 1 hr 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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