Northern California is expecting a storm in the coming days, with Sacramento forecast to see about a quarter-inch of rain early in the week.
The storm arrives as Northern California shifts out of a prolonged high-pressure pattern that brought dry, warmer weather and valley fog through much of January.
That shift to a low-pressure pattern is expected to open “the storm door,” allowing multiple storm systems to move through the region over the next week or two, said Katrina Hand, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office…