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"Thunderstorms are sweeping through the Valley on Wednesday night, and conditions are expected to remain wet into very early Thursday morning.Check radarAs the KCRA 3 First Alert weather team warned earlier, a rain system was moving in. Showers really picked up around 9:30 p.m.Mark Finan's forecastChief meteorologist Mark Finan said the stormy conditions started in Butte County, near Oroville, and included downpours along with lightning strikes.The activity grew to the south around 10 p.m., and Finan was tracking a cell near Knights Landing. It headed to Wheatland -- and brought with it more lightning and rain. Some towns might have even seen small hail.At 11 p.m., Elk Grove and downtown Sacramento were getting soaked. Outside the KCRA studio, lightning illuminated the sky around 11:05.The Fairfield skycam showed some wet pavement, indicative of some steady Solano County rain, and it was a downpour in Dunnigan.Finan said some cities are seeing just a little precipitation, while others are seeing more severe conditions.From here, the storm is pushing into Placerville and Camino. It was expected that Auburn, Granite Bay, Folsom, Roseville and Rocklin already got hit.Also during the 11 p.m. hour, another cell was at one point moving across Highway 49, up into the Grass Valley and Nevada City areas. The storms aren't lasting terribly long, but conditions are strong as they sweep through the region, Finan said.Another stormy cell might be headed to or have already passed by Lodi and Galt.At 11:20 p.m., temperatures lingered around the 60 degree mark.\u00A0Finan said the Valley should be dry by about 3:30 a.m. or so, and the foothills will dry out by around 7 a.m.Wet weather may linger in places like Tuolumne County, but it shouldn't be severe.A pop-up Valley shower is possible in the late morning hours Thursday, but after that, conditions should really dry up for the next few days.Snow levels remain high in the Sierra -- at and around 7,000 feet.Extended forecastThursday -- Highs 65 to 71. Southwest winds up to 10 mph.Thursday night -- Partly cloudy. Lows around 46. West winds up to 10 mph.Friday -- Mostly sunny. Highs around 69. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.Friday night -- Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 49.Saturday -- Mostly sunny. Highs around 72.Saturday night -- Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows around 52. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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