The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook, which will likely be upgraded to a hazardous weather warning, for weather arriving today and lasting through Sunday, meteorologist Paul Steward said.
The NWS predicts a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon today, increasing to 60 percent after 9 p.m.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, the NWS has increased the chance of precipitation to 90 percent through Sunday night, when it will drop to 70 percent.
Steward said that even more importantly, today into early Saturday Salida will be in an area seeing marginal âexcessive rainfall.â
Marginal means a 5 to 10 percent chance, but that would increase to slight, or 10 to 20 percent, chance of increased rainfall Saturday and Sunday, which Steward said could increase the risk of mudslides.