Santa Rosa, California, Weather Forecasts, National Weather Outlook

The second day of the work week will bring gradually improving skies to storm-weary New England while other parts of the Northern Tier deal with snow and ice. Meanwhile, clouds and light rain will stay socked in across the Southeast Atlantic Coast beaches.

National Outlook.

Early-morning snow will taper off in southeastern New England with sunshine returning by the second half of the day. A few rain, snow and ice patches will give way to blue sky in the Mid-Atlantic. Farther to the south, damp and dreary weather is on the weather menu from the Delmarva Peninsula to the Carolina beaches. A downpour or two could push through places like Wilmington and Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The same storm piercing the Northwest with rain will get caught up in the upper-level wind flow and sweep across the northern Rockies into the Upper Mississippi Valley. Light snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain will cause slippery travel along Interstate 94 in the Dakotas before making headway into Minnesota`s Arrowhead and the western Great Lakes after lunch.

Leftover showers will keep windshield wipers going in the Northwest with light snow showers in the northern Rockies today. High pressure will ensure the remainder of the West, Plains, Mississippi and Ohio valleys and interior Mid-Atlantic stay dry.

Northern New England will be the coldest spot today with highs in the single digits and teens, warming into the 20s and 30s in places like Boston and Hartford, Conn. Highs will also reach to around the freezing mark from the northern Plains to northern Mid-Atlantic.

The West, Plains, Southeast and southern Mid-Atlantic will reach the 50s, 60s and 70s. Only the highest Mountain West peaks will linger in the 30s.

Santa Rosa, California, Weather Forecasts

TUESDAY: Areas of low clouds and patchy fog with some mist at times will linger into the morning, especially for the North and East Bay valleys. Highs should be mainly in the mid to upper 60s, except locally cooler inland where the low clouds take longer to disperse.

THE WEEK AHEAD: High pressure strengthens later in the week which will boost temps closer to near record highs approaching the weekend. Temps near the bay and coastline should climb into the mid to upper 60s with low to mid 70s possible around the valleys by Friday.