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Looks like after the midwest and east coast got heavy winter weather, now it’s our turn here in California. These are two cold wet storms headed in. See the discussion for the four areas of Northern California Sac Valley, Siskiyou, and Sierra below:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
638 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2007
..STORMY WEATHER ON TAP FOR NORTHERN INTERIOR CALIFORNIA…
.TWO PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FIRST STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE
INTERIOR AND SHASTA COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON…AND
INTO THE BURNEY BASIN BY THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ABOVE
2500 IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. LOCAL WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH OVER THE HIGHEST PASSES WILL CREATE LOCALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 3 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE MONDAY MORNING.
THE SECOND…AND STRONGER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN MORE
WIND AND EVEN MORE PRECIPITATION. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS…LASSEN PARK AREA…WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND
INTO THE WEST SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA BY MONDAY
EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO
MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. UP TO
TWO FEET OF SNOW MAY FALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS…BE
SURE TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND CHECK ROAD
CONDITIONS. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS…EXTRA WARM
CLOTHING…BLANKETS AND WATER. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST UPDATES ON
THESE STORMS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLET.
CAZ013-063-170000-
SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
638 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2007
..SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET…
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON…AND BECOME
LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH OVER PASSES AND EXPOSED RIDGES MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING.
A SECOND…AND STRONGER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL HAVE WIDESPREAD
GUSTY WINDS AND MORE PRECIPITATION. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL
FROM THIS STORM OVER THE HIGHER PASSES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
CAZ014-170000-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-
638 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2007
..SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY…
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST
MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING…AND BECOME LOCALLY
HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
OVER PASSES AND EXPOSED RIDGES MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN BY MONDAY MORNING.
A SECOND…AND STRONGER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL HAVE WIDESPREAD
GUSTY WINDS AND MORE PRECIPITATION. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL
FROM THIS STORM OVER THE HIGHER PASSES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
CAZ068-069-170000-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
638 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2007
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WIND
ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
WILL BEGIN EARLY IN THE DAY MONDAY…AND WILL BECOME HEAVY BY
MONDAY EVENING. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW…REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN GUSTY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW MAY FALL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AVOID TRAVELING IN THIS
STORM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
$$
SG
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I guess the emphasis is on California because that’s where you live, but the “storm” is already affecting other states…
The forecast for the Oregon Coast today includes gusts up to 65.
Notice there are two more lined up for the Oregon-California border? I’ll miss at least one of those, as I’m off to northern Louisiana tomorrow morning for a few days.
This is shaping up to be a typical Pac NW winter – a storm conga line out of the north Pacific for the next month or two.
It’s already been a little atypical for us in NW Washington. Two snows already (albeit light and gone within a day or two), but colder than I’m used to as of the 6 years I’ve been here. Still a damn sight better than any Virginia winter I grew up with.
Jeff,
I suppose I should have said typical of my formative years. I grew up in Camas, on the Columbia River. When the Jet Stream shifted to where it is now, we’d get one storm after another ( I don’t know if that’s a PDO phenomenon or not).
Whereabouts in NW? I was a Bellinghampster 30-some years ago when I worked at Cherry Point.
I’m in Oak Harbor on Whidbey. Bellingham has its own little microcosm of weather up there, lol. Pretty different from Whidbey only 50 odd miles away.
I love this kind of weather. More please.
Anthony Watts you are a lucky man. Being the weather guy in northern California has to be one of the best jobs on Earth.
Anthony:
Somewhere in the blogs, I recently read that California weather is the least predictable due to lack of reporting resources in the eastern Pacific. Sure, there are the satellite data, but no bouys or other offshore devices as exist in the GOM or Atlantic. Do you recall seeing this, and do you have any comments on why these resources have not been deployed? Seems like Californians would be adamant, or are they simply unaware?
Ferget it, Rev.
If it’s too warm, it’s because of global warming.
If it’s too cold, it’s because of global warming.
If it stays the same too long, it’s because of global warming.
They got all the bases covered. The consensus is in. We might as well give it up!
(“Poor Tom’s a-cold!”)
George M said:”… I recently read that California weather is the least predictable due to lack of reporting resources … ”
I used to live in California and thought the same thing, and that when I moved to Nebraska things would be better because somebody could call west ever no and again and find out what was going on.
Not so.
Actually, both here and there, I can get (I think) a fair handle on the winter weather buy watching the gulf of Alaska–seems like the storms that will matter come south along the coast and loop north across Arizona and up across the Rockies and back down across the the Dakotas (as “Alberta Clippers” ….
Not a scientifically defensible observation, but is that important anymore?
Listen to you guys griping about CA rain and snow in WA. Bring it on! We need more winter out here in Minnesota. It’s been cold and dry for 1.5 months. Problem for the alarmists is that it’s within normal boundaries of variation for us. Maybe Armageddon waits, though I doubt it.
I would like to know why the Intartubes change “by” to “buy” every time I type it.
Cross-posted from CA.
“Gore added that climate models showed that global warming would lead to more Canadian snowfall or less snowfall or about the same amount of snowfall or all three and that the need for change was urgent. ”
I–swear–I had not read this when I made my previous post!
The great climate debate went well, right up until Dr Ball (that would be the sane skeptical scientist) ran into a busy signal whenever he tried to phone in to do his part.
It even got a link from the Instapundit. No doubt because I prevailed upon my good friend Simon at Classical Values (he has an in with Prof Glen).
Inspite of my fears, the Instalanch didn’t knock Blogtalkradio’s server down.
But by the time I discovered the Instalink, I was sort of hoping it would.
The debate devolved into a lecture by generic AGW believer Dr. Dessler with a series of disjointed phone in listeners standing in for our missing in action expert in global warming skepticism.
All in all, it went much better then the time I tried to get Bruce Maiman to have Anthony on KFBK radio. At least there was a show this time.
But It wasn’t what was billed, and we still have yet to get a legitamate open public debate on the climate change issue.
Maybe the next time I piss off an AGW advocate enough for them to challenge me to a debate, I should just take them up on it and leave it at that.
Of course that would mean I have to actually learn this climate stuff.
I know I’m no the first to say this but, Evan, he really said that
global warming would lead to more Canadian snowfall and less snowfall and about the same amount of snowfall or all three and that the need for change was unprecedented.
Sorry to whoever at climate audit I just plagarised.
Oh, also, anyone else only able to get sciencebits.com in French?
http://www.sciencebits.com/
Not sure what happened. Someone want to tell Nir?
Lol, Larry, I wasn’t griping, I like snow. I just don’t like people who don’t know how to drive in it.