Weather
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video showing California getting clobbered my precipitation via two different waves on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this week.
NOAA has been forecasting an Atmospheric River for California this week since last Thursday.  Details are becoming clearer at it approaches. Some forecasts are showing as much as 17″ of precipitation for northern California (see forecast map below).  Whoa…
NOAA has issued a Special Weather Statement for California calling for a two part storm to drop enormous amounts of precipitation. Â Snow levels will be around 8,000-9,000′ for the bulk of the storm.
SNOW LEVELS ARE LIKELY
TO BE VERY HIGH WITH THIS STORM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY
ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED BELOW 8500
FEET. - NOAA Reno, NV yesterday
NOAA is calling for the Atmospheric River to bring “abundant moisture” including moisture from Typhoon Songda (currently near the Phillipines) to California this week.
“Abundant moisture currently over the western Pacific Ocean (including from Typhoon Songda) will make its way toward the West Coast.
By late this week, locally heavy rain will be possible, particularly along the northern CA coast and across the mountains!” – NOAA Sacramento, CA yesterday
Hurricane force winds accompanied by white-out conditions are forecast in the Cascade Mountains (Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen) of California.
Anyone planning to venture onto the Cascade Peaks should
very much take this into consideration, as white-out conditions and
high winds at or above hurricane force above treeline, will occur,
at times. - NOAA Medford, OR yesterday
NOAA has forecast snow levels around 8,000-9,000′ for the bulk of the storm. Â Mt. Shasta is forecast to see 5-7″ of precipitation which would translate to 5-7 feet of snow up high on Shasta during this storm.
Preliminary expected total precipitation amounts from Thursday morning to sunrise Monday morning are 10 to 15 inches in the Brookings area and the Curry Coastal Mountains, 5-10 inches in other portions of the Coastal Counties, 3 to 5 inches in much of Douglas County and the Cascades and Siskiyous, 5 to 7 inches in the Mount Shasta area, 2 to 3 inches in the usually drier Bear Creek portion of the Rogue Valley and Central and Northern Shasta Valley, and 1 to 3 inches on the East Side. - NOAA Medford, OR todaySnow levels look to be above 8kft for the bulk of this precipitation event, but could dip to between 6kft and 7kft in heavier bursts of precipitation and on the tail end of individual frontal systems. - NOAA Medford, OR today
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT for CALIFORNIA:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 244 PM PDT MON OCT 10 2016 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE... LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE... MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ...STATELINE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS... VERDI...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON... LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH 244 PM PDT MON OCT 10 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SEASON STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE THIS WEEK... A TWO PART STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE WEST COAST STARTING THURSDAY MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST PART OF THIS STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA... WESTERN NEVADA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS A DEEP MOISTURE TAP ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO BE VERY HIGH WITH THIS STORM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED BELOW 8500 FEET. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST HIGH WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE SIERRA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR EAST TO NEAR THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR. DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ANY OUTDOOR DECORATIONS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS SHOULD BE SECURED. THE SECOND PART OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO BE A LITTLE LOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM IN THE SIERRA AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ONCE MORE ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH THIS PART OF THE SYSTEM COULD BE ON PAR WITH THE INITIAL SURGE...OR A LITTLE HIGHER. ANOTHER ROUND OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN NEVADA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. DETAILS ARE STILL COMING INTO FOCUS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND ANY WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.
Clobbered my precipitation?