Posted on 01/01/2006 10:44:31 AM PST by sissyjane
Well Californians are you ready for the next round?
Post your storm info here, so we can stay updated.
We have light to moderate drizzy in the oc plus Abelkivers and sausages
Just north of SF (35mi) Petaluma, very windy/rainy. Looks like Moterey is really getting it.
Don't expect flooding problems, but mudslides are very probable.
Way windy at the bottom of the hill, too.
Breakfast? Ummm...sounds great!
Thanks for starting this thread, really windy here in San Jose, dribbled earlier this morning a bit.
Hunker down, folks.
Winds are howling, pine needles flying and small debris from broken tree limbs thrashing about, but no rain or snow yet.
Notice Texas and Oklahoma are mostly high and dry if the winds hold true, unfortunately.
Dear California,
We heard you had some extra rain that you don't need. Please send some to us, seeing as how we are spitting dustbunnies out this way. In return, we'll buy a DVD or go to a non/sheepherder related movie - provided we haven't burned to the ground before the rain gets here...
Sincerely,
Texas
P.S. Could you score us a rental on Malibu Beach while you're at it?
Windy as all git out near SFO. No real rain - yet.
I hate this weather 'cuz the planes land right over our house. Just about the time they to our place they are reversing thrust (or something) and the engines scream and whine. Then when you watch them you see them heading toward the airport but sliding. Kinda scary.
What do you expect for $1.5 million and a view of the bay?
How is the Lodi Area ?
Take care out there; watching from the East Coast.
Thanks. The swaying pine trees are a bit unnerving for us "newbies" to the mountains. LOL!!
Looks like it's right on line to hit OC. Hope the thing is at least quick moving...
Hollywood Hills: Heavy cloud cover ... dry now but raining intermittantly. Over and out. :)
....here to is San Benito County!
Just took a lounge chair out of my pool.
Windy in Oakland/Piedmont.
The ground is beyond saturated.
Any predictions on the Rose Bowl Parade? I'm from San Diego - currently living in Florida for a while - but have friends from Boston vacationing in SoCal with grandstand tickets for the parade. They worked last night helping with one of the floats and are hoping the parade won't be in the rain.
VERY gusty; light rain. We're surrounded by oak and bay trees here on the hill; watched a medium oak outside our bedroom succumb to a rather heafty gust of wind and topple over ... more firewood (as if I don't already have enough!)
Happy New Year to all!
Calif. Residents Brace for Second Storm
By DAN GOODIN, Associated Press Writer
Sun Jan 1,11:46 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_on_re_us/western_storms
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. - Northern California residents braced for a second storm to hit the region Sunday, a day after the first sent rivers rising into cities and mud sliding into homes and across highways.
One man died Saturday when a storm-weakened eucalyptus tree fell on him, a woman suffered a broken leg when a mudslide destroyed her Santa Rosa home, and more than half a dozen people were rescued from rushing water.
The Russian River crested early Sunday near the Sonoma County town of Guerneville at 42 feet — 10 feet above flood stage — flooding low-lying areas of the city and an unknown number of homes but sparing the downtown area, said Linda Eubanks of Sonoma County's Office of Emergency Services.
The extent of the damage was unclear because crews could not get into the affected area, she said.
Officials had urged residents of lower areas to evacuate and about 50 people were camped out in three local shelters, Eubanks said.
Many people chose to remain and ring in the New Year.
Maureen Weinstein hosted 10 friends and family members outside her Guerneville home, where they shot off fireworks, drank wine and listened to Motown.
"We live through (floods) a lot," Weinstein said, as the muddy river water hovered 10 feet away. "We're not that concerned this time because this year we have power and the Internet. I can monitor the water. It's wonderful."
The storm dumped an average of 4 to 5 inches in Northern California, with parts of Marin County recording more than 7 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Sunday's storm was expected to drop another 2 inches in Northern California, up to 4 inches in Southern California's coastal valley and 8 inches in the mountains, forecasters said. Rain was expected to resume Sunday afternoon.
"It's looking pretty powerful," said NWS weather specialist Bonnie Bartling.
It also threatened to rain on Monday's Rose Parade in Pasedena for the first time since 1955.
On Saturday, at least six helicopter rescues were performed Saturday in Sonoma County. Firefighters rescued two people from a mobile home park, where 4 feet of rushing water washed at least one house off its foundation, fire officials said.
In the city of Napa, near the heart of wine country, the Napa River rose 5 feet above flood stage, sending a surge of water to several blocks of downtown.
"We had so much water in such a short amount of time that manhole covers were popping all over the city," city councilman James Krider said.
Upstream in St. Helena, the Napa River reached a record 7 feet above flood stage before beginning to recede late Saturday. About 1,000 homes flooded, officials estimated.
In San Anselmo, the creek poured into as many as 70 downtown businesses, and two people rescued from the rising water were hospitalized with hypothermia, town administrator Debbie Stutsman said.
"The entire downtown area was under 4 1/2 feet of water," Stutsman said.
More than 600,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers from Bakersfield to the Oregon border experienced power outages, spokeswoman Claudia Mendoza said. About 110,000 customers remained without service early Sunday.
Mudslides closed several major roads, including Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada about 25 miles west of Reno. Six tractor-trailer rigs were caught in one slide on I-80 early Saturday, but no injuries were reported.
The interstate, the major corridor linking Northern California and points east, was expected to remain closed for at least two days, state officials said.
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Associated Press writers Paul Elias in Napa; Martin Griffith in Reno, Nev.; Julia Silverman in Portland, Ore.; and Don Thompson in Sacramento contributed to this report.
Two men walk past a tree that fell on top of a car in San Francisco, California, January 1, 2006. A wet winter storm pounded Northern California swelling rivers, setting off mudslides and prompting calls to evacuate. (Kimberly White/Reuters)
Daniel Dallara, left, and two unidentified California Highway Patrol officers look over the damage caused by the storm on Highway 12, which caused a closure near the junction with Highway 121, in Sonoma County, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006. Northern California residents braced for a second storm to hit the region Sunday, a day after the first sent rivers rising into cities and mud sliding into homes and across highways. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A little more drematic than my friends storm drain street flooding.
A surfer leaps from his board off a wave in Newport Beach Calif., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. A large pacific storm near Hawaii is expected to produce large waves at beaches in southern California. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Surfers ride waves along the California coastline as ocean swells from a storm in the Pacific brought large waves to Swami's beach in Encinitas, California December 22, 2005. Forecasts are for some minor costal flooding and continued large waves for one more day. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Spectators line the bluff at La Jolla Cove to get a good look at the large surf in San Diego, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. A large Pacific storm near Hawaii is expected produce waves up to 18 feet at beaches in Southern California. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
The temp. has dropped about 10 degress here in the last hour, so maybe we'll get snow tonight. My neighbor is out with his tractor scraping the pine needles off the road.
Wide spread patchy failures in San Jose.
KLIV and KRTY off the air due to power failure. Their emergency generator is down...
The Sacramento valley does have them.
I'll defer to the experts but I believe that other than a civilization-ending flood the Sacramento valley is mostly safe. Of course the crops may suffer -- and those three-legged poka-dot slimy creatures, too. Gee, I hope the envio-wackos fail again this time to get the government to let us go to safe the creatures.
"and those three-legged poka-dot slimy creatures, too"
With luck they will all get washed into SF bay, the fish will eat them and they will no longer be endangered, they will be extinct!
I believe the Rose Bowl Parade hasn't been rained out in decades. I'm crossing my fingers!
Where is the snowline now in the Sierra's? I heard it was up at 7,000ft but with the cold it could go down to 2,000ft?
I really can't find where it's snowing . All of the maps I've looked at look like all of the precipitation is rain, even in Tahoe. I'm at 3800 feet, and the temp has fallen from about 50 this morning to about 37 right now.
Wind gusts to 31 MPH, temp = 55 Real Feel = 47.
Just started raining in Modesto.
we get alot worse in michigan....thats nothing
Any info on the Dublin area?
Well, this is just great. I got my old cedar shingle roof torn off last week and they were supposed to re-shingle on Wednesday. Right now it's covered with plastic sheeting. I sure hope it holds up...
Son near Arcata:no power since last night.
Light rain in Napa. The river is well within it's banks throughout the town area at this time.
Good for you.
I know, I miss Buffalo too. But this is what we deal with here. I really, really want to experience some weather soon. Fog in the winter, and 100+ degrees in the summer is pretty boring.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATL WEATHER SVC SACRAMENTO CA
337 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2006
.MORE MTN SNOW OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE NEW YEARS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
.ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE NORTHERN
CA MTNS THIS AFTERNOON INTO MON MORNING.
THIS STORM IS COLDER THAN THE ONE YESTERDAY WHICH WILL BRING LWR
SNOW LEVELS & MORE MTN SNOW.
CAZ013-014-063-020745-
/O.CAN.KSTO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.HS.W.0001.060101T2337Z-060102T1400Z/
SHASTA LAKE AREA / N. SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO N. LAKE COUNTY-
337 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2006
.WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY
SNOW WARNING.WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM HAS MOVED INTO THE COASTAL RANGE AND
SHASTA COUNTY MTNS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING COLDER AIR
LWRING SNOW LEVELS TO AROUND 2500 FEET IN THE MTNS NO. OF
REDDING & TO AROUND 4000 FEET NO. OF CLEAR LAKE TODAY. HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY MON MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3000 FEET IN
SHASTA COUNTY & 1 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU TRAVEL.KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT.FOOD.& WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
$$
CAZ068-069-020745-
/O.EXT.KSTO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060102T1400Z/
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE N. SIERRA NV-
337 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2006
.WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE N. SIERRA & WESTERN
PLUMAS COUNTY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY.
ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION
TO THE N. SIERRA NV THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM
WILL BE COLDER WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 3500 FEET IN WESTERN PLUMAS AND
4000 TO 5000 FEET ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE N. SIERRA. LOCALLY
LWR SNOW LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE.ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MON MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4000 FEET
AND 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY
MONDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION.SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70
MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES. GUSTY WINDS THROUGH MTNS PASSES WILL ALSO CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW & TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MTNS THIS NEW YEARS
WEEKEND.CARRY TIRE CHAINS & BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
$$
HS/DR
Well our road finally cleared up in Alexander Valley. No big deal, happens every few years.
BUT looks like the Geyserville bridge (Hwy 128, Sonoma County) is about to collapse. It lost one of the support pillars in the Russian River and is sagging.
They just evacuated River Rock Casino because the other roads out are projected to close. The casino sits across from one of my ranches and is a constant thorn to the neighborhood. They had landslide issues in the past but I cannot tell if there are any problems now.
Yep and it's raining too!
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