Posted on 10/25/2021 7:35:58 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
A so-called “atmospheric river” has drenched drought-stricken Northern California with several inches of rain and several feet of snow.
Reports of rockslides, mudslides, and toppled trees were in abundance on Monday as National Weather Service forecasters continued to issue flood warnings and advisories for the central and northern parts of the state.
Flooding was reported across the San Francisco Bay Area and overflowed rivers across Napa and Sonoma counties. The National Weather Service said that about 4 inches of rain fell in San Francisco.
The California Highway Patrol, meanwhile, shut down part of State Route 70 in Butte and Plumas counties about 150 miles north-northwest of the Bay Area due to huge landslides near where the Dixie Fire had raged.
“We have already had several collisions this morning for vehicles hydroplaning, numerous trees falling, and several roadways that are experiencing flooding,” the highway patrol’s office in Oroville wrote in a Twitter statement. “If you can stay home and off the roads today, please do. If you are out on the roads, please use extreme caution.”
A stormy and wet period is ahead for large areas of the country over the next 5 days as multiple atmospheric rivers impact the West Coast, and portions of the central and eastern U.S. prepare for developing areas of low pressure and resulting swaths of heavy rain. pic.twitter.com/Z28uTEE7gE
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) October 23, 2021
About 150 miles to the north, the California highway patrol closed a stretch of State Route 70 in Butte and Plumas counties because of multiple landslides within the massive Dixie fire burn scar. Areas that have been recently impacted by wildfires are generally susceptible to mudslides and rockslides because land devoid of trees and plants cannot soak up excess moisture.
“If you are in the vicinity of a recent burn scar and haven’t already, prepare now for likely debris flows,” the Sacramento National Weather Service’s office said on Twitter. “If you are told to evacuate by local officials, or you feel threatened, do not hesitate to do so. If it is too late to evacuate, get to higher ground.”
And as of Sunday, Sacramento received more than 4 inches of rain, which topped its daily record. Some 6 inches of rain fell in Santa Rosa, located north of the Bay Area, according to officials, who issued warnings about flash flooding.
Across all months/days for a 24-hour period, this day will already take 9th all time. There’s definitely a chance to get up to 7th. Tougher to get above that, and number 1 seems very unlikely. pic.twitter.com/A4soFMW3Ba
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) October 25, 2021
In the Sierra Nevada mountains, winter storm warnings are still in effect, the National Weather Service said.
“A strong winter storm will impact the northern Sierra into tonight,” referring to Monday, the agency wrote. “Snow levels have lowered below pass levels with heavy snow occurring through the passes. The snow level will lower to around 5,000 to 6,000 feet this morning.”
Some areas are slated to receive 1 to 2 feet of snow, with up to 3 feet in isolated spots, according to weather officials.
Maybe it will clean up some of the crap on the streets of San Francisco
atmospheric river , oh stop it
Marijuana farmers are happy.
And us NV FReepers too. Started precip yesterday morning at our place then to wet heavy slushy mess during the night and changing back to rain-ish now. That’s a lot of water. Some places on I-80 higher elevations are getting quite a bit of Sierra Cement right now. Hey, maybe it’ll fill Tahoe back up. I know the Truckee River is flowing pretty good right now. Two days ago there were some puddles for a river.
... and the feces too..................
There is always a silver lining.
Maybe Lake Tahoe will fill back up too.
Drought? Its global warming
Floods? Its global warming
Everything fine? Its global warming
We’re loving this here in Magalia. Fire hazard needle is pointing to LOW.
5¼” here in Reno since 9:30 am yesterday. Snow at the moment.
Benefits the farmers downstream in the San Jaquine valley too. If only those leftard hacks in Sacto would use funds to build more reservoirs as additional watersheds instead of trains to nowhere.
It's a mess out here.
“atmospheric river , oh stop it”
It’s a common and long used meteorological term.
Coined due to the fact these flows dump up to 15X the hourly flow of the Mississippi River.
They even have a scale for it.
We used to call it the Pineapple Express.
Sacramento got 4 inches of rain before Modesto, 70 miles to the south, got it’s first sprinkle.
The term Atmospheric River was created in the early 1990’s by MIT researchers.
Hawaiian's found that racist or someth'n?
The mudslides are the fault of the eco-terroristic greens who voted for all this pure forest baloney. No one was allowed to clear out dead wood and undergrowth to maintain the “purity” of the forest. This made the whole forested area into a tinderbox, the fires were much worse than they would have been if the forest had been properly managed, and the rains now can cause mudslides.
But CLIMATE CHANGE!!
California is a perpetual crisis. Usually caused by their politicians.
It’s a descriptive term for a certain set of meteorological conditions that is succinct.
Those two words can convey all the information that might otherwise take a paragraph to describe.
Learn some actual meteorology instead of knee jerk reacting to everything you hear and don’t approve of.
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