>>heated debate<<
If the “debate” was instances in the past, why couldn’t they have done a few test drills to answer their questions? (assuming the importance was high enough as stated by “heated”)
This new storm that is hitting the Monterey and Salinas area is called a bombogenesis storm with winds up to and over 90 mph.
We are about 120 miles north of that area, and we have had winds up to 27 mph in a semi protected area. Tree limbs are all over the roads, driveways and yards.
Our very heavy local newspaper with all the President sales add got blown out of our driveway and against a curb over 50’ from where it was. Amazingly, it was still dry in its rainjacket.
Rain gauge shows .65” since the storm hit this morning. Of course when the rain is coming down parallel to the gauge, how much rain isn’t getting into the rain gauge.
If the bombogenesis storm continues into the Lake Oroville area?
What impact will this warm/wind driven rain have on the lake levels? Our temps are in the low 50’s, a little above freezing.
The National Weather Service and other forecasters took to social media hours before the latest winter storm slammed into the California coast, warning of the possibility of rare bombogensis conditions forming in the Pacific off the Bay Area.
Low pressure center west of California undergoing explosive deepening (”#bombogenesis”). Spectacular satellite presentation. #CAwx #CAstorm pic.twitter.com/dhMgvbULvX