more snow coming!

[hillslider]

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sacramento Ca
1211 Pm Pst Sun Dec 30 2007

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Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County-
Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County-northern Sacramento Valley-
Central Sacramento Valley-southern Sacramento Valley-
Carquinez Strait And Delta-northern San Joaquin Valley-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County To Northern Lake County-
Clear Lake/southern Lake County-
Northeast Foothills/sacramento Valley-motherlode-
Western Plumas County/lassen Park-
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
1211 Pm Pst Sun Dec 30 2007

...a Prolonged Period Of Stormy Weather Is On The Way By The End
Of The Week..

A Powerful Low Pressure System Over The Gulf Of Alaska Will Send A
Series Of Storms Into California By The End Of The Week. A
Prolonged Period Of Heavy Rain In The Interior Valley...and Heavy
Snow In The Mountains Is Expected. Storms Will Begin To Affect The
Region Late Wednesday Or Thursday...and Continue Into Next
Weekend.

These Storms Will Drop Several Inches Of Rain Over The Central
Valley...and Heavy Snow Over The Mountains. around 10 Feet Of Snowmay Fall Over The Highest Mountain Passes By The End Of Next
Weekend.

Very Strong Winds Are Also Expected At Times In The Central
Valley And Mountains Later This Week. Weather Forecast Charts
Indicate The Potential For Extremely Strong Winds...but Not Quite
On The Magnitude Of December 12, 1995. ..when Wind Gusts From 60
To Over 80 Mph Struck Northern California...including Portions Of
The Sacramento Valley. The Strong Winds Resulted In Numerous Power
Outages Throughout Northern California.

Dangerous Winds Are Likely To Cause Blizzard Conditions Over The
Sierra Nevada. Travel Will Become Very Dangerous In The Mountains..
If Not Impossible Toward The End Of The Week.

Please Monitor National Weather Service Statements And Forecasts
For Updates On This Developing Weather Situation. Check Our
Website At Weather.gov/sacramento And Listen To Noaa Weather
Radio For Updates.

 

[Swami]

OK then. I'm gonna wash & shine the truck right now and park it under the meanest lookin cloud I can find. I've been waiting for this bad boy for a LONG time...:beer;

 

[jlowe]

looking good....this is from the NWS-HANFORD (central california) office this afternoon:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
321 PM PST WED JAN 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...WILL SEE A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN THIS EVENING BEFORE
THE STORM EXPECTED LATER THURSDAY. WITH THIS...WILL SEE A GENERAL
DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES AS THE SUN GOES DOWN AS TEMPERATURES ONCE
AGAIN REACH TOWARD THEIR DEW POINT VALUES. YET...WILL WAIT TO ISSUE
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY THIS EVENING AND SEE IF FOG BECOMES A
PROBLEM ONE MORE TIME. THEN ON THURSDAY...THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF
PACIFIC STORMS WILL ENTER THE DISTRICT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE
ONSET OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW LATER ON THURSDAY AS THE
BULK OF THE MOISTURE MOVES IN CLOSER TO FRIDAY. MODELS ARE
EXPECTING LIGHT PRECIP EARLY IN THE EVENT WITH WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE THE TIMING OF
THE FIRST SHORT WAVE TO PASS THE DISTRICT WITH STRONG OROGRAPHIC
LIFT PROVIDING FOR HEAVY SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MODELS
SHOW A STRONG JET MAX OF +140KT PUSHING TOWARD CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
ON FRIDAY WITH GOOD DYNAMICS OVER THE DISTRICT DURING THE TIME OF
HEAVIEST PRECIP. THEREFORE...CONFIDENCES IS HIGH ON HAVING A HIGH
PRECIP EVENT AND THEREFORE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING WITH BLOW
SNOW CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...DURING THE FRIDAY TIME
FRAME...UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL ASSIST A SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT FROM SFO TO LAS OF -16MB. THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR VERY
STRONG WINDS OVER THE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY. WILL THEREFORE ISSUE A
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE FAVORED LOCATIONS OF THE SJ VALLEY...FOOT
HILLS AND KERN COUNTY. MODELS BEGIN THE RELAX THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH SHOULD SEE WINDS DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT.

AS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF STORMS PUSH THROUGH THE DISTRICT...OF
HEAVIEST PRECIP WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY AS SNOW
ACCUMULATION COULD REACH ALMOST 7 TO 10 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE STORM WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH END OF THE
DISTRICT AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTH. AT THAT TIME...WILL SEE SNOW
LEVELS LOWERING TO NEAR 4000 FEET /PASS LEVEL FOR TEJON AND
TEHACHAPI/. YET...STILL UNCERTAIN AS TO THE AMOUNTS EXPECTED
DURING THE LATTER PARTS OF THE STORM SYSTEM. BY MONDAY...WILL SEE
LINGERING SHOWERS AS THE END OF THE EVENT APPROACHES. LONG RANGE
MODELS SHOW A RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST COAST BY TUESDAY AS
THE STORM EVENT FINALLY END. AT THAT TIME...WILL SEE A RETURN OF
FOG AND COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE DISTRICT. THIS PATTERN WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

my nips are hard!

jeff

 

[HiMark Racing]

Snow is just starting to hit the ground at Blue Canyon...looks like almost white out conditions!!