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[ski3pin]

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
330 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A QUICK SHOT OF IMPACTFUL WINTER
WEATHER TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT....

.TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA WITH CHAIN
CONTROLS LIKELY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLEASE PLAN
AHEAD AND TRY TO AVOID TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

CAZ068-069-040000-
/O.CON.KSTO.WS.W.0007.151203T2000Z-151204T1400Z/
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON
330 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
PST FRIDAY...

* MAIN IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND
  REDUCED VISBILITIES. CHAIN CONTROLS LIKELY. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD
  AND TRY TO AVOID TRAVEL AT THIS TIME OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA
  PASSES.

* CONFIDENCE...HIGH.

* TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS, HIGHWAY 50 OVER ECHO
  SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 88 OVER CARSON PASS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES AROUND 5000 FEET 8 TO 14
  INCHES AT PASS LEVELS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
  HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL,
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

[MarkBC]

Snow = Good ...in the West, anyway.

[ski3pin]

Snow = Good ...in the West, anyway.

 

not this storm yet, but I've already used the big snowblower this season

[MarkBC]

...I've already used the big snowblower this season

 

Mid-November last year, after dealing with a foot of snow on my 100-foot-long driveway using a shovel ... I told myself that if this happened all the time I'd get a snow blower.  But last year that big November dump was the only big one we got.  And most winters in semi-arid Bend we only get a few inches of snow per storm.

So, we got another big dump this November -- 13 inches at my house on Tuesday last week, and me still with just a shovel.

 

My car (with snow tires) is great on hard-pack and ice, but it's low to the ground and flounders and wallows in deep snow...so I have to drive my truck just to get out of my driveway and out to the main road.

 

I've lived in this house for 25 years, so there's nothing new about this...except that I am 25 years older than when I moved in.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine in Bend died of a heart attack while shoveling snow. 

 

If we get one more deep snowfall this winter I'll take a look at late-season sales on snowblowers...and maybe I'll shop for snowblowers even if we have a drought.

[ski3pin]

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[MarkBC]

Thanks, Mr. 3pin.

[ski3pin]

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
207 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-061215-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHASTA DAM ...BURNEY...REDDING...
RED BLUFF...CHICO...OROVILLE...MARYSVILLE/YUBA CITY ...
SACRAMENTO ...FAIRFIELD/SUISUN ...STOCKTON...MODESTO...
ALDER SPRINGS...LAKEPORT...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY...JACKSON...
CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON
207 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015

...SUNDAY WEATHER SYSTEM TO IMPACT MARATHON AND MOUNTAIN TRAVEL...

.IMPACTS...
  * LIGHT RAIN TO IMPACT CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON

  * SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL IMPACT TRAVEL

.FORECAST CONFIDENCE...
  * MEDIUM

.TIMING AND STRENGTH...
  * RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
    * AMOUNTS GENERALLY UP TO 0.40 INCHES ALONG THE VALLEY NORTH
      OF INTERSTATE 80. UP TO 1 INCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS

  * SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET ALONG THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND 5000
    FEET ALONG INTERSTATE 80 SUNDAY
    * HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED IN THE MORNING TO MIDDAY HOURS
      SUNDAY
Small storm after small storm continue to come through.............................


.WEATHER SUMMARY...
OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS IS A WEAKER SYSTEM OVERALL, BUT MAY
STILL IMPACT TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES ON SUNDAY. RAIN MAY
ALSO IMPACT THE CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON SUNDAY MORNING.
PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS SHOULD PLAN FOR WET AND COOL WEATHER.

THIS SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

[MarkBC]

In Central Oregon it's big WIND in the 24-hr forecast:

 

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

256 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015

 

...STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON

AND CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON ON MONDAY...

 

.STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY OVER

MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL AND

NORTHEAST OREGON. THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES AND

CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO

SUDDEN AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

 

EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-

CENTRAL OREGON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA PINE...SUNRIVER...DUFUR...MAUPIN...

BEND...MADRAS...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND

256 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2015

 

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. THE

HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.

 

* TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 4 AM MONDAY

  MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN POTENTIALLY UPROOT TREES AND

  CAUSE DOWN POWER LINES. ALSO BEWARE OF LOOSE OBJECTS BEING

  LIFTED INTO THE AIR. VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY ON AREA

  ROADWAYS.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED

OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS

OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

[ski3pin]

Looks like a bigger winter storm moving in.......................................................

...WET STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO
FRIDAY...

.IMPACTS...

*TRAVEL HAZARDS FROM WINTRY ROAD CONDITIONS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY

*DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE OVER RECENTLY BURNED AREAS

*LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED BRANCHES

*LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM WIND-BLOWN LEAVES CLOGGING
     DRAINS/GUTTERS

.FORECAST CONFIDENCE...

*HIGH FOR WET PATTERN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

*MEDIUM FOR HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND EXACT PRECIPITATION
     AMOUNTS

.TIMING AND STRENGTH...

*ARRIVES WEDNESDAY, TAPERS OFF FRIDAY

*WIND: GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE VALLEY, HIGHER GUSTS NEAR
     SIERRA CREST

*PRECIPITATION: 1-3 INCHES ACROSS THE VALLEY, UP TO 3 TO 6
     INCHES FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS

*SNOW: 12 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET. UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET OVER HIGH PEAKS.

.WEATHER SUMMARY...
A SERIES OF STORMS WITH MOIST PACIFIC AIR WILL BRING A WET PATTERN
FROM MID TO LATE WEEK...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW. SNOW WILL FALL BELOW PASS LEVELS THURSDAY
MORNING AND DROP FURTHER INTO FRIDAY...WITH OVER A FOOT OF NEW
SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 3 FEET
OVER HIGH PEAKS. RAIN TOTALS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES PROJECTED FOR
THE VALLEY...WITH THE LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR THE
MOUNTAINS. BURNS SCARS FROM RECENT FIRES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR
DEBRIS FLOWS. LEAVES CLOGGING DRAINS MAY CAUSE LOCAL PONDING AND
FLOODING OF ROADS. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED IN THE
VALLEY..WITH GUSTS TO GREATER THAN 50 MPH ALONG THE SIERRA CREST.
THIS COULD CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
AN ADDITIONAL SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE AREA ON SUNDAY...BUT
UNCERTAINTY IS HIGH AT THIS POINT.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Just had an emergency broadcast for flood warning in Multnomah and Clackamas counties Oregon. Lots of wind, even more rain!