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[craig333]

Some low snow would help but we'll take what we can get. Here in the Valley the rainfall has been pretty light. Very little ponding even. Creeks barely rise. Makes me wonder just how much its going to take to saturate the ground.

[fish more]

Lots of rain in the foothills lately,going to make a trip up to French Meadows area tomorrow

[Smokecreek1]

From the land of the never ending drought! Some rain here, snow up on Diamond Mtn, not as much as we need to catch up, but some at least. Today, cold and foggy with more prospects of rain in the valley and snow higher up. Hope this doesn't go into a pokoniv (ice fog)  because the conditions are right for it-weed need water/snow not ice!

 

Smoke

[MarkBC]

When I woke up the temperature here was 35°F, so I was sure the forecast of freezing rain was wrong.

But now at 10:30 a.m. the temperature has dropped to 30°, and it's overcast.... 

[MarkBC]

When I woke up the temperature here was 35°F, so I was sure the forecast of freezing rain was wrong.

But now at 10:30 a.m. the temperature has dropped to 30°, and it's overcast.... 

 

Of course, sub-freezing at the surface isn't enough to get freezing rain -- it has to be warm and wet aloft.  And at the 6300-foot base of Mt. Bachelor (the local ski area) it's 43°F... 

[MarkBC]

Glad I'm not a polar bear:  The overnight low here was 45°F, which is crazy-warm for December in Bend... nights in summer here can be colder than that...

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

We have also had very warm nights.

Seems like this year and especially the fall we have had to open several windows a bit during the night.

CRAZY!

 

What else is crazy? I have some spring/late winter flowering shrubs and guess what they have blossoms already.

Even some bulbs are starting to show flowers.

 

Now we are told the BIG one is coming.

Hope we at least get some good rain.We have had some good runoff already. The two lakes we get our water from in the Salinas valley are starting to see that runoff.

It's a start.

Frank.

[craig333]

I'll believe it when it happens. Is it supposed to hit Bend also?

[ski3pin]

Sounds like a regular storm to me..........................................

 

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
125 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

CAZ068-069-101200-
/O.UPG.KSTO.WS.A.0008.141211T0200Z-141213T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.BZ.W.0001.141211T0600Z-141212T2100Z/
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
125 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM PST
FRIDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* IMPACTS:EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PASSES MAY
  CLOSE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET WITH 2 TO 3
  FEET OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CREST.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW
  IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE ABOVE 6500 FEET LATE
  WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...LOWERING TO 4500 TO 5500 FEET THURSDAY
  NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* WIND: SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OR
  HIGHER WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WINDS
  DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LASSEN NATIONAL PARK...DONNER PASS...
  ECHO SUMMIT...CARSON PASS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
155 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

CAZ068-069-101200-
/O.CON.KSTO.HW.W.0002.141211T0500Z-141211T2200Z/
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON
155 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO
2 PM PST THURSDAY BELOW 6000 FEET...

* WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH OR HIGHER.

* TIMING: LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE
  AND POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
330 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW OVER BURN
AREAS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A WET AND WINDY STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND
SNOW TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE RAINS EARLIER THIS MONTH
WILL LEAD TO RISES ON THE SMALL STREAMS AND FLOODING IN POORLY
DRAINED AREAS. DEBRIS FLOWS OVER BURN AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
SATURATED SOIL AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.

CAC003-005-007-009-011-017-021-033-035-057-061-063-067-077-089-
091-095-099-101-103-109-113-115-100000-
/O.CON.KSTO.FA.A.0002.141211T0600Z-141213T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALPINE-AMADOR-BUTTE-CALAVERAS-COLUSA-EL DORADO-GLENN-LAKE-LASSEN-
NEVADA-PLACER-PLUMAS-SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN-SHASTA-SIERRA-SOLANO-
STANISLAUS-SUTTER-TEHAMA-TUOLUMNE-YOLO-YUBA-
330 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  COUNTIES...ALPINE...AMADOR...BUTTE...CALAVERAS...COLUSA...EL
  DORADO...GLENN...LAKE...LASSEN PARK AREA OF LASSEN COUNTY...
  NEVADA...PLACER...PLUMAS... SACRAMENTO...SAN JOAQUIN...SHASTA...
  SIERRA...SOLANO...STANISLAUS...SUTTER...TEHAMA...TUOLUMNE...YOLO
  AND YUBA.

* FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FORECASTED ARE 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEY...2
  TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
  SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FT ON FRIDAY.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER RECENT BURN SCARS COULD CAUSE DEBRIS
  FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS
ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING...AND PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.

THE SEVERELY BURNED AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN...THESE
INCLUDE THE SOUTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF THE AMERICAN RIVER AND THE
RUBICON RIVER BASINS. THESE AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE TREE
AND VEGETATION LOSS AND HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF.

THOSE TRAVELING IN THE VICINITY OF BURN SCARS...ESPECIALLY THE
KING...AMERICAN AND RIM...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

[MarkBC]

In Central Oregon, warm rain and winds forecast for today and tomorrow (possibly record-warm today).

Chance of snow at the end of the week when it cools off but after most of the moisture passes through.

 

 

The overnight low this morning was 46°, another very warm low.