usedtobe Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 It looks like the gfs now has 8 or 9 inces in one 60 hr period ending at 165 hrs. Nice to see the rainfall/snowfall getting into the range where you can feel more comfortable about a big dog coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 It looks like the gfs now has 8 or 9 inces in one 60 hr period ending at 165 hrs. Nice to see the rainfall/snowfall getting into the range where you can feel more comfortable about a big dog coming Is that 964mb over the puget sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Is that 964mb over the puget sound? Something like that but jsut off the coast of Vancouver Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 00z GFS plows a 972MB low over the rockies from Washington to Montana without weakoning it, very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Guidance continues to advertise a very active pattern for the Pacific NW/N CA. The ensembles are in good agreement that the moisture plume will persist and possible increase in frequency as we move further into late January. In the near term, the Olympic/Cascades Ranges may well score some impressive snow totals with levels lowering to the 2500 ft range over the next several days. Wow, that's a whole lot of moisture for them. I heard it was snowing in Seattle today from some friends. Forecast was mentioning more substantial snow Tuesday night and even tomorrow in places. I was out in the Cascades last March and they had an incredible snowpack out there! Oregon Cascades on south really need to get going on their snowpack. They need it for water during their drier summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Blue Canyon gets over 12" of QPF in the 00z and the 06z runs. Not sure how much of that would be snow with an elevation of 5200 feet but anywhere above 7000 feet is going to get tons of snow. Verbatim above 7000ft were probably looking at an easy 10 feet of snow! http://wxweb.meteost...&run=2012011506 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 60 hr precip.... Sierras get slammed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 The 00Z GFES continues to advertise a very wet/snowy pattern for the Cascades and Northern Sierra Nevada Ranges. Flooding concerns may well be growing for the Sacramento Valley regions such as Redding on down to the Sacramento area if these totals verify... PRELIMINARY EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 857 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2012 VALID 12Z THU JAN 19 2012 - 12Z SUN JAN 22 2012 ...PERSISTENT HEAVY WINTER PCPN PATTERN FOR THE NWRN US INCLUDING NRN CA THIS WEEK... MODELS AND ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO DEPICT REASONABLY SIMILAR LARGER SCALE FLOW EVOLUTIONS OUT THROUGH THE ERN PACIFIC INTO NORTH AMERICA. IN THIS UPCOMING TRANSITIONAL PATTERN...AN EMERGING AND INCREASINGLY MOIST AND PROGRESSIVE SRN STREAM WAVETRAIN ACROSS THE PACIFIC MID-LATITUDES TAKES AIM AT THE NWRN US/NRN CA THEN INLAND AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE LOWER 48...GRADUALLY MITIGATING NRN STREAM INFLUENCE. THE MODELS THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE EXTENT OF STREAM INTERACTIONS WITH TRANSITION...ESPECIALLY WITH LOW LEVEL COLD AIR PENETRATION FROM CANADA INTO THE US VERSUS SURFACE LOW CYCLOGENESIS/TRACK. OVERALL...ECMWF MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT THAN GFS GUIDANCE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THE 3-5 DAY TIME FRAME AT MORE MODERATE AND SMALLER SPATIAL SCALES...BUT ALONG WITH OTHER GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO OFFER SIGNIFICANT RUN TO RUN VARIANCE IN RECENT FLOW REGIMES AT LONGER 6-7 DAY TIME FRAMES. THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC TIMING AND STREAM INTERACTION ISSUES AND IS AGAIN THE CASE TODAY. ENSEMBLE MEANS HAVE THEMSELVES BY NATURE OFFERED BETTER LONGER TERM CONTINUITY BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IMMUNE TO UNCHARACTERISTICALLY EVIDENT RUN TO RUN FLUXUATIONS IN THIS EMERGING TRANSITIONAL PATTERN. PLANNED WINTER RECON FLIGHTS VECTORED OUT FROM HAWAII TONIGHT MAY BE ABLE TO AID REDUCTION OF ERROR STARTING WITH TONIGHTS 00 UTC GUIDANCE RUNS. ACCORDINGLY AND WITH AN EYE ON MAINTAINING CONTINUITY...UPDATED HPC PRELIM MEDIUM RANGE SURFACE FRONTS/PRESSURES AND 500 MB PROGS HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM THE 00 UTC ECMWF DAYS 3-5 WED-FRI IN A PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL SOLUTION SPREAD AND UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FLOW BEFORE A RAPID TRANSITION TO MORE OF A BLEND OF THE 00 UTC GFS/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND ON DAYS 6/7 AS UNCERTAINTY BEYOND LARGER SCALES QUICKLY GROWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Doesn't look like anywhere below 8000 feet in the sierras much snow will fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 A very wet and snowy pattern is certainly shaping up for the Pacific NW and California throughout the next 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 A wet and wintry time of it in Washington and Oregon the next 60 hours or so. Winter Storm Watches/Warnings cover the entire state of Washington, good chunk of Oregon. Wouldn't be surprised to hear some of the lowlands receive more snow then most location east of the Rocky Mountains have had for the entire season! Unfortunately, landslides and flooding will become more likely as temperatures rise later in the week. Alot of the moisture in the next 60 hours will be frozen in the lowlands from the Seattle metro and north. WSWatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Really nice AFD out of Seattle this morning. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 945 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ARCTIC FRONT MOVE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. ANOTHER LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TURN TO RAIN FROM THE SOUTH LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...VERY HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AT SEATAC COULD EXCEED ANYTHING SEEN SINCE NOVEMBER 1985...A TOP 5 RECORD 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNT. FOR TODAY...ARCTIC AIR OVER NORTHERN BC AND THE YUKON IS HEADED SOUTH WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT MAKING ITS WAY DOWN THROUGH WILLIAMS LAKE. COLD AIR IS SPILLING OUT THROUGH GAPS IN THE CANADIAN COASTAL TERRAIN AND SPINNING UP LOW PRESSURE OFF VANCOUVER ISLAND. IT APPEARS THAT FRONTOGENESIS IS TAKING SHAPE FROM THE SAN JUANS TO BELLINGHAM THIS MORNING AND WILL ONLY INTENSIFY AS THE DAY GOES ON. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM OFF VANCOUVER ISLAND APPEAR TO BE ENHANCING AND IS GIVING HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TO THE COAST. WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL ZONES AND FOR THE NORTH INLAND ZONES FROM SKAGIT COUNTY AND THE SAN JUANS INTO WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND WESTERLY FLOW WILL ALSO LIKELY GIVE ADVISORY AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...THE EVERETT AREA WITH SOME CONVERGENCE...AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...A QUICK LOOK AT INCOMING 12Z GUIDANCE SHOWS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTH INTERIOR TONIGHT AND INTO THE SEATTLE TACOMA AND EVERETT AREA IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THIS IS SHOWN BEST BY THE GFS AND IS HINTED AT BY THE NAM AND THE WRFGFS SOLUTION. WITH FRASIER OUTFLOW GETTING STRONG AND LOW PRES MOVING JUST S OF THE OLYMPICS INTO SW WA...OVERRUNNING OF THE ARCTIC FRONT MAY GIVE A SHOT OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE ARCTIC FRONT LATER TONIGHT OR TUE MORNING. BRIEF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY ARE POSSIBLE AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ALONG THE STRAIT AND FROM EVERETT SOUTHWARD SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC FRONT AS IT GETS OVERRUN BY MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE OFFSHORE LOW. WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE AREA FROM EVERETT DOWN TO THE TACOMA AREA FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT. CONDITIONS IMPROVE A BIT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE COLD WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY HOLDING 30 OR BELOW. THE BIG OVERRUNNING SNOW EVENT STARTS LATE TUE NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WED. THE NAM AND ECMWF KEEP EVERYONE FROM SEATTLE NORTHWARD AS ALL SNOW THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE GFS STILL SCOURS OUT COLD AIR SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE OR SO WED AFTERNOON. THE ECMWF IS MORE LIKE THE 12Z NAM. ALL MODELS SHOW 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE LOWLANDS...AND WITH COLD AIR NORTH OF SEATTLE RATIOS COULD BE HIGHER EVERETT NORTHWARD. ALBRECHT .LONG TERM...THE GENERAL TREND OF THE MODELS IS FOR A WARMER AND MORE ACTIVE PATTERN SETTING UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT THE MODELS SHOW LITTLE CONTINUITY OR RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. THE 00Z ECMWF DOES SHOW A WIND STORM FOR SATURDAY TO ADD TO THE MIX. FOR NOW THE GENERAL BROADBRUSH OF RAIN AT TIMES AND WARMER WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL STAY IN THE FORECAST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Very impressive to see such anomalies depicted by the 12Z Euro. The pattern suggests a possible record breaking event for the Pacific NW and N CA. The 1/16 Winter RECON data ingest seems to have helped in this situation. Another mission is scheduled for 1/17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Finally, somebody gets some snow and rain. Snow water equivalent values have been very low in most of the Pacific Northwest. The GFS 168-hour total precip is up to 10" for a tiny part of the Cascades, and 5-10" for most of the coast and a part of the Sierra, and even over 5" in a small part of Idaho. (January 16 12z GFS 168 hour P-total graphic). Even northwest Colorado over 2.5" for these next 7 days. this is from coolwx.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Finally, somebody gets some snow and rain. Snow water equivalent values have been very low in most of the Pacific Northwest. The GFS 168-hour total precip is up to 10" for a tiny part of the Cascades, and 5-10" for most of the coast and a part of the Sierra, and even over 5" in a small part of Idaho. (January 16 12z GFS 168 hour P-total graphic). Even northwest Colorado over 3" for these next 7 days. I'm pretty sure the euro would be a little wetter for the sierra range looking at the surface pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Does anyone know why snowfall records at SeaTac airport are so spotty? It's too bad that there's no "official" snowfall totals for Seattle for the late December 1996 sequence. Also, some of the snowfall data from there is just plain wacky. Like, last winter-- 2/23/11: With no snow on the ground (no snow since at all since 1/11), 2.0" fell that day. The next morning, 3" was the recorded snow depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 http://wxcaster.com/gis-snow-overlays2.php3?STATIONID=RGX That would be great news for the sierra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 NCEP Operational Status Message Tue Jan 17 03:09:59 2012 GMT NOUS42 KWNO 170309 ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD 0308Z TUE JAN 17 2012 THE 00Z GFS MODEL HAS STARTED AND IS RUNNING ON TIME. 15 PACIFIC OCEAN NOAA G-IV DROPSONDES WERE AVAILABLE FOR INGEST. $$ HANDEL/SDM/NCO/NCEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardWx Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Just tremendous amounts of snow look to fall from about Kelso to Everett in washington with still significant amounts but less further north. I wouldn't be surprised if those areas had 1-2 feet of snow even in the valleys. Crazy thing is that more snow is probably going to fall as the cold air wont be mixed out. Portland will get some snow/ice but by wednesday afternoon they should moderate, Seattle will be much slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS FOR WESTERN OREGON TODAY... ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VERY STRONG STORM WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM...SO WESTERN OREGON VALLEYS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY SNOW. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET AS WELL AS ALL OF THE EAST SIDE OF OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BRING STRONG WINDS TO MANY LOCATIONS RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ORZ027-028-180015- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRATER LAKE 415 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS FOR WESTERN OREGON TODAY... ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VERY STRONG STORM WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM...SO WESTERN OREGON VALLEYS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY SNOW. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET AS WELL AS ALL OF THE EAST SIDE OF OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BRING STRONG WINDS TO MANY LOCATIONS RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CAZ082-083-180015- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...MCCLOUD...TENNANT 415 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 555 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .COLD AIR HAS SETTLED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WILL RESULT IN WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON TODAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... SPREADING ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE VERY COLD AIR MASS THAT IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE HEAVY SNOW FOR THE CASCADES AND COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND MAY BRING ACCUMULATIONS TO THE LOWLANDS AS WELL...INCLUDING THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA. DETAILS ARE STILL VERY UNCERTAIN ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWLANDS...BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR THIS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ORZ010-011-WAZ019-040-172200- /O.CON.KPQR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0200Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDY...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP... MOUNT ST. HELENS...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR 555 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG STORM WILL BRING HEAVIER SNOW STARTING LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...12 TO 24 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND 24 TO 36 INCHES IN THE HIGHER CASCADES BY WEDNESDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The 12Z GFES continues to advertise a very wet/snowy pattern for the Pacific NW/CA. Also note worthy are some totals showing up in the medium/long range across the S Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley as a potent storm system develops near the 25th, +/- a couple of days in that region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS FOR WESTERN OREGON TODAY... According to the NWS, Mt. Rainer should get 110" in the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 407 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... PZZ350-356-370-376-182300- /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 407 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD AS WINDS INCREASE. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 30 TO 35 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 11 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS. WHILE SEAS WILL DECREASE SOME TONIGHT...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO HURRICANE FORCE 60 TO 65 KT WITH GUSTS TO 80 KT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED... WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR CAPE BLANCO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 The nam crushes the north coast of CA and the south coast of Or with 10 inches of rain. A pretty impressive event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Perhaps this should be unpinned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Perhaps this should be unpinned. I I guess. California is getting hit today., there just isn't much interest in the west coast unless it is record breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I I guess. California is getting hit today., there just isn't much interest in the west coast unless it is record breaking. We'll start focusing on next week for the S Plains severe and flood potential I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 http://www.powdiction.com/index.html A couple good articles related to the storm. As for the west coast, people care, it is just nobody sees these threads buried in central/western. The Pacific Front will dramatically lower snow level tonite from 8000-9000 feet down to 4000-5000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. The next storm comes in two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nevada is burning up like it's summer, and the Cache Valley in UT is flooding like it's a record el nino year....2012 could very well be another year extremes...off to a great start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 http://www.powdiction.com/index.html A couple good articles related to the storm. As for the west coast, people care, it is just nobody sees these threads buried in central/western. The Pacific Front will dramatically lower snow level tonite from 8000-9000 feet down to 4000-5000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. The next storm comes in two days. Good article. Lots of places in the sierra and coastal ranges got 4 to 7 inches of precip in the last 24 hrs. The heaviest I saw was over 7. When the precip is finally in a graphical form I'll post it. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=RNORR5RSA&wfo=cnrfc&version=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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