ghostpainter
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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| New Storm; 50+ inches of snow to local Mts.
The Sierras are expecting up to 100 inches of new snow which bring the snow pack up to over 500 inches across the highest flanks of the central and northern Sierra...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
425 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
425 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005
...A COLD WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
A COLD WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL SLIDE
SOUTH ALONG THE COAST INTO THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS.
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE
ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...5 TO 10 INCHES
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND 0.50 TO 1.00 INCHES IN THE DESERTS.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START AROUND 6500 FEET ON MONDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW LEVEL WILL THEN RAPIDLY FALL TO ABOUT 4000 FEET BY TUESDAY
MORNING...AND AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ABOVE ABOUT 5000
FEET. THERE WILL ALSO BE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS AND DENSE FOG AT TIMES IN
THE MOUNTAINS.
LOCAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY SHOWERS OR PROLONGED
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN STEEP
TERRAIN AND IN AND BELOW BURN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
ISSUED SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...THE SAN
LUIS REY RIVER...AND DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE HODGES BY TUESDAY.
THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS ISSUED A LANDSLIDE AND
DEBRIS FLOW ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
MONDAY...FEBRUARY 21 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOW
AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS...VISIT THE FOLLOWING USGS WEBSITE...
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RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA
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1 edit | I can believe it, the sky just literally opened up here in the Covina/Azusa area, I mean it is POURING!!! It's doing this up in my family's neck of the woods in Mendocino County in Nor Cal too, right on into early next week!
"FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 615 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005
... FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY... AND ALL OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...
A VERY MOIST FLOW OF AIR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS PARKED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DURING THIS TIME... BANDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL ROTATE AROUND THE LOW AND INTO OUR AREA. SOME OF THESE BANDS WILL INCLUDE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES.
ALTHOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL... IT APPEARS THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF TIME BEYOND THIS EVENING WHEN THE CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN ARE THE GREATEST. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND THE SECOND PERIOD WILL BE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF THESE TIMES... ON AND OFF SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL KEEP THE AREA VERY WET.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE VALLEYS... TO AS MUCH AND 10 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 15 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTH FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES.
MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR THREAT WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. THE MUDSLIDE POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGHEST IN AND BELOW THE RECENTLY BURNED AREAS... BUT ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON OR NEAR HILLSIDES OR MOUNTAIN SLOPES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS. MUDSLIDES... DEBRIS FLOWS OR ROCKSLIDES MAY OCCUR AT ANY TIME... EVEN DURING PERIODS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN FALLING.
A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT... IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS IF HIGH FLOWS OF WATER OR MUD ARE OBSERVED...." |
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Respawn
join:2005-01-16
L.A., CA | reply to ghostpainter
Personally, I love the rain, especially when it comes down really really hard. Its just a beautiful sight.:) |
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RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA | Me too, but I like intense Thunderstorms even more!  |
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tannman
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Oxnard, CA
clubs: | It takes allot to wake meup but here I am awake at 0500 with 4 scared kittys on me and a storm of the likes Ive never seen here...wow!! |
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RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA
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1 edit | Oh man, here too!! It is pouring like crazy, lots of lightning, thunder, rain is coming down so hard and it's not letting up at all! We are right in the middle of some really intense cells, with high winds, hail and possible tornadoes, hope you and your kitties are okay I love this weather, the more intense the storm the better for me! This is the current Dopler, the little cross with a circle is Covina, we're right in the heart of the beast this morning!
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RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA | Man, a HUGE lightning strike just now, looked like an H-Bomb going off, and the sound, wow!! Rain just got even harder, if that's possible lol |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13 | reply to ghostpainter
Lightning is sooo great! We don't get many chances to see it here. |
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ghostpainter
I Write for the Apocalypse
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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| It is still raining hard here, with over 6 inches of rain over night. Thunderstorm lasted over 5 hours and still going up over the mountains. Mt High is reporting 30 inches of snow over night. Mt San Gorgerono ranger reporting station at 9,000 feet is reporting 54 inches over night. No word from Mammoth yet.
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MoldMaker
join:2001-12-06
Newport Beach, CA | reply to RR Conductor
That's a real nice close-in doppler picture. Would you mind passing on the link for that site? |
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RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA | You got it »www.wunderground.com, just plug in your zip. |
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MoldMaker
join:2001-12-06
Newport Beach, CA | Nice. Thanks! Now I wish we'd get more rain so I can see it in action over my place  |
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FutureMon
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Colorado Springs, CO
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| I like the rain too but last night a big patch of stucco on my ceiling fell onto my pool table. Apparently there's a loose tile on my roof and the rain finally soaked the ceiling enough to cause the paint to fall off.
Wonder how much that's gonna cost to fix...
- FM
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CurtesyFlush
Bababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.
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Fontana, CA
| I found out I have a roof leak the same way. The ceiling fell in the front bedroom right in front of the door to the front bathroom. My bare feet found it in the dark as I was stumbling into the head for a squirt. I'll be turning lights on from now on.
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Phil
Rojo Sol
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Camarillo, CA | reply to ghostpainter
So is the drought over? |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| said by Phil  :So is the drought over? not till we get another 10inch of rain this season:) i would think the drought is over but i can also see us getting another 10inch of rain the way this rain season been going on. |
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Johnny Moon
join:2004-08-30
Northridge, CA
| reply to Phil
said by Phil :So is the drought over? We are living in a desert climate. By definition the drought is never over. That is the nature of deserts. |
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