Posted on 01/04/2008 9:54:06 AM PST by Lancey Howard
A fierce arctic storm lashed California on Friday, toppling trees, soaking a coastal landscape already charred by wildfires and threatening to paralyze the mountains with deep snow.
The northern half of the state was being hit with strong rain, 85-mph wind and heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, National Weather Service forecaster Andrew Rorke said.
In Southern California, the storm was gathering strength off the coast and was expected to strike the region by mid-afternoon, Rorke said.
"We're watching it really blossom on satellite," he said.
Homeowners rushed to stack sandbags around houses lying below fire-ravaged hillsides in Southern California, while Northern California residents - - like those along the Gulf Coast before a hurricane - - scurried to stock up on last-minute provisions. Forecasters warned the high wind and other extreme weather would last through the weekend.
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“Global warming” hoax BUMP!
It is insane here in Sacramento County. I just lost my favorite tree. It was a 25 foot ash that I planted as a sapling in 1999.
I went out to lash up other trees that I value and the wind was driving ice into my face. I have never seen a storm like this in the 13 years I’ve been in Nor Cal.
A neighbor across the street just lost all their fences.
Photos soon
"This is a false news report. Global warming is still a threat. You will all immediately sit on your lawns and put on sun blocker."
Stay safe. Keep us posted.
Looks to me like global warming has really fouled up the weather.
Good luck to folks in California. Wish we could have a foot or so of that snow where I live. We haven’t had a decent snow in a few years.
Those are some winds!
i'm about 50 miles south of Sacramento... our very heavy concrete picnic table toppled over... i cannot even believe it... i'm grateful that it did not break... it's insane over here! the wind is crazy...
In other news, the Donner Party Family Reunion got underway with the traditional Westward Ho Departure Day celebration from Illinois. The Donners, to keep true to the period, will not be carrying cells, but they’ll have plenty of sun block on hand to avoid the harmful effects of the California Sun’s rays.
From the Weather Channel. Ugly.
“Rain is becoming widespread and heavy from coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest through western California. Flash flooding is likely along the entire California coast.
Rainfall amounts through the weekend of 1 to 2 inches will fall over western Washington and Oregon, with 2 to 5 inches over much of western California, including Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. As much as a foot of rain could fall on some western facing slopes of the mountains just inland from the coast.
Up to a foot of snow will fall in parts of the Cascades of Washington and Oregon. In the mountains of California, hourly snowfall rates could reach 6 to 8 inches. Snow accumulations between 2 feet (valley floors) and locally 12 feet (ridge tops) will bury the Sierra by the end of the weekend. White-out, blizzard conditions will make any travel through the Siskiyou and Sierra Mountains deadly.
Across California from north of Los Angeles to the Oregon border, damagingly strong wind gusts will range from between 50 and 65 mph at the lowest elevations to as high as between 150 and 200 mph at the ridge tops of the Sierra. Strong and damaging winds will also impact western Washington and most of Oregon, where winds could gust over 60 mph.”
One of the worst, if not the worst, windstorms I have seen here. Got a fence that looks like it wants to go down, gotta go out and tie that thing up.
We’re socked in here in the SoCal mountains although we’re only feeling a few drops as yet. The wind is picking up and my dog looks scared, as if he can sense something big blowing in. Here’s hoping we get a lot of rain/snow because we need it.
It looks more like a hurricane on radar. Wonder how the left will try to spin this?.....LOL
Yeah...I wouldn’t call it arctic.
Check out the weather station in the Sierra at 12,000 feet with wind gusts approaching 120 mph!
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/weather/warr.html
It’s already spinning couter-clockwise. That should suit the left. LOL
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