WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Right on time we have the first in what will be a long series of storms coming into the Northwest. We finally have the timing of this storm and its effects down pretty well now. Winds have already been picking up for areas east of the Cascades, in Northern California, and out along the Coast. I do expect they will be picking up for the mountains at about any time. Wind warnings and advisories are up now for some areas and will be through tonight. The rain is making its way in slowly. For most of the day the rain will be mostly west of I 5. The Cascades will see it arrive this afternoon. Downslopping winds will indeed keep the arrival of the rain delayed until this evening for the Rogue, Shasta, and Umpqua Valleys. But, by tonight, everybody will be seeing rain. The rain will transition to showers at the Coast tonight. There could be some thunderstorms at the Coast overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow. The dynamics for that are there as there is a lot of cold unstable air to generate them. That colder unstable air will work inland tomorrow morning and it will create frequent showers inland. Snow levels will drop in the mountains to around 6000 feet. We are expecting to see at least 1 - 3 inches of snow accumulating and more would be possible if the showers become frequent and more sustained. The shower activity will begin to taper off and then end by Wednesday night. Clearing will set in and we will see a brief ridge for Thursday. That will give us a day of partly cloudy skies with a good deal of sunshine mixed in. Another system comes in for Friday into Saturday morning. This one is looking quite weak and it is not expected to generate much for rainfall...but there will be some. That system departs our area by Saturday evening and another ridge builds in to give us what looks to be the best day of the next 10 days for Sunday. Sunday looks very sunny right now with highs in the mid 70s. But, that respite does not last long as a powerful system will be taking aim at us ushering in the next round of rain, wind, and mountain snow for early next week. It is that storm that just might have the remnants of Super Typhoon Vongfong re enforcing it. If that is the case, that storm has the potential to the wettest one we have seen since last September we got hit by the remnants of Typhoon Pabuk.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:15:48 +0000
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