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Storm, Atmospheric river, latest update

The concerns seem to be stranded motorists and avalanche. Avvy conditions are likely to be dangerous with new snow accumulating on unstable layers. 100 mph winds in the higher elevations will add to the fun.
 
My ex took our kid up to Tahoe for some reggae festival thing. They're supposed to be coming home tomorrow but I think it's going to be a shit show.
 
we’re below the current snow line, but it’s alternating between steady and very heavy rain. storm is definitely moving east quickly - within a couple of minutes, the thunder went 4 miles further away, so the high elevations may get hit hard. wind elevation must be high though, not feeling very much at our ground elevation. breezy, but not horrible.
 
4.5 inches here in Santa Rosa over two days.

Not bad.

Hope the tornado threat in the valley doesn't materialize.
 
Seems kinda windy out, rain was steady but never seemed all that heavy. Sounds like the Sierras are getting a lot of snow, so I'm guess the new Northern CABDR isn't gonna be rideable until late summer / early fall.
 
Rain came down in torrents. One kid left the bathroom window open and the floor ended up soaked :facepalm
 
Meteorologist. What other job can you have that when right only 50% or so you get to keep it? Santa Clara Valley was supposed to be slammed. zzzzzzzzzzz:rolleyes. If most of the TV talking heads had to call weather on D-Day minus 1 (what, no satellites, just weather balloons? Good God!), Operation Overlord might have turned out a little differently.
 
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possibly my scariest time ever on the road. was up in our high elevation small town for an event. driving alone. came out from it and hit the mountain road - 9 miles to home. 4 inches of snow on the road, hail begins raining down - heavy + thunder and lightening. driving my 911. along the early stretch, flat, barely hit the brakes to slow from 25 mph, and the ass end starts to come around (this with AWD and mud + snow tires). back off and get it facing forward again, but am headed into a long, steep downhill with numerous sharp turns. by this time visibility is barely past the front of the car. following in the tracks of an suv, that turns off leaving nothing but darkness ahead. switch on the fog lamps. barely any help. ran at lower rpm than probably ever to manage traction, and limped home. never been so happy at the sight of the garage door going up, and to pull into it. freaking the fuck out doesn’t begin to describe it.
 
900ss said:
Meteorologist. What other job can you have that when right only 50% or so you get to keep it? Santa Clara Valley was supposed to be slammed. zzzzzzzzzzz:rolleyes. If most of the TV talking heads had to call weather on D-Day minus 1 (what, no satellites, just weather balloons? Good God!), Operation Overlord might have turned out a little differently.
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So true. Guess it depended where you live, the TV weather said we might get an inch+ of rain. My weather station showed 0.10 inches or rain. Link to my weather station if you want to check the weather in west Stockton on the edge of the delta.
 
littlebeast said:
possibly my scariest time ever on the road. was up in our high elevation small town for an event. driving alone. came out from it and hit the mountain road - 9 miles to home. 4 inches of snow on the road, hail begins raining down - heavy + thunder and lightening. driving my 911. along the early stretch, flat, barely hit the brakes to slow from 25 mph, and the ass end starts to come around (this with AWD and mud + snow tires). back off and get it facing forward again, but am headed into a long, steep downhill with numerous sharp turns. by this time visibility is barely past the front of the car. following in the tracks of an suv, that turns off leaving nothing but darkness ahead. switch on the fog lamps. barely any help. ran at lower rpm than probably ever to manage traction, and limped home. never been so happy at the sight of the garage door going up, and to pull into it. freaking the fuck out doesn’t begin to describe it.
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I've experienced that.

Once, crawling along I made out "shapes" in the fog on a rural road through a farm.

Black cows; dozens of them in the road.

Thank goodness I was barely moving.
 
I cannot imagine driving a sporty car in the snow, used to drive in some wild conditions in Colorado in my jetta and then golf with excellent snows on. Snow out here is heavy though, only time Colorado roads scared me was when snow has started on warm roads creating a nice smooth layer of ice, zero traction.

Getting lighting and thunder here in SF and a rather impressive downpour at the moment. I imagine stuff is gonna flood.
 
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