7:30 am – rain total, .4 inches; season total, 18.5 inches. CHP reports no highway problems in Big Sur. And following is a hazardous weather conditions report. LOOK at the projected snow totals!!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A COLD STORM SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE AMPLE MOISTURE AND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 2000 BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS OVER 3000 FEET.
NOAA forecast discussion continues to predict snow down to 2000 ft. in the Santa Lucia Mtns. by tomorrow morning.
THIS SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH TODAY AND WILL SWING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE DISTRICT TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS QUITE A BIT COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS SYSTEMS...AND UNLIKE THE PAST SYSTEMS THE PRECIPITATION WILL COINCIDE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIRMASS. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 2000 TONIGHT IN THE SF BAY AREA...AND WILL DROP TO 2000 FEET BY FRI MRNG IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES.
All those totals and a weeks more on its way!