9:45 pm = raining again, or still, not sure as I’ve had to deal with some family issues. Life likes to throw more than one fruit in one’s basket, no?
6:45 pm – Rain pretty much continuous for the past 40 minutes, although what I would consider “normal” not too heavy, and not light. Let’s hope this is the last of it until the weekend. We need a drying out period.
6:05 pm – another cloud burst with lots of rain. Sorry, I got side-tracked and forgot to check my rain gauge before dark. I’ve had a lot on my plate with personal matters for the last few days.
5:00 pm – WOW, our temporary blockage here in Big Sur made the news in Santa Maria tonight.
3:30 pm – one of those “scattered showers” NOAA predicted for this afternoon, just scattered over me. Hope you are all staying dry and warm. Cuddling up by the fire, if you have one, or under a comforter, if you don’t, with at least one dog next to you, and a book in your lap. That’s the way to spend the rest of the afternoon, if you can.
And from the latest NOAA forecast discussion. It looks like we will be getting a break for a few days. Whew!:
.DISCUSSION...AS OF 2:45 PM PST TUESDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING THEN MOSTLY DRY THROUGH FRIDAY. NEXT STORM ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND.
2:30 pm – had some amazing hail, earlier. The ex came up and said Plaskett still open. No downed trees. Still hail on the ground. Will give the rain total for the day at the end of the day. Apparently, I forgot to record this morning’s hail on the blog. I will check my calendar records. Also, Big Sur River flow rate back up to 1060. That’s an increase from earlier.
12:12 pm – had some pea size hail. Neighbor informs me we had 145 mph winds up here this weekend. Probably when everything was going sidewise.
11:30 just received from MAF: “Just an update from Steve Dean from USFS; North Coast Ridge Road is closed due to debris flow and there is something going on at Sycamore Canyon. Steve is going to check on the Sycamore Canyon road but hasn’t come back yet. If I hear anything I’ll let you know.”
10:45 am – Highway One open, and has been CHP forgot to update their site. Also received an email regarding Partington Canyon. It stated in part that the canyon flashed at least 8-10 ft. above creek bottom over the weekend.
10:15 am – no indication on the CHP website that the road is open, yet.
9:56 am – MAJOR hail storm. The ground is covered with white. I sometimes cannot get an entry up for some minutes after I first start trying on wordpress. Too much traffic? But the times I put up are when I first start trying to post.
9:38 am – Cal-Trans expects to have road open in 1/2 hour.
9:15 am – advisory (downgraded from warning) re flooding in effect until 10:15 am.
8:30 am – first hand report on slide:
Hi Kate, all is well here in the valley. The news is saying Sycamore Canyon slide, but really is at Fernwood, just south. Clearing out, our guys south of there made it to here no problem earlier. I had 8 10ths of an inch this a.m. Lots of Thunder. Molly got in bed with me, Billy pooped. Creeks and River staying in their banks. Looking forward to a little drying out and opening windows. Talk to you later.
8:00 am – SERIOUS THUNDERSTORM. Also, a friend from town sent me this at 6:00 am (I was still asleep) The Warning should have expired by now – expired at 6:45, but please be alert!! Also, other slides mentioned on the CHP site, but cleared before I woke were at Salmon Creek, JNO of Pheiffer (? JPB?) and Sycamore Canyon. Several of these slid yesterday:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS FOR… MONTEREY COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BIG SUR VILLAGE…
* UNTIL 645 AM PST
* AT 603 AM PST… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN JUST OFF THE BIG SUR COAST.
MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR PATH.
7:30 am – hail woke me at 3:30 am. Currently have .6 of an inch, and it continues to rain. Mudslide at Sycamore Canyon at 6:06 am this morning. Currently both lanes closed, while Cal-Trans works on it. Will be closed about 15 mins. and then 2-3 more times while it is cleared.
As current as I found at 10:am:
Issued by The National Weather Service
San Francisco/Monterey, CA
7:18 am PST, Tue., Feb. 17, 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… MARIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SONOMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… NAPA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… ALAMEDA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SAN MATEO COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA… SAN BENITO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA… MONTEREY COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…
* UNTIL 1015 AM PST.
* AT 715 AM PST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL AREAS OF MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY REGIONS…
THIS RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER MANY AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE PONDING OR FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS… POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. ALSO… HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY DO NOT CROSS IT. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS SAFELY.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT NUISANCE FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED.
TO REPORT FLOODING… HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
I forgot to leave you the link to the interactive map:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/map/interactive/USCA0820?zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar&from=local_alert_map
HEY, it is hailing reeeal hard right now at PV School! The hail filled up the satellite dish which fouled up our internet service. But now the rain melted some of the hail and the roaring wind blew some more of that stuff out of the dish, now I can tell you about it.
This morning’s commute was a lulu. The worst was from Carmel Highlands to Hurricane Point. There were big boulders at the most unlikely places…scary surprises. But, fortunately, I drive slow, so I am alive right now. Next, there was the debris flow near Fernwood. Fortunately a CHP was marking it with flashing lights. I stopped, hesitated,and then “fishtailed” my way through (kind of sketchy). Finally came the graupel and hail from the Deli on up over the summit and down to Henry Miller Library, The northbound lane was totally covered with a few inches…more “fishtailing”. From there on, though, it was smooth sailing. TheWillow Springs CALTRANS gang had the whole highway smooth as silk all the way to the school. BTW, at Grey Slide, watching a big steel CALTRANS blade hit a 500 lb boulder makes one heck of a big noise. And that boulder got bopped right onto the shoulder like a pebble. Cool!