2:00 pm – this slide has been removed from the CHP website.
This from CHP:
Detail Information
1:13 PM 2 [10] [Notification] [CHP]-CT ADV 2ND CITZ REPORT OF SLIDE AT GRIMES PT – CT PERSONNEL (5151) FOR THE DOT RADIO, TWO CT PESONNEL ENRT ETA 20 MINS
12:25 PM 1 [1] VERY LARGE BOULDERS BLOCKING NB LANE
This is just the beginning, and all motorists should avoid Highway One at night, if at all possible. With all the rain expected by Christmas, we could easily have a longer closure in our future!
11:32 AM – highway 1 [1] MUD SLIDE AND BOULDER 1125 SB LANE ONLY
This is at Highway One, southbound at the intersection with Carmel Valley Rd. man, I’ve never seen a slide here in all my 28 years!
10:00 am – Okay, we’ve got weather, boys and girls, and we are going to HAVE weather, unsettled weather up until Xmas.
Here is a NEXRAD shot from early this am:
And here are the 24 hour rain totals from 6 am (when I GLANCED at my rain gauge at first light, I think it was around 1 and 1/2 inches, since yesterday afternoon)
Here is another NEXRAD shot from later this am (note the time in PST is on the top left)
And here is the most recently tweeted shot from NWS-Monterey. It shows a band of lightning and strong winds coming through Carmel:
6:45 am – the below incident is no longer listed on the CHP website, but boy did the rain just pick up. Weather reports later today.
IS REOPENED 13.7 MI NORTH OF SAN SIMEON (SAN LUIS OBISPO CO) AT 0615 HRS ON 12/22/12
IS REOPENED TO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC 0.2 MI SOUTH OF GORDA (MONTEREY CO) AT 0615 HRS ON 12/22/12
5:30 am – This from CHP this am. Will try to get more info when I can. I am guessing – operative word guessing – that this means that CalTrans set the road closure sign up at the Willow Springs Maintenance Yard. Nothing will be done until dawn.
Incident: 00024 Type: CLOSURE of a Road Location: Sr1 N / Gorda TBM/LatLon: 35.842500 -121.401944
Detail Information
5:10 AM 3 [9] 1039 MTRY COM [Shared]
12:37 AM 2 [4] CTRANS ENRT TO SET UP CLOSURE
12:37 AM 1 [3] REQUEST CLOSURE F/ CALTRANS
Unit Information
12:51 AM 2 Unit Assigned
12:51 AM 1 Unit At Scene
