Having trouble with WordPress. Hope to get it straightened out by tomorrow. I will post the finalists in the photo contest next week for voting, after the storm passes.
Category: 2014-2015 El Nino
Storm predicted for later in week
MAIN FOCUS OF THE SHIFT REMAINS ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS
THE RIDGE OVERHEAD IS REPLACED BY A MOIST WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW PW VALUES POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 1.5 INCHES
TO MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION. THIS WILL BRING RAIN BACK INTO THE
PICTURE STARING OVER THE NORTH BAY ON THURSDAY AND EVENTUALLY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND. SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS…ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE
GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE NORTH BAY WITH AMOUNTS
GENERALLY DECREASING THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU GO. LATEST CNRFC
NUMBERS SHOW LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN SONOMA
COUNTY…2 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTH BAY PLUS SC
MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA LUCIAS…1 TO 2 INCHES FOR MOST OF SF
BAY…HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH FOR THE SOUTH BAY AND THE REMAINDER
OF THE CWA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY ON SUNDAY SO 6 DAY
NUMBERS ISSUED TOMORROW SHOULD SEE EVEN HIGHER VALUES.
WILL ISSUE AN SPS THIS MORNING AS A HEADS UP AND WILL LIKELY
INCREASE THE POPS PLUS MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE GRIDS. WILL
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS HIGH WHILE THE
CONFIDENCE FOR THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE HEAVIER RAIN REMAINS
QUITE A BIT LOWER.
Rain in our Future?
From my favorite SLO Weathercaster, John Lindsey: 1/20 “At this time, the ridge of high pressure begins to weaken early next week followed by increasing chances of rain near mid-week. Unsettled weather is expected to continue through February.”
1/21 “A major change in the weather pattern is forecast Monday night into Wednesday morning, as a low-pressure system near Baja moves northward along the Central Coast. Since the low is moving out of the south, it will contain subtropical moisture and snow levels will remain above 8,000 feet.
This system will produce increasing southerly winds, cooler temperatures and much-needed rain. At this time, rainfall amounts are expected to range between 0.25 and 0.75 of an inch. Another chance of rain is forecast next Thursday. The unsettled weather pattern will continue through the first week of February.”
Road Work Christmas Weekend
Today’s Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa
Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*Update*
DRAINAGE CULVERT REPAIR ON HIGHWAY 1 AT VENTANA/POST RANCH IS UNDERWAY
MONTEREY COUNTY– An emergency culvert repair project on Highway 1 at Ventana/Post Ranch, two miles south of the Big Sur Park/Campgrounds began on Monday, Dec. 22 and continues this weekend, Caltrans officials have announced.
Roadwork hours are from 7 am to 5 pm weekdays under one-way traffic control with flaggers. In order to expedite the repairs, crews will also be working this Saturday and Sunday from 7 am until 4 pm (no roadwork on Christmas Day). Motorists can expect a delay not to exceed 15 minutes. Electronic message signs have been activated to alert motorists.
The purpose of this emergency project is to repair the damaged culvert and embankment erosion from the recent storms. Roadwork is necessary to ensure that all maintenance needs of the coast highway are met, and will be completed by Wednesday, Dec. 31, weather permitting.
NOTE: Access to businesses will remain open via Highway 1.
The contractor for this $300,000 project is John Madonna Construction of San Luis Obispo.
Photo to follow when Cellular Internet will let me upload.
Road work from Co line to Gorda this weekend
Today’s Date: Friday, December 19, 2014
MONTEREY COUNTY– A maintenance project to remove slide material and perform drainage work will take place on a 10-mile section of Highway 1 between the Monterey/San Luis Obispo County line and Gorda tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 20 and Sunday, Dec. 21, Caltrans officials have announced.
Work hours are from 7 am to 3 pm both days under one-way traffic control with flaggers. Motorists can expect a delay not to exceed 15 minutes. Electronic Message Boards will be activated to alert motorists.
The purpose of this two-day emergency project is to clean up after the recent batch of storms and will be performed by the Willow Springs and Templeton North maintenance crews. This emergency roadwork is necessary to ensure all of the maintenance needs of the coast highway area are met. Work will be completed on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 21, weather permitting.
NOTE: Access to businesses will remain open via Hwy. 1 between Ragged Point and Big Sur.
Foto Friday, 12/19/14
It has been a few weeks, but … Here are a couple I took this week out my window during breaks in our storms.
Big Sur Storm Report, December 16, 2014
8:20 pm – lots of thunder. Up to 1.03″
7:00 pm – rain really kicked up about an hour ago. At 6:30, the rain rate was 2.24″/hour. This morning, after the 4:30 am downpour, I measured .20″ of rain. Now, I am at .77″.
7:30 am -woke at 4:30 am with a downpour, thunder, and lightning. Now, I see a lot of blue sky, but a tad chilly at 42.
Big Sur Storm Report, 12/15/14
Details 00273 2:10 PM CLOSURE of a Road Sr1 S / Sr68 Holman SB SR1 ON THE OFR TO WB SR68 Monterey
Noon – thus far, .48″ of rain. Strongest winds have been 32 mph at 11:17 am. And only 43 degrees with a wind chill of 35. Brrr… So far so good with the roads.
Atmospheric River takes aim at the South Coast of Big Sur
For the first time in recent history (probably ever) The Weather Channel specifically mentions Lucia, Gorda, and Cambria, the biggest town – of a whopping 6,000 – being Cambria. It is because this is where this next big storm is expected to come ashore. This will find us late tonight or early tomorrow. The last one took aim at Santa Cruz and Big Sur Valley. Now it is our turn. I am as ready as I can be. Take advantage of this break, as the next one is not due until Thursday.
Take a look at the info I added to the last post, The Calm Before the Storm, for some good info and links about this Atmospheric River.
Calm Before the Next Storm
Actually, it is a series of storms, progged to hit us every day this week but Thursday, starting late tonight/early tomorrow.
And this gorgeous shot is by Lisa Kleissner.
Thanks for sharing, Lisa!
Atmospheric River
Graphic and great article from Scientific American blog
The flow pattern of the atmospheric river now battering the West Coast is classic. The University of Wisconsin at Madison maintains a terrific Web site that shows the flows in real time, updated every five minutes. A snapshot from last night is below. The dark red swath across the equator is the tropical rain band that is usually present; the atmospheric river is the sweeping jet of water vapor (blue in the image) that shoots off towards the U.S.