Western Railroad Discussion > Wow....South Siskiyou forecast

Up to 3 to 4 FEET of snow expected wed eve thru Friday night.....




Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
559 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

CAZ082-083-192000-
/O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0013.121220T0600Z-121224T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...
TENNANT
559 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO
4 PM PST SUNDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO THREE TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH MORE
FALLING SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FOLLOW
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...
TENNANT.

* WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE PASSES.

* IMPACTS...THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNT
SHASTA AREA AFFECTING THE I-5 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 89
NEAR SNOWMAN SUMMIT.

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Us here in neighboring northern Lassen county are expecting up to 5 feet above 4000ft and I'm at 4116. At least I'll hopefully get to see a BNSF spreader!

CalTrans has a RoadCam and weather station near the BNSF Gateway Sub at the Rest Area called Bogard, anyways it's showing a healthy -1.5 degrees F a few minutes ago. Welcome Mr. Winter.

Has not been real accurate here in central Oregon this week. (bend)

Weather Service was screaming blizzard conditions Sunday morning through Monday PM with expectations of 1 to 3 feet of snow.

we got a ton of rain Sunday and Monday then a inch of snow on Monday afternoon.

glad it was fricking rain cuz I'd still be plowing snow out of the parking lot if we got what the weather service forecast.

Today's Satellite photo compilation is showing the storm staying to the north. The puffy white clouds that indicate cold air don't seem to be hitting northern California.

We'll have to see how this plays out, it sure looked good for a while.

This morning's satellite photo compilation looks pretty ominous:
http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/PacificSatellite.aspx?animate=true

The folks in town say that when the general flow of precipitation lines up with the Sacramento River Canyon, Dunsmuir gets a big snow dump. It looks like it's lining up. The storied flow also has a typical crossing of the Clear Lake/ Eel river areas. This one still doesn't look 'cold', they had been calling for snow at 500ft, that's plenty cold enough.

TCnR Wrote:
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> This morning's satellite photo compilation looks
> pretty ominous:
> http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/Pacific
> Satellite.aspx?animate=true
>
> The folks in town say that when the general flow
> of precipitation lines up with the Sacramento
> River Canyon, Dunsmuir gets a big snow dump. It
> looks like it's lining up. The storied flow also
> has a typical crossing of the Clear Lake/ Eel
> river areas. This one still doesn't look 'cold',
> they had been calling for snow at 500ft, that's
> plenty cold enough.

Take a look at CalTrans traffic cam for Black Butte and Mt Shasta,,,,,,can you say "ah sh*t"...8>(

Larry Dodgion
Wilsonville, OR

The forecast Discussion talks about smaller storms stalling in the area and building up the accumulation. They mention a rising snow level but don't forecast it after that. It's pretty well known it doesn't have to be 'cold' for snow, usually around 35 degrees in the general area.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MFR&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1