WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[Homebrewer]

From the US Gov't Drought Monitor Agency today..

A plethora of Pacific storms and moisture slammed into California and most of the West, dumping copious amounts of precipitation on the northern two-thirds of the state and Sierra Nevada. This very wet week maintained the great start to the Water Year (since Oct. 1) across the West where NRCS SNOTEL basin average precipitation was above or much above normal at nearly every major basin while basin average snow water content was at or above normal in most Western basins. With more than a foot of precipitation falling on the Sierra Nevada (locally 20.7 inches at Strawberry Valley, CA), most major reservoirs were at or above its Jan. 10 historical average, USGS monitored streams were at near or record high flows, Jan. 10 state snow water content was at 135%, and the Northern Sierra 8-station, San Joaquin 5-station, and Tulare Basin 6-station precipitation indices topped their wettest previous year as of Jan. 10. Accordingly, major drought improvements were made not only to California but at many areas of the West, including parts of Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. There were a few areas in southern California, however, that have yet to receive a bountiful Water Year and see any hydrologic improvements, so no changes were made there.

I took a really long shower this morning after hearing this on the news..

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home.aspx

[Stradling]

AO, have you ever had an erection that has lasted as long as this weather induced hard on?

By the way, this is all your fault.  

[yk9001]

30 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Well, I guess it's better than living in Fargo.

1 degree right now. One.

Going down to minus-25 tonight.

 

WHERE?!??

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, yk9001 said:

WHERE?!??

Fargo, North Dakota.

-5 at the moment, windchill of -19

https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fargo%2C+ND

 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Well, I guess it's better than living in Fargo.

1 degree right now. One.

Going down to minus-25 tonight.

wife was watching the news before obama's farewell speech. one of the reporters there in chicago said it was 0 degrees, but with the wind chill it felt like -0.

who knew that was even a thing.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Still raining here

<-----------see location under avatar.

GPS Lat/Long

37.6°N 119.87°W (Elev. 4196 ft)

thanks for the details. time to try out this new home-targeting software on my death drone and see if it's accurate.

[Don]

8 hours ago, cezero said:

That happened to my family in Spokane back in 96. They were without power for 2 weeks.

Really hoping you don't have to deal with that again. Midwest looks treacherous right now. 

We have school today for the first time since Friday, and it's a 2-hour late start because all of the snow on the roads has been compacted to ice, and it's 4 degrees out. 

None of it will melt because the hi temp through next Tue is 12 degrees. Next week, we're expect a lot of freezing rain in the mornings, so we might end up with power losses, but it's also going to get in the 40s during the day starting next Wed. Flooding is going to be unpleasant. My apartment parking lot has 10-foot mountains of snow all over the place. 

Normally I'd just say screw it, shelter my car as well as possible, and just hunker down for the weekend. But I'm going to the Chiefs game with a bunch of people Sunday. It's gonna be an adventure.

[NJHalo]

Did anyone catch the video of the Fed-Ex truck sliding on ice thru Donner Pass? That guy is a driver! The Sully Sullenburger of trucking.

I did not realize until the end that it was a tandem trailer. Awesome job.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/us/big-rig-slides-down-street-chp-trnd-irpt/

 

[Amazing Larry]

That stretch of the 80 can get hairy this time of year. Props to that driver. 

[Amazing Larry]

[Adam]

5.5 hour drive back from Big Bear yesterday. Mother in law bought some chains and had them installed at Napa. Dude told her not exceed 20MPH. She listened. We followed. Brutal.

[Angel Oracle]

On ‎1‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 10:35 AM, Stradling said:

AO, have you ever had an erection that has lasted as long as this weather induced hard on?

By the way, this is all your fault.  

Only when I'm with Kate Beckensale

On the bright side, I created an epic thread, granted I haven't contributed nearly as much to it over the past few months.

[Angel Oracle]

22 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Fargo, North Dakota.

-5 at the moment, windchill of -19

https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fargo%2C+ND

 

Frances McDormand is freezing her butt off as we speak.

The folks in Truckee have received SEVENTY inches of snow already this month.   Don't think much of it will melt in the next several days unfortunately, as highs will generally be in the 30s.    Skiers are no doubt ecstatic.

[Adam]

We did the 38. 

[mrwicked]

On 1/13/2017 at 11:46 AM, Angel Oracle said:

Frances McDormand is freezing her butt off as we speak.

The folks in Truckee have received SEVENTY inches of snow already this month.   Don't think much of it will melt in the next several days unfortunately, as highs will generally be in the 30s.    Skiers are no doubt ecstatic.

yeah, my friends with places up there are loving it. most of them went up before the storm came to avoid the scary drive. ive done that drive and gotten caught in a storm (granted nothing compared to this storm), its really no fun to sit for hours when they block off the road (luckily we had booze to pass the time). took me 12 hours to get up there that time (usually takes about 3 with no snow).

im gonna head up in a couple weeks, super excited. 

[NJHalo]

Do you ski or board?  I take you for a boarder. I am a loyal two planker since the age of 5.

2 hours ago, mrwicked said:

yeah, my friends with places up there are loving it. most of them went up before the storm came to avoid the scary drive. ive done that drive and gotten caught in a storm (granted nothing compared to this storm), its really no fun to sit for hours when they block off the road (luckily we had booze to pass the time). took me 12 hours to get up there that time (usually takes about 3 with no snow).

im gonna head up in a couple weeks, super excited. 

 

[Sully151]

We were just in Folsom/Placervillefor my Aunt's funeral. Lots of people heading into Tahoe. I really wanted to go, but couldn't. 

There was a ton of snow on the mountain.

[Amazing Larry]

Enjoy the sun tomorrow because it's going bye bye until Monday. Apparently there are 3 storms headed our way and they're all going to dump a shit load of rain and snow. 

Take it away Fritz...

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/as-seen-on/PM-Forecast-Three-Storms-on-the-Way_Los-Angeles-410885185.html

[Adam]

The next 5 days are going to suck. Hopefully this is the end of it all

[fan_since79]

Lots of rain at La Quinta predicted for this weekend, gonna mess up the PGA event.

 

[gotbeer]

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KCQT&year=2017&mon=1&wfo=lox&p=temperature

KCQT January, 2017
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)
1	43	62	47	68	35	1884	84	1898	0	3.12 1934
2	51	58	47	68	32	1886	85	1994	0	1.57 2006
3	48	60	47	68	33	1949	87	1902	0	2.27 1888
4	47	63	47	68	28	1949	87	1902	.03	3.24 1995
5	54	65	48	68	31	1949	85	1902	.39	2.11 1979
6	51	66	48	68	30	1913	85	2006	0	2.30 1993
7	51	70	48	68	28	1913	87	1996	.07	3.52 1974
8	53	79	48	68	32	1888	90	1923	0	1.04 1950
9	55	64	48	68	31	1888	88	1923	.77	2.58 2005
10	51	61	48	68	31	1888	87	1986	.07	3.30 1995
11	55	66	48	68	32	1949	89	1996	.39	1.57 2001
12	53	58	48	68	33	1949	88	2009	1.13	1.40 1952
13	49	62	48	68	34	1963	86	1986	0	1.45 1993
14	47	72	48	68	34	2013	88	1975	0	1.56 1978
15	53	66	48	68	32	1888	85	2014	0	2.13 1952
16	52	66	48	68	31	1888	86	1976	0	2.74 1973
17	46	68	48	68	34	1888	90	1971	0	4.16 1916
18			48	68	37	1892	95	1971		2.30 1914
19			48	68	32	1889	92	1971		2.26 1933
20			48	68	30	1883	85	2009		3.30 1969
21			48	68	32	1937	81	2013		2.98 1909
22			48	68	34	1937	84	1994		3.69 1967
23			48	68	33	1937	84	1968		1.05 1995
24			48	68	36	1937	85	1992		2.04 1969
25			48	68	36	1898	86	1986		3.43 1969
26			48	68	31	1898	86	1987		5.71 1956
27			48	68	32	1898	87	1986		2.28 1916
28			48	68	35	1957	90	1971		2.81 1915
29			48	68	30	1880	88	1971		1.96 1922
30			48	68	35	1880	85	1992		2.19 1893
31			48	68	32	1880	91	2003		3.03 1926
Average	50.5	65.1	47.9	68.0					2.85 Normal = 3.12

 

0.27 inches away from our monthly normal.  I think this weekend should get us way over.  Way to go Trump for solving our drought.

[Tank]

On 1/18/2017 at 6:58 AM, Adam said:

The next 5 days are going to be amazing. Hopefully this is not nearly the end of it all

couldn't agree with you more, hombre.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Ill take this cold, rainy weather the next 2 months. I hate working in it (standing in the rain with a non waterproof jacket blows), but we get 2-3 months of cold a year. And the last 5 years its been 2-3 weeks.

Im bummed that its gonna pour and be freezing over the weekend and im bailing town.

[Angel Oracle]

Update for Central O.C.:   Friday, expecting between 1-2 inches of rain     Sunday, expecting between 1-2 inches of rain   

Even I will be glad for the days of sunshine, once that rain has fallen.    That should put the area into double digits for the October-September year, a first since 2010-11. 

[fan_since79]

Mark Kriski on Channel 5 just mentioned the heavy rain currently falling in Bixby Knolls. 

Emphasis on heavy. I've had enough.