ALERT 8 feet of snow. 48 foot waves. A Bomb Cyclone To Hit PNW and Canada Coastline

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Melodi

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Oh I forgot to mention, all over many California cities (and some rural areas) there are "missing" and "dry" creeks and even rivers that were covered up during the great periods of urbanization of the early 20th century.

In the rural areas, these are often just dry "gullies" that no one thinks about much and often run right behind houses, farm buildings, or across roads.

One group house I lived in, in Oakland California was nearly destroyed by a "missing creek" that suddenly came back up to the surface and filled the basement while I was still living there.

After it was all over we got an old geological map and it the old creek/small river was right there, it has just been paved under and "forced" underground until suddenly it wasn't.

The "creek" behind my parent's house (thankfully over an acre behind it) was at least 10 to 15 feet of a mostly dry channel with a tiny bit of water in it. Then those historic rains hit that I mentioned and the water came roaring up over the top of the entire channel and light flooded the area near the edges - it swept EVERYTHING out of the creek bred.

In nearby San Louis Obispo, historical buildings built along a slightly larger "creek" channel were swept away, the city later condemned all the land around that channel and has built lovely walkways, parks and seating. But the only businesses allowed are food carts and other temporary structures.

Anyway, my point is that there are lots of hidden small rivers and creeks, especially in the urban areas just waiting for enough water for them to run again. Before the areas were urbanized most of them only ran part of the year, and were dry the other part - but the only people in the area knew not to camp near the edges in the rainy season.
 

JF&P

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The wind storm arrived here in Oregon, I'm 25 miles south of Portland and the fastest wind here so far is 25mph...its supposed to end here by 5am.... And I still have power. A good thing.

Not many power outtages near me either
 
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Double_A

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About 1971/72 ish, I graduated from Highschool in 1973 and my family moved to Mississippi - by 1977 I was traveling with friends during the school break in Southern California and the drought pattern was back. You had to ask for water if you were eating out and there were other restrictions.

When I moved to the Bay Area in 1989 there was drought until around 1992 (ish) a friend in his early 20s was so used to no rain that he set up his fancy camp at Harbin Hot Springs for a festival, when hiking and was shocked to come back to find me grabbing his stuff and trying to cover it as rained poured everywhere.

In his entire "adult" life from about 17 to 22, it had never rained in the Summer...

Finally, this rain pattern is very early, around 2000 (ish) I went back for New Year in Berkeley and we left just after the midnight waltz to return to San Francisco. By 1 am the heavens had opened and the rain cascaded into flash floods that totally destroyed a friend's place of business and probably flooded some of the same places that flooded last night (like the Oakland Bridge toll bridge booths.

More often, the fires, like the 1992 Oakland Hills Fire Storm (that we raced away from while shopping right below the hills) happen in October and the serious rains come in January or February.

This year, the fires were all Summer and the rains are coming in October, and that is the same basic pattern but different timing.

I graduated from HS in 1972 and after screwing around for a while, graduated college in 1978. I remember bathrooms at University 1976-1978 had graffiti saying “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”.

My last real job I had to do State & County environmental reports for my company. One was the SWPP storm water pollution prevention. I would have to keep my eyes on rain events typically it would rain once rarely twice during the summer month of July. These would be short one day rains memorable because they usually were accompanied with lightening and thunder, most of our normal rainy season did not have lightning & thunder.

October usually had a day or two of light sprinkles around Halloween. My birthday is in the first part of November. I would guesstimate that 80% of the time the first good rain of the season would start the day of my birthday. Lol when I was sixteen I told my Mom henceforth I was celebrating my BD in July so I could go to the beach to celebrate dry and sunny.

I keep a special diary just for odd stuff of any kind including weather I will check that and update my post.
 
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DennisD

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My daughter in Marin County lost power last night. Back on now, but the dryer won't come on. Hopefully there's some sort of reset button or procedure.
 

Doomer Doug

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California got hammered pretty hard. It will rain pretty solid here in Portland for today and tuesday at least.
As expected no issues for me sunday except the 25 mph winds and microbursts when the storm hit downtown at 1 pm Sunday.
 

Doomer Doug

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It has lots of moisture left being a subtropical storm having started in India. Colorado already has some massive snow totals- like 133% of normal. This thing stretches from Alaska to BC, Washington, Oregon and Central and Northern California. A wall of water all the way to the East Coast hitting cold air.

This storm ain't over yet.
 

dioptase

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We had a fair amount of wind yesterday, in addition to the rain. One tree (a willow, which had already gone down before in some previous year's storm) is down. Arborist says there is no point in trying to save it this time (it will just go down again, because of the wonky root structure). One large limb is down from an ornamental pear tree (fortunately it missed taking out the internet cable). A couple of branches are down from a large crepe myrtle. A neighbor's tree has a large limb mostly down in our side yard.

Forecast is for no rain tomorrow, so our arborist is coming back for the whole day to take care of those things.

Discussing when CA does (or does not) get rain.... many years ago, when DD was still in school, we would take vacations in August. Whenever we returned home (SF Bay Area), there had always been some degree of rain just before we arrived, so rain in August isn't (or at least, wasn't) unusual. The "real" rainy season generally didn't start until sometime in October, though, and didn't really get going until November/December.
 

marsh

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Today, here, was mostly rainless and pleasant south of Sacramento. No tree or garden damage that I could see.


Bomb Cyclone Stomps Out California's Massive Dixie Wildfire

MONDAY, OCT 25, 2021 - 03:19 PM
The bomb cyclone that unleashed an atmospheric river across Northern California has effectively put an end to the state's second-largest wildfire in history.

As of 0746 local time, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) announced that the Dixie Fire is 100% contained after uncontrollably burning for three months and charring nearly 1 million acres.


This past weekend, we have been detailing some of its worst weather in years across Northern California (read: here & here).

The rains couldn't have come at a better time as the state dealt with severe drought and a devastating wildfire season. The charred ground where trees and brush once stood experienced landslides around the Dixie area and other wildfire areas. There were reports of flooding in the Bay Area.

Sacramento's airport recorded 5.36 inches of rain over the weekend, some of the most significant rainfall in years.



San Francisco reported about 3 inches of rain, again, some of the largest rainfall totals in years.



Here are rainfall totals through the end of the month.

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1451928466329374720


Accuweather is saying the worst of the storm is over.

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1452657511127994378
1:45 min

All and all, the rare atmospheric river drenched northern California Sunday with record-setting rains and has quelled the fire season and likely reduced the region's drought. The tradeoffs were flooding and mudslides.
 

marsh

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The Next "Bomb Cyclone" Could Unfold Over New York City

MONDAY, OCT 25, 2021 - 05:33 PM
Just as the bomb cyclone and atmospheric river dumped record amounts of rain across Northern California, there are new reports of a nor'easter forming off the Atlantic coast and could rapidly strengthen into a bomb cyclone.

The nor'easter is strengthening as it traverses the Eastern Seaboard but is expected to lose momentum and become stationary off the Northeast coast late Monday evening.

Meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted that "the potential for a very powerful Nor'easter is increasing for Tues/Wed." He said, "the track the developing Low Pressure will determine if / where hurricane-force wind gusts impact the coast including Boston."

Maue warned: "Yes, this is a major bomb cyclone."

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Accuweather weather models show coastal areas from New Jersey to Boston will be heavily impacted by the storm.



"An early season tempest could bring a wind-driven, chilly rain to portions of the Northeast from Monday through Wednesday," AccuWeather Meteorologist Randy Adkins said, adding that flooding could be a significant concern.

New York City is bracing for torrential rain and high winds Monday evening. The storm will then move up into central and southern New England, where it will continue dumping rain on Tuesday.

It will be a stormy Tuesday night from Boston to Portland, Maine.



New York City could expect upwards of 4 to 8 inches. Possible flooding conditions could be seen. Residents are bracing for the nor'easter after a deadly storm killed more than 40 people across the metro and greater area earlier this year.



Between Tuesday and Wednesday, peak winds could be Category 1 hurricane strength.



Much of the impact from the storm will be between New York City and the Boston area.



Two bomb cyclones within days terrorizing US coasts? Time for Swedish climate alarmist Greta Thunberg to unleash a tweet barrage at the Biden administration for not doing enough to quell climate change.
 

wuffdan

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When I lived in Siskiyou County (more Southern Oregon than No. California) in the late 80s and early 90s We made time to chase some buried treasure rumors. Specifically Black Barts stories of hidding stage coach cached treasures.

I did a bunch of microfiche research and old newspapers stories/reports at the local museum and other resources.

Anyway back in the 1850s to 1950s, it was VARY common to have up to and over 10 feet of snow pack in the winters on the passes. In Siskiyou County California. Even pictures of 15 plus foot walls of snow on each side of the pacific rail road at the passes. And over 6 feet of snow pack in the valley's.

So a 8 foot snow is not global climate change, but indeed just normal weather!

The climate change dick heads are just idiots.
I grew up in Castella, south of Mt.Shasta. When ever the snow pack was low and Shasta lake looked like a river, the doom n gloomers would come out and say that it could take a decade to fill Shasta lake up. Then mother nature would let us know who's in control and fill it up in a winter. They better watch out this year.
 

West

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I grew up in Castella, south of Mt.Shasta. When ever the snow pack was low and Shasta lake looked like a river, the doom n gloomers would come out and say that it could take a decade to fill Shasta lake up. Then mother nature would let us know who's in control and fill it up in a winter. They better watch out this year.

Recall the 96/97 winter? That was a real turd washer.
 

marsh

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Tomorrow, early Friday, we get Thunderstorms and 30 mph winds. (S of Sacramento, CA)
 

Satanta

Stone Cold Crazy
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Quick! Someone spread the word that the Storm wrongfully shot some black or pedophile dog ****er and they need to head to the coast and 'protest'. They need to wear wet clothing as part of the 'Protest'.
 

ainitfunny

Saved, to glorify God.
What is going on? Why should readers have to read FOUR PAGES of old stories before they get to CURRENT WEATHER?
If I had posted this Dennis would have cleaned my clock with criticism.
 

medic38572

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There should not be an alert on this thread and the title is from an OLD THREAD,
no need to scare people unnecessarily. There is enough of that going around by jackasses.

Sure there should have been, if you look at the time this thread was started 2 months ago at the time it had the potential to impact a lot of people.
 

Millwright

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Doug already has a current doomstorm thread going.

Closing this one.

 
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