Hey California !!! - Number One Of Five This Week Moving Through !!!

[WillyT]

Earlier the wind was howling, just now it dumped cats and dogs, next... ???

:wow::scared::wow:

Stay safe!

:grouphug:

Onedit: Make that 5 storms.

Link: http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2470783.html

[Betsy Ross]

1. Sun just came out in the SF Bay Area

Time to run a few errands while the sun doth shine. We know it is going to get worse as the week goes by.

Thanks for posting the image.

[BeHereNow]

5. Thanks for the report- my kid lives in Oakland.

I hope she has the good sense to stay home
if the storm hits there like it has here today!

BHN

[Betsy Ross]

36. I'm in Alameda, just across the Estuary. n/t

[Joanie Baloney]

2. Just a few sprinkles in San Diego so far

The wind is picking up and the waves are choppy. We're ready!

Stay safe yourself, Willy!

-JB

[BeHereNow]

3. All of my critters are freaking out. It's POURING here!

Big wind and BUCKETS of rain.
My pump outside is working overtime and I sure
hope it doesn't go out.
The pool is about to overflow- never seen that before.
Yikes.

Stay safe WillyT!

I'm not going ANY where until this breaks.

BHN

[truedelphi]

70. Areyou near the Russian River?

We are here in Lake County, and I am awfully glad I don't have to travel this week.

The back yard squirrels are loving it though - no matter how hard it pours, they are still taunting the neighbor's tuxedo cat.

[BeHereNow]

83. L.A. River/East Valley of Los Angeles

I just got back from stocking up- I hear there is
worse weather coming in and I don't plan on going ANY where.

Funny squirrels... my kitties went for a romp after the storm.
My squirrels stay away from them though.
I only let them out in the yard for a few hours in the morning
and feed the squirrels after the felines and their dog are back in the house.

Stay safe truedelphi!

BHN

[truedelphi]

85. You too. And keep those kitties in if you can.

We have luck with keeping in only one of our trio. One makes the neighborhood rounds each day - sometimes getting fed a block and a half from us. (Well, that woman provides hot dogs for our cat!)


I am glad that there is very little traffic around this area. Cougars abound, but at least the crazy city drivers are miles from us in the winter.

[azmouse]

4. 5 days of rain expected in Arizona!

Unbelievable! The most rainy days I've ever seen here is 3 in a row.

I know we need rain but we don't need it all at once.

[TheIdiot]

38. Thanks, Mouse, for reminding folks...

that this great nation doesn't end at the western banks of the Colorado River.

[azmouse]

59. Local news is saying this may be the rainiest January on record.

How are you doing with all snow expected in your area?!

[damntexdem]

6. Next dumping elephants and donkeys?

Or is it just my fantasy that elephants will be dumped? ;-)

[abelenkpe]

7. perpetual sprinkles this am

But now its raining like crazy! Stuck inside with two toddlers going bananas...help!

Read that it was supposed to be as bad as the 98 el nino season. Can't imagine it being that bad though. That was a rain storm that simply never stopped. We had to move from our apartment of ten years because it was raining in every room. We had plastic trash cans lining the hallway to catch the rain. Landlord replaced the roof during a brief stop in rain, but then had to gut the top apartment in the springtime. We're on the top floor in another building....hope it doesn't get that bad.

Stay safe everybody!

[BeHereNow]

9. Where are you?

I'm in Los Angeles, valley side near Griffith Park.
It's pouring!
BHN

[villager]

11. Deluged here, too, west end of the valley...

n/t

[katanalori]

15. hello

waving here from west Valley, Woodland Hills - I have not seen this level of rain since el Nino.

[lob1]

16. I'm in Woodland Hills. Screaming wind, raining hard. According to my

rain gauge we got 2 inches of rain so far.

[katanalori]

18. hello fellow Woodland Hills resident!

I am up in mountains, old Girard area. We are scheduled to race (cars) at CA Speedway this weekend, starting Friday. Wonder how many will show up.

[amborin]

43. just hailed here and the streets are flooded

[villager]

20. We should have a "West Enders" DU meetup!

;-)

[BeHereNow]

24. I've still got the list in my PMs of L.A.DUers who want to have a meet up!

We had originally talked about this month, but
it's nearly gone!
February?

BHN

[villager]

44. February, post-storms!

Yes indeed...!

[abelenkpe]

8. Oooo

I should add that we saw three car accidents on the way home from the Y yesterday. It's only four miles from our place. So please stay inside if you can.

[cbayer]

10. It's like Armageddon over here on Catalina.

Horizontal rain with steady gale force winds and gust to over 40 knots.

I am praying that there are no water spouts.

:scared:

[necso]

12. NWS loop:

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/pacsouthwest_loop.php

What's happening on the southern tail is interesting.

[bemildred]

35. Yes, that southern tail is sucking moisture in from Hawaii

and throwing it against our mountains in S. California. In big Santa Anita canyon back in the 30s they got 26 inches in 24 hours that way. You combine that with large, fresh burned off areas, and you have the makings of one hell of a mess.

[bemildred]

13. That looks like classic "pineapple express". nt

[Warpy]

14. They're expecting over a foot of snow here in NM by Friday

We're just hoping most of it stays up on the mountains where it belongs.

[msongs]

17. flash flood warning just on radio in so cal for mtn burn areas..radar shows lots of orange rain

moving thru so cal over LA and inland empire. so far just some light rain in riverside but getting ready for the orange stuff (orange/red as in radar coloration).

San diego has an hour or two before any heavier stuff.

[dorktv]

19. Send all of those to Phoenix!

we are only getting three, I want all five.

[TheIdiot]

39. You want more, then come on up here...

to Strawberry... we're expecting 2 to 3 feet of the white stuff.

http://www.rimcountry.com/webcam.htm

[dorktv]

84. One of my colleagues has a cabin up there.

[JDPriestly]

21. Woo-hoo! It's fun!

As long as the backside of our property stays intact, we're in for the ride. Love the wet stuff.

Water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water.

I'll admit I said a few prayers for it, and I may be saying a few to stop it by the end of the week.

But at the moment, what a heavenly sound.

We had wind this morning. I'm hoping that I will find a few avocados on the ground when this lets up.

And I also hope that the water is scaring away the squirrels. Does anyone know where squirrels go in the rain -- to their holes, I hope. I think these are ground squirrels. You get the picture. (Squirrels are not your friends if you have avocado trees.)

Anyway, I hope that our reservoirs fill up and that water rationing ends with this blessed event.

[FirstLight]

22. Sierra Cement...

That's how heavy and wet the snow is, especially when the snow was mixed w rain for most of the morning, it started with fluffly flakes about an hour ago, and JUST now it is starting to stick good...ya, it looks like a big dump ahead.

thank god i have a teenager to help with the shoveling!

blech


I'll run out when it breaks and get some more candles, milk & cereal. The kids will probably get a couple snow days off from school his week, and the worst is when they start to eat everything in the house! lol...they also get upset when the tv or computer has no power... but at least we have monopoly :)

[rustydad]

23. It's over

As of 1:30 PT the cold front moved out of SoCal. We got some good southerly winds but the rain was no where near the predicted 6 inches in the mountains. We got 1.5 inches and the coast about half that. Bob

[BeHereNow]

26. It's not over here! Still pouring down!

I'm in the East valley of Los Angeles and
we're still getting heavy wind and torrential rain.
I'll be glad when it breaks.
BHN

[WillyT]

29. Just Broke, Up Here In Sacto... About To In LA... San Diego Is Next !!!

So Cal...

[BeHereNow]

31. Hey thanks for the videos! Coolness.

I'm ready for a break- haven't checked the local news, but I'm sure
there are flooded parts in the city by now and the LA river must be
raging at this point.
I'm not far from the river, I may go take a look.
Hope the homeless camped under the bridges are all safe.

BHN

[WillyT]

34. You Are Quite Welcome !!! - They Come From This Site:

Lots of good stuff here.

Link: http://www.intellicast.com/

Enjoy!

:hi:

[BeHereNow]

37. Rain has broken, but now there are high winds...

Thanks for the link- I just read advisories for
my area- not good.
We've lost THREE trees in one year on one block.
The city doesn't take care of them and now
there is a lawsuit against them because so
many homes, cars and such have been damaged
with no compensation from the city.
I know, it happened to us after I had
made numerous calls to the city about one
of our beautiful Oak trees.
Nada- nothing was done and the tree fell on
one of the cars.
Response from the city?
Too bad. Not our fault.
BHN

[cherokeeprogressive]

63. LOLOL. Over? Seriously? Big Bear Lake is alternating between dime-size snowflakes,

freezing rain, and just plain old rain. Over? I've already had to clean my satellite dish three times and the TV is starting to pixellate again.

But, I love it.

[kentauros]

25. Next? Those cats and dogs will be living together!

:P

[slackmaster]

27. I planted a whole bunch of shallots and garlic yesterday

Spring is on its way!

[MindPilot]

61. I got beans and lettuce and tomatoes and carrots and well you know...

I even propped open the lid of the compost bin so the worms can have rainwater.

[David Zephyr]

28. It's been raining at my home high up at the Angeles National Forest.

Rain, rain and it is glorious.

Great map!

[Taverner]

30. Raining like a mother of invention out here...

[wiggs]

32. Same in OC...raining HARD with lots of wind. And this isn't supposed to be

the strongest storm of the week!

[Taverner]

33. Take care down there!

You guys get mudslides just like we do!

Luckily I don't think I'm in mudslide country, but I live in a brand new planned community, so there's no real track record to go on...

[noiretextatique]

40. calm in oakland after crazy rain all morning

:scared: bracing for tonight and the rest of the week.

[BeHereNow]

46. Hey Oakland! We should get together during my next visit there.

My kid lives up there and I'm up there often.
I love meeting DUers here, where I live, and in other cities.
PM me!
I love Oakland.
BHN
:hi:

[Retrograde]

41. alternating sun and downpours mid-peninsula

we need it, inconvenient as the storms are

[haele]

42. We're getting ready to be hit with a big old' section of yellow -

according to the radar. The first wave is hitting the coastline of San Diego now. North of us had already gotten doused earlier.

Haele

[MindPilot]

45. Coming down hard in my part of town now.

high winds, raining sideways. I'm always amazed at the 75 feet tall palm trees that stay standing year after year. Only been raining for about fifteen minutes and the lawn is looking a little greener--or more accurately, less brown.

When it rains hard the underneath of my house fills up. I have to put a pump in the crawl space and pump it out to the gutter.

oh-oh the lights just flickered.

[BeHereNow]

47. Where are you?

East Valley L.A. here.
It's quieted down considerably here.
Thank goodness.
BHN

[MindPilot]

52. Central San Diego

very slightly north of downtown and about 3 miles inland.

[BeHereNow]

54. Sounds like our storm has moved your way.

That was how it was here until about an hour ago.
Unbelievable amount of water in a very short time.
Hate to think this is not the worst of the storms
we are expecting this week.
Stay safe!
BHN

[Gman2]

55. Del Mar here. Thinking about going to fly sailplane off Torrey Pines Gliderport.

Yeehaw.

[WillyT]

62. You're Kidding... Right ???

Please tell me your kidding.

You're gonna wind up in Imperial Valley!!!

:wow:

:rofl:

:hi:

[MindPilot]

66. But we get so little opportunity to experience weather

I'm thinking of going for a drive just so I can see if my traction control thingy works. And I want to wear my London Fog raincoat.

[Gman2]

68. Actually flew in 55 mph, but no rain.

[WillyT]

73. I Guess I Shouldn't Talk...

Last time I was anywhere near Torrey Pines... I was nekkid.

Black's Beach... late 70's... clothing optional...

Ah...the good 'ole days.

:evilgrin:

:hi:

At least I didn't end up in Imperial Valley.

:rofl:

[Gman2]

76. I think that is why they stopped the nekkid, We got old and saggy.

[WillyT]

77. Well Then Somebody Missed The Whole Point, Didn't They ???

It wasn't about being beautiful and nekkid, it was that nekkid, and the human body, was beautiful in all its configurations.

Fucking conservatives ruin everything, no???

:mad:

[Gman2]

79. Cmon, you know better than that. It was the gay nekkid people that caused a problem.

[MindPilot]

64. I went to Ocean Beach this morning to watch the big waves.

I saw all of two surfers. In this weather just getting beyond the breakers demonstrates above-average athletic ability.

[WillyT]

49. Look Out San Diego !!!

Link: http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Severe/OneKM.aspx?region=san&animate=true

:wow:

:hi:

[Gman2]

58. I'd rather go out in this to vote than Mass.

[omega minimo]

48. Good to be prepared but too early to freak out.

The state is better off if those storms line up the way your graphic shows and stay cold, than if they swing around over Hawaii and hit the new snow with warm water.

Hang in there everybody.

[TheIdiot]

51. Updated forecast shows heavy rain for the next eight days...

in Arizona... with the lowest low being 34°... gonna be sloppy.

[omega minimo]

81. Some good news

the storms are spread out, not all that moisture coming at once. A dry period is over CA now.

Do you have ground surface there available to soak up the rain?

[sce56]

50. The sun broke through an hour ago but it was hard before that can you spell El Niño?

Which is what we are in this season an El Niño event

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html


Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue at least into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2010.

El Niño strengthened during December 2009, with above-average sea surface temperatures (SST) encompassing the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Fig. 1). Weekly values of the Niño-3.4 index increased slightly with the most recent value reaching +1.8oC (Fig. 2). Consistent with this warmth, equatorial upper-ocean heat content anomalies remained positive (Fig. 3). Subsurface temperature anomalies exceeded +2oC across much of the equatorial Pacific (Fig. 4), with the largest departures seen in the eastern part of the basin at the end of the month. Equatorial low-level westerly and upper-level easterly wind anomalies were also consistent with El Niño, along with a continuation of suppressed convection over Indonesia and enhanced convection over the western and central equatorial Pacific. Collectively, these oceanic and atmospheric anomalies reflect a strong El Niño.

The models continue to disagree on the eventual peak strength of El Niño (Fig. 5). At this time, it is expected that the 3-month Niño-3.4 SST average will exceed +1.5oC during the winter (e.g. November-December-January and December-January-February). Regardless of its precise peak strength, El Niño is expected to exert a significant influence on the global weather and climate in the coming months. Most models indicate that SST anomalies in the Niño-3.4 region will begin to decrease in early 2010, and that El Niño will persist through April-May-June 2010.

Expected El Niño impacts during January-March 2010 include drier-than-average conditions over Indonesia and enhanced convection over the central tropical Pacific Ocean, which will likely expand eastward and influence portions of the eastern equatorial Pacific, as well as coastal sections of Peru and Ecuador. For the contiguous United States, potential El Niño impacts include above-average precipitation for the southern tier of the country, with below-average precipitation in the Pacific Northwest and in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Below-average snowfall and above-average temperatures are most likely across the northern tier of states (excluding New England), while below-average temperatures are favored for the south-central and southeastern states.

This discussion is a consolidated effort of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA’s National Weather Service, and their funded institutions. Oceanic and atmospheric conditions are updated weekly on the Climate Prediction Center web site (El Niño/La Niña Current Conditions and Expert Discussions). Forecasts for the evolution of El Niño/La Niña are updated monthly in the Forecast Forum section of CPC's Climate Diagnostics Bulletin. The next ENSO Diagnostics Discussion is scheduled for 4 February 2010. To receive an e-mail notification when the monthly ENSO Diagnostic Discussions are released, please send an e-mail message to: [email protected].

Climate Prediction Center
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NOAA/National Weather Service
Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304

[Born_A_Truman]

69. When was our last one? '97?

Whenever it was, our wash looked like a raging river and took out the roads leading back to our house. Hubby got out in his Dodge 4x4 but I was stuck here. Good thing I work from home.


This is my "back yard", 10 acres of butte. Don't want that coming down on my house!



View from the house down our road. The end of the road was washed out where the was runs through it.

[begin_within]

53. Pouring right now here in San Diego. Disneyland closing early. Knott's never opened.

[MindPilot]

56. Where are you?

I'm in North Park

[begin_within]

60. Kensington

just north of Adams Avenue

[Born_A_Truman]

57. Started yesterday here...

Took my daughter to Tyler Mall in Riverside yesterday and it rained all the way back up the Cajon Pass to the house. Raining now too. Glad I had a new roof put on Wednesday.

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. I haven't heard it called the Tyler Mall in I don't know how long...

I remember using it as a landmark as a kid when we were coming home from somewhere like vacation, The River, or the desert...

[Born_A_Truman]

72. LOL~ My former in-laws used to live right down the road from it

on La Sierra, so I still call it the Tyler Mall.

[krabigirl]

67. Good, we need the rain.

[bridgit]

71. Thanks, Willy, we were out in the last one couple years back - and I mean *in it*...

All up through Quincy, Susanville, Alturas, Yreka, back down through Shasta, Redding then over to Ft Bragg it wasn't pretty - hope everyone stays warm & safe this time

[WillyT]

74. You Deserve Some Kind Of Award For THAT Trek...

in THIS kind of weather!!!

:wow:

Glad you're still with us.

:hi:

[glitch]

75. Thanks for the map. The wind and rain were raging here one minute, the next dead calm

Sierra foothills. It was eerie!

[phusion]

78. Hope that makes it to Colorado...

we need snow!! :)

[ddeclue]

80. CaliforniaCanes Anyone?

:hide:

[truedelphi]

86. No but sometimes some unlikely spots have tornadoes these days

Like Vallejo Calif, where one is spotted every other year now. And that shouldn't ahppen, givent hat Vallejo is located on the San Francisco Bay. Traditionally large bodies of water protected an area from tornadoes.

[gleaner]

82. Just went pontooning down....

to bring in my trash cans. They had lots of water because the trucks drop them with the lids open. After a spirited wrestling match trying to empty them, I mostly got it and dragged them back into the yard. I am sodden and disheveled and had to wash everything I was wearing including my comfy house slippers.

It looks like every day will be a very watery trash day. I hate to think what it will be like then next trash pick up day when the cans wheel me into the street. The wind comes through the passes very strongly, and I have nearly gone sailing out into the street while trying to hold on to the gate too. You know you are getting old when the wonder and majesty of a good rainstorm makes you think of trash pickup.:think: