Cal Fire Warns Of Big Weather Change
REDDING LIFESTYLES, SHASTA COUNTY
January 14th, 2010
Things are changing out in the Pacific which, if it comes to fruition, could dramatically change the dry weather pattern the Redding area has seen thus far this winter. According to weather forecasters at Cal Fire, the high-latitude block that has kept storms away has collapsed. Also, a powerful branch of the jet stream has developed and is expected to roar across Northern California bringing high winds and heavy precipitation.
This wet weather pattern has been absent for several years. Coincidentally, El Nino happens to be peaking in the Eastern Pacific which energizes the jet stream with moisture. Due to the low latitude of the jet stream, the storms are expected to be quite cold initially. This weather pattern is expected to arrive Sunday and continue for at least a week. It’s possible the Sierras will see tens of feet of snow above 3000-4000 feet. Lower elevations can expect at least 3-4 inches of rain statewide. However, the north state may see 5-10 inches in lowlands and 10-20 inches in “orographically-favored” areas. Locally, Shasta Dam and the Shasta Lake tend to wring out significantly more moisture from passing storms than nearby valley areas.
Forecasters are unanimous that after this week-long event, a “reloading”will occur with a strong possibility of a Pineapple express pattern developing bringing warm moist storms that could trigger moderate flooding as it melts the copious amounts of accumulated snow. The unusual thing here is many different forecast models are in ”truly remarkable” agreement about these predictions.
I tend to be skeptical of long term weather predictions but this news is spreading like wildfire (pun) and it doesn’t hurt to batten down the hatches in preparation for what might be the drought busting winter many of us have waited for.
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