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<\/a><\/p>\nTuesday
\nAt lower elevations, rain showers in the morning, then rain and snow showers in the afternoon. At higher elevations, rain and snow showers in the morning, then snow showers in the afternoon. Windy. Highs 27 to 41 higher elevations…38 to 46 lower elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations…2 to 8 inches higher elevations. Snow level 6000 feet decreasing to 5000 feet in the afternoon. Prevailing south winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon. Over ridges, prevailing southwest winds 35 to 55 mph with gusts to around 70 mph decreasing to 25 to 45 mph in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Tuesday Night
\nRain and snow showers. Colder. Lows 15 to 30 higher elevations…28 to 36 lower elevations. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch lower elevations…except 2 to 4 inches higher elevations. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing south winds up to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening. Over ridges… Revailing southwest winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.<\/p>\n
Wednesday
\nMostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers. Highs 21 to 36 higher elevations…35 to 43 lower elevations. Snow level 3500 feet. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Wednesday Night
\nMostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Colder. Lows 12 to 27.<\/p>\n
Thursday
\nMostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Highs 23 to 38.<\/p>\n
Thursday Night
\nMostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Lows 11 to 26.<\/p>\n
Friday
\nMostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs 25 to 40.<\/p>\n
Friday Night And Saturday
\nMostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows 17 to 32. Highs 26 to 41.<\/p>\n
Saturday Night
\nMostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Lows 16 to 31.<\/p>\n
Sunday
\nMostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs 28 to 43. <\/p>\n
Winter Storm Warning<\/p>\n
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
\nNational Weather Service Sacramento CA
\n330 AM PST Mon Feb 20 2017<\/p>\n
…Another strong storm hits northern California through Tuesday…<\/p>\n
.A stronger weather system will move through northern California
\nthrough Tuesday. It will bring periods of strong winds and heavy
\nsnow to the higher elevations. A period of higher snow levels
\ntoday will limit snow impacts to near passes and higher but snow
\nlevels will fall again by Tuesday morning. If traveling through
\nthe Sierra Cascade range expect chain controls, long delays and
\npossible closures. Mudslides and rockslides could impact mountain
\nroads making them impassable for a day or more.<\/p>\n
CAZ068-069-210000-
\n\/O.CON.KSTO.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170222T0600Z\/
\nWestern Plumas County\/Lassen Park-
\nWest Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
\nIncluding the cities of Chester, Quincy, and Blue Canyon
\n330 AM PST Mon Feb 20 2017<\/p>\n
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
\nTUESDAY…<\/p>\n
* MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVELERS MAY EXPERIENCE LONG DELAYS. CHAIN
\n CONTROLS LIKELY. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
\n WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. CONCERN FOR MUDSLIDES ACROSS
\n STEEPER TERRAIN.<\/p>\n
* Confidence…HIGH.<\/p>\n
* LOCATIONS…INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS, HIGHWAY 50 OVER
\n ECHO SUMMIT, HIGHWAY 88 OVER CARSON PASS, AND LASSEN PARK.<\/p>\n
* TIMING…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE
\n DROPPING OFF TO LIGHTER SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT.<\/p>\n
* SNOW AMOUNTS…UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW EXPECTED DOWN TO ABOUT
\n 5500 FEET WITH 2 TO 5 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET
\n BETWEEN TODAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.<\/p>\n
* SNOW LEVELS…SNOW LEVELS AROUND 7000 FEET DROPPING ON TUESDAY
\n TO BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET.<\/p>\n
A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather
\nconditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of
\nsnow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in
\nan emergency. If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food,
\nand water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Strong winds
\nare also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or
\nimpossible.<\/p>\n
&&<\/p>\n
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$$<\/p>\n
Flood Warning<\/p>\n
Flood Statement
\nNational Weather Service Sacramento CA
\n959 AM PST SUN FEB 19 2017<\/p>\n
CAC003-005-007-009-011-017-021-033-035-057-061-063-067-077-089-091-
\n095-099-101-103-109-113-115-240000-
\n\/O.CON.KSTO.FA.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170224T0000Z\/
\n\/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO\/
\nColusa CA-Yolo CA-Sutter CA-Solano CA-Plumas CA-Alpine CA-Placer CA-
\nShasta CA-Lassen CA-Amador CA-Tuolumne CA-Sacramento CA-Lake CA-
\nStanislaus CA-San Joaquin CA-El Dorado CA-Calaveras CA-Tehama CA-
\nButte CA-Glenn CA-Sierra CA-Yuba CA-Nevada CA-
\n959 AM PST SUN FEB 19 2017<\/p>\n
…A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN
\nEFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PST THURSDAY FOR COLUSA…YOLO…SUTTER…
\nSOLANO…PLUMAS…ALPINE…PLACER…SHASTA…LASSEN…AMADOR…
\nTUOLUMNE…SACRAMENTO…LAKE…STANISLAUS…SAN JOAQUIN…EL
\nDORADO…CALAVERAS…TEHAMA…BUTTE…GLENN…SIERRA…YUBA AND
\nNEVADA COUNTIES…<\/p>\n
* Interior Northern California will experience another significant
\n uptick in flooding problems starting late tonight and continuing
\n through Monday night as an intense Atmospheric River type storm
\n arrives.<\/p>\n
* Our entire region has saturated soils and many flooded areas
\n already. This will enhance the impact of additional heavy rains
\n this week.<\/p>\n
* Additional stress will be placed on levees, rivers, creeks, and
\n streams.<\/p>\n
* We may see flooding in locations which haven`t been impacted in
\n many years.<\/p>\n
* We are strongly advising all residents in interior Northern
\n California to be prepared for flooding.<\/p>\n
PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…<\/p>\n
Be prepared to evacuate if flooding should affect your area. Gather
\na “go bag” with important items like medications and hard to replace
\ndocuments. Do not forget to plan for you pets and animals.<\/p>\n
Please never drive across flooded waters and roadways, especially
\nflowing water. Most people who are killed or injured during floods
\nare attempting to drive through flooded waters. Turn around, don`t
\ndrown!<\/p>\n
LAT…LON 3725 12146 3810 12157 3808 12230 3832 12206
\n 3884 12229 3867 12262 3907 12309 3950 12306
\n 3955 12288 4033 12307 4058 12269 4117 12246
\n 4118 12250 4118 12133 4059 12132 3835 11963
\n 3776 11988 3780 12018 3713 12122<\/p>\n
$$<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arnold, CA….Snow at higher elevations and heavy rain along the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada. Today Heavy rain at lower elevations…and heavy rain and heavy snow at higher elevations. Breezy. Not as cool. Highs 31 to 43 higher elevations…41 to 51 lower elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations…8 to 13 inches higher elevations. Snow level […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,22,21,20,18,1,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angels-camp","category-arnold","category-bear-valley","category-copperopolis","category-featured","category-murphys","category-news","category-weather","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nws-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}