Summer is over?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Looks like the weather should be cooling off now, finally.

[Digger]

this season's first storm is approaching mostly to the north but possibilites of snow in the Sierra's !!!!

THU OCT 2 2008

...STRONG EARLY SEASON PACIFIC STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IN THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO
THE WEST COAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING A DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
STRONG WINDS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGH
ELEVATION SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EVERYWHERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS OVER THE SIERRA
RIDGES COULD REACH 90 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN
VALLEY LOCATIONS.

MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON
WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE SIERRA FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL
BEGIN ABOVE 9000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE FALLING TO 7000 FEET IN
THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 8000 FEET...WITH A LIGHT
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE DOWN TO 7000 FEET. RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW
AT LAKE LEVEL SATURDAY EVENING...HOWEVER NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

VALLEY LOCATIONS EAST OF THE SIERRA COULD RECEIVE AROUND ONE
QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT PASSES.

TEMPERATURES PLUMMET BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY WITH VALLEY
LOCATIONS STRUGGLING TO REACH 60 DEGREES AND SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH SIERRA. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
20S TO MID 30S WILL BRING THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE
SEASON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

PEOPLE NEED TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THIS ABRUPT CHANGE TO COLDER
CONDITIONS. SUMMER PATIO FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT
INDOORS TO PREVENT THEM FROM BLOWING AWAY. TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE
PLANTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR HARVESTED.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING OVER THE HIGH SIERRA PASSES NEED TO CARRY
TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR WINTER LIKE DRIVING CONDITIONS.
RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED

[Scott V]

Pray for rain for the north this week, I am headed up to the Hoopa area next weekend and more rain means more steelhead and chantrells will be growing. But of course I want rain here too.