CA- She's gonna blow.....

[BirdGuano]

edis.oes.ca.gov


.POTENT STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY FOR OCTOBER...WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE A VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE WEATHER THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING. THE ORIGINS OF THIS STORM STEM FROM A WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON NAMED MELOR THAT AFFECTED JAPAN LAST WEEK.

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM BY MONDAY EVENING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 MPH ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE HILLS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SANTA CLARA VALLEYS AS WELL AS OTHER PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT WITH THIS STORM. THUS THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AND BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. &&

Area: SAN FRANCISCO-COASTAL NORTH BAY... INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY... INCLUDING SAN JOSE-SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... ARROYO SECO... AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDINGPINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... HOLLISTER VALLEY... AND CARMEL VALLEY-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-

Affected Counties or parts of: San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Marin, Monterey, Contra Costa, Napa, San Benito, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Alameda

Sent: 2009-10-11T14:47:13-07:00
Original Sender: KMTR@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

[BirdGuano]

See historical record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day_Storm_of_1962

[Ought Six]

Hmmm. I am going to have to call my parents on Wednesday to see how they and my two sisters fared. They all live in the Santa Rosa area.

[Rootcellargal]

I live in Santa Rosa area too.

I'm looking forward to the storm. It's the only chance I get to use all that Prep equipment when the power invariably goes out!

[BirdGuano]

http://www.kcoy.com/global/story.asp?s=11309157

High voltage power line knocked down in CA storm
Associated Press - October 13, 2009 8:24 PM ET

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) - California's electricity grid manager has declared a power emergency after strong winds knocked down a high-voltage transmission line in Monterey County....

The independent operator is urging Northern Californians to conserve energy for the rest of the day.

Officials say the power flow has been cut by a third.

[Fiddlerdave]

Was in the South Bay and Monterey Peninsula for the storm. Rains varied from 4" to 10" in part of a day, record rain amounts everywhere. Wind driving water UNDER the sliding patio doors at the house I was at, and a few tons of a farmers plowed field ending up in the yard washed off the fields and down the roads by runoff. Quite impressive. Still, not too damaging as such things go.