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CA weather update: precipitation is now in the forecast for the northern 1/3 of the state. Light showers could fall this weekend as far south as the Bay Area, and
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Okay, time for a NorCal fire weather update. First, good news: fire activity decreased overnight due to development of shallow marine layer along immediate coast, and cooler temps inland. Next
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Unfortunately, we could see a repeat of last night in central/northern CA. Very dry air above the marine layer with likely subsidence from a passing shortwave trough to enhance drying
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Thread on very strong inbound CA storm. A cold & clear morning will quickly give way to increasing clouds, NorCal valley rain & snow down to 1,500-2,000 ft (locally lower)
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Absolutely incredible footage of #LoyaltonFire #pyrovortex ("Fire Tornado") earlier today. Pretty sure this validates @NWSReno's Tornado Warning--which is, I believe, the first ever issued by @NWS specifically for a wildfire-g
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Mid-storm update (yes, this multi-day event is less than half over). Last night brought a multitude of wild weather across NorCal, including heavy snow at low elevs that rarely see
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Another #atmosphericriver event will impact #California next Tuesday-Friday night that could result in 5"+ of rainfall to many locations in central-northern CA. #cawx This will alleviate what has been a
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A few quick thoughts on the upcoming #Diablowinds event: #CAwx #Firewx 1) Most importantly, there is a huge North-South gradient in total water year accumulated precip, with areas from the
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Better late than ever, here's a thread of my pics from last week's epic atmospheric river and snowstorm over the eastern Sierra. #cawx #StormHour(If any Sierra news agency is looking
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1/_ Interactive #GIS map showing risk of #DebisFlow for wildland fires. For the legend and to get the most benefit from the map, please click “Map tips” in upper left
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Thread: A potentially strong #AtmosphericRiver is forecast to make landfall over Northern to Central California and could potentially produce widespread hydrologic impacts across a large portion of California. #CAwx The
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New work led by Xingying Huang on extreme #AtmosphericRiver storms in California in a warming climate is out today in @ScienceAdvances (open access)! A thread discussing our findings and their
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PSA: Relatively low-latitude, even sub-tropical, locations in central & eastern portions (but less frequently western portions) of continents can occasionally experience severe winter cold spells--like Texas is currently enduring. But
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1/ There is much discussion on Twitter regarding the Preliminary Record of 130° degrees measured at @DeathValleyNPS on 16 August. This thread will serve to answer some questions regarding the
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CA fire season is finally winding down. But >4 million acres have burned in 2020--a substantial portion of which at a high intensity and/or on steep slopes, which raises risk
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The "Fire Tornado" #LoyaltonFire is less than 20 miles away. Here's some photos my friend took on the road sometime this afternoon. Sound down, noisy from car window"Fire Tornado"#LoyaltonFire https://twitter.com/BLM
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