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Cold Weather Advisory 2, NWS Eureka, CA

January 8, 2026Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this cold weather advisory at Jan 8, 2026, 1:09 PM PST for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 9, 2026, 2:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2026, 1:09 PM PST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2026, 2:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 9, 2026, 9:00 AM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this cold weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this cold weather advisory went out at Jan 8, 1:05 AM PST, 12 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 1:05 AM PST, 12 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 8, 8:07 AM PST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.