The second of two winter storms was not as wet as the first but brought more than a foot of additional snow to the higher elevations.
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The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
The second of two winter storms was not as wet as the first but brought more than a foot of additional snow to the higher elevations.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 8, 4:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 430 AM PST TUE JAN 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION TODAY. I HAVE EXPANDED THE WIND ADVISORY TO INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. WHILE CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE ONE DUE TO LAST FRIDAYS SEVERE WIND DAMAGE AND THE LINGERING EFFECTS THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO WEAKENED STRUCTURES...FENCES AND TREE LIMBS...ETC. I HAVE ALSO UPGRADED THE SNOW ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR COASTAL RANGE AND MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS OVER SHASTA COUNTY ARE NEAR 2000 FEET THIS MORNING AND WILL ONLY RISE SLIGHTLY DURING THE DAY TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET. ALSO SOME SNOW MAY MAKE IT INTO THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO AROUND 2500 FEET. HOWEVER NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN THE 2500 AND 3000 FOOT LEVEL TODAY. SOME RAIN IS CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. THE RAIN WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO SACRAMENTO AREA BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO SHOWERS THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES LOOKS TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A WEAKER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BEFORE PUSHING EAST ON FRIDAY. && .EXTENDED (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL KEEP ANY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WELL TO OUR NORTH. HOWEVER...A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME AS THIS SYSTEMS MOVE BY TO THE NORTH. THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG DEVELOPMENT IN THE VALLEY AND EVEN SOME OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. AT THIS TIME...WILL KEEP PATCHY FOG WORDING...AS MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME DRY NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION. PALMER && .AVIATION... .AVIATION...ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...LOWERING CEILINGS...AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS RANGING BETWEEN 2000 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND 4500 FEET OVER THE SIERRA. AS A RESULT...MVFR AND AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS WILL ALSO WORK SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LIFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL ALSO TIGHTEN ONCE AGAIN OVER THE VALLEY MAINLY BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z...WITH STRONGER WIND ALOFT. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR AT THE LOCAL TAF SITES. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EXPOSED RIDGES...GUSTS UP TO 60 KTS ARE POSSIBLE. AS A SIDE NOTE...THE RED BLUFF ASOS REMAINS OUT OF COMMISSION SINCE THE MAJOR WIND STORM ON FRIDAY. THEREFORE...NO AMENDMENTS ARE SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME FOR THE RED BLUFF AIRPORT. && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST TONIGHT FOR WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY FOR BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TODAY FOR CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/ SACRAMENTO VALLEY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TODAY FOR THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 700 AM PST TUE JAN 8 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-091500- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE- EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 700 AM PST TUE JAN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING TROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINTER STORM WARNING.......SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KSTO - NPWSTO FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER WEAKER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow levels were near 2000 feet with more than a foot of snow falling at the higher elevations. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Snow levels were near 2000 feet with more than a foot of snow falling at the higher elevations. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Snow levels dropped to the basin floor with more than a foot of snow falling at the higher elevations. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Snow levels dropped to near 2500 feet with up to eighteen inches of snow falling at the higher elevations. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Snow levels dropped to near 3500 feet with one to two feet of snow falling at the higher elevations. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 111582, 111583, 111584, 111585, 111586.