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Spozed to hit around 1pm tomorrow, Sunday, and last through 4am Monday.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATETuesday should be sunny.
SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST.
STRONGER GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE OBSERVED ALONG COASTAL HEADLANDS
AND EXPOSED AREAS.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALL COASTAL CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING HUMBOLDT BAY...FORT BRAGG AND CRESCENT CITY.
* HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 1 AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 101.
STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA/HAZARDS
THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS...HEAVY
RAINFALL AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT
IN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND RISES ON MAIN STEM RIVERS.
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WHUT?
Sunday, 10am. That's not radar. That's satellite. But still. Whut? WTF is that?
Yes, I saw it going all counterclockwise-y last night, obviously, but thought it was just fighting high pressure and going to win. Well...? It's still doing it and pushing north and back west as it does it. Is it going to come full circle and then smack us per forecast? Or is our monster going to drown Oregon instead?
What don't I grok about these visual aids? They don't add up. They don't add up a LOT of the time. I tend to trust the radars the most because I can check their veracity by looking or going outside, but the satellites seriously often heavily conflict with any groundtruthing I try to do and all the ways to crosscheck online.
My coffee is cold and my head is spinning.
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See comments to this post to find out where I've erred... if, of course, you needed to find out to begin with....
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We are, like halfway through the forecast window for this monster ass storm and, though it has brought some rain to more of the state, its purported monstertude is, like, not happening....
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Okay, smartasses, a power outage just when it's the least rainy or windy of all is total bullshit. Okay? Okay? That was horse shit... not to mention disorienting.
always and any time....
