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California Flood Watch 2017: View From The High Ground

Water, water, everywhere. I’ve lived in California since 1978 and I’ve never seen the north state so saturated with rain and runoff. The floods of 1997 have already been surpassed, at least in my mind, and the bad news is… Continue Reading

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Sand Bags Available

    The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and  Shasta County Department of Public Works, with the cooperation of CALFIRE, has several locations of sand and sandbags throughout the county. The Sheriff’s Office would like to encourage citizens to use these… Continue Reading

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Clover Fire Update: First Fatality; ‘Fire Clouds’; Containment Possible by Sunday

THURSDAY A.M. UPDATE: New overnight information from CalFire reports a dramatic increase in the number of homes lost in the Clover Fire; from Wednesday’s figure of 37 to the new count of 68 homes destroyed. About 128 outbuildings have been destroyed.… Continue Reading

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Wet and Wetter Next Week – Several Inches of Rain in the North Valley

   When I came to the Redding weather office in the mid1970’s the meteorologist who trained me and who had worked in Northern California for 25 years used to say,…”Extremes follow extremes.” A strong high pressure area has dominated our… Continue Reading

THURSDAY UPDATE – From Coats to Cut-offs: Cold Today and Tonight; 70 Degrees by the Weekend

The cold winter storm that has brought rain and snow to our area is now moving eastward.   The Redding area could see a few light showers until the early afternoon, but skies will be clearing after dark.  Snow levels Wednesday night… Continue Reading

UPDATE – More Rain, Snow Wednesday and Early Thursday; Snow Levels 500 to 1000 Feet

WEDNESDAY — The first storm went through the area last night with gusty winds and rain.  Snow levels dropped to near 1500 feet in some areas Tuesday night.  There are two weaker storm systems that will move through our area today… Continue Reading

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Winter Storm Moving into Northern California, Low Snow Levels through Thursday

A cold winter storm is moving onto the Northern California coast and It looks like we will finally get some much needed snow in the mountains. Clouds increased  with precipitation spreading across the north state Tuesday afternoon and evening. Gusty south… Continue Reading