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...
Category: Weather
Thurs., Oct. 29, we are expecting some gusty north winds up to 20 or so mph. This will not be Red Flag Warning conditions, but will surely move a fire along quickly, so please...
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...
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....
The Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway remains temporarily closed at the junction of Highway 36 and Highway 89 (5 miles south of the Southwest entrance) due to severe winter weather and complications with clearing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Redding has a long history of temperature and precipitation records dating back to 1875. However, the observation site has been moved several times. Because the precipitation and minimum temperature can vary dramatically over the...
