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by McCannster » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:45 pm

butitsadryheat wrote:I think it will break up afterwards and track towards you Martha. You just got some snow too, right? Didn't they cancel/postpone the baseball game in Denver?


Yeah, but Denver got only a light dusting, barely enough to cover grass. It was more of a heavy frost. Most of the snow fell north. They over predicted this storm. What's funny is that the mountains stayed dry and warm while the urban plains were socked in with fog and cold.

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by lcarreau » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:19 pm

The peaks above Flagstaff got a light dusting of snowfall last week.


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They're still predicting a wetter than normal winter for the west, which would be appreciated.

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by rhyang » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:17 pm

The storm has come ashore in the bay area -- raining cats & dogs here.

Apparently the NPS closed Tioga Pass around midnight to prevent problems, well before the rain started here. Caltrans doesn't seem to have closed 4 or 108 just yet.

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by dyusem » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:29 pm

Torrential rain on the Mt. Tam's east side with 100+ foot redwoods dancing in the sustained 35MPH+ wind.

A nice day to work from home! :)

rhyang wrote:The storm has come ashore in the bay area -- raining cats & dogs here.

Apparently the NPS closed Tioga Pass around midnight to prevent problems, well before the rain started here. Caltrans doesn't seem to have closed 4 or 108 just yet.

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by Guyzo » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:06 pm

Weak showers this am.

We don't need a hard rain, just a little one to wash off the hills and get the grass growing.

I hope it snows 100 inches at Mammoth.



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by Augie Medina » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:08 pm

Spit this morn in the San Gabriel Valley. The big water is supposed to come tonight. Lots of homeowners in the foothills holding their breathes and hoping the debris dams do their jobs.

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by The Chief » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:12 pm

It's here!

The hill already has 6" @ 8900' since 7AM and it's snowing big ass flakes here at my house.

Bring it on!!!!

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by dshoshone » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:04 pm

Go to www.mammothmountain.com and look at the web cams

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by rhyang » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:31 pm

Yep, snow on the webcams for Tioga Pass, Mineral King, Dodge Ridge, and Mt. Rose .. Sonora Pass and Ebbetts Pass closed. Chain control on Carson Pass.

Sounds like places in the Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia mountains have gotten at least 5 inches of rain already.

Maybe tomorrow will be a nice day for a rain hike :)

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by sealevelmick » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:43 pm

a stroll down west cliff would be pretty cool about now!

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by sealevelmick » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:46 pm

a stroll down west cliff would be pretty cool about now!

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by Deb » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:48 pm

dustytrail wrote:Go to www.mammothmountain.com and look at the web cams


YUMMY!!! :D

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Tioga Pass

by Bascuela » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:20 pm

Is it safe to say Tioga pass is closed for the season?

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by dshoshone » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:31 pm

I know it's closed today.

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by madeintahoe » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:43 pm

We are getting pretty heavy steady rain here in Meyers/Tahoe....still to warm to snow

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