STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR WESTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 PM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

...HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH WINDS BATTERING CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHILE
SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE SIERRA...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
MOUNTAINOUS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S. EASTWARD TO THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN STATES.  GALE AND STORM WARNINGS ARE WIDESPREAD OFF THE
ENTIRE WEST COAST.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OFF THE WEST COAST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
USHERING IN A WIDESPREAD REGION OF HEAVY RAIN...MOUNTAIN SNOW AND
HIGH WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND ARE NOW POUNDING
REGIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.  IN SAN FRANCISCO...SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MILES PER HOUR
HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.  MEANWHILE...HEAVY SNOWS
HAVE SPREAD INTO THE SIERRA WITH HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ALONG
THE HIGHEST PEAKS.  SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGOUT THE
SIERRA.

AT 1230 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW PUSHING EASTWARD THROUGH
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA. SCATTERED RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE ALSO LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OREGON...WASHINGTON AND IDAHO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 0100 AM
PST JAN 4 THROUGH 1200 PM PST FRI JAN 4...

...CALIFORNIA...
MT SHASTA 1 N                      12.0    
WEED 4 SSW                          9.0     
MCCLOUD 3 S                         5.0     

...NEVADA...

...OREGON...
HYATT LAKE                          3.5     

...WASHINGTON...
LEAVENWORTH                         6.0 

...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 0100 AM PST JAN 4
THROUGH 1200 PM PST FRI JAN 4...

...CALIFORNIA...
BRANDY CREEK                        8.92  
VENADO                              8.00  
OAK BOTTOM RAWS                     7.08   
HONEYDEW                            6.88  
CLEAR CREEK                         6.48  
BEN LOMOND                          6.18  
LAKESHORE                           6.00  
HAWKEYE                             5.73  
MOUNT VEEDER                        5.58  
SOUTH FORK MOUNTAIN                 5.56  
WHISPERING PINES                    5.24  
STIRLING CITY                       4.96  
SANTA ROSA/SONOMA CO ARPT           3.42  
MOUNT SHASTA                        2.17  
UKIAH                               1.78  

...OREGON...
WILLIAMS 1 N                        2.34  
BANDON 11.4 S                       2.27  
COOS BAY 2.5 W                      2.06  
SELMA 5 NNE                         2.14    

...SELECTED RECENT PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR...

...CALIFORNIA...
KREGOR PEAK                          107      
LUCAS VALLEY 1 N                      83      
REDDING                               82       
ANGEL ISLAND                          78      
LAKEHEAD 3WNW                         78       
LAKEPORT 10 NW                        73       
ELK GROVE 4 WNW                       71       
SAN FRANCISCO - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE    70      
SAN FRANCISCO - SFO                   68  
RED BLUFF                             67  
SACRAMENTO                            66  
ATASCADERO                            62  

...WASHINGTON...
WALLA WALLA                           78  
CEDAR FALLS 4 NNE		      59
CLALLAM BAY 7 WNW		      52

...OREGON...
HEPPNER 15W			      70
FOX 5 SSE			      68
BROOKINGS 1 SE			      64

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT WHILE HUGE SNOW TOTALS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE SIERRA WITH 3 TO 5 FEET OR MORE LIKELY AT HIGH
ELEVATIONS.  A COLD FRONT WILL SWING INLAND ACROSS THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST OVERNIGHT...WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN TAPERS OFF
IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON
SATURDAY.  

WHILE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF
CALIFORNIA...OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROUGH SATURDAY...SNOW WILL
ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA...UTAH...WESTERN COLORADO AND
WYOMING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES EASTWARD. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END OVER CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA BY TONIGHT...MORE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE LIKELY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS STRONG FLOW OFF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND A
SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE REGION.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 700 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT. 

KOCIN