STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR WESTERN U.S. STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COVERS MUCH OF CALIFORNIA...

CURRENTLY... NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS SHOWING TWO
SEPARATE LARGE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.  THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY
PRECIPITATION IS NOW LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES TO THE SOUTH
OF MODESTO CALIFORNIA NEAR 37.2N 121.0W.  THIS AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL PUSH EASTWARD
THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT.  AS THIS
OCCURS THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
EASTWARD AS WELL AND BRING LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGHER
ELEVATIONS HEAVY SNOWS THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
NEVADA..OREGON...IDAHO AND UTAH.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRNTLY IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS IN CALIFORNIA...THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA...CENTRAL UTAH...SOUTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN
WYOMING. 


...SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...


CALIFORNIA...

NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...

MAMMOTH PASS...................4.12  INCHES  1000 AM PST
VENADO.........................3.36  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SHADE QUARTER MOUNTAIN.........3.34  INCHES  1000 AM PST
CHILKOOT MEADOW................3.32  INCHES  1000 AM PST
LA PORTE.......................3.03  INCHES  1000 AM PST
WOLVERTON......................2.99  INCHES  1000 AM PST
HUYSINK........................2.64  INCHES  1000 AM PST
BRUSH CREEK....................2.63  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SHASTA DAM.....................2.36  INCHES  1000 AM PST
GIRARD.........................2.04  INCHES  1000 AM PST
YORKVILLE......................1.84  INCHES  1000 AM PST
HONEYDEW.......................1.36  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SACRAMENTO.....................0.88  INCHES  1000 AM PST 
OAKLAND AIRPORT................0.61  INCHES  1000 AM PST 
SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT..........0.67  INCHES  1000 AM PST


SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...

OLD MAN MOUNTAIN...............8.62  INCHES  1000 AM PST
UPPER MATILIJA CANYON..........8.31  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SAN MARCOS PASS................7.71  INCHES  1000 AM PST
NORDHOFF RIDGE.................6.86  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SANTA MARGARITA................5.80  INCHES  1000 AM PST
BLACK MOUNTAIN.................5.24  INCHES  1000 AM PST
REFUGIO........................5.12  INCHES  1000 AM PST
SAN LUIS OBISPO AIRPORT........4.87  INCHES  1000 AM PST
LA CUMBRE PEAK.................4.57  INCHES  1000 AM PST
THREE PEAKS....................4.42  INCHES  1000 AM PST
NIPOMA.........................4.29  INCHES  1000 AM PST
BIG SUR........................3.52  INCHES  1000 AM PST
CHEWS RIDGE....................3.28  INCHES  1000 AM PST
OXNARD.........................1.54  INCHES  1000 AM PST  
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT............1.05  INCHES  1000 AM PST

NEVADA...

MOUNT ROSE.....................2.85  INCHES  1000 AM PST
CARSON CITY....................2.19  INCHES  1000 AM PST

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 PM PST BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.


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