Crescent City Weather

08/29/2015

We have recorded 1.01" of rain downtown since midnight, with a little more on it's way! Hope this gives the firefighters a leg-up on the wildfires, and some relief from smoke for everyone else.

08/02/2015

Fire near Bear Basin Butte caused by lightning.

06/15/2015

Beautiful Sanger Lake video!

06/08/2015

06/05/2015

The view from above.

02/09/2015

02/09/2015

We recorded a 51 mph gust downtown at 1:12 am.

02/07/2015

The power came back on downtown at 7:13 am

02/07/2015

WXSIM weekend forecast for Crescent City, initialized at 6:08 AM Feb 7, 2015
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Today: Mostly cloudy Rain likely. Windy. High 56. Wind south-southwest around 24 mph, gusting to 38 mph, in the morning, becoming 18 mph, gusting to 29 mph, in the afternoon.
Rainfall half an inch and one inch.

Tonight: Dense overcast in the evening, Rain likely in the evening, Low 52. Wind south-southwest around 12 mph, gusting to 24
mph, in the evening, becoming southeast around 7 mph, gusting to 17 mph. Precipitation mostly around a quarter of an inch.

Sunday: A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. Precipitation showery or intermittent. Mild. High 61. Wind east-southeast around 4 mph, gusting to 21 mph. Precipitation mostly between a quarter and half an inch.

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming cloudy after midnight. Rain very likely. Scattered thundershowers possible. Windy. Low 53. Wind south around 20 mph, gusting to 36 mph, in the evening, becoming 27 mph, gusting to 41 mph, after midnight. Chance of precipitation 80 percent. Precipitation mostly around half an inch.

02/07/2015

Rain So Far Today: 0.13 in
Rain Yesterday: 3.00 in
Storm Rain Since 2/5: 4.34 in
This Month: 7.74 in
2015 Total: 10.17 in
Highest Recorded Gust 38MPH Downtown

02/05/2015

Weather Alerts for Redwood Coast

Issued by the National Weather Service

Details:
..STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND MAY LEAD TO RISES ON
RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MENDOCINO COAST...MENDOCINO INTERIOR...NORTH COAST INTERIOR AND REDWOOD COAST.
* FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.
* RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BECOME FLOODED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

01/28/2015

Kelvin-Helmholz instability formed these unusual cloud formations today off Enderts Beach.