Meteorologist Joe Bartosik

10/20/2024

Not as beautiful of a day tomorrow...

Clouds return on Sunday, with a little light rain Sunday night and early Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday look nice but then comes a more significant storm system.

08/27/2024

Wrapping up an archive of the historic rainfall event that occurred from Thursday, August 22 through Saturday, August 23 that culminated in many locations setting new daily rainfall records (while obliterating the old ones) for August 22.

Both Crescent City and Eureka observed the FOURTH wettest August day since records began in the 1890s! One other noteworthy mention, this wasn't even associated with remnants of a tropical system. There was, however, an atmospheric river as part of an unusually strong and cold upper level storm system that's more typical during winter's storm season.

Truly, a remarkable weather event for the month and the season, given that (on average) August is the second driest month of the calendar year.

08/24/2024

These are preliminary rainfall amounts for August 23, 2024 from Midnight through 9 p.m. Many, if not all, of these are record rainfall totals for the date. Crescent City's 1.54 inches OBLITERATED the old record of 0.12 inches originally set in 1975. Eureka's old record (yes, Woodley Island) was 0.27 inches originally set in 1997. INCREDIBLE!!
RECORD RAINFALL FOR AUGUST 23

08/17/2024

The National Weather Service in Eureka California has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 400 PM PDT.

* At 330 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carrville, or 21 miles northeast of Weaverville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Carrville and Trinity Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

08/17/2024

**SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING** until 3:45 PM for portions of northeast Trinity County.

A severe thunderstorm capable of producing winds in excess of 60 mph along with 1" diameter hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning is near Carrville and is moving northeast at 30 mph. The storm will be near Trinity Center at 3:27 pm and Mount Shasta at 4:22 pm.
**SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING** until 3:45 PM for portions of northeast Trinity County.

08/17/2024

I hope you remembered where the umbrella is because it'll come in handy today. ☔️ Numerous showers with a few thunderstorms can be expected during the afternoon and evening hours. There may be brief, heavy downpours, and the strongest thunderstorms may contain small hail, and wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph. Remember, "when thunder roars, go indoors!" 🌩 Use extra caution driving as road surface will quickly become slick and slippery from oil build-up this summer. Stay with Redwood News for updates as necessary this afternoon with a full update tonight at 6 pm.

07/15/2024

I continue to track lightning strikes from storms over Trinity and Siskiyou Counties. Nothing yet over eastern Humboldt or Del Norte. I will have the latest on these and fire weather conditions tonight on Redwood News at 5 and 6!
Tracking lightning strikes from storms over Trinity and Siskiyou Counties

04/26/2024

Rain on Thursday, though light for most, was welcome & needed as much of the region is one to two inches below normal for the month. More rain is on the way for Friday. Last graphic shows the additional rainfall amounts forecast by the time rain ends Friday night.
Light rain continues Friday

04/25/2024

Here's another way to track the arrival time of rain Thursday morning. Use extra caution and allow extra stopping distance during the day. Everyone wet by the afternoon. The rain will be welcome though as many locations are 1 to 2 inches below normal for the month.
A Return to Wet Weather

04/18/2024

Now that we are a couple days past halfway through the month of April, here's a look at the "official" climate station precipitation totals. While the area has seen drier than normal conditions, some widespread light to possibly moderate rain is in the forecast for the middle of next week. The Climate Prediction Center is calling for a slight probability of precipitation being above normal over the next 8 to 14 period, which brings us to the end of the month. Unfortunately, at this time, it may not be enough to bring final monthly totals to normal. We'll see...
Still a relatively dry April

04/12/2024

While there has been rain across the north coast and inland locations, it has been very light each time. As a result, both Eureka, Crescent City and the surrounding areas are now 1 to 2 inches BELOW normal for the month of April, so far. The amount of rain forecast from Friday through Sunday (bad timing, I know) will help reduce this deficit.
Needed Rainfall