The government's weather station at the Medford airport this morning posted a travel warning for a strong storm coming to our area later this week that promises up to a foot of snow. Here is the text (which you can also access at http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/):
(the photo is just sick humor from our Mexico trip)
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK..A SERIES OF STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FIRST STORM WILL MOVE IN THURSDAY AND WILL BRING IN 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 3500 FEET OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTIES. SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BRING INANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...BUT COVERAGE WILL BESPOTTIER.
A SECOND STORM WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY...AND THIS WILL BRING THE REALLY HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH ANOTHER FOOT POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS FOR TRAVELERS AS THE HIGHER ELEVATION PORTIONS OF I-5...US97. ..AND CA89 WILL ALL RECEIVE A LOT OF SNOW AND MAY BE CLOSED AT TIMES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS TO AVOID THE STORM. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...BRING PLENTY OF EXTRA FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...AND COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.
We need the precipitation certainly but if you saw any of the car accidents here with the black ice on Big Springs Road last week you know to drive carefully at this time of year.
Bruce
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