for all my parched friends


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You were too proud to do the dance....

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As of 8:15pm, the satellite shows the straight shot of tropical storms coming right over me and then arching back down behind the lower Cascades and the Sierra to nail Nevada pretty much due east of all you California raisins....

That's really gotta gripe your cookies.

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But, what gripes my cookies is:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
345 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014

...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COAST AND
INTERIOR HIGHER TERRAIN ON SATURDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF
IT, SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING, WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT SATURDAY EVENING.

CAZ001-003-151245-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.140215T1800Z-140216T0200Z/
REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
345 PM PST FRI FEB 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COASTAL HEADLANDS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF TRINIDAD AND EXPOSED
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH COAST INTERIOR. THIS INCLUDES
CRESCENT CITY...KNEELAND...AND FICKLE HILL.

* ROADS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 101...HIGHWAY 299...FICKLE HILL
ROAD...BALD HILLS ROAD. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKA


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TIE DOWN OR BRING IN ITEMS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND.

BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE
AREA.
WTF is up with all this southerly wind action? That does not happen this much!