Windy and Wet This Morning
Graphic from the National Weather Service in Eureka’s Facebook page.
The National Weather Service reported this morning that “a line of showers off the coast is slowly moving east.” This will bring moderate to “locally heavy rains” at times and winds of up to 45 miles per hour in the Humboldt and Del Norte areas. However, the rains should taper off this afternoon.
According to the Weather Service’s website, between 1/2 and two inches of precipitation is expected with the Humboldt Bay region getting the lower amounts and the Garberville and Crescent City areas tending towards the higher amounts.
UPDATE 7:37 a.m.: Here’s some of the wind gusts reported by the National Weather Service in Eureka so far:
Crescent City: 39MPH
Ship Mtn: 57MPH (Wow!)
Kneeland: 52MPH
Arcata Airport: 35MPH
Fortuna: 30MPH
Rodeo Valley: 26MPH
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Stay off the roads if possible.PLEASE everyone be safe!!!!!
We are just at the beginning of this storm. The next 3 or 4 hours are going to get much worse. Please, SLOW DOWN if you have to be on the roads.