The National Weather Service is imposing flood and high wind watches on the North Coast and has issued a hazardous weather outlook with very high winds and days of rain in the forecast. “A major storm system will impact the region Wednesday into Thursday, with damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall and flooding for parts of […]
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UPDATE: Mad River Expected to Hit Monitor Stage, Record Rain as Storm Lashes Humboldt, High Surf Hits the Coast
UPDATE: The Mad River is now expected to hit Monitor Stage near Arcata this afternoon or evening as well as again on Friday, continuing into the weekend, according to NWS. “At 15 ft the river can flood Mad River Road near Tyee City,” NWS states. “This can be treacherous as the road runs right along […]
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Wind, Rain and Snow Forecast for Wednesday
Some more weather is heading this way Wednesday morning with the arrival of strong southerly winds that are expected to stay around for most of the day. The Eureka office of the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for southwestern, northern interior and southern interior areas of Humboldt County, with gusts up to […]
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Forecast: Rain, Wind and Snow
Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts. Starting tomorrow, winds will increase during the day as a cold front makes its way into the region. There will also be rain and heavy snow is expected to start falling in the mountains of Trinity County on Saturday afternoon. Those flurries are forecast to continue into early next […]
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Rain to Cause Rising Rivers; Localized Flooding, Slides Possible
One storm down and three more to go. Humboldt County is expected to be rainy through the weekend with the heaviest of the events arriving on Sunday, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service. There is also a wind advisory for today, with southerly wind gusts up to 45 to 55 mph […]
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Redwood Sky Walk Opening Delayed
The soft opening of the Redwood Sky Walk at the Sequoia Park Zoo, originally scheduled for tomorrow, is being delayed due windy conditions in recent days. “While the Redwood Sky Walk has been specially engineered to withstand many adverse weather events, the structure is attached to living trees. Because of the many natural and manmade […]
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Rainy Weekend Ahead
Rain is heading back to Humboldt County this weekend, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service. Between late Friday afternoon and early Monday morning, somewhere between 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected to fall, with the highest amounts probable in Del Norte County and Northern Humboldt County. There might even […]
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Hoopa OES: No Current Evacuations
The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Office of Emergency Services reports there are no evacuations in Hoopa at this time due to the strong wind event expected to hit this evening, which has the potential to impact the Red Salmon Complex. Read the Hoopa OES release below:
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Excessive Heat, Red Flag Warnings Issued
The Eureka office of the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning and a red flag warning for parts of the region as another day of high temperatures hits. Interior areas of Humboldt could see near record triple-digit heat today and tomorrow, when the heat advisory ends at 6 p.m. People are cautioned […]
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‘Bomb Cylone’ May Have Set a Low Pressure Record; Good News, Bad News in the Forecast (With Video)
High wind speeds hit most of the North Coast region yesterday, according to meteorologist Scott Carroll at the National Weather Service in Eureka, with speeds hitting 69 mph at the Crescent City Airport. Carroll also said that gusts up to 80 mph hit at 1,700 feet south of Ferndale, 70 mph at 2,900 feet southwest […]