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 •  • Here is Today's Weather Discussion: High pressure is along the California coast and today and Saturday will be mostly sunny and warmer......Saturday afternoon temperatures will reach the mid to upper 60s in the Northern Sacramento Valley with the 50s and lower 60s in the foothills and mid elevations and 40s and 50s in the mountains......Late Sunday and early Monday a storm will move out of the Pacific and ride over the off shore high pressure area and move into the Pacific Northwest......The southern end of this system will bring clouds to the north state with scattered showers mainly over the foothills and mountains......There could be a few light showers in the Redding area but valley areas to the south like Chico and Biggs will stay dry......Monday and most of Tuesday will be sunny and mild and then another weak storm will brush the north end of the state Wednesday.****The weather discussion is provided courtesy of Chris Fontana, aka "The Old Forecaster".....Chris is a retired National Weather Service meterologist who specialized in fire weather forecasting in Northern California for over 30 years!......He posts daily weather discussions on his website, The Northern California Weather Blog.****For the latest Road Conditions from CalTrans, Click Here......For the latest Highway and Weather Webcams, Click Here.  • 
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Summary / Temperature Wind Rain/Melted Snow Cloud Level
clear, Dry
Dry

35.2°F Colder 2.7°F than last hour.
Cold
Currently 35.2, Max: 40.5, Min: 20.2

Feels like:
35°F
Temp rate:
-2.7°F  
24-hrs ago:
42.2°F
24-hr diff:
-7°FColder 7°F than yesterday at this time.
Temp: Today Yesterday
High: 40.5°F
2:54pm
47.1°F
2:55pm
Low: 20.2°F
7:18am
27.8°F
11:37pm
NWS: High Low
Normal: 66.2°F 33.8°F
Record: 89.6°F 21.2°F
Year: 1997 1986
 Wind from NW NW
0.1
Gust: 0.0
0 Bft - Calm
60-Min Avg: Calm
120-Min Avg: Calm
Max Gust: 10.0 mph 7:42am
Month: 19.0 mph Jan 21
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.10 in
Last
Rain:
1/26/2012
10:34 AM
January: 31.42 in
Last 7 Days: 31.40 in
Rain Season:1 50.57 in
Rain Days: 8 in 2012
8 rain days in January
Barometer ( inHg) Humidity/Dew Point Moon
Barometer: 30.460 inHg Rising 0.05 °F/hr
1-Hr Trend: Rising
3-Hr Trend: Rising
High: 30.519  | Low:  30.352
Humidity: 35 % Increased 4% since last hour.
Humidex: 27.6°F
Dew Point: 10.2°F Increased 0.1°F since last hour.
Wetbulb: 28.2°F
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Crescent, Moon at 4 days in cycle
22%
Illuminated
UV Forecast Last Hour Difference
28 Jan 2012   Low   2.2   
29 Jan 2012   Low   2.1   
30 Jan 2012   Low   2.0   
Temperature: -2.7
Humidity: + 4
Barometer: +0.047
Wind Chill Heating Degree Days Sun
Current: 35.2°F
Today: 17.5°F  at 7:42am
Yesterday: 27.8°F
Last Week: 18.6°F
Record: 1.8°F   08-Dec-2009
Today: 27.8
January: 918.4
2012 to Date: 918.4
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date: 0.0
Daylight: Possible hours of Daylight
09:59
:03 Min
Almanac Snow3 Station All Time Records Fire Risk
Sunrise: 7:17am
Sunset: 5:16pm
Moonrise: 9:43am
Moonset: 10:11pm
Full Moon: 7 February 2012
New Moon: 22:35 UTC 21 February 2012
Current: Moon age: 4 days,14 hours,16 minutes,22%
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
January: 5.00 in
Season Total:2 12.00 in
Snow Depth: 12.00 in
2 snow days in January
2 snow days in all 2012.
Outside Now
Air Density: 1.306 kg/m3
Cloud Height: 10243 ft
HIGHS: LOWS:
93.6°F
24-Jul-2010
1.8°F
08-Dec-2009
Day Time Records
    78.1 F on: Jul 16 2010   16.7F on: Dec 08 2009
Night Time Records
  70.9F on: Jul 25 2010 7.3F on: Dec 08 2009
ICN:0 ISS:Ok CON:381.0 RCP:97%
Chandler Burning Index
Chandler Burning Index: LOW
Currently:
37.8 at 5:25 PM
1 Rain season: July 1st to June 30th.    2 Snow season July 1st to June 30th.    3 Snow manually measured
Chester, CA Forecast en Español
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Tonight's and Saturday's Outlook
Tonight

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 14 °F
NWS forecast: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. East northeast wind between 7 and 9 mph.
Local station forecast: ---
Saturday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 50 °F
NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 50. East northeast wind between 6 and 9 mph.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Saturday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 50 °F
Saturday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 18 °F
Sunday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 50 °F
Sunday
Night

Rain/Snow Likely. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 70%
Rain/Snow
Likely
Lo 25 °F
Monday

Slight Chance Showers. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Showers
Hi 45 °F
Monday
Night

Mostly Cloudy
Mostly
Cloudy
Lo 21 °F
Tuesday

Partly Sunny
Partly
Sunny
Hi 48 °F
Tuesday
Night

Slight Chance Rain
Slight Chc
Rain
Lo 23 °F

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Expect an unseasonably warm weekend for late January. The mornings will be very cool, but will rebound nicely with daytime highs about 5 to 10 degrees above normal under partly cloudy skies.


This image shows a side-by-side snow analysis prior to this past week's series of storms (on the left), and then after. Note that leading up to the storms...little to no snow was observed across much of the Sierra and the Great Basin. While we're still running significantly behind normal...Last weekend storms certainly brought us closer to where we should be this time of year!


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On this day in ...

1772 - The "Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm" occurred. George Washington reported three feet of snow at Mount Vernon, and Thomas Jefferson recorded about three feet at Monticello. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1903 — A total of 22.0 inches of snow fell at Susanville.(National Weather Service - Reno, NV)

1916 — 33.0 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City, with 30.0 inches of snow being reported at Glenbrook, and 26.0 inches at Woodfords.(National Weather Service - Reno, NV)

1937 — 31.0 inches of snow fell at Truckee.(National Weather Service - Reno, NV)

1966 - Oswego, NY, was in the midst of a five day lake effect storm which left the town buried under 102 inches of snow. (David Ludlum)

1967 - Residents of Chicago, IL, began to dig out from a storm which produced 23 inches of snow in 29 hours. The snow paralyzed the city and suburbs for days, and business losses were enormous. (David Ludlum)

1987 - A powerful storm moving into the western U.S. produced 13 inches of snow at Daggett Pass NV, and 16 inches in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Winds gusted to 63 mph at Reno NV, and wind gusts in Oregon exceeded 80 mph. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - The nation got a breather from winter storms, however, cold arctic air settled into the southeastern U.S. Hollywood FL reported a record low reading of 39 degrees. (National Weather Summary)

1989 - The last half of January was bitterly cold over most of Alaska. Nearly thirty stations established all-time record low temperatures. On this date Tanana reported a low of -76 degrees. Daily highs of -66 degrees were reported at Chandalar Lake on the 22nd, and at Ambler on the 26th. (The Weather Channel)

1989 - Low pressure in north central Alaska continued to direct air across northern Siberia and the edges of the Arctic Circle into the state. The temperature at Fairbanks remained colder than 40 degrees below zero for the eighth day in a row. Lows of 68 below at Galena, 74 below at McGrath, and 76 below at Tanana, were new records for the date. Wind chill readings were colder than 100 degrees below zero. (National Weather Summary)

1990 - Another in a series of cold fronts brought high winds to the northwestern U.S., and more heavy snow to some of the higher elevations. The series of vigorous cold fronts crossing the area between the 23rd and the 27th of the month produced up to 60 inches of snow in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2005 - Month-to-date snowfall at Boston Logan International Airport totaled 43.1 inches, making January the snowiest month on record.

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Bus-Size Asteroid to Give Earth Close Shave Friday

Recently discovered bus-sized asteroid 2012 BX34 will come closer to Earth than the Moon (36,750 miles away to be exact) on January 27th, 2012. See the orbit the space rock has and will take from January 10th to February 15th.

A small asteroid will make an extremely close pass by Earth Friday (Jan. 27), coming much nearer than the moon, but the space rock poses no danger of impacting our planet, NASA scientists say.

The newfound asteroid 2012 BX34, which is about the size of a city bus, will pass within 36,750 miles (59,044 kilometers) of Earth at about 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) Friday, astronomers with NASA's Asteroid Watch program announced via Twitter.

The space rock is about 36 feet (11 meters) wide, making it much too small to pose a threat to Earth.

"It wouldn't get through our atmosphere intact even if it dared to try," Asteroid Watch scientists tweeted today (Jan. 26). Asteroid Watch is based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Asteroid 2012 BX34 will zip by at a distance about 0.17 times that separating Earth and the moon. The moon orbits Earth at an average distance of about 240,000 miles (386,000 km).

While the near-Earth asteroid won't hit Earth, it may offer seasoned amateur astronomers a great show — if they are in the right viewing location and have good equipment.

"Advanced amateur astronomers might be able to observe the flyby as the asteroid brightens to 14th magnitude just before closest approach on Friday," the website Spaceweather.com reported today.

In astronomers' classification system, higher magnitudes correspond to dimmer objects. The full moon, for example, has a magnitude around -12.75. A magnitude of +14 would put 2012 BX34 roughly on par with the maximum brightness of the distant dwarf planet Pluto.

NASA scientists and other astronomer teams regularly monitor the skies in search of asteroids that could pose a danger to Earth. Experts estimate that asteroids measuring about 460 feet (140 m) across can cause widespread destruction near their impact sites, but they'd need to be even larger to cause devastation on a global scale.

Last September, NASA announced that it had catalogued about 90 percent of the largest asteroids whose orbits bring them near Earth — a major goal set by Congress in 1998. Using NASA's recent WISE asteroid-mapping mission as a guide, scientists estimate that there are about 981 near-Earth asteroids the size of a mountain or larger. About 911 of those space rocks have been spotted, WISE mission scientists said.

Finding and mapping the orbits of such potentially hazardous space rocks is a task crucial to the long-term survival of our species, many scientists say.

Throughout history, asteroids big enough to cause major damage and disruption to the global economy and society (were they to strike a populated area today) have hit Earth, on average, every 200 or 300 years, according to former astronaut Rusty Schweickart.

Schweickart chairs the B612 Foundation, a group dedicated to predicting and preventing cataclysmic asteroid impacts on Earth. The group's chief message is that humanity's survival will someday depend on our ability to deflect a killer asteroid away from Earth.

The dinosaurs possessed no such technology, of course, and a catastrophic impact wiped them out — along with many other plant and animal species — 65 million years ago.


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