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Likely be historic storm system is already producing rainfall across central and northern california up into the pacific northwest. this area is the same area that, yes, is dealing with the drought, but also has plenty of burn scars. a flood watch is in effect because we could see up to 10 inches of rainfall which will produce likely some debris flows in areas such as the upslope of the sierra nevadas where we have the dixie and caldor fire and you can t forget about the campfire a few years ago, so these recent burns could lead to really dicey situation today and tomorrow across that portion of california. then we also have to factor in, guys, the snowfall and we could be measuring the snow in feet across the sierra nevadas. all right. tyler mouldsen, good to see you, thank you. you got it. and, of course, we all just want the pandemic to end, and this is one of those weeks where a single meeting could bring us a step closer to that goal. ....
There is just so much fuel and this morning one firefighter said to us as soon as he heard where the fire had broken out, h he knew they were going to have a battle on their hands 600 firefighters battling blazes in bone dry brush. it s been quite the fire fight. we ve had winds moving upslope, down slope, across the slope. across the steep hillsides in santa barbara, the fabled beach town and home to nearly 100,000. i m like oh my god. thousands of homes threatened, thousands people forced to flee. flames engulfing highway 154. for some, the only route to safety. after daybreak, tanker air drops. more helicopters join iing the fight. the really hard, difficult piece of fighting fire and the weather is some of the most extreme anywhere around. ....
The water is hard to get out of the way and it will kill you more than the wind will. a lot of these areas have had very saturated ground, trees are going to fall down, power lines will be down. people will be without power for weeks. chad, can you pick up on the rain thing? that s the first i heard about it. there was concern up until last night we were going to see two or three feet maybe in interior north carolina up into virginia right now. is that rainfall less and where will it be falling? it s less up here toward blacksburg and up along the blue ridge parkway in virginia. that would certainly be less. but when you have a storm that s still spinning, and john, it s 150 miles from here to here and another 150 miles from here to here. there will be tremendous upslope. this is the area that s topographic. it goes up and down. the rain will hit those mountains and the rain will get into those valleys, and that s where that significant flash flooding will occur. because of this tu ....
Heavy rain. this is the core of the grain in the green here, but because of the upslope and enhancement of the mountains and terrain, it has been pouring in areas of eastern portions of hawaii. i have seen two stations reporting 26 inches of rain already with the storm in a couple of spots, an additional to that 20 inches. a c a couple of spots over two feet of rain. later today the heavy rain threat will move to maui and eventually tonight towards honolulu. it goes up towards oahu and turns away as it weakens significantly, maybe a category one or tropical storm as it passes to the west of the islands. again, the big story will be the rain. we have a tropical storm warning for the big island. it was actually dropped because the winds are not as strong. we still have a hurricane warning for maui. as far as the rain forecast goes over the next three days, the areas of the red and pink are an additional seven to ten inches of rain. the worst of the rain has yet to ....