Be prepared Sacramento area people...

Snow level down to 1000ft or less I heard. Low in the 20s in Folsom, and other nearby cities.
High winds possible

That means ice on the roads.
Potential power outages.
Snow where it's not normally found.

Get ready, supposed to be 2 days long of bad weather then 3-5 of not good.

Oh, boy! Camping at home! YIPPEE!

Sue

LOL@ Susan.

And now for a minor bit of nagging:
Make sure you have winter kit in your car including warm boots, hat and gloves. Drive slow and play safe. If you have doubts about the roads wait it out.

Hey, do people down there make snowmen?

"Hey, do people down there make snowmen?"

Only when there's enough snow. I've seen kids carefully sweeping sidewalks to collect enough to build a 2' (60cm) snowman.

One boy creatively made a fairly large mudman (not exactly round) and carefully applied snow to the surface, then ran in and insisted his dad come out and take a photo of his 'snowman'.

You do what you can with what you've got.

Sue

Need snow? I'll mail you some. I have extra.

Thanks for the heads up Todd! I received an emergency weather notification by email today that mentioned similar warnings. Its finally winter in CA it looks like. Take care up river.

Cheers,
Logan.

It will be enjoyed by lots I believe Logan.

@Logenenater

What do you subscribe to for weather email updates? I usually check the weather daily but that wouldn't help much for a large incoming storm requiring some home prep.

I returned to Stockton through Sacramento encountering light intermittent rain. Interior sailboat cabin temperature? 46 degrees.

We planned to stay in the valley due to appointments today and tomorrow but were able to reschedule and make our way home tonight.... since we didn't plan to come back we didn't warm it up this am, and when we arrived home it was 55 and 2" snow on the ground. Now it's a few hours later almost 1' of snow, and 68 living room, and 66 in the office. It really takes about 24 full hours to get an EASILY maintainable heat, that first 24hrs we go through a good amount of wood to heat up our entire structure.

Very dry powdery snow is awesome

Wind was gusting a bit but is no longer.

Looking forward to a morning surprise of lots of snow or sun to go play in haha

That's chilly!

Do you have a MR Heater big Buddy to heat it up quick ??? Due to sq/ft it must heat up quick I'd imagine but 46 and probably damp is a bit chilling!

0442. Electric heater and shore power keeps temperature in the boat reasonable. It has been raining steadily and the same old pesky very minor leaks are visiting. Cabin temp is 59 yoward the top and 51 near the bottom; in a suit of sweats it is comfortable enough - and I could crank the heater up if I wanted to be warmer. This is the place I want to be right now.

Awesome

Power went out las tnight at midnight here, still out, and almost 2' on the ground.

Time to see if I got better prepared this go-around. I did bring home 20g of gas last night

Woke up, got on phone to check in down the hill with the folks to find out about weather and power... while on the phone my tarp shed with steel frame COLLAPSED under the snow load, apparnetly not up to the task ;( Luckily my quad was in the garage, but I may lose a few hundred worth of ply wood if it leaks much, I investigated it was holding up nad I could almost walk in the collapsed area. I mention this because if my quad had been in there I coul dhave been w.out good transportation in the weather, also I lost 5g of gas in the snow under there, i was able to rescue 5g though, and the other 20g is in my truck bed still.

Brought in wood last night enough for today, cleared path to shed... new shed is to airy, modify when weather allows.

pictures when I can.

Hows everyone else ?

Accuweather medium term forecast

The medium term weather forecast for the last two weeks in December/early January for central and eastern CONUS is being predicted to be as bad the Winter of 1970 in January. (when the all the talk was about the approaching ice age )
The result of the recent economic recession perhaps with the world wide CO2 output dropping by 5-8% in the last 12 months.

It might be prudent to have some alternative forms of heating and cooking i.e. LPG bottles and plenty of candles to get ready for the approaching winter storms especially with the state of the energy infrastructure distribution systems due to the lack of investment.

No doubt the computer hacker in Ulan Bator will get the blame.

0955. 35 degrees and light rain. Sailboat cabin dry, top temp is 65, and near floor/deck temp is 57. I'm staying inside for a while!

And now my Ford F250 4WD with 35" tires is broken in its tracks in my driveway... attempting to rescue a neighbor (and get out of my driveway) I snapped a front U-Joint. I think I have a spare in my garage but I`m i nhte midsts of omving sutff here from my old place and it's all boxed... snow to my truck doors doesn't help get under and investigate either!!!!!!!

Time to take a hammer to the ATV Plow mount nad see if I cna get her working.

Well I am still unlucky.... not a ujoint, but my PINION SHAFT!

That stinks. A ring and pinion job is hard enough in the shop, much less in the snow...

I`ll be removing the driveshaft, and driving to town once the snow clears and get it done down there. Gonna try to warranty it.