Winter Weather in Mendocino Coast, California

Winter Weather January 3, 2025 · Mendocino Coast, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Quarter inch hail at 1200 ft elevation reported 6 miles northwest of Gualala, CA.

Lat. 38.82N, Long. -123.60W.

The wider storm

A warm front will bring an initial push of precipitation and light snow at higher elevations. A cutoff low will follow, with a converging moisture flux which brought broader precipitation to areas of Del Norte and Humboldt in the following days. A colder air mass approaches in succession of the previously mentioned, bringing 500mb temperature of -27 to -29 Celsius, increasing instability over the weekend.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1235996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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