Saturday, October 10, 2009

Baton down the hatches!

The National Weather Service has issued this special statement for Marin county. Be sure to clean out those gutters, cover your patio furniture and do other winter preparations around the house - early!
... HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIALLY HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY A SIGNIFICANT STORM EXPECTED TO HIT LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK...
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY FOR OCTOBER... WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE TYPICAL LATE SUMMER PATTERN THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING. THE ORIGINS OF THIS STORM STEM FROM A WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON NAMED MELOR THAT HIT JAPAN A FEW DAYS AGO.