Winter Weather Advisory! Snow on Friday?

From the archive: Snow at Prairie Creek State Park

We could get snow at sea level on Friday. It’s interesting that in the past, the snow was thicker at McKinleyville International Airport than it was down the street in the area of Murray and Hiller. Just an observation.

Here’s an advisory in “all caps” from the NWS:

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST THURSDAY NIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 500 FEET FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 1500 AND 3000 FEET. HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET.

* 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO 500 FEET THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEA LEVEL AND THE VALLEY FLOORS BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* SLOW DOWN…ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS.

* CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CALL 1-800-427-7623 FOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS AND CHAIN REQUIREMENTS BEFORE TRAVELLING.

* THIS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ON ALL MAJOR ROUTES INCLUDING 101… 299…199…36 AND 3.

* BE ALERT FOR ROCK SLIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

WARNING: Fraudulent traveler’s checks

Raw press release from EPD:

On 2/22/11, a representative from Coast Central Credit Union (CCCU) contacted the Eureka Police Department regarding a recent rash of counterfeit traveler’s check’s they’ve received from unaware customers.

CCCU reported that last night and today (2/21 and 2/22/2011) they received several fraudulent Visa AAA (triple A) traveler’s checks all bearing serial number 1572302515166. Unwitting employees from several businesses at the Bayshore Mall accepted the traveler’s checks as payment for merchandise and later brought them to CCCU to deposit. The traveler’s checks were then determined by credit union employees to be fake.

According to credit union representatives, the as of yet unidentified suspect(s) used military I.D. to pass the false checks, which were all in $100.00 denominations. The fake checks appeared to have been printed on heavy paper with an inkjet printer, which is noticeable upon close examination.

CCCU urges all businesses accepting Visa AAA traveler’s checks not to accept ones bearing the above listed serial number. CCCU also urges sales clerks to require and carefully check proper identification from customer’s using such traveler’s checks.

Missing McKinleyville girl

This first appeared on the SoHum-based Redheaded Blackbelt blog. This is not from law enforcement. It’s from the Rossig Family.