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Farther north, the weather service office in Eureka, California, issued a high surf advisory that was expected to last until 11 p.m. on Thursday in coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast ...
By average discharge, the Smith is the largest river system in California that flows freely along its entire course. [8] The highly variable annual flow is approximately 3,746 cu ft/s (106.1 m 3 /s), with an average monthly high of 8,432 cu ft/s (238.8 m 3 /s) in January, and an average low of 336 cu ft/s (9.5 m 3 /s) in September.
The area is bisected by U.S. Route 199 which is designated the Smith River Scenic Byway. [1] Passing through the community of Hiouchi, Gasquet and Patrick Creek Lodge on the western side of the summit, the National Forest Scenic Byway is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System [3] and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System. [4]
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
The Northern Coast Ranges are a section of the California Coast Ranges. They run parallel to the Pacific Coast from the North San Francisco Bay Area to coastal Del Norte County. The Klamath Mountains, including the Siskiyou Mountains sub-range, lie to the north and northeast. The Southern Coast Ranges lie to the south.
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
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Sunset behind Mount Tamalpais. Mount Tamalpais is the highest peak in the Marin Hills, which are part of the Northern California Coast Ranges.The elevation at the West Peak, where a radar dome currently stands, is between 2,560 feet (780 m) and 2,578 feet (786 m) [10] It stood over 2,600 feet (792 m) before the summit was flattened for the radar dome construction.