Flood watch - updated

The National Weather Service just posted a Flood Watch for the upcoming rain.

From what they are saying, most of the rain will be to our South - California is going to get pasted.

AccuWeather has that story:

Northern California Braces for Life-Threatening Flooding, Mudslides
Heavy rain will inundate coastal Oregon and northern California late this week into early next week, threatening serious flash flooding, mudslides and travel delays and cancellations.

A Pineapple Express will help to fuel the heavy rain as a storm plows into the Pacific coast Thursday into Saturday. The heaviest rain will soak Northern California during the day on Friday.

"A Pineapple Express is a continuous surge of tropical moisture extending from near Hawaii all the way into a West Coast storm," AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.

At least we do not live in the Midwest and Northeast:

Train of Storms to Bring Midwest, Northeast Unrelenting Snow Into Next Week
A train of storms will bring round after round of snow from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast this weekend into early next week.

The storms will bring episodes of snow every 12-24 hours or so from northern Minnesota, upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey and New England.

In some cases, there may be snow of varying intensity from this weekend right straight through into early next week.

By way of contrast, here is the webcam from Mt. Ranier showing the Paradise Visitors Center at an elevation of 5,400'

Paradise is noted for the amount of snow it gets every year - average snowfall (1920 through 2013) is 643 inches and we are seeing bare pavement in today's photo.

Time to revisit this video from Crystal Mountain: