UPDATE: Friday, March 12th, 2010
One Stop Shop includes digital forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS). We present this in a graphical fashion on the map, consistent with NWS presentation. At present, this display is only shown for California.The forecast for today shows a lot of activity (rain, snow and mix) in Northern California:
You can cycle through the forecast for various times over the next 24 hours. It looks like the weather will intensify:
Look for widespread snow tonight:
And some clearing tomorrow morning:
Switching from the "weather" forecast to the "snow" forecast shows forecast values for measureable amounts along the roadway.
The Trip Planner can be used to examine the situation along a particular route. Here, we've chosen a route from Red Bluff, CA to Chester, CA. The route detail shows an elevation profile along this route. Sure enough, there is a significant change in elevation and significant snow potential at higher elevations along the route:
Switching the the precipitation prediction shows forecast cumulative precipitation from 10AM to 4PM along the route. As you can see, there may be a significant amount:
