Mel Nordquist

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  "This is an abnormal weather system for May," said NWS Meteorologist Mel Nordquist. "A storm like this in January would still be strong, but much more seasonally expected."
  
  A low-pressure system passing much closer to the coast than normal was responsible, Nordquist said.

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  "This is an abnormal weather system for May," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mel Nordquist. "A storm like this in January would still be strong, but much more seasonally expected."
  
  A low-pressure system passing much closer to the coast than normal was responsible, Nordquist said.
  
  The Weather Service issued a gale-force wind warning, as well as a flood advisory for urban and small streams.
  
  Nordquist said the system was on a quick march north. Today's forecast calls for more rain, but the winds should drop dramatically.
  
  "We will continue seeing precipitation," Nordquist said.

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  "The Smith is a very responsive river," said Mel Nordquist, science and operations officer for Eureka National Weather Service."You dump rain, and it will go up."
  
  But even a 17-foot rise in the river, measured from a gauge in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, wasn't enough to reach the minimum water level that warrants a heightened watch for floods.The river would have had to rise another 5 feet before flooding would be a concern, Nordquist said.
  
  The story is similar at other points on the Smith River.At Dr. Fine Bridge, where U.S. Hwy. 101 crosses the river, the water rose nearly 14 feet.The river level reached about 28 feet, but it would take an additional 5-foot rise to cause flooding.
  
  From his data collection, Nordquist estimated it would take a rainfall of 6 to 9 inches,under similar conditions of an early-season rain and low river level,to cause the Smith River to flood.
  
  Thursday's storm was significant for this time of year, but it won't be noted in the books as breaking any records, he said.
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  It's tempting to attribute this wetter-than-usual forecast to La Niña,which is occurring now,but there is too much variation in this natural phenomenon to make this connection, Nordquist said.
  
  Del Norte County is on the edge of the Pacific Northwest, which typically is more wet during La Nina periods.But it's not correct to attribute major floods or heavy rainfall in this area to either El Niño or La Niña, because these weather events also occur when neither phenomena is taking place.
  
  "The fact is, there are no direct climate correlations for this area to El Niño or La Niña," Nordquist said.

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  "Anything above 1,000 feet is going to get snow," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mel Nordquist.

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  Temperatures in the region were under 90 degrees with no significant winds, said National Weather Service meteorologist Mel Nordquist, who expected little change over the next few days.
  
  "It's pretty much what we've seen today (Monday)," Nordquist said.

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  Residents can expect temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees after the weekend, followed by another system late in the week, said Mel Nordquist, a science officer for the National Weather Service.
  
  It was a pretty typical storm, not nearly as big as the one last weekend, Nordquist said.

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  "There was a fair amount of lightning," said Mel Nordquist, an operations officer with the National Weather Service in Eureka."We had a lot of strikes."
  
  Such storms make up the type of weather expected in Northwest California's summer season.
  
  "It's not that unusual at all to get that combination of moisture," Nordquist said of the region.
  
  But several storms focusing on a particular spot would seem out of place.
  
  "For any given location, it's unusual," Nordquist said.

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  "Anything above 1,000 feet is going to get snow," said U.S. Weather Service meteorologist Mel Nordquist.

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  Gust fronts can be short lived and are common in a long line of storms, said Mel Nordquist, a science officer with the weather service.He said the storm was moving at about 40 miles per hour, so it created gust front winds of about 60 miles per hour.
  
  After examining radar images which archived the storm's wind speed and rainfall, Nordquist said there was no indication of a strong funnel cloud or a tornado.
  
  "There's no way to know for sure, but all indications in radar and data indicated that there was no rotation," he said."But very small scale things can happen that we can't see on radar."
  
  Nordquist said that a much stronger storm was occurring over Arcata at the same time as the activity reported in Humboldt Hill -- one with lighting and hail.

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  "For that to happen sufficiently enough to actually generate a tsunami, it will be an earthquake that ranges in the sevens," National Weather Service Science and Operations Officer Mel Nordquist said.For instance, a 7.2 or 7.5 might move the sea floor up and down enough to displace ocean water and force the water up to create large waves.
  
  "Such a small earthquake, such as a magnitude 5.8, just isn't strong enough to cause enough displacement to cause a tsunami," he said.

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