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| Storm conditions should diminish into Wednesday By Greg Thomas [ greg@hmbreview.com ] Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:02 PM PDT The National Weather Service projects the first major storm of the season to taper off Wednesday morning. What the service calls a “potent” storm, one that knocked down dozen of trees and power lines in San Mateo County, is expected to pass over Central California Tuesday evening, taking with it the morning’s downpour and winds estimated between 40 and 60 miles per hour. But before the weather blows over, it might hurl a thunderstorm and more showers this way. Warnings for high winds and flash floods on the Coastside remain in place through Wednesday morning. Rain is likely to continue Wednesday and lighten up on Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are looking mostly sunny, which is good news to people planning to attend the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival this weekend. A small craft advisory off the coast activated Monday will remain in effect through Tuesday night. John Ferreira, CalFire chief for San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, reported “nothing earth-shattering” in San Mateo County, but flooded schools and trapped residents further south in Santa Cruz County. PG&E registered prolonged outages up and down the Coastside Tuesday evening, from Montara down to Pescadero. A cypress tree on Poplar Street on the west side of Highway 1 split Tuesday afternoon, bringing down electrical wires and cutting off power to residents in the area. Until PG&E can secure the wires the city can’t take the tree down, said Half Moon Bay Mayor John Muller, “but they’re overwhelmed.” “I’d say (repairs will take) hours, at least,” Muller said. |