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NICKUT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A large tree lies across a street a er being blown over by high winds near downtown Los Angeles on Monday. ByChristopherWeber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A wintry blast of air brought bliz- zard-like conditions Mon- day to parts of the West after whipping up a dam- aging tornado in Central California and buffeting the Los Angeles area with gusts topping 70 mph, fore- casters said. Drivers in Southern Cali- fornia mountain areas were urged to use caution as light snow and hail fell at eleva- tions as low as 4,000 feet. Powerful winds knocked down branches and caused scattered power outages. Blowingsnowandicealso slowed traffic on mountain highways in northern Ari- zona and New Mexico as the weather system moved east. As much as 18 inches of snow was possible when Colorado gets hit later Mon- day, the National Weather Service said. The worst con- ditions were expected early Tuesday in areas south and east of Denver and on the Eastern Plains. The storm that originated in the Gulf of Alaska could be a harbinger of El Niño, the ocean-warming phe- nomenon that's predicted to bring heavy rain to the West in the coming months, said KathyHoxsieoftheNational Weather Service. "It's the beginning of the winter season," she said. "We want storms. We want rain. We've been projecting that we're going to have a wet winter and this is a sign that it's going to happen." California in particular is anxiously awaiting winter rains as it seeks relief from itsrecord,four-yeardrought. Heavy rain will bring some drought relief, but it is not expected to erase the state's water deficit. In Central California, a twister Sunday swept through the small town of Denair near Modesto, dam- aging 21 homes, including one that shifted on its foun- dation. The tornado toppled trees and fences, broke win- dows and ripped off part of a church roof. Wind speeds exceeded 110 mph, said Eric Kurth of the National Weather Ser- vice in Sacramento. There were no reports of injuries. Sabina Woodard said she took refuge with her hus- band under a hospital bed in their home as their tele- vision set and furnishings flew about. "What I thought was a bunch of birds was a bunch of debris" being carried by the funnel cloud head- ing their way, she told the Modesto Bee Blastofwinterhits pa rt s of w es te rn U S SEVERE WEATHER The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Two Northern California sher- iff's deputies seen repeat- edly beating a suspected car thief in a video were placed on paid administra- tive leave on Sunday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Alameda County deputies, who were not identified, were placed on leave two days after the release of the video, which launched an internal investigation. The video released on YouTube by the San Fran- cisco public defender's of- fice shows two deputies chasing a man on foot. As the man slows, one deputy tackles him and punches him twice. The second dep- uty arrives and starts hit- ting the man with his ba- ton. Soon, both deputies hit him with their batons as he screamed and alternated from laying on the ground and getting on his knees. Public Defender Jeff Ada- chi said the video shows ex- cessive force. "He didn't pose any threat at that point, and they are clearly using ex- cessive force and trying to seriously hurt him when he was on the ground and subdued," he said Friday. "I don't see any reason why he couldn't be handcuffed and taken into custody." Alameda County Sher- iff's spokesman, Sgt. J.D. Nelson, said the depu- ties believed the suspect, 29-year-old Stanislav Petrov, was armed and pos- sibly on drugs. A gun was later recovered. The beating came at the end of a high-speed chase from San Leandro across the bay to San Francisco's Mission District on Thurs- day. Authorities accused Petrov of ramming the dep- uties' patrol cars, knocking one of the officers down be- fore leading them on the chase. Petrov was taken to San Francisco General Hospi- tal. Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, who visited Petrov at the hospital Sunday, told KQED-FM that he suffered several broken bones in both of his hands or arms and multiple lacerations to the back of his head, but was alert and talking. He said he was horrified by the force depicted in the video. ALAMEDA COUNTY 2 sheriff's deputies seen in beating video put on leave Washington 62/51 New York 51/43 Miami 84/77 Atlanta 66/57 Detroit 61/51 Houston 75/48 Chicago 58/54 Minneapolis 55/50 Kansas City 67/43 El Paso 57/37 Denver 39/30 Billings 51/38 Los Angeles 74/49 San Francisco 64/50 Seattle 56/42 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: WEDNESDAY 69° 46° THURSDAY 72° 46° Times of clouds and sun Mor e clouds than sun FRIDAY 71° 47° Mostly sunn y SATURDAY 69° 45° Plenty of sunshine TODAY 65° 45° Partly sunny. Partly cloudy tonight. High ....................................................................... 59° Low ........................................................................ 39° Normal high ......................................................... 62° Normal low ........................................................... 42° Record high ............................................. 78° in 1967 Record low .............................................. 31° in 1964 Humidity noon today ........................................ 56% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.01" Month to date ................................................... 1.03" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.39" Season to date .................................................. 1.25" Normal season to date .................................... 2.60" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Neutral Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ........... Moderate 2 Highest at 11 a.m. Today 6:56 a.m. 4:51 p.m. 11:47 a.m. 10:31 p.m. Wednesday 6:57 a.m. 4:50 p.m. 12:28 p.m. 11:36 p.m. 9 hr., 55 min. Nov18 First Nov25 Full Last Dec2 New Dec11 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.40 ......+0.03 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.80 ......+0.03 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.40 ......+0.06 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.00 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.60 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.40 ......+0.06 BlackButte ....................437.13..............26,775 .....18.6% LakeOroville..................657.68............959,788 .....25.7% LakeShasta ...................915.82.........1,368,110 .....30.1% LakeTrinity..................2183.20............491,947 .....18.6% Whiskeytown...............1198.08............204,445 .....84.8% Weather Trivia ™ What was the worst storm to hit the Great Lakes in November? A fresh water fury in 1918. Eight ships sank; 200 sailors were lost. Today Wednesday Anaheim 72/43/s 79/49/s Bakersfield 59/39/s 63/41/s Chula Vista 70/48/s 76/53/s Crescent City 60/50/r 60/50/c Death Valley 69/42/s 77/44/s Eureka 60/51/sh 59/47/c Fremont 65/49/s 67/45/pc Fresno 57/38/s 61/41/pc Glendale 72/47/s 78/51/s Huntington Beach 69/49/s 73/54/s Irvine 70/44/s 76/49/s Lake Tahoe 49/29/s 51/28/s Long Beach 72/50/s 77/53/s Los Angeles 74/49/s 78/53/s Mammoth Mountain 49/22/s 52/24/s Modesto 61/42/s 67/43/pc Monterey 63/47/s 64/47/s Moreno Valley 70/38/s 76/41/s Napa 66/41/s 70/41/pc Needles 66/48/s 73/52/pc Oakland 65/46/s 68/47/pc Oxnard 70/48/s 73/52/s Redding 65/44/pc 70/46/c Riverside 70/39/s 77/42/s Sacramento 64/44/s 69/43/pc San Bernardino 71/45/s 78/47/s San Diego 70/53/s 74/56/s San Francisco 64/50/s 66/50/pc San Jose 65/45/s 68/46/pc San Luis Obispo 71/46/s 74/50/s Santa Ana 70/48/s 75/52/s Santa Barbara 72/42/s 76/45/s Santa Clarita 69/44/s 76/50/s Stockton 63/42/s 69/42/pc Ventura 69/47/s 72/52/s Yosemite Valley 57/30/s 60/27/s Today Wednesday Albuquerque 47/29/pc 52/31/s Atlanta 66/57/c 67/52/r Baltimore 59/46/pc 64/56/c Boston 47/35/s 51/42/pc Buffalo 59/45/pc 62/56/c Chicago 58/54/r 61/39/r Cincinnati 62/54/sh 64/45/r Dallas 68/47/t 69/47/s Denver 39/30/sn 50/22/pc Detroit 61/51/c 67/45/r El Paso 57/37/pc 63/38/s Fargo 47/34/sh 43/25/r Honolulu 87/75/s 85/75/sh Houston 75/48/t 71/46/s Indianapolis 60/53/r 63/41/r Kansas City 67/43/r 56/33/c Las Vegas 61/43/s 67/45/s Louisville 67/58/sh 65/47/r Miami 84/77/t 86/77/sh Minneapolis 55/50/r 52/31/r New Orleans 82/62/t 67/54/r New York City 51/43/s 58/55/c Oklahoma City 63/41/s 67/40/s Cooler air will push from New England to part of the mid-Atlantic today, amidst sunshine. Sunshine and warmth are forecast to hold over much of the southern Atlantic Seaboard. However, clouds and showers are in store for South Florida. A major storm will affect the Central states. Severe thunderstorms will roll eastward from eastern Kansas and Missouri to Texas and Louisiana. Heavy rain will accompany the storms and will expand northward over the Upper Midwest. On the storm's cold side, blizzard conditions will affect the central High Plains. High ....................... 89° in Brownsville, TX Low ................. 8° in Bodie State Park, CA High ................ 110° in Leonora, Australia Low ... -57° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 65/50/t 67/49/sh Buenos Aires 78/63/pc 75/62/pc Caracas 88/78/t 87/77/t Ensenada 71/49/s 76/52/s Mexico City 75/50/pc 76/55/pc Montreal 41/27/pc 48/39/c Rio de Janeiro 83/74/r 88/76/c Tijuana 71/44/s 77/48/s Toronto 48/43/pc 58/53/c Vancouver 55/41/r 46/38/pc Orlando 84/71/pc 87/71/pc Philadelphia 58/45/pc 64/58/c Phoenix 64/44/s 68/48/s Pittsburgh 62/51/c 67/55/c Portland, ME 48/26/s 49/35/pc Portland, OR 59/43/r 52/45/c St. Louis 68/52/r 62/42/c Salt Lake City 41/34/pc 48/35/sh Seattle 56/42/r 50/41/c Tucson 59/37/s 67/41/s Washington, DC 62/51/pc 64/59/c Cairo 75/60/pc 75/59/s Casablanca 73/53/s 74/51/s Johannesburg 76/57/pc 75/56/t Kinshasa 90/73/t 90/72/t Lagos 89/76/pc 89/78/pc Nairobi 69/59/t 75/60/pc Tripoli 70/58/pc 71/58/pc Baghdad 69/57/t 69/51/c Beijing 50/32/pc 42/32/c Hong Kong 84/76/s 84/75/pc Jerusalem 58/52/t 62/49/pc Kabul 62/30/s 63/31/pc Manila 92/79/s 91/79/s Melbourne 87/54/pc 83/66/s New Delhi 83/54/pc 82/53/pc Seoul 63/47/pc 54/43/r Singapore 86/78/c 87/78/t Sydney 78/64/s 89/65/s Tehran 62/49/c 56/43/r Tokyo 69/59/c 67/54/r Amsterdam 58/51/r 56/51/pc Athens 70/53/s 69/55/s Belgrade 69/44/pc 65/42/pc Berlin 56/50/r 54/49/sh Budapest 60/44/pc 64/42/s Dublin 54/43/r 54/43/sh London 60/51/r 59/52/sh Madrid 64/37/s 67/40/s Moscow 31/27/c 35/34/sn Paris 62/52/r 59/54/pc Rome 65/50/pc 66/52/pc Stockholm 44/33/pc 42/33/sh Vienna 59/52/pc 62/49/c Zurich 56/51/sh 59/45/pc 51/29 53/29 52/31 50/30 46/27 64/44 63/43 66/41 65/43 63/45 64/45 44/36 47/37 51/33 65/44 65/45 59/46 60/54 61/52 60/51 60/50 51/38 52/43 60/50 53/43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015 8 B