A Big Snowfall System Slamming into the Western US over the weekend: High-Wind, High-Frequency Snow, Storms, and Tornadoes

A large winter storm system slammed into the western US over the weekend, blanketing mountain areas with heavy snow before taking aim at the South, where it’s expected to bring severe weather, with strong winds, hail and tornadoes possible.

Sierra locations above 5,000 feet received around 20-45 inches of snow Saturday through early Sunday morning – and another round of lighter snow is on the way.

A 70-mile (112-kilometer) stretch of eastbound U.S. Interstate 80 was closed “due to zero visibility” from Colfax, California to the Nevada state line, transportation officials said. Chains were required on much of the rest of I-80 in the mountains from Reno toward Sacramento.

The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for the backcountry in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe where it said “several feet of new snow and strong winds will result in dangerous avalanche conditions.”

A high-wind warning is in effect for much of the Pacific Northwest, where widespread winds of 35 to 45 mph with wind gusts up to 70 mph are forecast or already occurring. Wind advisories are also posted in the Pacific Northwest and many other Western states.

Torrential rain is expected Friday night in Northern California and southwest Oregon, with the heaviest rain falling along the coastal ranges where flash flooding also is expected, according to the weather service.

A flash flood warning for around 1 million people remained through Saturday morning in Los Angeles, Santa Clarita and the surrounding areas.

More than 100,000 homes and businesses in Northern California were left without power after strong winds from the powerful storm knocked down power lines.

San Francisco Bay Area officials reported power outages and fallen trees, some of which damaged cars and homes. In Monte Rio, a small town along the Russian River in Sonoma County, firefighters responded to several reports of downed trees crashing into homes.

Monte Rio Fire Department Chief Steve Baxman spoke to KRON-TV and said that four down trees had damaged houses in the area and there were no injuries.

“This is our first big storm, we’ve had several years of drought and all these trees were dry. They’re starting to topple over as they fill up with water.

Summary of 7.5 inches of Snow in the Soda Springs, South Dakota, area after a 7.0 inch storm and a warning for southern Louisiana

The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reported 7.5 inches of snow per hour between 4 and 5 p.m. Saturday in Soda Springs, about 30 miles from Lake Tahoe, sharing video of thick snow blanketing the area.

The Storm Prediction Center forecasts a risk of tornadoes, large hail and damaging straight line winds from eastern Texas into northern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi.

There is a slight risk that the storm will bring tornadoes, strong winds, and large hail to Dallas, Fort Worth, and New Orleans. Isolated tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds are possible in Houston, Memphis, and Little Rock.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota: In addition to the up to 4 inches of snow the state has already seen, snowfall up to 16 inches and winds of 45 mph are also expected.

While the storm did not break any long-standing records like last year’s snow, despite dropping several feet of snow in the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada, Swain says mountain snowpack is now well above-average for the calendar date and that overall precipitation is relatively near average in most places.

“It looks a lot like Christmas out here,” Deutschendorf said. It stuck to everything even though it didn’t come with a lot of wind. It is like a picture postcard.

Snow and Snow in the Palisades Valley, California, Following a Walloped Northern US Coast-to-coast Storm on Monday

The latest US Drought Monitor, released on Thursday morning, states that it is starting to make a difference in the state of California. The past three years have seen back-to- back historically dry years that triggered unprecedented water shortages and landscape- altering fires, and the rain and snow brings a little hope to people who have been through the wringer.

“We’re Buried,” the Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort wrote on its website Sunday, sharing photos of thick snow covering the ski resort in Olympic Valley, California.

Since the storm started on Monday evening, there has been at least one foot of snow in several cities, including 48 inches in Battle Lake, Wyoming, 32 inches in Dupuyer, Montana and 29 inches in Park City, Utah.

More than 15 million people are under winter weather advisories in the Central US on Monday as a powerful storm system that wreaked havoc in California moves into the area.

The coast-to-coast storm – which walloped the West over the weekend – is expected to strengthen as it pushes eastward Tuesday, and stall across the central Plains into Thursday, snarling travel amid blowing snow and freezing rain.

The winter storm that came to the Western US with snow and rain caused winter storm advisories from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.

Some areas inside the warnings could get as much as 20 inches of snow, with winds strong enough to knock down tree limbs, and cause power outage.

Brandon Wills, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Wyoming, said that a long-drawn out period of snowfall is in the forecast for the upper Midwest and central Plains.

Wills said in Monday night’s update that they aren’t expecting a quick burst of snow. There is going to be snow in the northern Nebraska Panhandle and it will be blowing around like crazy because of the strong winds that we are going to have.

The National Weather Service office in Rapid City, South Dakota, said travel through the area will be nearly impossible Tuesday and Wednesday, and possibly into Thursday.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation warned that the interstates could become unsafe because of the weather conditions.

The service issued an ice storm warning that extended from central Iowa to the Wisconsin-Illinois line, and through southern Michigan, where there could be a lot of ice on the ground.

“The snowstorms that have hit Anchorage over the last week are historic in nature, bringing anywhere between 30-45 inches of snow to our city,” said Hans Rodvik, a spokesperson for the Anchorage mayor’s office, said in a statement to CNN Monday.

Flash Flooding at the Upper Mississippi Valley and the First Day of a Record-Dry Run of the State (and Its Impact in Southern California)

There is a chance of flash flooding from far east Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday. Up to 4 inches of rain could fall.

The rain was welcomed in drought-parched California. The state has been on a record dry run over the past three years.

Parts of drought-plagued California are facing an onslaught of powerful storms to start the new year, bringing flooding rainfall and even mud and debris flows to the state.

Andrew Schwartz, the lead scientist and station manager of University of California, Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, says they are going to need more snow falling at the lab, which is located at Donner Pass east of Sacramento. It’s where he and other researchers measure snowpack totals and how much water equivalent would be available for the state’s residents.

It’s a natural way to ease the water shortage by storing water through winter and releasing it in the spring. 30% of California’s fresh water supply comes from the Sierra Nevada, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

The Sierras have had a multi year megadry, the snowpack is at an alarmingly low level, and the storage levels are still below average.

It’s not clear how much this storm will make a dent in drought conditions that have persisted in California, which started 2022 with the driest beginning of the year on record and ended it with flooded roads and swelling rivers.

It was a good-news storm, since it dropped water in places that really need it due to long-term drought and climate change-driven aridification. “And, importantly, it dropped that water as snow, which is accumulating over weeks and months as snowpack, rather than warm rains that immediately turn into runoff.”

California is still facing a long-term water crisis despite being mired in a yearslong drought. More than 75% of the state is in some level of dry weather. On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a region-wide emergency due to the state’s fourth consecutive dry year.

Schwartz said that it’s like a football game, where we have scored a touchdown in the first quarter, but there are three Quarters left before we know what the game outcome will be. “So if we get to March or April, and we’re sitting at above-average precipitation, then we can start to relax. We can start to celebrate a little bit.

In addition, Swain says there has been a tilt in the seasonal outlook toward drier-than-average conditions across much of California and the lower Colorado River Basin, which will see additional unprecedented water cuts in effect in the new year, for January through spring.

Yet despite this wet start to the year, it’s worth noting that last year was relatively much wetter around this time — and the state was still mired in drought for the remainder of 2022.

If anything, Schwartz said, this is the time “we need to be conserving our water more and maybe even bumping conservation efforts because this isn’t a guarantee of a full deep winter.”

The NWS bulletin says that the cause is a “strong arctic highpressure system,” which has swept down from Canada and is expected to bring life-threatening weather systems to 17 states.

“Nearly (the) entire population of California will be able to see snow from some vantage point later this week if they look in the right direction,” according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Snow remains very unlikely in California’s major cities, but it’ll fall quite nearby.”

The incoming arctic front will then cross over the northern Rockies, Great Basin and Northern Plains regions, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 degrees and winds gusting as fast as 60 mph.

By Friday, temperatures could hit the season’s lowest in what is only the first week of winter. Even the cities in the north of Florida can see a cold as low as 20 F on Christmas Eve.

Effects of the Polar Front on Air Travel in the Western U.S. After Hurricane Sandy, the NWS Suggests that Air Travel should Stay Indoors

As of Tuesday morning, air travel appeared largely undisturbed by the approaching polar front, with more than 575 delays and 285 cancellations at airports across the U.S., according to the tracking site Flight Aware.

The storms come on the heels of a powerful storm which caused a lot of damage. More than 400,000 customers were still without power Sunday morning, according to PowerOutage. US. The state is off to a very wet start to the year due to flooding rains that occurred on New Year’s weekend.

The NWS warns about the risk of frostbite in the cold weather. Subzero temperatures in some parts of the U.S. this week could lead to frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

Those going outside should cover their skin with layers and then change into dry clothing as soon as possible. But, experts say, the best prevention by far is simply to stay indoors.

A strong storm system that brought a lot of rain, mountain snow, and wind gusts to the western United States has left more than 115,000 customers without power.

Atmospheric rivers are a normal part of the West Coast’s weather pattern, and they’re often the solution to months of warm-weather drought, bringing sorely needed rain and snowfall that packs water away high in the mountains.

The Midwestern Effect of a COLD AND DANGEROUS Winter Storm: Forecasts for Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and New York

More than 60 million people were under a winter weather alert in the morning from the west to the northern Plains and New York and New England. That’s part of storms that already have left nearly one million homes and businesses without power, mainly in Michigan – struck partly by freezing rain and ice that’s damaged utility lines and trees – and other parts of the Midwest, according to tracker PowerOutage.us.

In an area stretching for hundreds of miles along the coast, National Weather Service offices from Los Angeles to Eureka, Calif., and Medford and Portland, Ore., alerted people to the threat of damaging winds, with peak gusts expected to top 60 and 70 mph in some areas.

Strong winds in Portland could knock down trees that have been weakened by weather extremes in recent years, arborist Colin Bourgeois told CNN affiliate KATU.

The heat dome and the subsequent dry summers damage trees because they consume a lot of energy to fight off pathogens.

The old record of 1.08 inches was shattered by 2.12 inches of rain. The third wettest December day on record was Monday.

The west foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains are at greatest risk of flash-flooding, as well as the coastal areas of southern Oregon and Los Angeles County.

“Now is the time to prepare for a COLD AND DANGEROUS winter storm expected for much of the week,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles said. “Gusty and potentially damaging winds are also expected.”

The West is expecting an initial round of lashing rain, wind and snow on Wednesday. While coastal states may experience a brief lull on Wednesday, more rounds of rain and snow are predicted to sweep onshore at the end of the week.

After this major system Monday and Tuesday passes, another impactful system is already on the horizon. It’s still too early in the game to give more info on the new system that is due to hit Northern California at the end of the week.

New Year’s Eve celebrations are expected to be subdued in Washington, DC and New York City. Los Angeles, too, is expected to ring in a soggy new year.

The California Department of Natural Resources (DENS) Detects Flooding by Atmospheric River Events on Oct. 17 through Sunday

There are over 15 million people under flood watches in California because of the atmospheric river event that will bring more rain to the state.

There is a chance of rain for New York City through Saturday and the worst of it will happen on Sunday between 7 and 1 a.m. Temperatures will be near 50 through most of the afternoon into Sunday.

“The slight risk area mostly highlights places that are already high in soil moisture, burn scars and urban areas,” the Weather Prediction Center said.

The section of I-70 in Colorado that closed for nine hours reopened on Thursday, leaving drivers stuck in the snow, rain and winds.

Five people in Oregon were killed when trees fell on passing vehicles, state police said.

In the San Francisco Bay Area between Fremont and Sunol and in the unincorporated community of Piercy were both where land slides had shut down the routes.

Humboldt County, where a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck on Dec. 20, also saw roadways begin to flood, according to the National Weather Service’s Eureka office. The bridge may be closed again if the Eel River gets too high because of last week’s earthquake damage.

The storm could cause some rain in the Sac area before it moves to the south. A ski resort south of Lake Tahoe closed its chair lifts because of operational and flooding problems, and posted a photo on social media showing one lift surrounded by water.

In order to alert people of flooding, the fire officials planned to broadcast announcements from a helicopter and a boat along the American River.

The strong winds that will accompany the storm could cause more downed trees and power lines as it pushes inland, which could cause more power outages.

On the Sierra’s eastern front, flood watches and warnings were issued into the weekend north and south of Reno, Nevada, where minor to moderate flooding was forecast along some rivers and streams.

On Friday the Susan River was forecast to rise from 1.5 meters to 3 meters above the flood stage by Saturday, causing moderate flooding that could affect some.

Sacramento Flood Warnings and Emergency Emergency Preparedness, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Announced a “Stormageddon”

“Too many road closures to count at this point,” the weather agency in Sacramento said in an afternoon tweet. Sacramento County urged residents in the unincorporated community of Wilton to evacuate, warning that flooded roadways could “cut off access to leave the area.”

Flooding from the Cosumnes River forced the closure of Highway 99 south of Elk Grove in Sacramento County, the California Department of Transportation tweeted. One of the state’s heavily traveled, and commercially important, corridors is called sr 99.

The Police Department took photos of a flooded underpass and car that appeared to be stuck in the water.

As streets overflowed with water and river levels rose, a number of small communities in the northern part of California were ordered to evacuate as warnings and mandatory orders came in on New Years Eve.

On top of urban flooding, several rivers began overflowing, including the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers and the Mormon Slough, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento. Flood warnings were issued for the southern Sacramento Valley and Sierra foothills.

Several communities, including Paradise Park and Felton, were told to evacuate by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office due to the rising waters of the San Lorenzo River.

The fire district had to respond to fallen trees on homes and cars, as well as to drivers whose vehicles became disabled after they drove through standing water.

Calling it “Stormageddon,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Office shared an image of cars up to their doorhandles in floodwaters and said there’s been reports of flooding, mudslides and trees blocking roadways.

Newly Open Highways and Boulevards of Sacramento, Calif., after an Over-five-Inch Rainfall on New Year’s Eve

A section of Highway 50 between Pollock Pines and Meyers was closed for hours due to the American River flooding, but was reopened just after midnight.

The state of emergency was declared by the county because of the flooding and transportation impacts caused by the atmospheric river.

The National Weather Service said that New Year’s Eve was the second-wettest day in San Francisco history with over five inches of rain. In San Francisco there were videos on social media showing mud-colored water on the streets and a staircase in Oakland turned into a waterfall.

The ski resort stated on its Facebook page that the new snow caused the lifts to get ice coated and that they will have work to do around the mountain.

At the Nevada State line and Colfax, CHP reported “dangerous and treacherous” driving conditions with dozens of vehicles stuck on the I-80 and county roads.

LOS ANGELES — California was drying out and digging out on New Year’s Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, snarling traffic and closing major highways.

Dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 near Lake Tahoe after cars spun out in the snow, the California Department of Transportation said. The key route to the mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area reopened early Sunday to passenger vehicles with chains.

In Southern California, several people were rescued after floodwaters inundated cars in San Bernardino and Orange counties. No serious injuries were reported.

New Year’s Eve Storms and Floods: A Sobering New-Year Warning for Residents in Northern California, As Forecasted by the National Weather Service

Spectators began to stake out their spots for the parade after the region dried out on New Year’s Day.

It was the first of several storms expected to roll across the state in the span of a week. The National Weather Service predicts storms this week will be colder than Saturday’s system.

There have been at least three deaths in the storms. A Michigan firefighter died Wednesday after coming into contact with a downed power line, while in Rochester, Minnesota, a pedestrian died after being hit by a city-operated snowplow. Authorities in Portland, Oregon, said a person died of hypothermia.

The rural areas of Point Pleasant were under an order to evacuate, along with Glanville Tract and Franklin Pond.

The agency said that the flooding from the Cosumnes River and the Mokelumne River could reach these areas in the middle of the night.

Forecasters in Northern California have a sobering new-year message for people who are reeling from floods and mudslides: the situation could get worse before it gets better.

“Much like the end of 2022 storm, this will be a strong wind event along with moderate to heavy rainfall,” the National Weather Service in the San Francisco Bay Area said on Monday.

The office said that parts of the Russian River are at particular risk of flooding. The NWS also says the storm’s high winds could inflict severe damage in areas where the soil is already saturated with rainwater.

On Sunday, Sacramento’s Mary Spencer-Gode and other residents gaped at the damage on their street, where the storm toppled a massive elm tree on New Year’s Eve.

She said the wind was going crazy. “We turned our TV off so we could hear it, and I was sitting in the kitchen, I heard a big ‘woosh’ and kind of the house moved.”

The dangers of tropical storms as they pass through the West Coast: the case of pioneer cabin tree in Calaveras Big Trees

“It’s a narrow area of high temperature that gets moving away from the tropics towards the higher latitudes before a cold front arrives,” Bob Oravec, a senior forecaster for the NWS, told NPR.

Most of the rain in the West Coast states is during the colder season when the atmospheric rivers are most likely to be found.

According to NPR, a single atmospheric River can carry more water than the Mississippi River at its mouth. The systems’ winds are very dangerous and have been warned for a long time. Five years ago, one of the storms toppled the legendary “Pioneer Cabin Tree” sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

The storm is currently predicted to slow as it nears land, raising the risk of damage and prompting forecasters along the California coast to raise the alarm.

The NWS office in Los Angeles said that the storm was going to surpass the Saturday night storm by at least an inch and more in the upslope areas.

Along with flooding, the risk of mudslides is especially high in sites of recent wildfires, where there’s no longer enough ground cover to absorb and retain moisture.

A so-called “bomb cyclone” over the Pacific Ocean – named because of how rapidly it intensifies over a short period of time – will sling a series of fronts at the West Coast. These fronts are being super-fueled with tropical moisture from a potent atmospheric river that stretches west to Hawaii.

There are dangers for coastal communities, including dangerous beach and marine conditions as well as widespread flooding. In the higher elevations it will be heavy snow and strong winds leading to near whiteout conditions for anyone traveling on the roads.

Even though the storms bring in danger, Julie Kalansky, a climate scientist at the San Diego State University, said the storms are important in order to alleviate the ongoing dry spell.

“They’re two sides of the same coin: they can be extremely beneficial because they bring so much of California’s water supply to the state or they can also be drought busters,” Kalansky told CNN. It can be dangerous when the duration is too long, as they come back-to-back, and the landscape doesn’t have an opportunity to absorb all the rain.

Night’s Emitting Rain and Storms in Northern California: A 19-Year-old Person Dies After Colliding into a Utility Pole and Flooding Road

Weather experts warned people to be prepared for potential power shortages, and to be on the lookout for debris, fallen trees, and power lines when traveling around their coverage areas.

After much of California was lashed with heavy rain and damaging winds Wednesday and Thursday that flooded roads, toppled trees and knocked out power to most across the state, daytime Friday will bring some relief before another storm moves in at night.

Excessive rain proved deadly Wednesday when a 19-year-old woman died after crashing her car into a utility pole on a partially flooded road in Northern California, the Fairfield Police Department said. Police explained that the driver hit a patch of standing water and hydroplaned before colliding into a utility pole.

A young child died Wednesday when a tree fell on a home in Northern California, a fire department chief said.

In nearby San Francisco, some saw localized flooding, mudslides and sinkholes as of Wednesday evening, said Mary Ellen Carol, executive director of the city’s emergency management department.

• Also Saturday: An additional 1 to 2 feet of snow threaten to make travel dangerous in areas above 5,000 feet in mountains of Northern and central California, the Weather Prediction Center said.

Even a 40 mph wind can do damage when the ground is so saturated from record rainfall earlier this week and the cumulative effect of the new rainfall expected this weekend.

The weekend’s rain brought renewed flood concerns for local streams, creeks, and rivers. The Colgan Creek, Berryessa Creek, Mark West Creek, Green Valley Creek, and the Cosumnes River all have gauges that are currently above flood stage or expected to be in the next few days.

El Nios, La Nias, and the Pacific Northwest Climate Prediction Center: Identifying the Factors That Influence the Forecasts

El Niño and La Niña forecast patterns put out by the Climate Prediction Center give guidelines on what the overall forecast can be during a seasonal time period.

“However, in the past three months, Oregon has been slightly drier than normal and California has been slightly wetter than normal (the opposite of what is expected),” Arcodia told CNN. There are always additional factors at play when it comes to seasonal conditions on the West Coast.

“Atmospheric rivers typically form during the winter months and can occur during El Niños or La Niñas,” Arcodia said, noting their strength, frequency, and landfall location can be influenced by the larger patterns in the Pacific.

Michael Tippett, a professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, said that the forecast patterns are not meant to be used on a day-to- day basis but instead the entire season. It is important to look at the patterns.

“There is an element of randomness that is not explained by the patterns,” Tippett told CNN. “This might help us understand why one year is different than the other.”

Michael Anderson said at a news conference late Saturday that the state was keeping an eye on three systems farther out in the Pacific and that officials were closely watching Monday’s incoming storm.

The city’s communications infrastructure, cellular and internet, is underground so “as we get more inundation from the rain, we’re seeing more failure around those, what we call lifeline systems” for power and communication, said Carroll.

The prediction center has put out a Level 3 out of 4 risk for excessive rain for fifteen million people in the state on Monday. The prediction center wrote in their discussion Sunday morning that a Level 4 notice may become necessary if forecasts continue to go up.

The weather service in San Francisco said there is high confidence that the pattern will continue over the next couple of weeks. We don’t have any information on how much rain will fall, but it’s obvious that the continuation of saturated soils will pose hazards into the third week of January.

The article was originally in the CNN Weather Brief, which is released every Monday. You can sign up here to receive them every week and during significant storms.

The Pacific Northwest is already getting some snow and rain, which will add to their already blockbuster snow season.

The National Weather Service office in California said that the amount of snow would cause the passes to be closed for a period of time, affecting traffic getting to and from Los Angeles.

Blizzard warnings are in place for southern Wyoming, where nearly two feet of snow and winds gusting more than 70 mph will create blinding conditions. The wind will plummet to 25 degrees below zero.

Chicago is likely to see icy weather on Thursday, along with some other big cities. It is difficult to pin down exactly where ice will occur in the Ohio Valley. If you live in these areas, you should keep an eye on the forecast so you don’t ruin your travel plans.

The storm is expected to reach the Northeast and New England by the end of the week. As of now, New York City is out of the snow, but Boston could receive a couple of inches.

We could set more than 130 high temperature records across the Southeast Tuesday through Friday, with more than 40 record low temperatures possibly broken across the Northwest.

This week will see wild weather, whether you are buried under 3 feet of snow or basking in the sunshine and record warmth.

The state patrol, the transportation department and the national guard were given instructions to be prepared to respond to storm impacts.

Air Traffic, Highway and Transportation Delays and Bliss Warnings in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas during the Snow and Ice Breakout on Wednesday

There were a lot of flights canceled in the US on Wednesday. Minneapolis and Denver each had hundreds of arriving and departing flight delays.

More than five million people are being warned of ice storms across northeastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois. And more than two million people are under blizzard warnings across parts of Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.

Snow is falling at heavy rates of 1-2 inches per hour near the Great Lakes, and combining with 40-50 mph winds. Significant impacts will include major disruptions to travel, infrastructure, livestock and recreation according to the NWS.

South Dakota’s governor announced Tuesday the closures of state government executive branch offices Wednesday in more than half of the state’s 66 counties, with plans for employees to work remotely. Additionally, Interstates 29 and 90 partially closed Tuesday night to prepare for the expected snow.

Eastern Wyoming College announced the closure of its main campus. A virtual learning day will take place in the Natrona County school district on Wednesday due to hazardous weather and road conditions.

Search and rescue operations were underway Wednesday evening in several counties across Wyoming to recover motorists that become trapped in heavy snow, the state highway patrol said.

More than 160 vehicle crashes were reported in Minnesota Wednesday and dozens of cars spun off roads, as a 3-7 inch swath of the state saw more than locally higher amounts. Lt. Gordon Shank made a comment in a series of retweets.

Statewide Energy Emergency Warnings and Temperature Differences in Southern and Mid-Atlantic Counties from the First Los Angeles Blizzard Warning

In Wisconsin – similarly hit by snow since Tuesday in the north and freezing rain Wednesday in the south – Gov. Tony Evers declared a statewide energy emergency Wednesday, saying it will “allow for a more swift and efficient restoration of any electric power outages throughout the state,” a news release from his office said.

Out west, in an extremely rare event, California’s Los Angeles and Ventura Counties will be under blizzard warnings from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon, the weather said. That will be the first blizzard warning issued by the weather service’s Los Angeles office since 1989, it said.

The temperature differences between the Northern Rockies and the South were quite stark because of the winter storm and heat wave.

The international airport in Green Bay canceled the rest of its daily flights on Wednesday and most of its flights on Thursday.

• Maine government offices closed: Gov. Janet Mills announced that state offices would be closed Thursday as the storm “is expected to bring significant snowfall to most of the state,” her office said in a release.

Atlanta was 81 degrees on Wednesday, an all-time record in February. New Orleans was 83 degrees on Wednesday, while Washington, D.C., and Nashville were both 80 degrees.

Just as noteworthy were the unusual warm temperatures seen in Southern and Mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said. Nashville, Tennessee, andRichmond, Virginia, both had warm temperatures on Thursday.

MINORMALE FALL AND ICE MONDAY AROUND FALLS AND FIELDS ON THE GROUP: A WEAK CONDUCT CERTAIN PROPERTIES

On Friday, forecasters also urged mariners near the coast of the state’s San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties to “seek safe harbor immediately” — warning of severe thunderstorms that could produce sudden waterspouts, powerful enough to “easily overturn boats.” The two counties are also at risk of seeing small tornadoes on land.

The region has been issued a freeze warning for Friday and Saturday. Unsheltered populations, crops, and outdoor plumbing are at risk because of the sub- freezing conditions.

Michigan was hit with freezing rain and ice which made travel risky for livestock and infrastructure. Port Austin and Midland saw the most snow, with 8 inches and 8.9 inches respectively. The southern portion of the state had a lot of ice, according to the National Weather Service.

There is still a CHANCE of more light snow in some parts of Michigan. On Friday, the state will be below freezing. Forecasters expect the weather to warm up by Sunday.

In addition to the snow, some Los Angeles-area roads turned into rivers on Friday after bouts of heavy rain, prompting the weather service to issue a flash flood warning.

The Northern Storms That Stopped on Californian Nights and Its Effects on California Residents and Businesses in the Mid-Main Flavour

The weather system that hit California, and numerous states across the country, has had a huge impact on people in the Midwest.

Nearly 500,000 homes and businesses in Michigan were still in the dark Saturday following a powerful winter storm created dangerous icing conditions, according to tracking site PowerOutage.us. Wayne County had more than 150,000 customers who were without power.

DTE, one of Michigan’s largest electric providers, is restoring power to stricken areas but cautioned it will not be able to return service to most customers before Sunday.

In New England, icy conditions likely contributed to a massive 15-vehicle pileup on the Massachusetts Turnpike Thursday night, according to a tweet by the Massachusetts State Police.

LOS ANGELES — On Saturday, the winter storm that swept down the West Coast piled up snow and swelled rivers as it turned its focus to southern California.

The storm was forecast to go away later in the day after warnings continued in the mountains and flood advisories blanketed the region.

The weather service said there was no longer a threat of flooding after 7 inches of rain fell in Ventura County.

A spokesman for Consumers Energy stated that half an inch of ice weighed down some power lines, which was 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465.

In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Allison Rinker was using a borrowed generator to keep her 150-year-old house warm Saturday after two nights in the cold and dark.

A Major Winter Storm Has Provoked Blzzard and Flood Warnings Across California During the Las Vegas Snowfall Day

“We were all surviving, but spirits were low on the second day,” she said. “As soon as the heat came back and we were able to have one or two lights running, it was like a complete flip in attitude.”

She said that the ice falling off the trees was hitting her windshield so hard she was afraid it was going to crack. Half the trees are falling down and there’s just tree limbs everywhere. The destruction is insane.”

The low-pressure system was expected to bring widespread rain and snow in southern Nevada by Saturday afternoon and across northwest Arizona Saturday night and Sunday morning, the National Weather Service office in Las Vegas said.

The cold weather that hit the north and west caused wild temperatures in the south. The high temperature on Friday was 93 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius) at Falcon Lake, Texas, while the lowest was minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit (1.7 Celsius) near Huntley, Montana.

Much of Portland was shut down with icy roads not expected to thaw until Saturday after the city’s second-heaviest snowfall on record this week: nearly 11 inches (28 centimeters).

Tim Varner sat huddled with blankets in a Portland storefront doorway shielding him from some of the wind, ice and snow. Local officials opened six overnight shelters but the 57-year-old, who has been homeless for two decades, said it was too hard to push a shopping cart containing his belongings to reach one.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/25/1159560284/a-major-winter-storm-has-prompted-blizzard-and-flood-warnings-across-california

“It’s impossible to get out of the snow”: A Pedestrian’s Comment on “Extreme Snowballs in the Adirondacks”

“It’s impossible,” he said. “The snow gets built up on the wheels of your cart and then you find slippery spots and can’t get no traction. So you’re stuck.”