The Mid-Summer Atmospheric River Events will be Spreading Through the Pacific Northwest and Lower Mississippi Valley Across the United States

An atmospheric river event, bringing ample amounts of moisture to the West this weekend, will gradually move across the country and bring hazardous weather to millions.

Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard conditions or icing across strips of the US from California to the Northeast on Thursday, part of a multiday event that has already closed roads and caused numerous power outages – even as the Southeast basks in unseasonably high temperatures.

Across California, light precipitation is expected early this week — the first of two smaller systems that forecasters predict will bracket an intense storm called an atmospheric river.

There is a high-wind warning issued for a large part of the Pacific Northwest, with winds of 35 to 45 mph and gusts upwards of 70 mph. In addition, wind advisories are also posted both in the Pacific Northwest as well as many other Western states.

The first round of snow might bring 7 inches of snow in Minneapolis. The second snowfall round is expected to begin Wednesday afternoon and last through Thursday, when another 10 to 20 inches could fall. The total could be between 18 and 25 inches over three days.

High winds and heavy snow can cause a near zero visibility, even if snow stops falling, because high winds blow the snow off the ground. Extreme caution is urged when traveling due to weather warnings.

“While tornadoes in December are relatively uncommon when compared to the springtime, they are often more likely across portions of the Southeast and Lower Mississippi Valley, where there is often a secondary peak in the fall and winter,” Matthew Elliott, a meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center, told CNN.

Damaging winds and rain are expected Wednesday morning through the afternoon in parts of Oklahoma into western Arkansas, across Missouri and western Illinois, according to the National Weather Service

The areas that are the most at risk from tornadoes will become clear as the event approaches.

Sacramento During the First Big California Storm: Snow, Power Outages and Trees Downed by a High Wind, Snowfall, and Flooding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Landslides of rock and mud closed roadways Friday across California as heavy rains kicked off what will be a series of storms poised to usher in the new year with downpours and potential flooding across much of the state and multiple feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada.

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 forest service issued a warning for the mountains of the west side of Lake Tahoe where they said new snow and strong winds would result in dangerous slides.

Areas of California remain under flash flood warnings because of a weather phenomenon that dropped historic rain levels on San Francisco, Oakland and other areas. But a second atmospheric river is predicted to arrive soon — and it will be as bad or worse than the New Year’s Eve deluge, forecasters warn.

After days of fierce winds, toppled trees and downed wires, more than 120,000 California utility customers remained without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us. I-5 has been closed because of heavy snow andIce in Tejon Pass through the mountains north of Los Angeles.

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 in 50 mph wind gusts.

The Chief of the Monte Rio Fire Department said that there was no injuries or damage to houses as a result of four different down trees.

“This is our first big storm, we’ve had several years of drought and all these trees were dry. Now they’re filling up with water and starting to topple over,” Baxman told the television station.

Despite dropping several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada, the storm did not break any long-standing records, but it did improve the mountain water table and the overall precipitation was close to average.

California is off to a fast start with snowpack, a critical source of water and good news for some improvement in drought conditions. As of late last week, the state’s snowpack was running more than 150% of normal, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

The National Weather Service forecaster in Reno said that the water is two-thirds of normal.

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

Ice Storms Last December: A Record-breaking Snowfall for the Olympic Valley Ski Resort and State Line-of-Sight in Anchorage, Minnesota

It’s not too early to tell how the recent storms will change the weather, as last year’s record-breaking December snow did not help the area in the end.

The ski resort wrote on their website that they were Buried and shared pictures of thick snow in Olympic Valley.

This is definitely a storm to remember. We’ve now received 7.5 feet of snow since December 1st. Plus, in just 24 hours from Saturday morning to Sunday morning, we received more than 35 inches of snow — the 6th largest snowfall total in 24 hours that we have on record,” resort operators wrote.

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 highways in South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, North Dakota and Minnesota were closed on Wednesday due to poor weather.

In Minnesota, the National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories, including a winter storm warning. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said in a tweet Monday, “Challenging winter weather could impact travel statewide all week.”

There have been historic snowstorms in the last few days that have brought between 30 and forty inches of snow to the city of Anchorage, according to a statement from the mayor’s office.

Thousands of Homes and Businesses Without Power in the Mid-Atlantic and South after the Superstorms. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, M.M. Hochul and the Emergency Preparedness

These areas have seen great relief from the extreme heat and lack of rain. Tennessee, for example, went from 96% of the state under drought to being at 46% this week.

Heavy rain is expected to fall in major cities like New York and Boston this weekend, before the storm system leaves the region Sunday.

In response to the massive storm system, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned residents of the hazardous road conditions the storm is threatening to bring as millions across in the Northeast are under winter weather alerts Friday.

“We urge everyone in the impacted regions to avoid unnecessary travel tonight and tomorrow,” Hochul said in a Thursday statement. “Work from home if possible, stay off the roads, and make sure you and your loved ones remain vigilant.”

In Pennsylvania transportation officials urged drivers to avoid travel due to low visibility caused by wind and heavy snow.

The storm system has wreaked havoc in the US since the beginning of the month, causing varying amounts of weather to different parts of the country.

The storm left over 100,000 homes and businesses in Minnesota, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Virginia without power early Friday, after causing tornadoes and blowing snow across the South and Midwest.

Dozens of tornadoes have been reported in seven states since Tuesday. The deadly storms claimed the lives of three people in Louisiana.

And in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, the storm brought a quarter inch of ice was reported Thursday morning to the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Maryland, and about a tenth of an inch had built up in parts of Virginia.

Powerful winds whirled by blizzard conditions knocked down power lines in the Upper Midwest as temperatures in some areas plummeted to near or below freezing, leaving thousands without proper heating.

The Cause and Effect of a Tornado in Farmerville, Louisiana, Enough for the People of California to Survive a Multiple Megadrought

Meanwhile in Louisiana, Yoshiko A. Smith, 30, and her 8-year-old son, Nikolus Little, were killed Tuesday when a tornado struck Caddo Parish and destroyed their home, local officials said.

The National Weather Service said a tornado with 140mph winds traveled through the town of Farmerville in northern Louisiana. At least 20 people were injured, and the tornado demolished parts of an apartment complex and a mobile home park, Farmerville Police Detective Cade Nolan said.

The winter in California is off to a good start with a large number of storms bringing rain and snow.

Andrew Schwartz, the station manager of the University of California, Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory says they will need more snow in order to function. It is where he and others measure how much water is available for the people of the state.

High-elevation snowpack serves as a natural reservoir that eases drought, storing water through the winter months and slowly releasing it through the spring melting season. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada accounts for 30% of California’s fresh water supply in an average year, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

With the multiyear megadrought, the snowpack in the Sierras had been at alarmingly low levels, while reservoirs, which are replenished by spring snow melt, are still below the historical average.

The National Weather Service office in San Francisco said that what really sets this event apart are the conditions that precede it. “Multiple systems over the past week have saturated soil, increased flow in rivers and streams, and truly set the stage for this to become a high impact event.”

“It was definitely a good-news storm on balance, since despite the short-term disruption, it dropped quite a bit of water in places that really need it due to long-term drought and climate change-driven aridification,” Swain told CNN. “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 has been beset with fire and has suffered from a lack of water in the area. Now, much of the state cannot bare to absorb more moisture without the possibility of even more flooding.

The first quarter is over and we have scored a touchdown, but there is still three quarters left to decide the outcome of the game. If we get to March or April and we are sitting at above average precipitation, we can start to relax. We can start to celebrate a little bit.”

As a result of the shift in the seasonal outlook, there will be an increase in water cuts for the new year across much of California and the Colorado River Basin.

“That does not bode especially well for long-term drought relief, particularly on the Colorado River system, where the rapidly accelerating water crisis threatens to reach new heights in 2023 unless unexpectedly wet conditions occur over the next few months,” he said.

Schwartz said this is the time when we need to be conserve our water more and possibly bumping efforts because this isn’t a guarantee of a full deep winter.

The latest bulletin from the National Weather Service (NWS) names the cause as a “strong arctic high pressure system,” which swept down from Canada on Tuesday and appears poised to march towards the Southeast on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving a wake of life-threatening weather systems across 17 states.

If a person looks in the right direction, they will be able to see snow from some point later this week. “Snow remains very unlikely in California’s major cities, but it’ll fall quite nearby.”

The northern Rockies, the Great Basin and Northern Plains regions will feel the cold and winds will be as strong as 60 mph.

The first week of winter will see temperatures hit the season’s lowest by Friday. On Christmas Eve, even northern Florida cities like Jacksonville and Tallahassee could get a low temperature of 20 F.

Flight Aware of the New England Air Frequency Card. II. Thousands of people were without power during an extreme weather event over the weekend

air travel was mostly unaffected by the approaching polar front with more than 600 delays and over 300 canceled flights as of Tuesday morning according to the tracking site Flight Aware.

An outage that left 180,000 without power across New England over the weekend was resolved by Monday, but the Associated Press reported that attempts to bring extra utility workers into the state ahead of this week’s storm were stymied by slick roads.

It is a risk to brave the cold, according to the NWS. In some places in the U.S., this week’s subzero temperatures could cause skin to become soft and susceptible to frostbite in just 10 minutes.

Those venturing outside should dress in layers, cover their skin and change into dry clothing as soon as possible. Experts think that the best prevention is simply to stay indoors.

Thousands of people were left without power in Oregon and an interstate was shut down in Colorado due to the weather. The South will see a storm on Friday and the Northeast will get some rain on Saturday.

More than 60 million people were under winter weather advisories from the west to the northern Plains and New York and New England. It was one of several storms that damaged utility lines and trees and left almost one million people without power, mainly in Michigan.

“While these winds won’t be on the order of the previous/stronger system it really won’t take much to bring trees down given saturated conditions and weakened trees from the last event,” the weather service in San Francisco posted Friday.

During the dry summers, the heat events like the heat dome can damage trees because it takes up so much of their energy to fight off pathogens.

Los Angeles Weather Service Ends December 31st, and New Year’s Day will be soggy in Buffalo, New York, and Los Angeles

Portland recorded 2.12 inches of rain, breaking the old record of 1.08 inches set on December 26, 1996. The third-rainiest December day in Portland was on Monday.

The greatest flash-flooding concerns are for the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as well as the coastal portions of southern Oregon down through the Bay Area and to Los Angeles County.

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles said goodbye to the warmth. “Big drop in temperatures on track between today and tomorrow (Tuesday). Expect 15-20 degrees of cooling thanks to the approaching storm system.”

That means New Year’s Eve celebrations Saturday will likely be dampened in New York City and Washington, DC. It is expected to be a soggy new year in Los Angeles.

“Tuesday is probably the day where you’ll likely need to keep a really close eye on the weather as the potential for widespread flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and roadway and urban flooding will be at its highest during the next week as all the runoff and heavy precipitation comes together resulting in a mess,” the weather service office in Sacramento said.

Rain will also fall in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, adding to the melting snow and prompting localized flood concerns as the city continues to recover from its deadly blizzard. Additional rain is expected early next week.

Fluctuations in Sacramento, Sacramento, and the Mendocino Valley, Calif., and Northern Nevada, followed by Nevada flood warnings and watches

The Weather Prediction Center said that the slight risk area highlights places with high soil humidity, burn scars and urban areas.

An eastbound stretch of Interstate-70 in Colorado reopened Thursday after a nine-hour closure left drivers stranded amid bouts of heavy mountain snow, widespread rain and gusty winds.

Dangerous conditions Tuesday in Oregon left five people dead, including a 4-year-old girl, after severe weather caused trees to fall on passing vehicles, state police said.

Landslides already had closed routes in the San Francisco Bay Area, between Fremont and Sunol, as well as in Mendocino County near the unincorporated community of Piercy and in the Mendocino National Forest, where crews cleared debris into Friday night.

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, which was temporarily closed last week due to earthquake damage, may be closed again if the Eel River gets too high.

The California Highway Patrol reported some local roads in eastern Sacramento were under water and impassable at times on Friday. By nightfall, nearly 5 inches of rain had fallen over the past 24 hours at Blue Canyon, northeast of Sacramento, the weather service said.

The American River is a spot where many unhoused people live in encampments and the fire officials plan to warn of flooding from a helicopter and boat.

The weather service in Reno said that strong winds and high waves might capsize small vessels, cause tree damage, and lead to power outages.

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

The Susan River, which is 85 miles north of Reno, is expected to rise to about 30 feet by Saturday morning, causing moderate flooding.

Sacramento County Reopened Highways and Bridges after a Wet New Year’s Eve Storm on Sunday, Dec. 30 to Monday, April 13

The weather agency said in a post that there are too many road closings at this point. Sacramento County urged residents in the unincorporated community of Wilton to evacuate, warning that flooded roadways could “cut off access to leave the area.”

San Francisco experienced its wettest 10-day period on record, during which time it was drenched. The city has received more than a foot of rain in the past month, and they are expecting another 3-6 inches of rain in the next five days.

“The roads are extremely slick so let’s all work together and slow down so we can keep I-80 open,” the California Highway Patrol said on Twitter. Several other highways, including State Route 50, also reopened.

The Sacramento agency released a map of 24-hour precipitation through Saturday morning, showing a wide range of totals in the region, from less than an inch (2.54 centimeters) in some areas to more than 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) in the Sierra foothills.

A car is stuck in more than 30 centimeters of water, and the underpass is flooded, according to photos uploaded by the police department.

A powerful storm that caused a lot of rain and snow in the state closed major highways and snarled traffic on New Year’s Day.

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. There were no serious injuries reported.

New Year’s Day Storms and Flooding in Point Pleasant, Calif., a Weather Service Meteorologist at the Sacramento River

Spectators started to arrive at the Rose Parade spots after the region dried out on New Year’s Day.

It was the first in a string of storms expected to hit the state in a week. Saturday’s system was warmer and wetter, while storms this week will be colder, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sacramento.

The forecasters in Northern California warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better.

The third atmospheric river was hitting the region, which is at particularly high risk for flooding. The NWS also says the storm’s high winds could inflict severe damage in areas where the soil is already saturated with rainwater.

Mary Spencer-Gode and other people stood next to the damage on their street, which was caused by the storm 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 community of Point Pleasant was put on alert on Sunday for flooding that would be “imminent” and become “incredibly dangerous” after sunset.

The Northern California Weather Service and the Los Angeles Counties. A 19-Year-Old Woman Died after Colliding into a Utility Pole

In a recent interview with NPR, the NWS’ senior forecaster said, “It’s just a small area of high humidity that gets transported away from the tropics towards the higher latitudes.”

For states along the West Coast, atmospheric rivers are “actually responsible for a good majority of the rainfall during the colder season, which is the season when they get most of their rain,” Oravec said.

As it gets closer to land, the predictions show that the storm will slow and make things worse, prompting the forecasters along the coast to raise the alarm.

The incoming storm is expected to surpass the Saturday night storm by at least an inch and will likely be more in the upslope areas, according to the NWS office in Los Angeles.

The weather service in Los Angeles said there would be an increased risk of rock/mud slide activity because of the heavy rain and already wet soils.

According to the police department, a 19-year-old woman died when she crashed her car into a utility pole during excessive rain in Northern California. The driver hit “a patch of standing water and hydroplaned, losing control of the vehicle, before colliding into a utility pole,” police explained.

A young child – about age 1 or 2 – was killed Wednesday after a redwood tree fell on a home in Sonoma County in Northern California, Occidental Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ron Lunardi said.

El Nios and La Nias in the West Coast of California: After Two Weeks of Rain, Streams and Rivers

Flooding impacts have already been reported in the city, according to San Francisco Department of Emergency Management Executive Director Mary Ellen Carroll. A few of the streets are crawling with sinkholes. We’re seeing mudslides – nothing significant at this point. We know that we’re going to see more of those conditions with less time in between as a result of the rain we get.

• 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.

The ground is so saturated from a record rain earlier this week and the effect of the new precipitation this weekend can cause damage even a 40 mph wind can do.

The additional rain on already saturated soils will contribute to additional flooding concerns across the state according to Solum. There will continue to be an increased risk of rock slides and mud slides in many parts of the state.

The rain over the weekend raised concerns for local streams, streams, 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 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. While El Niño and La Niña patterns typically have a large influence on seasonal conditions in the West Coast, “there are always additional factors at play,” she added.

During the winter months, atmospheric rivers can form and can occur in El Nios and La Nias.

Weather Patterns Are Not Meant for One Year to Be Different than The Other, but for Two. And Three More Months During the Arizona Winter Storm

Michael Tippett, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, points out that the forecast patterns are not meant to be used on a day-to-day forecast scale but rather the entire season as a whole. This is why researching the patterns is so important.

“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.”

State climatologist Michael Anderson told a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.

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.

There is a risk of excessive rain in the state on Monday for over 15 million people, according to the prediction center. The prediction center wrote that a Level 4 out of 4 “high risk” notice may become necessary if forecast guidance continues to increase rainfall totals.

There are areas of snow that can be up to 6 feet west of Lake Tahoe as the storm pushes farther inland. The weather service said waves up to 4 feet were on the lake.

“Overall, there is high confidence (60-80%) that this wetter-than-normal pattern will continue through the next couple of weeks,” the weather service in San Francisco said. “While we don’t have details on how much rain above normal will fall, suffice it to say that the continuation of saturated soils could continue to pose hazards into the third week of January.”

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The National Weather Service office said that traffic will be disrupted because of the amount of snow on the passes.

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 chill is 25 degrees below zero, according to the weather service.

Thursday will also bring a swath of icy weather for some big cities, including Chicago. Ice could also be a problem for parts of the Ohio Valley, yet pinpointing exactly where it will occur is challenging this far out. If you are located in these areas, be aware that freezing rain and sleet can cause power failures and stop your travel plans.

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.

On Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will run 30 to 40 degrees below normal for the northern Rockies and northern Plains, while temperatures run 20 to 30 degrees above normal for the Southeast and mid-Atlantic.

Whether you are buried under three feet of snow and experiencing frigid temperatures or basking in the sunshine and record warmth, this week will touch nearly all corners of the country with wild weather.

It will feel like an early summer across parts of the Southeast and up into the Midwest as nearly 150 million people will see a high above 70 degrees this week. The contrast across the country will be stark, as highs in the Dakotas will be below zero and highs in central Florida surge into the 90s.

The center said that rain and storms would hit the Midwest and Plains late Tuesday night into Wednesday. The Upper Midwest could also see heavy rainfall and severe storms beginning Wednesday.

Transportation and Weather Warnings from a High-Temperature, Low-Energy, Multi-Stage Winter Storm in South Dakota

High temperatures across the region will climb well into the 70s and 80s beginning Tuesday before peaking on Thursday, and cities across the Florida peninsula could reach into the 90s. Typically highs are seen in May or early June and the temperatures are 20 to 35 degrees above normal.

Gov. Tim Walz directed the state’s National Guard, the transportation department and the state patrol to be prepared to respond storm impacts, he said on Twitter.

More than 680 flights within, into or out of the US scheduled have been canceled Thursday, according to the tracking site FlightAware. More than 1,600 flights were canceled Wednesday.

The cancellations come as more than five million people are under ice storm warnings across northeastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, northwestern Illinois and southern Michigan. And more than two million people are under blizzard warnings across parts of Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.

There is a city in 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.

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. The virtual learning day will be held due to weather and road conditions in the area.

Forecasts of Snowfall and Flooding in the Central U.S. on Wednesday Despite Warm Weather and High Winds, Governor Rob Ballinson said

Residents of Northern states in the U.S. are starting to hunker down as heavy snow and high winds are predicted to create whiteout conditions on Wednesday.

Schools across Minnesota announced closures as the state’s governor said on Twitter he would direct the state’s National Guard, transportation department and state patrol to be ready to respond.

In order to avoid the heat, parts of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic are expected to see a high of 70 and 80 degrees on Wednesday.

But that warm front isn’t likely to stick around for much longer. By Thursday, the same storm that’s blanketing the plains will begin to slip into upstate New York and central New England, sending colder temperatures further south by the weekend.

“It’s not too often that we talk about one to three feet of snow above 4,000 feet, let alone locally five feet,” National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Tardy said in a video update released Tuesday for the San Diego region.

Tardy said that the region is expected to see significant snowfall until Friday night, as well as a possible atmospheric river.

He said that LA county wasn’t used to removing snow so they maintain the bottom of the road leading to Mount Baldy. Ellingson also expressed concerns about potential rains that could follow and set the set snow “loose” and cause flooding.

South Lake Tahoe’s snow operations team is ready to plow roadways, bike trails and sidewalks, said Assistant City Manager Lindsey Baker. And their first priority is ensuring emergency vehicles can get where they need to go.

First Day of February’s Snowfall in Northern California, and Statewide Energy Emergency Emergency Prepared for the Restoration of Electric Power in the State

The emerging storm, she said, is “not anything unusual” – and the city anticipates it won’t be the same kind of “non-stop, all hands-on deck situation” they experienced earlier this year.

The first two weeks of January alone brought the region 17 feet of snow in just 16 days, which according to Burke, caused road and ski lift closures, along with heaps of snow to be shoveled.

Even if the National Weather Service is correct in its prediction, this February’s storm should be manageable for the region. Burke added this storm should bring the “perfect amount of snow to get out there and ski and ride.”

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.

In Minnesota, swaths of which saw 3-7 inches with locally higher amounts as of early Thursday, more than 160 vehicle crashes were reported and dozens of cars spun off roads Wednesday, Minnesota State Patrol spokesperson Lt. Gordon Shank said in a series of tweets.

Gov. Tony Evers declared a statewide energy emergency Wednesday, saying it will allow for a more swift and efficient restoration of electric power in the state, since snow and freezing rain have hit the north and south.

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. The weather SERVICE’s Los Angeles office has not issued a warning about the weather in 25 years.

A Record-Scale Temperature Breakout in the Northern Rockies and the Southern Sub-Atlantic Region of the Mid-South

The dueling winter storm and southern heat wave created a stark 100-degree temperature difference between the Northern Rockies and the South earlier this week.

The international airport in Green Bay canceled all of its flights on Wednesday and most of them 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 set a record for the highest temperature in February at 81 degrees. New Orleans and Nashville, Tennessee both had 80 degrees on Wednesday.

Just as noteworthy were the unusual warm temperatures seen in Southern and Mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said. On Thursday the temperatures in Nashville, Tennessee and Richmond, Virginia, hit 85 and 83 degrees, respectively.

The weather service warned mariners toseek safe harbor immediately on Friday, saying severe storms that could produce waterspouts, powerful enough to easily overturn boats, were possible along the coast of the state. There is a risk that small tornadoes on land will occur in the two counties.

San Jose and other parts of the region have been issued a freeze warning for Friday and Saturday. The sub-freezing conditions will be especially dangerous to unsheltered populations, crops and unprotected outdoor plumbing.

In Michigan, the weather was so cold that travel was unsafe and livestock were at risk. Both Port Austin and Midland received 8 inches of snow. According to the National Weather Service there was ice accumulating in the southern part of the state.

There is a possibility of more light snow in parts of southeast Michigan. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will be below freezing on Friday. Forecasters expect the weather to warm up by Sunday.

Superfluid Flood Warnings in Los Angeles County, Calif., during a Power-Outage Microwave Flash Flood on Saturday and Sunday

The weather service issued a flash flood warning on Friday as some Los Angeles area roads turned into rivers after bouts of heavy rain.

Heavy rainfall is expected to continue through the weekend over areas at lower elevations as overnight flash flooding was ongoing north and west of Los Angeles, the Weather Prediction Center said early Saturday.

The aftermath of the same weather system that struck California and numerous states spanning the country earlier this week is still affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest.

A powerful winter storm left half a million Michigan homes and businesses without power on Saturday. Wayne County experienced more than 150,000 power failures.

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.

The city of Los Angeles. A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, piling up snow and swelling rivers with runoff.

Blizzard warnings continued in the mountains and flood advisories blanketed the region, but forecasters offered some relief, predicting the storm would taper off later in the day.

There was moderate to heavy rain in Ventura County by the early hours of Saturday but the weather service said flooding was no longer a threat.

A Major Winter Storm Has Provoked Blzzard and Flood Warnings Across California: Allison Rinker’s Home Warm After Dark

Half an inch of ice weighed down some power lines, equivalent to the weight of a baby grand piano according to Brian Wheeler, a spokesman for Consumers Energy.

Allison Rinker was using a borrowed generator to keep her home warm after dark after it had been without power for two nights.

“We survived but our spirits took a dive 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.”

“The ice that was falling off the trees as it was melting was hitting our windshield so hard, I was afraid it was going to crack,” she said. There’s half of the trees falling down. The destruction is insane.”

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

The cold weather that hit the North and West ignored the southern states, leading to huge temperature differences. The high temperature for the U.S. on Friday was 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius) at Falcon Lake, Texas, while the low was minus-35 degrees Fahrenheit (1.7 Celsius) near Huntley, Montana.

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

Three people died in Los Padres, California, during the first day of the California winter storms: A homeless man whose car can barely maneuver in a shovel

Three people have died as a result of 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. A person died of cold in Portland, Oregon.

The city had its second-heaviest snowfall on record this week with nearly 11 inches, but icy roads and no transportation left until Saturday.

Tim Varner was protecting himself from the wind and ice when he sat in a storefront doorway. The homeless man who has been homeless for two decades said it was difficult to push a shopping cart containing his belongings to a shelter.

“It’s impossible,” he said. The snow builds up on the wheels of your cart and you can not get traction on the slippery spots. You’re stuck.

In addition, heavy rainfall brought several inches of rain to the area, including more than 4 inches in Holy Jim Canyon, Lower Silverado Canyon and Henshaw Dam; more than three inches in La Jolla Amago, Costa Mesa, Mount Woodson and Carlsbad Airport; and more than two inches to John Wayne Airport, Escondido, San Bernardino and Temecula, according to the service’s 5-day rainfall reports.

It was dangerous to travel in some areas during the storm. State Route 33 was closed in Los Padres National Forest because of rock slides and erosion from previous storms according to the California Department of Transportation.