Heavy Snowfall and Mountain Snow in the Southern Hemisphere and the Sacramento-San Francisco Bay Area. Storm Prediction Center for Northern California

The Weather Service says that there will be hazardous travel conditions Tuesday and Wednesday due to heavy snow in Colorado and northern Arizona.

The weather service said areas of California that rarely see snow could get significant snowfall starting Thursday as heavy rain and mountain snow develop in parts of the state. There have been flood watches issued for Los Angeles.

A line of storms with damaging winds and embedded tornadoes will spread east- north from middle Tennessee and northwest Alabama.

While the northern half of the storm will be all snow, the southern half will be heavy rain. There could be strong storms on Wednesday for places like Dallas and Little Rock. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the area as a region with the potential for large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes.

Minneapolis could get between 15 and 25 inches of snow by Thursday. That would be in addition to the 1 to 3 inches that have already fallen there.

In the mountains of Northern and central California an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow threatens to be dangerous, according to the Weather Prediction Center.

The California Department of transportation said that there were cars spun out in the snow on New Years Eve along I 80, and that they had to rescue dozens of drivers. The key route to the mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area reopened early Sunday to passenger vehicles with chains.

The weather service office in Sacramento was forecasting snow totals of 1-2 feet with some of the higher elevations seeing 3 feet or more.

The Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Observation Team reports Snowfall in Los Alamos, California, after a New Years Storm

“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 is like a picture postcard.

He said he is cautiously optimistic that the precipitation will help the state out of its current weather problems.

“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.

There have been measurable amounts of snow in several cities since the storm began on Monday evening, and in some places there are more than 50 inches of snow.

The storms came on top of a powerful storm that flooded roads, knocked out power supplies, and damaged trees. More than 400,000 customers were still without power Sunday morning, according to PowerOutage. The US. A New Years weekend storm brought flooding rains, which are already a very wet start to the year.

A so-called atmospheric river storm pulled in a long and wide plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean. Flooding and rock slides closed portions of roads across the state.

More than 60 million people were under winter weather alerts Thursday morning from the West into the northern Plains, Great Lakes region 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.

Winds are forecast to be around 40-50 mph in the valleys and up to 70 mph in the mountains, which is lower than the storm earlier this week, but still nothing to brush off.

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 consecutive dry summers that we’ve had, especially the heat events like the heat dome, that really damages trees and it takes up so much of their energy to fuel their immune systems to fight off pathogens,” Bourgeois said.

Second Wednesday: Weather Warnings for the Northern Hemisphere, Oregon, and California, and Forecast for Los Angeles, California

The NWS said that it was the secondwettest day in 170 years at San Francisco’s downtown site.

Much of the state has already been covered in 8 to 9 inches of rain, which has saturated the soil. And additional rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected across the coasts and valleys, however the mountains and foothills are forecast to see up to 4 to 8 inches through Tuesday.

There were a lot of warnings for residents from southern Oregon to southern California, including flash flood watches, high winds warnings and winter storm warnings.

“Say goodbye to the warmth,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles tweeted Monday. Between today and tomorrow, there will be a big drop in temperatures. Expect 15-20 degrees of cooling thanks to the approaching storm system.”

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 Bay Area and Northern California are expected to see the worst of the weather by Thursday when the storms are expected to reach the coast.

That means the celebrations in New York and Washington, DC are likely to be affected. Los Angeles, too, is expected to ring in a soggy new year.

Over 15 Million People are Under Flood Watches in California in the Light of Last Week’s Atmospheric Blizzard

Over 15 million people are under flood watches across much of California ahead of this atmospheric river event which could bring several more inches of rain to the state through Tuesday.

There will be rain in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, which will add to the melting snow and bring flooding concerns for a city still recovering from a deadly blizzard. Next week is expected to see more rain.

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

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.

The wet weather comes after days of rain in California from Pacific storms. A series of recent weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets, battered the coastline and caused at least six deaths.

More than one million households nationwide were without power on Thursday. The vast majority of those outages — more than 750,000 — are in Michigan, where residents have been hit with freezing rain and ice. That’s according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages state-by-state.

The Second-Wettest Day on Record: State Transportation Agency Road Closes Highway 70 and Highway 49, East of Sacramento, and Highway 50, east of Sacramento

The state transportation agency reported numerous road closures, including Highway 70 east of Chico, which was partially closed by a slide, and the northbound side of Highway 49, east of Sacramento, which was closed because of flooding. In El Dorado County, east of Sacramento, a stretch of Highway 50 was closed because of flooding.

The rain on Saturday in San Francisco made it the second-wettest day on record. The nearly three-decade old record could be in danger with rain continuing.

In Monterey County, a portion of Highway 1 was closed Thursday morning, “due to flooding with waves reaching the roadway. No estimated time for reopening “The state transportation department,” it said.

The storm could cause some problems in the area before it moves to the south. One ski resort south of Lake Tahoe closed chair lifts because of flooding and operational problems, and posted a photo on Twitter showing one lift tower and its empty chairs surrounded by water.

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 flooded railroad underpass was photographed by the police department and a car that appeared to have become stuck in the water.

Multiple Floods and Flooding in the Elliptical Humboldt County, California, Following the Dec. 20 Decay of Dec. 20, with a 6.4-magnitude Earthquake

According to Corringham, there are some places that will get wet and some that will get dry across the globe. There will be longer periods of dryness and then when the rains come, they will be more intense. For water management, that’s not what you want.”

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. A bridge that was temporarily closed last week due to earthquake damage may be closed again if the Eel River, which it crosses, gets too high, officials said.

“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 weather service in Reno said strong winds may cause tree damage, lead to power outages and may cause capsizing of small vessels.

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.

In the Sierra Nevada and Southern California mountains, as much as 3 to 4 feet of snow could be piled on top of already buried communities, likely straining infrastructure and making travel difficult, the weather service said.

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

Spectators staked out their places for the Rose Parade on Monday despite the region drying out on New Year’s Day.

Three deaths due to rainfall and flood damage in Sacramento County, California, on Sunday morning compared with California, Nevada, and Nevada power outage

There was a forecast of more showers for Southern California on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Three people have died as a result of the storms. A firefighter from Michigan died after coming into contact with a downed power line, while in Rochester, Minnesota, someone died when they were hit by a snowplow. The Portland, Oregon, police department said that a person died of cold.

Emergency crews were able to rescue multiple people by boats and helicopter during the weekend due to the severe flood damage in the Sacramento County area.

An order to evacuate was issued for Point Pleasant and Glanville Tract, while Franklin Pond was put under an order to leave.

The agency said the flooding from the Cosumnes River and the Mokelumne River might 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.

“The longevity and intensity of rain, combined with the cumulative effect of successive heavy rain events dating back to the end of December, will lead to widespread and potentially significant flood impacts,” the Weather Prediction Center said Sunday morning.

Power outage.us show that at noon Monday around 39,000 electricity accounts in California and 20,000 in Nevada were without power.

The Sacramento Elm Tree Induced by the Sacramento Atmospheric River: Implications for a La Nia-Care Climate Pattern

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 told Capital Public Radio that 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.”

“It’s just a narrow area of high moisture that gets transported away from the tropics towards the higher latitudes,” often before a cold front arrives, as NWS senior forecaster Bob Oravec recently told NPR.

Atmospheric rivers are more likely to occur in a La Niña climate pattern like the one we’re now seeing, with waters in the Pacific Ocean cooler than average. According to Climate.gov, this winter is the third year in a row that La Nia has prevailed.

According to NPR, a single atmospheric river can carry more water than the Mississippi River. Forecasters have long warned that the systems’ winds are very dangerous. The legendary sequoia “Pioneer Cabin Tree” was knocked down by a storm in Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

The strong winds are a concern. Gusts could reach up to 80 mph – strong enough to down trees and power lines from the central California coast to Southern California, according to the Weather Service.

On Wednesday, the atmospheric river could bring 2 to 3 inches of rain in California’s Central Valley, with 3 to 6 inches in the foothills and mountains, the NWS office in Sacramento said. In addition, a strong low-level jet stream will bring wind gusts of 35-50 mph in the valley and foothills, with winds hitting 60 mph in the mountains.

Because of its expected longer duration and prodigious amount of moisture, the incoming storm “should surpass the Saturday night storm by at least an inch and likely more in the upslope areas,” the NWS office in Oxnard and Los Angeles said, adding that the rain is expected to taper off Thursday night into Friday.

State of the State: Preparedness for a Megaflood, Flooding, and Mudslides in California During the Superstorm Wednesday Night

State officials warned that the public is urged to be on alert for potential flooding and mudslides in areas recently burned by wildfires. Large boulders and cars can be taken off a home’s foundation by a debris flow.

A powerful bomb cyclone slammed into the California coast Wednesday night, lashing the state with heavy downpours and hurricane-force winds as the storm advanced onshore.

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management executive director stated that there have been flooding impacts in the city. Some of our streets are covered in some sort of water hazard. We’re seeing mudslides – nothing significant at this point. We know that we’re going to see more of those conditions as the rain gets heavier and the time gets shorter.

As wells run dry and reservoirs drain, Julie Kalansky, a climate scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said these storms are desperately needed more than ever to alleviate the drought, despite the hazards they bring in some areas.

He said that the season has been an “uneven winter” with at least a weeklong break in some cases. The level of flooding and damage in California would be higher if we had this winter and everything that happened back-to-back without any breaks during the storm cycles.

The probability of a megaflood occurring in California in the next four decades is twice as good as it was today, thanks to climate change.

The National Weather Service office in San Francisco said that what really distinguishes this event is the conditions which 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.”

At a late morning news conference, Nancy Ward, the new director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said that she anticipated that this would be one of the most challenging and influential storms to touch down in California in the last five years.

Weather experts warned people in their coverage areas on Wednesday to prepare for potential power outages, and for travel to be threatened by high winds, debris and felled trees and power lines.

A different storm that brought deadly floods to a region last weekend could cause flooding if the rains are over one inch per hour.

State Emergency Procedures for the 2018 California Balloon Cyclone Flood: Newsom’s Emergency Declaration and Public Report of a Flood Warning

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide emergency declaration earlier Wednesday, clearing the way to quickly disseminate aid for those affected by the storm – the latest in series that have been wreaking havoc on the drought-plagued state.

The state officials said that as the storm marched towards California, firefighters and rescue equipment were near burn scar areas, as well as five other counties with flooding concerns.

Among the areas ordered to evacuate is Montecito, the site of a mudslide in 2018 that killed 23 people as mud and boulders the size of houses plowed down the Santa Barbara hillsides, splintering more than 100 homes and rupturing a gas main, according to the state’s Office of Emergency Services.

Das Williams is the first district supervisor in Santa Barbara County. It is important to play it safe and flee if you are in the red zone.

The sheriff of Monterey County said on his Facebook page that he had started setting up emergency shelters for the storm.

Rockslides forced the closure of a long stretch of coastal Highway 1 in both directions from Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County to south of Big Sur in Monterey County, according to the California Department of Transportation.

The mayor of San Francisco said thatfloods are inevitable as the storm hit the city, and was under a flood warning.

The San Francisco fire department shared pictures of the crew working to remove a large tree that was on top of a car and that had trapped a family.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/weather/california-bomb-cyclone-flooding-powerful-winds/index.html

Oakland: The Bay Area Regional Emergency Plan for an Intense Storm brought by a “Pennent Pineapple Express,” NWS, and FOX Plaza

And earlier in the day, there were reports of falling glass from a downtown high rise in Fox Plaza, though no injuries were reported. “It is unknown at this time if this is wind-related – highly possible though,” the San Francisco Fire Department said in a tweet.

Oakland officials declare a local emergency across the bay anticipating storm damage on Oakland roads and potential threats to public safety.

Utility company Pacific Gas and Electric said the storm system “exceeded all expectations,” damaging electric infrastructure and knocking out power to thousands. The company warned that obstacles like flooding and fallen trees could slow down the restoration of equipment damaged by the storm.

There is a significant number of trees falling into the lines as well as other impacts on our power system. We have been called up for a major repair and restoration effort.

Hundreds of crews are staged throughout the region, including those from Southern California Edison, according to the vice president of the Bay Area region.

However, the storm is expected to saturate roads and down trees which may make it difficult for crews to access areas experiencing outages, Johnson said.

One of the storms that I’m going to remember is definitely going to be ranked up there, said a meteorologist in a Facebook video.

The intense weather was brought on by a “potent Pineapple Express,” the National Weather Service warned this week, using the term for an atmospheric river that brings moisture-rich low pressure waves from around the Hawaiian Islands to the Pacific Coast.

Occidental, Calif., Wednesday night’s fall of a tree killed by a 15-year-old family in the Bay Area

At the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch, a family is trapped in their car after a tree fell on a Honda Accord while winds snapped its base. Firefighters who used chainsaws to rescue the family reported that the occupants were OK.

The Bay Area Rapid transit stated “fallen trees are everywhere in the Bay Area with this current storm”

At least two deaths have been linked to the bad weather. In Sonoma County, a tree fell on a home in the small town of Occidental Wednesday night, killing a child believed to be under 2 years old, according to local newspaper The Press Democrat.

A 19-year-old woman died in the morning of Wednesday when she drove onto a partly submerged road east of that tragedy. As KQED reports, the driver’s vehicle hydroplaned and hit a utility pole.

“We still have road closures in the mountainous areas because of the sheer number of landslides and rockslides since we have been impacted by so many storm systems,” Gass said.

In Santa Cruz County, California, officials say huge waves and high tides have damaged piers along the coastline.

In Sausalito, rough conditions left the city’s landmark bronze sea lion statue from its base; officials say it can be repaired.

El Nios and La Nias on Atmospheric Rivers during the Second Weekend of El Nino, M”obius and Whittaker

“Meteorologists here talk about a’storm parade’, which is a series of atmospheric rivers back to back,” Stark said. “That’s really what’s happening right now: We’re looking at having another series of big storms this weekend, and even into next week.”

daytime Friday will bring some relief after a series of storms that caused flooding and damage to roads, trees, and power lines throughout California over the last two days.

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.

More than 65 million people across 29 states from as far west as California to Minnesota through Maine are under winter weather alerts that warn of severe icing, extreme cold and sleet that are likely to make travel miserable Wednesday and knock out power to some.

When the ground is saturated from record precipitation earlier this week and the new rain expected this weekend, even a 40 mph wind can cause damage.

The rainfall over the weekend will bring renewed concerns for local streams, creeks, and rivers. The Colgan Creek, Berryessa Creek, Mark West Creek, Green Valley Creek and the Cosumnes River are all expected to be above flood stage 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.

“During a La Niña, typically the Pacific Northwest sees wetter than normal conditions and Southern California sees drier than normal conditions,” Marybeth Arcodia, a postdoctoral researcher at Colorado State University said. “This is due to the jet stream being pushed farther north and having a wavier pattern. it’s something

During El Nios and La Nias atmospheric rivers can form and can be influenced by the Pacific’s larger patterns.

The impact of the Monsov-Zel’dovich effect on California and the Central Coast. Forecasts are not always accurate, but scientists can look at patterns

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.

Tippett told CNN that there was a randomness that was not explained by the patterns. “This might help us understand why one year is different than the other.”

According to Michael Anderson, state climatologist, officials are keeping a close watch on three other systems that are further 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.

More than 8 million people along the central coast are under a slight, Level 2 of 4, risk of excessive rainfall, renewing the threat of flash flooding.

The storm brought hurricane-force winds to multiple areas Tuesday, including 102 mph winds at Magic Mountain Truck Trail, 83 mph at Palomar Mountain Lookout, both in southern California, and farther north, 74 mph winds in Oakland.

There are areas of 5 to 7 feet of snow possible along the Sierra crest west of Lake Tahoe as the storm pushes farther inland. Waves can reach up to 4 feet on lake tahoe according to the weather service.

“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. We don’t have any details on how much rain will fall in the coming weeks, but it’s reasonable to say that the continued saturated soils could pose a hazard in the third week of January.

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The storm is already showing signs of life as it begins to dump precipitation on the West Coast, while snow is already falling in the Pacific Northwest.

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 chills will be 25 degrees below zero, according to the weather service.

The ice storm warning stretched from central Iowa to the Wisconsin- Illinois line and through southern Michigan, with freezing rain that could make morning travel nearly impossible in places.

The storm will hit the Northeast and New England by the end of the week. However, Boston is going to get a couple of inches and New York City isn’t going to get any.

The First Day of Summer Break in South Dakota: Interstate Highway, State Route 29 and 90 Closed on Tuesday During Low-Frequency Ice Storms

The highest temperature in Texas on Wednesday was 98 degrees, and in Naples, Florida it was 87 degrees. In Atlanta, Georgia, a record was set for the month of February with 81 degrees, which is the city’s typical average high in mid-May.

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.

The governor told the transportation department, the state patrol and the National Guard to be prepared for storm impacts.

More than 600 flights within the US have been canceled Thursday according to a website that tracks flights. That’s following more than 1,600 flight cancellations Wednesday.

More than five million people are under ice storm warnings across a number of Midwestern states. More than 200,000 people are under a warning of a catastrophic storm in the state of Wyoming.

The governor of South Dakota announced Tuesday that his office will close on Wednesday in more than half the state, with plans for employees to work from home. 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 Natrona County school district in Casper will conduct a virtual learning day Wednesday due to hazardous weather and road conditions throughout the area, the district said.

Minnesota Snow and High Winds During the First Day of the Blizzard-like Storms in the Connective Severe Midwest

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.

The governor of Minnesota told the state’s National Guard, transportation department and state patrol to be prepared to respond when schools were closed.

The storm could cause damage to the infrastructure of the state, especially in the southern part of the state, where gusts of wind could reach 75 mph.

As temperatures in Southern California might not rise above 50 degrees, parts of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic are expected to see highs in the 70s and 80s on Wednesday.

“The forecast temperature gradient from the Mid-Atlantic into New England Thursday is worth noting, as highs in the 80s in Virginia drop to the single digits in northern Maine,” the NWS said in its bulletin.

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 A lieutenant. Gordon Shank stated in a series of messages.

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.

Blizzard warnings are set to continue through Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles has not issued a warnings in more than twenty years.

The Southern Rockies are in a freeze: State and local forecasts of sub-freezing as a result of the weekend weather-spreading and heat wave

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.

Green Bay airport canceled the rest of its 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. Washington, D.C., reached 79 degrees, New Orleans reached 83 degrees and Nashville, Tenn., was 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, both Nashville, Tenn., and Richmond, Va., saw temperatures hit 85 and 83 degrees respectively.

On Friday, forecasters warned boaters to “seek safe harbor immediately” because of a severe storm that could produce waterspouts and easily overturn boats. The two counties are also at risk of seeing small tornadoes on land.

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

In Battle Lake, Wyoming, there’s 48 inches of snow since the storm began on Monday and in Dupuyer, Montana, there’s 32 inches.

There is a chance of some light snow in southeast Michigan. Across the state, temperatures will be cold on Friday. Forecasters expect the weather to warm up by Sunday.

The Effects of Super-Winter Storms and Other Weather System Events on Public Transportation in the Midwestern Sun: Los Angeles, California, and Michigan

“Travel could be impossible with near zero visibility at times through early Wednesday morning. Strong winds could cause damage to trees. The National Weather Service office in Reno said that if you travel you could become stranded for hours.

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

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.

San Diego is also forecast to receive up to 2.5 inches of precipitation, and portions of southwestern California remain in a flood watch through Saturday evening.

The region is facing two storms this week that are expected to cause flooding, and will hit already soaked grounds on Saturday. In late December into January, much the state was thrashed with rounds of deadly flooding.

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.

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 accounted for the most outages at more than 150,000.

While DTE is restoring power in some areas, it won’t be able to restore service for most customers before Sunday.

Minneapolis officials declared a snow emergency and a woman in Michigan said she and her children were alive after being bundled up during a three-day flood

In Minnesota, Minneapolis officials declared a one-day snow emergency Friday due to heavy snow, and city crews have been plowing and treating streets. The city received 13 inches of precipitation over the course of a three-day period.

The Massachusetts State Police said on Friday that icy conditions may have been the cause of the massive pileup.

“We’re expecting 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 centimeters) of snow across some of the higher peaks, and maybe two to three feet through the rest of the day,” he said.

Flash flooding did hit nearby Ventura County early Saturday, where up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain fell, but by 6 a.m. Saturday, the weather service said the heavy rain in both counties had ended and that flooding was no longer a threat.

Brian Wheeler, a spokesman for Consumers Energy, said half an inch (1.27 centimeters) of ice weighed down some power lines — equivalent to the weight of a baby grand piano.

In Michigan,Allison Rinker was using a generator to keep her home warm after a night in the cold.

The spirits were low after the second day, but she said that they were all alive. “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 she was afraid that the frozen substance was going to crack when it fell off the trees. “There’s just tree limbs everywhere, half of the trees just falling down. The destruction is insane.

Nevada’s Second-Heaviest Snowfall in a Week and Its Implications for Travel Conditions in Areas of Highly Icy and Weak Elements

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 warm weather in the north and west did not affect temperatures in the south. 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.

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. The homeless man who has been homeless for two decades said it was too hard to push a shopping cart with his belongings to reach a shelter.

“It’s impossible,” he said. The snow builds up on the cart’s wheels and you can’t get traction. So 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.

The storm made for dangerous travel conditions in some areas. State Route 33 in the Los Padres National Forest has been closed because of rock slides and erosion from previous storms, according to a video from the California Department of Transportation.

New York Gov. Hochul warned residents of hazardous travel conditions because the state braces for freezing rain, snowfall rates of at least 1 inch per hour and wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.

In the San Bernardino community of Crestline, residents have become worried about access to supplies due to the fact that their sole grocery store has closed after its roof caved in from the heavy snow, a resident told CNN.

San Bernardino County declared a local emergency Monday to seek state and federal help with clearing the snow after crews created single-lane pathways for first responders.

Some students who were supposed to come home last Friday got stuck at their camps due to the storm. The buses were escorted by the California Highway patrol down the mountain to be with their families, according to the school district spokeswoman.

“If you plan to travel by road at elevations above 1,000 feet through West Coast states, be prepared for rapidly changing conditions and have winter driving supplies,” the National Weather Service warned.

You should bring chains and know how to use them. If you are delayed, you should bring an emergency kit that contains warm clothes, snacks and water. Make sure your vehicle is ready with good tires and working wiper blades,” the Oregon Department of Transportation said.

The First Day of Snow and Storms in the Southern Plains: More than 140 Storms and Flood Warnings from North and South Carolina to New England, Texas, and Oklahoma

There were six tornadoes reported Thursday, five of them in Texas and one in Louisiana where dozens of homes were damaged. Large hailstones were reported throughout Texas and Oklahoma, ranging in size from 1.75 inches to a golf ball.

In total, more than 140 storm reports were made Sunday across the Southern Plains, mainly of wind across Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma. There were 14 hail reports in those states with some of them measuring 1.75 inches in diameter.

If the system can be determined to be a derecho, a widespread, long-lived windstorm which typically causes damage in one direction across a relatively straight path, it will be studied by weather experts.

By Tuesday morning, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island had already seen more than six inches of snow, while the Boston area received roughly a third of that or less.

The death toll due to severe weather has risen to at least 10 due to the storms that brought golf ball-sized hail and tornadoes to the South.

The Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch for more than 8 million people across southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, western North and South Carolina and northern Georgia until 8 p.m. ET. Cartersville and Carrollton in Georgia are included on the watch.

There are flash flood warnings in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. Most of the warnings will remain in effect through the morning.

About 120,000 people in Texas were still without power early Friday, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.us, including about 8,000 people in metro Dallas-Fort Worth’s Collin County, where winds were strong enough to knock over four 18-wheel semi-trucks, causing portions of a highway to be shut down, police said in a tweet.

The city of Weatherford, Texas, which was hit by a tornado early in the day, was without electricity for a while, but power was restored to the medical facilities west of Fort Worth.

Many communities that were blanketed by the last round of snow have yet to recover as the snow blocked vital roads, trapped people in their homes and damaged businesses.

Lois Barton, 80, of Placer County, died in a flood in February 2016, sheriff’s spokeswoman Angela Musallam told CNN

An 80-year-old woman, Lois Barton, died in a “weather-related” incident in Placer County, sheriff’s office spokesperson Angela Musallam told CNN. She did not share the circumstances of the death, though where the incident occurred saw heavy snow and temperatures around freezing on Tuesday, CNN meteorologists said.

A number of structure fires appear to be storm- related in San Bernardino County, according to the fire department. The department said the number of fires is atypical but did not give a specific number.

Gas leaks are believed to be responsible for several house fires in the mountain communities, according to Fire Chief Dan Munsey. Many of them are in areas with unpassable roads. Firefighters are often dispatched to homes by snowcats, which they often use with shovels, hoses and hydrants dug out of the snow.

Rescuers are provided with meals ready to go to distribute with those who can’t get food, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff. First responders will be setting up food distribution points and a convoy with food and other goods will be taken up the mountain to replenish supermarkets.

Nearly 100 inches of snow have fallen on Crestline and nearby Lake Arrowhead in recent days. There is snow piled to the second-story windows of some homes shown in KCAL’s aerial footage.

The only way to get around is by shoveling walkways for emergency exits, Solo said. He added, “Everyone every day has been shoveling, and then it’ll snow another two feet.”

An unusually large number of storms this winter in California, according to Tulare County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Brandon Mendonsa

Thousands were under evacuation orders Sunday in two small central California towns – Alpaugh and Allensworth – as officials worried roads could become impassable and isolate residents, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. The California National Guard and other first responders were out on Sunday helping people out of their homes, which has become a routine occurrence in the flood-hit state this winter.

“The devastation is indescribable,” Tulare County farmer Brandon Mendonsa told CNN affiliate KFSN. “The water is still coming – this is far from being done.”

The state was in need of the rain and snow so many people welcomed it.

“This is an unusually high number of storms this winter in California,” said Daniel Swain, climate scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles. This is atypical, regardless of how you slice it, or how you make these formal definitions.

This year has already outpaced the average number of atmospheric rivers in the state. Many came in storms early in the month of January.

Weak and low-end moderate storms tend to be less impactful and primarily bring beneficial precipitation to the state, he said. The big rain and snow producers, which lead to more severe impacts, are the high-end atmospheric rivers.

Hecht told CNN that they call the types of atmospheric rivers an “AR families”. “While AR families are not all that uncommon, we don’t see them every year and the stretch of nine we had around the turn of the New Year was a more active family than we typically see.”

Lossy Homes and Property Damage in the Carpinteria Area After a Heavy Monstrial on Tuesday, February 28, 2009: A State Emergency Management Plan

The five people injured in San Francisco were hit by falling trees during a storm on Tuesday, four of them critically.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the San Francisco International Airport has aground delays of more than four hours on average because of high winds.

26 homes in the Carpinteria area were damaged by high winds on Tuesday. No one was injured but several carports and awnings were damaged, according to a Facebook post from the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District.

Visibility is bad today, according to the state transportation department for the region. “Please consider travel when conditions are more favorable. Be prepared if you have to travel.

While the extreme rainfall has triggered flash flooding, mudslides and caused damage, it has also significantly increased critical state reservoirs including Lakes Shasta and Oroville, which have risen by more than 100 and 180 feet respectively since December.

The El Dorado burn scar is unstable because of the scorched soil, according to Grant Malinowski, the Yucaipa Fire Chief.

Firefighters across the state have been stationed around burn scars each time an atmospheric river menacingly takes aim at the state – and they’ve been doing it a lot this winter season.

“It’s kind of like almost like fire season right now,” Malinowski said, describing thousands of firefighters and crew members from Cal Fire and the National Guard throughout the state responding to recent storms.

It isn’t like a fire where you can see the building and get close to it. This is instantaneous. It happens and it is too late to react to it.

And performing rescues in mudslides is no easy task – so it’s important for residents to obey evacuation orders, which aren’t made lightly, Malinowski said.

We understand how important it is to ask people to leave their homes, but we also know that it will take a long time for us to rescue people, even if we could.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/weather/california-atmospheric-river-tuesday/index.html

What the county of Grassmannian says about the tornadoes, levees and floodplains after the Decay of Tom Corringham

The county said that it is increasing the number of sheriff patrols for the next few weeks and that public works employees will be activated for 24 hours on snow plowing and storm patrol.

The family of storms that descended on the state, breaking snow records and overtopping levees, only underscored the danger.

Tom Corringham is a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. “As you push the rivers harder, as you push the flood protection system harder and harder, you get sort of exponentially increasing impacts. You flood the whole floodplain, or a levee breaks, and that’s where you get the really catastrophic events.”