Posted on 01/03/2008 9:29:34 AM PST by steveo
Blizzard Warning West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada (California)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
613 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008
...A SERIES OF POWERFUL STORMS EXPECTED TO HIT THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
.THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STRONG STORMS IS FORECAST TO IMPACT INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING BRINGING RAIN...WIND AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.
A SECOND EVEN MORE POWERFUL STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY HIGH WINDS ON FRIDAY. THE POWERFUL WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY TO CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS AND SNOW MAY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...THE WIND AND SNOW WILL NOT ENTIRELY CEASE. A THIRD AND COLDER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY.
CAZ068-069-040030- /O.CON.KSTO.BZ.W.0001.080104T1200Z-080105T1200Z/ WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 613 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY INCLUDING LASSEN PARK.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING BY THIS EVENING OVER THE SIERRA CASCADE RANGE. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 5000 TO 6000 FEET TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND THEN DROP TO AROUND 3000 TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE AT A RATE OF SEVERAL INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. WIND SPEED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE SYSTEM TONIGHT WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND POWERFUL WIND WILL LIKELY CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER PASSES WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING.
THE WIND AND SNOW MAY DECREASE BY MID DAY SATURDAY...BUT WILL NOT ENTIRELY END. A THIRD...COLDER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH A FOOT OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW POSSIBLE. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 2500 TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU.
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I heard on the news this morning that this is the first ever Blizzard Warning issued in California. I'm not sure if that's accurate but that is what was reported. They said to expect 10 feet of snow by the end of the weekend.
GW hysteria to start soon.
IT’S GLOBAL WARMING! WE’RE ALL DOOMED!
We may finally lose our rooftop antenna.
This will be ascribed to global warming.
Any weather extreme is due to global warming - heat, cold, wet, dry, snow, whatever.
I’m on the Gulf Coast of Mobile Bay...this morning I had to chip an inch of ice off the water container for the dogs. Global Warming and all....
gov schwarzepuker warning too!
LOL....10 feet of snow in California is bound to put a cramp in the global warming nutters! Any guesses how they will spin this to support global warming hysteria?
Reporting in from No. Cal. Sky is darkening...I’m heading to town for provisions!
It’s dark and dreary in the Bay area right now, the wind is picking up and the rain should start at any time.
Fine by me because this state is absolutely beautiful when it greens up from the rains.
I mentioned this to some of my kids, who assembled here for Christmas, and they replied that the correct term for this phenomenon is “climate change,” not “global warming.”
I said, how convenient it is to change the wording like that when things come out differently than expected.
They replied that the correct term has ALWAYS BEEN “climate change.” It’s just that a few of the popularizers got it wrong.
So, in case you were wondering, that’s probably the response we will be hearing.
10 Feet??? Wow....I somehow doubt that though.
Blizzard warnings in CA, freeze warnings in FL ...
damn global warming!
It is not global warming, it is now climate change! Don't you know anything. With climate change any odd weather can be blamed on man made global warming, I mean climate change.
Hey, I live in CA. I am not worried. I recycle, drive a high milage car, you know all the right stuff.
Just because its 9:30 am and only 35 degrees on my deck does not mean anything.
Global warming is real.
Sure! It has to get colder before it can get warmer!
Ten feet is entirely possible. Think "Donner Party".
I don't. These storms will get stuck in the mountains and linger. It is not unusual for just a minor storm to dump a couple feet in the Sierras.
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