Posted on 05/16/2019 9:38:29 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Parts of California still resemble a scene out of winter, with a series of storms bringing several feet of snow to mountain areas, ahead of a "significant" severe weather threat across the nation's midsection.
The National Weather Service said that a series of Pacific storms are bringing heavy rain, mountain snow, and gusty winds across the West. A winter storm warning was issued Wednesday night that will run through Friday morning for the southern Sierra Nevada.
The first storm, headed in from the Gulf of Alaska, is expected to bring up to an inch of rain in some areas of the Sacramento Valley and as much as 2 feet of snow in some mountain spots at elevations of about 7,000 feet.
Snow could fall at lower elevations on Thursday with 6-12 inches expected at pass levels, the National Weather Service said.
"Daytime highs today will drop as well down to as much as 20 degrees below normal for the date,"
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...and even more rain and cold weather in Vegas. What a year it’s been.
Went camping at May Lake in Yosemite on a warm Friday afternoon, pitching my tent in tee-shirt weather. Turned cold after dusk, but didn’t present a problem as the sleeping bags were good. Awakened next morning-surprise!-a foot of snow on the ground.
Two inch flakes falling at a furious pace prompted our group to strike camp and proceed west, once down to the Tioga Pass road. Snow ended above the 5000 ft. elevation and weather turned sunny everywhere west of the NP. Happened Memorial Holiday weekend of 1988, two weeks further toward summer.
Groan! It’s the middle of f-ing-May.
Yes, I know.
I like WeatherBell and have been debating for some time whether or not to spring for a subscription.
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