Five to eight feet of snow?
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No, not here. But meteorologists are watching a huge weather-maker that is stalking northern California and southern Oregon. Heavy rains are already pounding the region, and the really big storm hasn't even arrived yet. It's still out over the Pacific. But it's on the way ashore in the next few days.
Early predictions call for huge surf, 5 to 9 inches of rain where it rains, and "tremendous" snows of 5 to 8 feet for those places above the 7,000-foot level in the Sierra. Add 50 mph winds and you have the makings of an historic storm for that region. We'll be seeing this one on the telly. Here's more from AccuWeather.
The blizzard warnings are up - in red - on this map. And here's the forecast for Reno.
Got friends in Southern California? They won't escape this thing. They can expect heavy rains, which are to Angelenos what snow is to Baltimoreans. Except our houses don't usually slide down the hill when it snows.
Comments
Oy! What a cheesy, Barnumesque headline for attracting unwarranted hits! By the time I was 3 words into this, of course I knew I'd been had.
From now on I'll get my weather news by Zip code. Lesson learned.
Posted by: eo | January 3, 2008 5:47 PM
C'mon. Who would even begin to believe that such a headline applied to Baltimore? Besides, a forecast for 5 to 8 feet of snow is worth a hit even if it isn't falling on your head.
Posted by: frank roylance | January 3, 2008 6:18 PM
I didn't even think that much snow can fall down at once o.o I remember many blizzards in the early 90's when I used to live in the Bronx in New York. I believe the ones in '92 and '96 were particularly heavy.
In '92, I was still pretty short for my age, my mom wouldn't let me outside because she thought the snow (which I think was 2 feet that time) might be too much, but I wasn't that small! Oy, I guess she was just being a mom.
Needless to say, I wish I could witness such an event in person, but then I'm sure there will be a ton of coverage about this storm.
Posted by: Frankie D'Erasmo | January 3, 2008 11:09 PM
It might not be as uncommon as one would think- I know that the Tahoe City ski resorts frequently get storms of significant depth around this time of the season, including one between x-mas and new yrs just 2 or 3 yrs ago.
Posted by: Mather | January 3, 2008 11:25 PM
Just got this dispatch from Rochester, NY, from an old friend and colleague, Mike Wentzel:
"Greetings, Frank – Happy New Year – After reading your blog, I could not resist e-mailing to break up a gray Friday afternoon here – It was 8 degrees Thursday morning around 7 as I shoveled the driveway and 15 this morning, but no shoveling today – I’m hoping the forecast for 55 degrees and above is for real. We had more than 42 inches of snow just in December. I write "more" because the measurement is taken at our airport and some days it did not come close to the amount I had to shovel off the sidewalk or clean off the top of my car. Not sure of the January count. – I assume it is an age thing. (What isn’t?) But I have had enough winter. – Anyway, that’s the report from the North Coast. – Hope all is well -- Michael"
Posted by: frank roylance | January 4, 2008 2:45 PM