West Coast Strom

12ParkRat60

12ParkRat60

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Snow is on the increase tonight through Friday night. Snowfall rates

of 3 to 6 inches per hour will be possible during the height of the

storm.

Snow totals through the weekend are expected to be

potentially historic, especially in California with as much as 2 to 6

feet expected, possibly more on the highest peaks. Up to a foot will

fall down to valley floors. Several feet of snow will fall in the

Cascades and inland across the mountains of Utah, Colorado, northern

Arizona and northern New Mexico.

Wind gusts of 75 to 85 mph will

be common across the southern Cascades, Sierra and western Nevada into

the weekend. Ridge top gusts in the Sierra could peak between 100 and

145 mph.

SHITT
 
Sunday River is my home mountain and some older guys were talking about this storm on the mountain the other day. they were saying some places predicting 100+ inches, now that is insane, All of the major film crews will be there.
 
GAH YES MORE aHAHAHAH THIS IS EPIC AAAHHHH

if you were in the PNW you'd know what I'm talking about...it's been TERRIBLE here. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.

Won't come true, nobody should go out west just wait for it to hit the east.
 
The strongest in a series of storm systems is plowing into the West

with its impacts spreading far inland to the Rockies this weekend. Already,

the wind and heavy rains have hit Oregon and particularly the northern

half of California. Winds in the coastal mountains either side of the

Oregon-California border gusted over 150 mph during the morning. Winds

gusted to just over 100 mph on the hill tops around Oakland and San

Francisco, causing tree and power line damage. Winds have also gusted

to between 60 and 80 mph in the Redding and Sacramento areas. The most

homes without power are in the Sacramento area. In the Columbia River

Basin, winds gusted to near 80 mph in Walla Walla, Washington, causing

damage.

Heavy rain totals in the coastal mountains north of San Francisco have reached 8 inches.

Heavy

rain is gradually shifting southward from northern California into

central California and finally into Southern California. Rain totals

will range from 2 to 5 inches in the valleys and along the coast to as

much as 1 foot in the coastal mountains. Flash flooding is likely along

the entire California coast and will not be confined to burn areas.

Snow levels will plummet in the northern California mountains and the

Sierra now through Saturday morning with levels reaching valley floors

over northern California.

A

foot or two of snow will fall in parts of the Cascades of Washington

and Oregon. In the mountains of California, hourly snowfall rates could

reach 6 to 8 inches. Snow accumulations between 2 feet (valley floors)

and locally 12 feet (ridge tops) will bury the Sierra by the end of the

weekend. White-out, blizzard conditions will make any travel through

the Siskiyou and Sierra Mountains deadly.

Damagingly strong wind

gusts will continue over California especially in the vicinity of a

dtrong cold front, ranging from between 50 and 70 mph at the lowest

elevations to as high as between 150 and 200 mph at the ridge tops of

the Sierra. Strong and damaging winds will also impact western

Washington and most of Oregon, where winds could gust over 60 mph.

Swells

along the Washington, Oregon and northern California coasts will peak

between 30 and 35 feet overnight and high surf warnings have been

issued. Snow and damaging winds will increase through interior parts of

the West this weekend, impacting Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and the

Colorado Rockies. Several feet of snow could fall at the higher

elevations with wind gusts to over 80 mph.

Heavy

rain may reach into the Desert Southwest this weekend, including the

Las Vegas area and the lower Colorado River Valley. Rain and mountain

snow will also increase over parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
 
i heard about this a while ago, but i looked at the forecast for Colorado and it definitely doesn't seem like its gonna set any records here. I guess its gonna dump itself out in Tahoe and just snow normal amounts here. That's a bummer, but i want it to hurry up and get here cause I'm leaving on monday.
 
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