SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Accuweather ^ | Friday December 17, 2010 | NWS

[presently no screen name]

Thank you. Wondering if her flight will be canceled.

[NormsRevenge]

Jet stream

[tubebender]

Them Thar are a classic La Nina connection Norm...

[NormsRevenge]

We be hosed, Bro.

Looks like a mess lies ahead.. a big wet one..

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

For Disneyland:

Weather Report -- Disney's California Adventure Park, California

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Light Rain

56°F

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Mild tonight...56 ...

[NormsRevenge]

West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
Forecasts for California
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/069.html
Current Severe Weather

Winter Storm Warning

Statement as of 8:05 PM PST on December 17, 2010

... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 10 PM PST Sunday
above 5000 feet...

A Winter Storm Warning heavy snow above 5000 feet remains in
effect until 10 PM PST Sunday.

* Snow accumulations: six to eight feet of snow above 7000
feet... especially south of Interstate 80... by Monday
morning. Two to four feet of snow above 5000 feet.

* Elevation: above 5000 feet.

* Timing: snow will fall throughout the warning period. Very
heavy snow is expected tonight... and again tomorrow night
into Sunday afternoon. Snow will taper off to scattered snow
showers late Sunday night. Snow may mix with or change to
rain over Donner Pass and Carson Pass tonight.

* Locations include: the west slopes of the northern Sierra Nevada
including Interstate 80 and highways 50 and 88.

* Winds: south to southwest winds of 20 to 35 mph. Over the
higher passes and exposed areas... southwest wind gusts up to
70 mph are possible.

[Ron C.]

Not so sure about flight cancellations - but, that ~could~ happen late Saturday or Sunday - although it isn't usual that heavy rain causes that many cancellations. I've flown in many a rough downpour, and landed (albeit with a few very rough rides) without many problems.

I've also hit the ceiling of one aircraft in one of those storms - when we hit a sever downdraft. Everyone was told to belt up - afterward... lol

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nice...Looks like the Wasatch are getting snow too.

The WEST needs Lots and Lots of moisture...bring it on!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You guys are really gonna get it!

But save some water for us...we like that water from up North!

[Mike Darancette]

This was supposed to be a La Nina year with little rain. Now we got the Pineapple Express being sucked in by a low off Oregon.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Snow is good....bring it on!

[presently no screen name]

Thanks, again. She’s traveling from her home in MA to LA - I hate to see her land somewhere else or stranded at the airport waiting to get out or not be able to get to the hotel.

She’ll be leaving LA on Wednesday - will the worse be over by then from what you can tell?

[Marine_Uncle]

"get 10 to 15 feet of snow..... UNreal!"
And that is what the animals are going to be saying. Central and Southern California will have plenty of water this coming spring and summer. We just got a dusting of about an inch of snow yesterday. We got spared thus far the storms that hit further north and north west.

[presently no screen name]

Snow accumulations: six to eight feet of snow above 7000 feet... especially south of Interstate 80... by Monday morning. Two to four feet of snow above 5000 feet.

I can't imagine! Is this anywhere near normal for that area?

[MHGinTN]

It is just starting to get back to normal snow pack. When I lived in CA in the sixties, the winter resorts would get six feet of snow regularly.

[tubebender]

We're all DOOMED!!! This site is like a crystal ball as you glide your cursor across the timeline in blue at the bottom after you set it to Pac Time...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In the Good years you will get two or three storms like this....

Check the ski reports for Mammouth and the other resorts around Tahoe.

[tubebender]

Ten day Forecast for the north coast region, but don't panic as this is normal for us...

[Inyo-Mono]

stboz“California has no freaking clue about weather....”

stilloftyhenight:The geophysical properties don’t correlate. The West is largely sand..it tends to turn into flash floods and large landslides. A couple of inches of rain can cause huge problems in the West.

Absolutely correct stillofttyhenight. We had a half hour thunderstorm last August that brought a wall of water four feet high and 100 feet wide that roared down a canyon and took several simi-trucks off the highway and buried the road under four feet of mud. Right now it is snowing heavily here in the Sierra, with 110 mph winds predicted for tomorrow and a high danger of avalanches. So yes, we know about weather here in California.