NOAA Video: 3 Storms for California This Week Including Moisture from Hurricane Seymour

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NOAA is forecasting 3 storms to impact California this week.  

Up to 13" of precipitation forecast for northern California in the next 7 days. image: noaa, today
Up to 13″ of precipitation forecast for northern California in the next 7 days. image: noaa, today

All these storms will start with high snow levels before those snow levels drop as low as 6,500′ by Sunday night (see below).  

All these storms will be absolutely dumping snow on 14,172′ Mt. Shasta, CA (photo below from last Tuesday).

Big snow forecast for Shasta this week. image: noaa, today
Big snow forecast for Shasta this week. image: noaa, today

20-46″ of snow are forecast for Mt. Shasta between now and Friday and we’re confident a lot of snow fell on Shasta last night/this morning.

The crew from Mount Shasta Guides was skiing 3,500-foot powder runs on a base of 5-7 feet of snow last week after the huge Atmospheric River storm that clobbered CA, OR, & WA October 13-16th, 2016.

Mt. Shasta Avalanche Gulch at 8,000′. on October 18th, 2016. photo: mt. shasta guides
Mt. Shasta Avalanche Gulch at 8,000′. on October 18th, 2016. photo: mt. shasta guides

Tahoe will be seeing snow mostly above 10,000-feet to start the week before snow levels drop as low as 6,500′ by Sunday night.

That same Atmospheric Storm cycle added 11 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe, CA and raised its water level be 3.33″.

image: noaa sacramento, ca today
image: noaa sacramento, ca today

WHAT NOAA IS SAYING ABOUT TAHOE SNOWFALL:

TODAY:

Snow levels remain high and generally in the 7,500-
8,000` range across the central Sierra with mainly just wet roadways
evident on roadway cams through the Sierra.  
- NOAA Reno, NV today

THURSDAY:

The warm subtropical trajectory of this system will result in very
high snow levels (~10,000`) and will likely be mostly a rain maker
except for the very highest peaks.
- NOAA Reno, NV today

WEEKEND:

This storm looks a bit colder with snow levels
starting around 8500 feet on Saturday, then falling to near 6500
feet by Sunday night.
- NOAA Reno, NV today
Image of the storm clobbering the West Coast today at 9am PST.  image:  nasa, today
Image of the storm clobbering the West Coast today at 9am PST. image: nasa, today
Heavy rain for California October 24-30th. image: noaa, today
Heavy rain for California October 27-30th. image: noaa, today
"After a couple of small systems with limited moisture move through the region early this week, a wetter system will move into the Sierra late Thursday into Friday. Its trajectory and subtropical nature will result in higher precipitation efficiency as well as very high snow levels from 9,500 to 11,000 feet based on current projections. Consequently, there will be quite a bit of spill-over into Western Nevada which is usually rain-shadowed. " - NOAA Reno, NV today
“After a couple of small systems with limited moisture move through the region early this week, a wetter system will move into the Sierra late Thursday into Friday. Its trajectory and subtropical nature will result in higher precipitation efficiency as well as very high snow levels from 9,500 to 11,000 feet based on current projections. Consequently, there will be quite a bit of spill-over into Western Nevada which is usually rain-shadowed. ” – NOAA Reno, NV today

 


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