Weather
A large winter storm is already ripping through the Southwestern USA today and it will continue into Sunday. This storm is forecasted drop big snow in through Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, & Colorado before it’s over.
Winter Storm Warnings are currently in effect for the mountains of Southern California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado.
Snowfall Total Forecasted Through Sunday:
– Southern California Mountains = 10-20″
– Southern Utah = 20-30″
– Southern Colorado = 10-24″
– New Mexico = 7-14″
NOAA SoCal:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 902 AM PST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL LIKELY SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL...AND SO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT ZONE. ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... * ELEVATION...ABOVE 5000 FEET. * SNOW LEVELS...5000 TO 5500 FEET...LOWERING TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 7000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: IDYLLWILD...PINE COVE...ANGELUS OAKS... BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE... FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...LAKE ARROWHEAD... MOUNT BALDY... RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...GRADUALLY DECREASING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
NOAA UTAH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1107 AM MST FRI NOV 22 2013 SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREEN RIVER...HANKSVILLE...LOA... PANGUITCH...BRYCE CANYON ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA: THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL AND THE SOUTHERN UTAH MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY 6 TO 12 INCHES VALLEYS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WITH 20 TO 30 INCHES ALONG SOUTHEAST FACING MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST UTAH TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF RISING SNOW LEVELS AND THE STORM TAPERING OFF WILL END IMPACTS LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT.
NOAA COLORADO:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1054 AM MST FRI NOV 22 2013 .AN UPPER LOW ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL SETTLE IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL KEEP VERY MOIST AIR IN SOUTHERLY FLOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO FOR PERIODS OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RAIN OR SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AND POSSIBLY BEYOND...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE LULLS WHEN SNOW WILL STOP OR BECOME VERY LIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. BY LATE SATURDAY...2 FEET OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. * SNOW LEVEL...9000 FEET DROPPING TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
NOAA NEW MEXICO:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 615 AM MST FRI NOV 22 2013 ...MAJOR WINTRY STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY...WHILE BRISK WINDS AND AREAS OF SNOW...RAIN AND SOME MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT THEN REALLY RAMP UP FOR THE WEEKEND. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PROVIDE A RIVER OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER NEW MEXICO. THE FIRST STRONG SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL WORK ACROSS NORTH AND WEST NEW MEXICO THEN PERHAPS AN EVEN STRONGER SURGE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL DUMP EVEN MORE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA AS THE MAIN CORE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MIGRATES EASTWARD INTO AND ACROSS THE REGION. SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS...CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES BELOW 7500 FEET AND LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND AREAS BELOW CANYONS SUCH AS TAOS MAY EXPERIENCE EVEN LOWER AMOUNTS. FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. AREAS BELOW CANYONS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF GUSTY GAP WINDS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PICKING UP AGAIN THIS EVENING. * SNOW LEVELS...LOWERING TO 6500 FEET BEFORE RISING BACK TO BETWEEN 7000 AND 8000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LEVELS BY LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.
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Dude, I love winter.
Its snowing here in colorado! 2 inches already. Breck is going to epic this weekend!