Weather
You don’t see many Blizzard Warnings in California. More of a Great Plains thing…
Definition of a Blizzard:
A blizzard occurs when you can’t see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more. The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classed as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.
Mammoth the town is forecast to see 6-12″ of snow today and a ton of wind.
Mammoth has gotten 20″ of new snow in the past 48-hours and 227″ this season.
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MAMMOTH, CA TODAY:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1157 AM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...
HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED.
* TIMING: SNOW AND WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL BE AFTER 10 PM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
395...6 TO 12 INCHES. EAST OF HIGHWAY 395...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH AFTER
10 PM TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. SIERRA RIDGES GUSTING UP
TO 90 MPH TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITY: DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. EXPECT ZERO VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING
SNOW ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...6...AND 95.
