Snow will come to California’s Sierra Nevada a bit earlier than usual.
Ryan Maue adds: “as this storm pulls eastward, it will “bomb” out or explosively deepen over the Great Plains and move into the upper-Midwest. The barometric pressure will fall to 962 mb 955 mb according to the most recent GFS forecast, making it one of the deepest northern United States continental extratropical cyclones since 1979 for the 30-day period between October 15 and November 14. This will clearly be a historical storm and an extreme event: evidence of global warming La Nina.”
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
407 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010
…POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND LASSEN PARK…
.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN…SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS TO THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND LASSEN PARK AREAS TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY…TAPERING OFF LATER
SUNDAY NIGHT.
CAZ068-241245-
/O.NEW.KSTO.WS.W.0014.101023T2307Z-101025T0600Z/
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
407 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY ABOVE
7500 FEET…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW…AND BLOWING SNOW
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR WESTERN PLUMAS
COUNTY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 INCHES TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500
FEET IN WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY…WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW
OCCURRING ON TOP OF MOUNT LASSEN.
* ELEVATION: ABOVE 7500 FEET.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LASSEN NATIONAL PARK.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS CAUSING
BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES ABOVE 7500 FEET.
ALTHOUGH THE WINTER CAMPGROUND MAY EXPERIENCE RAIN…SNOW WILL
OCCUR ON THE ROAD TO MOUNT LASSEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
&&
$$
CAZ069-241245-
/O.NEW.KSTO.WS.W.0014.101024T0600Z-101025T0600Z/
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
407 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 PM PDT SUNDAY ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR THE WEST SLOPE NORTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET.
* ELEVATION: ABOVE 7500 FEET.
* TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA
INCLUDING SONORA PASS ON HIGHWAY 108…EBBETS PASS ON HIGHWAY
4…CARSON PASS ON HIGHWAY 88…AND ECHO SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN
POOR VISIBILITY…AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES OR DANGEROUS
TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
Proof of AGCD (anthropormorphic global climate disruptions). We must act NOW or the former global warming effect will result in more frequent and more destructive snowstorms!!!! We must throw civilization into economic collapse and save ourselves from AGCD!!!!
Snow on the way for Sweden.
SMHI: It will snow on a broad front
(Well it is October after all).
Cooler and dryer, mostly. Sadly, uniformity is an issue but I hear that Al Gore is selling climate bonds linked to just that. Or was that, conformity?
My kids will want some new Carbon Fiber K2 boards for Christmas. I like the carbon fiber poles also. Of course the plastic boots and apparel will be from petrol. We will need to make sure the rubbber carbon tires are in good shape on the Gas guzzling SUV. We save a lot of CO2 not flying in to Aspen in the big Gulfstreams like the troo conservationists use.
Storm to hit Colorado mtns as well. Time to wax up the skis! :
COZ033-034-242200-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST
BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND
WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING CAMERON PASS…LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS…
RABBIT EARS RANGE…ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK…WILLOW CREEK
PASS…BERTHOUD PASS…BRECKENRIDGE…EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO
RANGE…EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE…EISENHOWER TUNNEL…
INDIAN PEAKS…KENOSHA MOUNTAINS…MOUNT EVANS…WILLIAMS FORK
MOUNTAINS…WINTER PARK
421 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY…
.TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS 36 TO
46. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE
OF SNOW 20 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WINDY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. LOWS 26 TO 34. WEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INCREASING TO 60 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…WIDESPREAD SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. HIGHS 28 TO 38. WEST WINDS 20 TO 30
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT…SNOW LIKELY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOWS 9 TO 19. WEST WINDS 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS 20 TO 30. WEST WINDS 15 TO
25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW
60 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 4 TO 14. CHANCE OF
SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS 20 TO 30. LOWS 7 TO 17.
England – 20 Oct 2010
“Snow falls in Yorkshire – In October!”
“Snow fell as far south as Yorkshire as drivers were stranded in cars following blizzards in Scotland as winter came early to Britain. ”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/8076667/Snow-falls-in-Yorkshire-In-October.html
Enneagram, if you enjoy looking for Belsebub ETC, CHECK Jimbo’s Telegraph UK link
above…
Edmund Fitzgerald, biggest vessel to travel the big lakes from 1958 until 1971…
Sank by a ferocious winter storm on Lake Superior in November 1975. All 29
men perished. {At the launch, Mrs Edmund Fitzgerald needed 3 swings with
the Champagne bottle!![Bad omen??]} Check Gordon Lightfoot at Youtube!!
October 24, 2010 at 3:24 am
John Marshall…According to Thestormking.com
Sierra Nevada Snowfall Records as of October 2004
Echo Summit, California
Second heaviest U.S. 24-hour snowfall record: 67 inches (5.6 feet) January 4-5, 1982 1,2
Mount Shasta Ski Bowl, California
U. S. single storm snowfall record: 189 inches (15.75 feet) February 13 – 19, 1959 3
Tamarack, California
U.S. snowfall record for one month: 390 inches (32.5 feet) January 1911
Tamarack, California
U.S. seasonal snow depth record: 454 inches (37.8 feet) March 1911
Donner Summit, California
U.S. snowiest April: 298 inches (24.8 feet) April 1880 4
Tamarack, California
Sierra Nevada record snowfall during one season:
884 inches (73.7 feet) 1906-07 5
Top Three Snowstorms USFS Central Sierra Snow Laboratory (CSSL) 6
March 27 to April 8, 1982 — 15.5 feet
January 20 to 31, 1969 — 13.7 feet
January 10 to 17, 1952 — 12.8 feet
(Twelve other snowfall events at the CSSL have each dumped nearly ten feet, with a mean storm-duration of 11.4 days. Snowstorm totals greater than six feet are not uncommon.)
Btw… reference that has happened {21-22…perhaps Uppsala 70 km N of Stockholm
got more this morning…1-2 inches here in Stockholm area Friday morning! Record
12 cm, 4.8 inches…that is snow depth… Oct 12, 1992… Could have been delivering
morning papers 24H, but 12 were enough…According to SMHI, first snow in the Stockholm “normally” arrives November 20 or so,…That is of course from 1961-90,
now, in a warmer climate, usually earlier, often in October! [Exception: 2000 , Boxing
Day, late afternoon…]
From the it’s just weather and not climate department:
Loveland Ski Area opens tomorrow, the first ski area in Colo. to open once again
Early Snow Falling On Vermont Mountain Tops
Early Snow at Snowshoe
It’s winter already in the Valley – [Kashmir]
Siberian swans fly in early with an icy omen for winter…
http://www.skiinfo.co.uk has reported heavy snow in Europe and North America this week
and in Turkey the Blue Mosque and palm trees get dusted by snow.
Meanwhile, down here on the beautiful southwest central coast of Florida, it’s sunny and warm with low humidity. However, the Gulf water temp is around 77 F so the swim suit is packed away again til spring. (funny, when I used to swim at Misquamicut. R.I. any water temp over 66 F was considered nice and warm).
I’ll be driving in snow within the next 24 hours. Our mountains, down to the tree line, here in Wallowa County, are now as white as they were in the dead of Winter last year. I am snuggled into this big old ranch house on a quiet Sunday morning. My honey is soundly sleeping just feet away from my computer desk as the wind whistles, rattles, and blows around the crevices of cranky old construction and thin, poured-glass fragile windows. Not to worry. I stacked my woodshed with extra wood this year and have a full jug of Bailey’s just opened this morning.
These hard winters are what makes this country and its people hardy and able to withstand the cold spells. And hard times calls for stout leaders willing to let us struggle on our own without the monkey government on our backs making it more difficult than it should be. So Democrats, stay out of my air and office space. And Republicans, stay out of my bedroom. If you would just leave us the hell alone, we will be just fine.
Glowering wet morning n NE Oregon, got heat on expecting wood delivery. With that
White Witch out there in the pacific, it’s going to be an interesting winter here…
Another change of seasons and another shift in the jet stream. Nice to get the weather report here on WUWT.
Of course one storm and one season means nothing, but in general storms mean lots of energy in the atmosphere, and in the longer term, increased CO2 means more energy in the atmopshere and an acceleration in the hydrological cycle. This is a process the planet has used for millions of years to balance out the CO2 in the atmosphere through the weathering of rock which removes CO2 from the atmosphere and returns it to the oceans. Here’s a nice little paper about this you can read:
http://www.karst.edu.cn/carbon/rockd.htm
Southern Oregon Coast is getting hammered. Currently what is blowing in off the Pacific has a warm air feel to it… The surf crashing into the beach below the house is 2-3x its normal volume level. Max wind gusts around 30 mph hit when the storm arrived. The hatchery Salmon should show up now that the river has fresh water in it. Crab season kicks off in a month… You have to love this period of the year…
R. Gates says:
October 24, 2010 at 9:22 am
Right, what side was it that went on about how “snow was going to be a thing of the past”. And now colder temperatures and increased snow-fall are proof for global warming. I have no issues with relevant information, but the hydrological cycle is not in contention. What is, is the fact that we have 10-15 years showing no warming, and then to top that off we now are told that bigger winter storms are agw at their worst. If you had not said the opposite 15 years ago when we WERE WARMING, this claim might be taken seriously.
Mark my words, continue being obtuse about it, and the more people will become sceptics. It was your outlandish claims that created me in the first place. So how many people are going to truly believe that global warming causes colder winters with more snow? You can wrap that up and deliver it however you want, but at some point people will realize how stupid it sounds. And instead of me, you will have three Ben’s….just wait I tell you. I will multiply and invade your internets one Ben at a time.
Rain changed to snow here in Ketchum ID about an hour ago . Temps in the high 30’s so probably won’t stick around on the valley floor for long .
R. Gates says on October 24, 2010 at 9:22 am
Another change of seasons and another shift in the jet stream. Nice to get the weather report here on WUWT.
Of course one storm and one season means nothing, but in general storms mean lots of energy in the atmosphere, and in the longer term, increased CO2 means more energy in the atmopshere and an acceleration in the hydrological cycle. This is a process the planet has used for millions of years to balance out the CO2 in the atmosphere through the weathering of rock which removes CO2 from the atmosphere and returns it to the oceans. Here’s a nice little paper about this you can read:
http://www.karst.edu.cn/carbon/rockd.htm
Can you tell us what an acceleration in the hydrological cycle means or is it just more bullshit to try to baffle us with?
Pamela Gray, just back from hunting in your part of the state. My wife and I each got a bear and I took a small buck ( forky ). We were disapointed to see the devastation of the dear herds there, likely causes both weather and predators. With the wolves moving in to that area so heavily I dont look to see much in the way of recovery for the deer. Well Enterprise and Joseph and to some extent La Grande will miss the 1,000 plus dollars I spend every fall pursueing my favorite sport as I will move my hunting to areas of no wolves. In discussions with other hunters I have discovered my reaction is the norm as the fine hunting you folks have had in the past cannot be sustained due to the heavy wolf preassure. I will miss that beautiful rugged country!
The hot spell in the US midwest continues. I’m going out for bike ride and will need to bring plenty of water, with the temperature near 80F. My understanding is that La Nina makes for colder winters along the Pacific coast, but warmer winters in the East, especially the South East. Minnesota, which usually sees snow by now is still getting “shorts and t-shirt weather.
Staffan,
My bad.
21Oct2010
Thanks for the correction.
R. Gates says:
October 24, 2010 at 9:22 am
In your 10,000 sq ft ballroom, if one person were to occupy the floor, would you call that increased energy in the ballroom and accelerated dance cycle “significant”?
Yet you say that one storm/one season is nothing in the very next breath.
You have no consistency.
Having lived through the 50’s & 60’s seasons in California, I can tell you this storm is exactly what used to be the norm, prior to the mid 70’s shift in the Pacific. Winter came early, and it got rough.
What’s in your wallet?
“I think I am right in saying that the Sierra Nevada range has the worlds greatest snows.”
Possibly, but the Wasatch Front in UT has some amazing storms, too. I have experienced a 10-foot snowfall while staying with a friend at Incline Village, NV a couple of decades ago. It took some digging out. Thing is, that was on top of about 3-4 feet already on the ground. It is “interesting” to go out on the front lawn (climb up to the front lawn is more like it) and look DOWN onto the top of a school bus going by, after they got the road dug out (they used front end loaders to dig it out and dumped it in a ravine nearby).
rbateman says on October 24, 2010 at 11:31 am
Yeah, perhaps the great brownnoser can tell us:
1. How much energy there is in the hydrological cycle
2. How much additional energy the additional CO2 will contribute? 100%? 10%? 1%, .01% …
Then we can evaluate this acceleration of the hydrological cycle and figure out if it is worth worrying about.
Jack “In Oregon” Barnes
Having lived on the Ocean in Port Orford I do miss those big storms. Setting in my living room and listening tho the guy wires on my chimney hum steady then rise in tone.
(usually above 60mph.) I lived out on Paradise Point-about 3miles from Cape Blanco…
Now you too can measure Global Warming in inches.
October 24, 2010 at 11:26 am
…Reference… you’re welcome… Thank you for the google-english-Expressen link…
Expressen and Aftonbladet, the two big Swedish evening tabloids, have “news” for about one week on their home pages, so you can easily be led to think that something
that has already happened is still going to happen! In the case of Aftonbladet, a couple of years ago, they had scary stories about AGW more than once a day, I suppose both
readers and “journalists” got tired of that…CAGW movement!! Listen: If you did not
do anything ELSE wrong but: OVERSELLING….[ Of course you did…but nothing is
so refreshing as a little false humbleness… ] Also tnx for the NOAA NH 2010-10-21
snowcover link. From that, you can see that the Scottish eastern highlands and also
eastern Småland 300-400 km S of Stockholm, elevation 100-1000ft!! Even middle
and northern part of the island of Öland!! Elevation 10-160ft!!!!!!!!!!! As I wrote in
“version 2” out of 4, snow in Stockholm inner city 2 days ago, was wet but “fluffy”, so LT cold all the way down to sea level,
with lowering SST, where are we going?? …………….
The BIG lakes are even GREAT, SORRY!!