A huge snowstorm hitting North America’s West Coast has dumped up to 105cm (42″) on Californian ski slopes in around 36 hours.
The only ski areas currently open already for the 21-22 season in North America are in Colorado, but now California’s Mammoth Mountain says it plans to open two weeks earlier than originally intended, this coming Friday, ready for Halloween weekend.
It’s not yet clear if other areas will open early, Heavenly (pictured top) has indicated its sticking to its original November opening date.
Mt Rose posted the biggest snowfall so far (38-42″ / 95-105cm) but Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley) came close saying it had had at least three feet (90cm) at the top of the mountain and posted the image below.
Ski areas in California had only recently been battling huge forest fires after a long, hot summer.
Leisure travel to the US is set to resume in early November for fully-vaccinated citizens of a number of regions including the EU and UK after a 20-month border closure due to the pandemic.
At lower altitudes
The responsible bomb cyclone has also triggered a state of emergency in the Californian city of Sausalito, after torrential downpours brought up to 10 inches of rain to the region, causing mudslides, property damage and power outages.
The city issued an emergency declaration, which said: “Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property now exist in the City of Sausalito caused by significant storm events resulting in widespread flooding, a water main break, property damage, downed trees and power lines, displacement of people living at the Marinship Park tent encampment, and power outages throughout the City.”
Although the looming storm clouds were welcomed by some, wishing to end to this year’s devastating Californian wildfires, the effects of the so-called “bomb cyclone” have resulted in disaster.
NOAA Forecast Operations Branch Chief Greg Carbin said on Friday the storm’s wet weather was “much-needed rainfall.”
However, the extreme weather event has now led the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office to issue a warning of “potentially historic rain.”
A statement on the service’s Weather Prediction Center (WPC) site, issued on Sunday evening Pacific Time, read: “A strong storm just west of the Pacific Northwest Coast will impact the West Coast over the next several days.
“Therefore, the WPC has issued a High Risk of excessive rainfall over the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Monday morning.”
“Significant and potentially life-threatening flash flooding is expected with the storm. Some areas that normally do not experience flash flooding will flood.”
The WPC’s Mark Chenard said how the “atmospheric river sweeping through Northern California” has dumped as much as 10 inches onto parts of the State.
Power Outages and Airport Delays
The storm’s intense rainfall has forced closures to schools, power outages and airport delays; while multiple trucks have been swept onto their sides on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge after powerful winds slammed into the Bay Area.
Mudslides have also damaged the state’s infrastructure after areas stripped of their foliage were flooded by the heavy downpour.
The NWS Sacramento tweeted: “Debris flows are currently occurring and already causing road closures. If you are near a burn scar, it may be too late to evacuate.”
And it appears mudslides have also hit regions affected by drought, rather than fire, with one dramatic aerial image showing a road blockaded on Highway 70 near Tobin, California, adjacent to a forested area.
Mary Gilbert explained a “bomb cyclone” is simply the common name given to an area of low pressure, or storm undergoing “bombogenesis.”
She said: “Bombogenesis is when an area of low pressure strengthens significantly in a short amount of time.
“The technical rule of thumb is a storm’s central pressure must drop at least 24 millibars (0.71 of an inch of mercury) in 24 hours for it to be considered a ‘bomb’.”
42 inches of snow end of October… How much then in January-February, when the real brutal winter storms hit? [In the Snow, NewsWeek]
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