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Super Weather Front or Not …. the storms keep coming and coming … EYE Report
Another Pacific Storm Poised to Strike California
More rain and mountain snow is on the way for the West Coast, including beleaguered California, as the parade of Pacific storms continues for the West Coast.
Since the weekend gully washer, where Flooding and mudslides triggered by a strong Pacific storm closed highways and displaced some from their homes on Sunday in southern California, with more rain expected farther east today.
A moist and cool onshore flow has been keeping much of the West damp with frequent showers. Shower activity will wane today across many areas before the next storm plows ashore tonight.
Drenching rain will overspread the Bay Area, Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley tonight, expanding toward the Southland later on Wednesday.
While rainfall amounts will not be as severe as over the weekend, enough could fall to cause flooding and mudslides near steep terrain.
For the Sierra Nevada range, it will be more heavy snow. Another foot or two can be expected on Wednesday. Like the weekend storm, wind gusts above 50 mph will make for life-threatening conditions and rough travel across Donner Pass.
At least two more storms will take aim at the West for the second half of the week. With the storm track slowly shifting north, more rain will take aim at the Pacific Northwest toward the weekend as Southern California begins to dry out.
Western Expert Ken Clark reiterates this point in his blog, noting that the northern two-thirds of the state will take in the heaviest rainfall totals from the storms.
Still, the storms following will continue to blast the Sierra, adding feet upon feet of snow, likely extending the ski season well into the spring.
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News – Mar 23, 2011; 7:42 AM ET
This year, the threat is worsened by unprecedented snowpack in the north-central United States.
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Destructive Storms Affecting the Ohio Valley (foundHERE)
News – Mar 23, 2011; 6:57 AM ET
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Just a day after numerous tornadoes and damaging hail fell on portions of the Midwest, the severe weather threat will shift eastward, across the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians.
