Big Snowfalls Hit California
Big Snowfalls Hit California
Published : 02-Feb-2024 07:08
February has started well in California with the biggest snowstorm of the season so far hitting yesterday and more snow on the way.
Officially Mammoth Mountain reported 12-14 inches (30-35cm) at its main Lodge yesterday morning, but unofficially there was much more higher up the slopes too
"First Chair on Broadway Express – Look at all the Fresh Powder! 18-24 inches of new snow with moderate to heavy snowfall at times this morning. Lot's more snow on the way over the next week. Yahoo Winters Back! Ski ya later," posted local snow expert the Mammoth Mountain Snowman.
A few days of calmer weather and expected before the next in a series of storms is due to hit on Sunday, with Mammoth mountain's official forecast predicting "Blizzard conditions and thundersnow."
Although California is seeing the most snowfall the front is moving in across the US West Coast and is expected to bring snowfall to the Rockies at the weekend too.
After the warm, dry start to the season , blamed, possibly, on a strong El Nino system in the Pacific, there have been regular snowfalls across North America in January and most ski areas there, although not experiencing a bumper winter, do now have most of their slopes open.
With the heavy snowfall in the US we now have the reverse of November/December when it was predominantly cold with heavy snowfall in Europe but warm and dry in North America.
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