A series of strong storms have been plowing into the Western United States this winter season. For quite some time, the greatest effects were found across the Pacific Northwest, but the stronger energetic disturbances have been digging farther south - remember the blizzard warning I'd shared here for the Hawaiian mountains? This time we head to the mountains of Los Angeles County, playing out a scene they haven't dealt with in several years - accumulating and heavy snow. Though the valleys have seen heavy rain and resultant flooding, with evacuations in Long Beach owing to a roof collapse and the potential for life-threatening flash floods in fire-scorched areas that have little vegetation to hold the water, it's been snow in the higher terrain. Of course, snow usually produces similar results in a lot of populated places - trouble on the roadways. With jackknifing tractor trailers, 300 to 400 drivers were stranded on the highway, and the Red Cross has been delivering food to them. 
Unsettled weather will continue as the active jet stream winds aloft that steer storms continue to bring intense disturbances into the Western U.S. coastline. Click here to link to the National Weather Service Office in Los Angeles/Oxnard, California, for the latest advisories. Of course, you can read the complete story via the Newsvine link under Weather News links at the right side of this page, or click here to link to the complete story on the weather problems from CNN.
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Matt,
Global warming works in mysterious ways. I'm surprised you're surprised!
Posted by: Tom | Friday, January 25, 2008 at 02:55 PM