WEATHER N Cal Members, report in! Meteorologists are forecasting staggering amount of snow for NorCal storm…12 ft of snow and 120 mph winds

Bad Hand

Bad Hand

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We are snowed in the roads are closed all 4 of them. Some people are going to have a longer ski vacation then they planned for.
2 years ago my daughter came to help me because I was having shoulder surgery. Dee was going to be driving I 80 through WY in the winter so she packed all of her winter camping gear tent, sleeping bag, stove, food and water. She said if the highway got closed she was going to go away from the highway and set up camp. I taught her survival and I am glad she made it hear without any problems.
 
medic38572

medic38572

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RB Martin said:
Damaging winds are those above 50-60mph. 190mph straight line winds is extraordinary!

www.nssl.noaa.gov

Damaging Winds Basics

Basic information about severe wind, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.
www.nssl.noaa.gov www.nssl.noaa.gov
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These are hurricans wind speeds.

Category		Sustained Winds
174-95 mph 64-82 kt 119-153 km/h
296-110 mph 83-95 kt 154-177 km/h
3 (major)111-129 mph 96-112 kt 178-208 km/h
4 (major)130-156 mph 113-136 kt 209-251 kmthese are. Hu
 
West

West

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It had to of been 1980 maybe 1981 or even 1982 .... but that year it snowed 24 + inches at least at 3,500 feet in the Sierras near hwy 50 not 60 miles from lake Tahoe one day before Easter.

I remember it like yesterday because I made several hundred dollars at age 15 shoveling snow off off of people's mobile home roofs and or drive ways! In one day I netted over $500 dollars in income! That's real coin for a trailer trash white arse! It's what started my independent individualism. For the first time in my life, I was buying the milk for my family and bought my own school clothes for the next year!

It's a mind set.

I was laughing out loud at the fools who hid Easter eggs in 2 feet of snow. It was epic!
 
SageRock

SageRock

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Northern Nevada here, about 30-40 miles east of the Sierras. Power out from early morning to mid-day. Around seven inches of snowfall, but with some areas swept clean by wind, and other areas with drifts of 3-5 feet. Atmospheric pressure, which is normally around 24.60 inHg (at 5500 feet altitude) went as low as 23.98 inHg. Currently at around 24.10 inHg.
 
Z

zeker

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and how many will be found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning?

cuz they couldnt/wouldnt keep the exhaust pipe cleared around their chimney?
 
West

West

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zeker said:
and how many will be found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning?

cuz they couldnt/wouldnt keep the exhaust pipe cleared around their chimney?
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The typical gas hot water heater flues are the most dangerous.

Wood heating flue systems usually burn hot enough to melt, the snow build up. However if it's not burning hot or goes out and the occupants still try to burn with a plugged up flue.....

Dummies abound.
 
West

West

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100+ mph winds in the high Sierras during storm events is common. 190 mph crazy (F3 tornado) and not common.

In Oklahoma it's just another tornado, no worse than a divorce, because either way the mobile home is gone!
 
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Siskiyoumom

Siskiyoumom

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Had an ancient maple tree 120 feet tall fell early this morning across the road that goes down to our orchard and garden. The tree squashed one of our wood sheds.

We got five inches of wet heavy snow over night. We are at 1,200 feet elevation.

We will run up the road out of our place later on the tractor, the high point at the junction with the road that goes down to the river and highway is 2,800 feet so we expect much deeper snow up there.

We rarely ever get this much snow and we are so glad we have seasoned fire wood stocked on the porch.

Star Link and the solar system are doing great.

For folks used to much deeper snow five inches may seem a laughable amount. Being prepared has helped us who do not get massive snow.

All the highways are plowed and open.

Be safe folks.
 
D

Delta

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We had a nice snow during the night. All night long, and with winds to boot. This morning I had lots of bare roof and bare driveway (thanks to the winds) and drifts a couple feet deep on the downwind sides of the house. My only real concern was to dig out along the north side of the house, where the sun doesn't shine, as that is my access to my garage and shop. Done; nothing unusual. Were this in December or January I'd be concerned. But March, ? Nah. It will be warm soon enough. The sun is higher, and up longer than a month ago. That makes a big difference. We've experienced no power outages. My Jeep is full of gas; streets are plowed.

To give some credit to the meteorological prognosticators who made that forecast of 12 feet of snow and 120 MPH winds, that may well have applied to a few of the Sierra peaks (and the drifts on the downwind sides). Fortunately, I live on the dry side of the mountains. There has been worse, and I'm old enough to have seen it (or seen pictures of it).
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

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Siskiyoumom said:
Had an ancient maple tree 120 feet tall fell early this morning across the road that goes down to our orchard and garden. The tree squashed one of our wood sheds.

We got five inches of wet heavy snow over night. We are at 1,200 feet elevation.

We will run up the road out of our place later on the tractor, the high point at the junction with the road that goes down to the river and highway is 2,800 feet so we expect much deeper snow up there.

We rarely ever get this much snow and we are so glad we have seasoned fire wood stocked on the porch.

Star Link and the solar system are doing great.

For folks used to much deeper snow five inches may seem a laughable amount. Being prepared has helped us who do not get massive snow.

All the highways are plowed and open.

Be safe folks.
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Five inches of snow is miserable if you have to move it with a shovel!
 
cleobc

cleobc

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When I went to bed last night, I-80 was still closed for a hundred miles in both directions, with no estimated opening times. Just saw a video which showed a few trucks moving in one direction, but dozens and dozens of trucks parked for miles in the snow.
 
cleobc

cleobc

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Wanted to add: things getting spotty in the stores, which weren't that great already. We have one grocery store that hasn't been able to keep well stocked since Covid. We get most of our goods over the mountains from California, so prolonged storm issues mean local supply issues.
 
D

Delta

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Just watched the sun rise on (what I guess is) the third morning of this "disaster." Snow hither and yon. The bit I shoveled was wet and heavy, but the streets, driveways, and most of the roofs are clear. (It was too heavy for the Toro power shovel.) I'm sure traveling in this would have been a challenge, and I'm sure the media folks did not have to look far to find something heart wrenching to put on the news (do they still broadcast "news"?). But staying hunkered down with a book was a good way to spend the weekend.

I'd rather be looking at snow than panhandle ash.
 
D

Delta

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Just saw the first post-storm snow pack report for the Sierra. Home Page
Jumped from 85% of 1 April (season) normal in the north to 101% of season normal.
71% of 1 April normal to 94% in central Sierra.
And 68% of season normal to 86% of normal in south.
Opposite distribution of last year, and obviously central and south Sierra still need more, but good north of the Feather River and down to Truckee.
 
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CaBuckeye

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We came back from our lake side camping ground today from trailer camping at around 1000 feet and 30 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains. We had some fairly strong 20 mph winds almost every day with wind gusts at night really shaking the trees and rocking the trailer. Rain came in daily at around a half an inch during the day but at night... Whoa! The last time I saw/heard heavy rain like that was during typhoons in Asia. The noise from the rain pounding on the roof was so loud that you couldn't even distinguish between raindrops. Freked out our kitty. Even so, we were warm and dry and had a great time. Watching the radar with all the dark greens, yellows and reds while sipping hot cocoa was exciting. We even had pre-tornado warnings. Diehard fishermen were still out in high winds and heavy rain trying to catch trout usually without adequate rain gear. With my trusty poncho, I even manage to get in my daily six mile cross-country hikes along the like shoreline. We go back up in two weeks to do it again!
 
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