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Stormy Eastern Pacific Pattern to Shift into California Late Tuesday….then continue into Saturday…..This will be followed by a long mild to warm break Next Week….
Monday April 9, 2012
Posted at 10:26 am by Howard
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A Closed Upper Low was located at 44N/137W this morning indicating little if any movement over the past 24 hours. This will insure one more very nice day for the Mammoth area. While the off-shore closed low is waiting for the upstream bump of the next system, The fair weather upper high is centered east of our area….thus winds will continue to be moderate over the crest today. Do not expect windless mountain weather today if your skiing/boarding the upper elevations. Temps will range in the 40s over the upper elevations of Mammoth Mt to the upper 50s today here near the Village at Mammoth.
Current Sat loop shows moisture streaming NEward on the eastern side of the upper low. PW according to AMSU imagery is about an inch off the coast of Northern Ca.
What we are dealing with are really two distinct systems here. The second system by far is the strongest for the Central Sierra as the upper jet comes into California in the “sweet spot”, just north of Pt Conception. So the Front Left Divergent portion directly effects the Central Sierra, according to the new Monday 12z GFS. Yesterdays EC painted up to 2 inches of QPF over the Central Sierra, Friday.
HPC is more in line with about 1.5 inches.. All this of course comes after the initial shot Wednesday of 1 inch + by Thursday AM. So this looks to be a productive week in dumping a good 3 feet over the upper elevations. This is great news as the winter so far is about 50% of normal here at Mammoth Pass.
Snow levels will begin about 6500 potentially insuring several plows for the loader operators. However, the pavement from several days of heating and the warm April sun will work with you guys in removal.
Outlook
The last period of storminess has taken about 6 days to redevelop…..figuring last Thursday to this Wednesday. This Wednesday through Saturday may be the last good period for snowfall for quite a while. The Dweebs feel that another storm or two is certainly possible climatically into early to mid May. What the Dweebs are seeing is the small high latitude block north of Alaska retrograding west to Siberia. See: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/cpc/cpc_NHEM_f264wbg.gif
The downstream effect retrogrades the long wave trof to north of Kauai and eventually a long wave positive height anomaly over the pacific NW. This pattern sets up anomalous warm weather for California prior to the 21st. Especially the (23rd through the 29th)
SEE: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/people/sweaver/cfs_fcst/images1/wk3.wk4_20120408.NAsfcT.gif
Now with that said, with the positive height anomaly over the Pacific Northwest, it is always possible that some pacific jet energy will split off down the Ca coast for a weak cutoff low that may initiate a Spring thunderstorm pattern for the high country. Well see how mother nature plays this one out.
Dr Howard and the Dweebs……………………….
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Reference Glossary of Weather Terms
Disclaimer: I have been a hobbyist meteorologist for over 30 years here in the Mammoth area and I do this for my personal enjoyment. The National Weather Service saves lives every day . . . I do not. When making important planning decisions please use information provided by the National Weather Service as they are the most knowledgeable and accurate information source available today.
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One More Warm Day Today then Active Pattern Currently Across Pacific to shift into California Tuesday Night through Saturday……Up to Three Feet Possible For the Crest by Weeks end……A long Warm Break is Expected The Following Week
Monday April 9, 2012
Posted at 9:24 am by Howard
.
A Closed upper low was located at 44N/137W this morning indicating little if any movement over the past 24 hours. This will insure one more very nice day for the Mammoth area. While the off-shore closed low is waiting for the upstream bump of the next system, The fail weather upper high is centered east of our area….thus winds will continue to be moderate over the crest today. Do not expect windless mountain weather if your skiing/boarding the upper elevations. Temps will range in the 40s over the upper elevations of Mammoth Mt to the upper 50s today here near the Village at Mammoth.
Current Sat loop shows moisture streaming NEward on the eastern side of the upper low. PW according to AMSU imagery is about an inch off the coast of Northern Ca.
What we are dealing with are really two distinct systems here. The second system by far is the strongest for the central sierra as the upper jet comes into California in the “sweet spot” just north of Pt Conception. So the Front Left Divergent portion directly effect the Central Sierra, according to the new Monday 12z GFS. Yesterdays EC painted up to 2 inches of QPF over the Central Sierra. Friday, HPC is more in line with 1.5 inches.. All this of course comes after the initial shot Wednesday of 1 inch + by Thursday AM. So this may be a productive week in dumping a good 3 feet over the upper elevations. This of course is good news as the winter so far is about 50% of normal here at Mammoth Pass.
Monday April 9, 2012
Posted at 10:26 am by Howard
.
A Closed Upper Low was located at 44N/137W this morning indicating little if any movement over the past 24 hours. This will insure one more very nice day for the Mammoth area. While the off-shore closed low is waiting for the upstream bump of the next system, The fair weather upper high is centered east of our area….thus winds will continue to be moderate over the crest today. Do not expect windless mountain weather today if your skiing/boarding the upper elevations. Temps will range in the 40s over the upper elevations of Mammoth Mt to the upper 50s today here near the Village at Mammoth.
Current Sat loop shows moisture streaming NEward on the eastern side of the upper low. PW according to AMSU imagery is about an inch off the coast of Northern Ca.
What we are dealing with are really two distinct systems here. The second system by far is the strongest for the Central Sierra as the upper jet comes into California in the “sweet spot”, just north of Pt Conception. So the Front Left Divergent portion directly effects the Central Sierra, according to the new Monday 12z GFS. Yesterdays EC painted up to 2 inches of QPF over the Central Sierra, Friday.
HPC is more in line with about 1.5 inches.. All this of course comes after the initial shot Wednesday of 1 inch + by Thursday AM. So this looks to be a productive week in dumping a good 3 feet over the upper elevations. This is great news as the winter so far is about 50% of normal here at Mammoth Pass.
Snow levels will begin about 6500 potentially insuring several plows for the loader operators. However, the pavement from several days of heating and the warm April sun will work with you guys in removal.
Outlook
The last period of storminess has taken about 6 days to redevelop…..figuring last Thursday to this Wednesday. This Wednesday through Saturday may be the last good period for snowfall for quite a while. The Dweebs feel that another storm or two is certainly possible climatically into early to mid May. What the Dweebs are seeing is the small high latitude block north of Alaska retrograding west to Siberia. See: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/cpc/cpc_NHEM_f264wbg.gif
The downstream effect retrogrades the long wave trof to north of Kauai and eventually a long wave positive height anomaly over the pacific NW. This pattern sets up anomalous warm weather for California prior to the 21st. Especially the (23rd through the 29th)
SEE: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/people/sweaver/cfs_fcst/images1/wk3.wk4_20120408.NAsfcT.gif
Now with that said, with the positive height anomaly over the Pacific Northwest, it is always possible that some pacific jet energy will split off down the Ca coast for a weak cutoff low that may initiate a Spring thunderstorm pattern for the high country. Well see how mother nature plays this one out.
Dr Howard and the Dweebs……………………….
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Reference Glossary of Weather Terms
Disclaimer: I have been a hobbyist meteorologist for over 30 years here in the Mammoth area and I do this for my personal enjoyment. The National Weather Service saves lives every day . . . I do not. When making important planning decisions please use information provided by the National Weather Service as they are the most knowledgeable and accurate information source available today.
shareshare
..
One More Warm Day Today then Active Pattern Currently Across Pacific to shift into California Tuesday Night through Saturday……Up to Three Feet Possible For the Crest by Weeks end……A long Warm Break is Expected The Following Week
Monday April 9, 2012
Posted at 9:24 am by Howard
.
A Closed upper low was located at 44N/137W this morning indicating little if any movement over the past 24 hours. This will insure one more very nice day for the Mammoth area. While the off-shore closed low is waiting for the upstream bump of the next system, The fail weather upper high is centered east of our area….thus winds will continue to be moderate over the crest today. Do not expect windless mountain weather if your skiing/boarding the upper elevations. Temps will range in the 40s over the upper elevations of Mammoth Mt to the upper 50s today here near the Village at Mammoth.
Current Sat loop shows moisture streaming NEward on the eastern side of the upper low. PW according to AMSU imagery is about an inch off the coast of Northern Ca.
What we are dealing with are really two distinct systems here. The second system by far is the strongest for the central sierra as the upper jet comes into California in the “sweet spot” just north of Pt Conception. So the Front Left Divergent portion directly effect the Central Sierra, according to the new Monday 12z GFS. Yesterdays EC painted up to 2 inches of QPF over the Central Sierra. Friday, HPC is more in line with 1.5 inches.. All this of course comes after the initial shot Wednesday of 1 inch + by Thursday AM. So this may be a productive week in dumping a good 3 feet over the upper elevations. This of course is good news as the winter so far is about 50% of normal here at Mammoth Pass.
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Slow Moving System Will Bring Precip To Mammoth Sierra After Midnight Tonight…..2nd System Has Better Upper Jet Support for Moderate to Heavy Snowfall Friday….
Tuesday April 10, 2012
Posted at 10:31 am by Howard
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Winter Storm Watch hoisted from the NWS beginning Thursday afternoon for 1 to 2 feet above 7000ft.
The Mammoth Crest still looks to get up to 3 feet by Saturday AM.
The first system is taking its good ol sweet time coming in….Strong high pressure to the west of us is both delaying the onset of the system as well as tightening up the gradients for some strong southerly winds for the Owens Valley today. Expect snowfall to begin in earnest after about Midnight tonight and then best mid morning through early afternoon with Showers the rest of the day. Local streets are warm and snowfall on local streets with the snow level at 7000 may not be an issue with this 1st system. Latest QPF form CRFC 1.02 with Freezing level at 6500 ft. so 6 to 12 inches looks good over the upper elevations……9000+ by Thursday Morning.
There is another area of moisture that effects the sierra Thursday in the moist westerly flow. New QPF for CRFC is .75 for just west of the crest by Friday AM. Freezing levels down to 5800 Ft. Another 5 to 8 inches possible over the upper elevations…..
Then during the day Friday the main upper jet comes into Paso Robles, Ca with good divergence/upper diffluence. Heavy Snowfall is expected by Mid/Late Friday Morning through the afternoon then decreasing Friday night. Saturday looks like possible snow showers with little accumulation and Cold. 500-1000mb thickness drop to 534DM over the Ca, Central Valley early Saturday.
The Dweebs are still expecting a good 2 to 3 feet total over the upper elevations by Saturday AM.
The Dweebs have been watching the longer term……For the Month of April…… it may be that this next series of storms considering intensity/cold and amount snowfall, will be the last of the season. That is not to say that we will not get any more snowfall. But the storms may be considerable smaller. Mammoth usually gets one decent system in early to mid may.
The Dweeber………
Tuesday April 10, 2012
Posted at 10:31 am by Howard
.
Winter Storm Watch hoisted from the NWS beginning Thursday afternoon for 1 to 2 feet above 7000ft.
The Mammoth Crest still looks to get up to 3 feet by Saturday AM.
The first system is taking its good ol sweet time coming in….Strong high pressure to the west of us is both delaying the onset of the system as well as tightening up the gradients for some strong southerly winds for the Owens Valley today. Expect snowfall to begin in earnest after about Midnight tonight and then best mid morning through early afternoon with Showers the rest of the day. Local streets are warm and snowfall on local streets with the snow level at 7000 may not be an issue with this 1st system. Latest QPF form CRFC 1.02 with Freezing level at 6500 ft. so 6 to 12 inches looks good over the upper elevations……9000+ by Thursday Morning.
There is another area of moisture that effects the sierra Thursday in the moist westerly flow. New QPF for CRFC is .75 for just west of the crest by Friday AM. Freezing levels down to 5800 Ft. Another 5 to 8 inches possible over the upper elevations…..
Then during the day Friday the main upper jet comes into Paso Robles, Ca with good divergence/upper diffluence. Heavy Snowfall is expected by Mid/Late Friday Morning through the afternoon then decreasing Friday night. Saturday looks like possible snow showers with little accumulation and Cold. 500-1000mb thickness drop to 534DM over the Ca, Central Valley early Saturday.
The Dweebs are still expecting a good 2 to 3 feet total over the upper elevations by Saturday AM.
The Dweebs have been watching the longer term……For the Month of April…… it may be that this next series of storms considering intensity/cold and amount snowfall, will be the last of the season. That is not to say that we will not get any more snowfall. But the storms may be considerable smaller. Mammoth usually gets one decent system in early to mid may.
The Dweeber………
Mammoth Mt picks up 5-6 inches 24 hours amounts….Another 16 to 20 inches possible by Saturday AM…….
Thursday April 12, 2012
Posted at 8:29 am by Howard
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The Winter Storm Watch has been changed by NWS to a Winter Weather Advisory….
So the Town of Mammoth does not expect a 12 inch snowfall within a 12 hours period…..it will take just longer….
Snow showers are in progress this morning with just light accumulations expected early today as the latest band of precipitation moves into the area. Updated QPF from CRFC shows up to 1.75 inches of liquid on the west side. The Town of Mammoth is still expecting another foot of snowfall in town by Early Saturday AM……
As of note, precip totals have not verified well with either HPC or CRFC from this storm sequence. However….the models did not handle the QPF and the 1st system very well as it was delayed because of the ridge to the west and thus weakened during the process.
Latest Forecast:
Mammoth Mtn 16 to to 20 inches……
Noise of 130knot upper jet now makings its way into South Central Ca.
Snowfall picking up later this morning and will continue through Friday…..
SNOWFALL FORCAST FOR 8200 foot level……
Light accumulation’s expected today….. 1 to 2 inches
Tonight….3 to 5 inches
Friday 3 to 7 inches
Saturday’s weather up-slope snow showers in the AM
Dr Howard and the Dweebs……………………….
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Thursday April 12, 2012
Posted at 8:29 am by Howard
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The Winter Storm Watch has been changed by NWS to a Winter Weather Advisory….
So the Town of Mammoth does not expect a 12 inch snowfall within a 12 hours period…..it will take just longer….
Snow showers are in progress this morning with just light accumulations expected early today as the latest band of precipitation moves into the area. Updated QPF from CRFC shows up to 1.75 inches of liquid on the west side. The Town of Mammoth is still expecting another foot of snowfall in town by Early Saturday AM……
As of note, precip totals have not verified well with either HPC or CRFC from this storm sequence. However….the models did not handle the QPF and the 1st system very well as it was delayed because of the ridge to the west and thus weakened during the process.
Latest Forecast:
Mammoth Mtn 16 to to 20 inches……
Noise of 130knot upper jet now makings its way into South Central Ca.
Snowfall picking up later this morning and will continue through Friday…..
SNOWFALL FORCAST FOR 8200 foot level……
Light accumulation’s expected today….. 1 to 2 inches
Tonight….3 to 5 inches
Friday 3 to 7 inches
Saturday’s weather up-slope snow showers in the AM
Dr Howard and the Dweebs……………………….
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Move…….Another foot + is expected today on Mammoth Mtn….
Friday April 13, 2012
Posted at 4:40 am by Howard
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Mammoth Pass shows 1.36 inches of liquid fallen since 1:30pm the 11th….
So 13 to 14 inches of new is approximated over the Mammoth Crest “storm total” so far as of 4:00am Friday.
Another 12 to 14 inches is expected today…..
Over night models runs showing the upper low shifting inland near Cape Mendocino. The best lift will be over the southern half of the sierra from the central sierra south. Better orographics is expected to the south as upper jet is south, near Pt Conception…..there lies the base of the upper low.
Increased precipitation rates is expected this morning as favorable dynamics combine with the approach of a strong short wave trof that moves through our area. Periods of Heavy Snowfall is expected for our area today though about 5:00pm. Best upper diffluence will shift into southern/central NV tonight…
Expect another foot+ of snow today over the upper elevations….especially above 8000 ft.
The Dweeber…….
Friday April 13, 2012
Posted at 4:40 am by Howard
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Mammoth Pass shows 1.36 inches of liquid fallen since 1:30pm the 11th….
So 13 to 14 inches of new is approximated over the Mammoth Crest “storm total” so far as of 4:00am Friday.
Another 12 to 14 inches is expected today…..
Over night models runs showing the upper low shifting inland near Cape Mendocino. The best lift will be over the southern half of the sierra from the central sierra south. Better orographics is expected to the south as upper jet is south, near Pt Conception…..there lies the base of the upper low.
Increased precipitation rates is expected this morning as favorable dynamics combine with the approach of a strong short wave trof that moves through our area. Periods of Heavy Snowfall is expected for our area today though about 5:00pm. Best upper diffluence will shift into southern/central NV tonight…
Expect another foot+ of snow today over the upper elevations….especially above 8000 ft.
The Dweeber…….
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