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Snow in the So. California desert areas

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S. California Gets Up to 3 Feet of Snow
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041122/ap/d86h065g0.html
An unusual type of storm nicknamed an "insider slider" blanketed Southern California mountains with up to 3 feet of snow and even coated desert areas with white.

Children built snowmen and had snowball fights in low-lying towns such as Murrieta in Riverside County, where Chris Sousounis said he was told it would never snow when he moved there from Chicago.

"Somebody lied," he said as he swept piles of snow off his pickup truck.

The weekend storm was tapering off Monday, although an additional 6 inches fell in some mountain communities.

The storm developed in British Columbia and swept into Nevada before reaching California. It was called an inside slider because of its rare track into Southern California from the northeast instead of the typical route off the Pacific Ocean.

"This happens about once every 10 years, and when it does, it's bad," said Ivory Small, chief science officer for the National Weather Service in San Diego. "You get about every type of weather. ... These systems are tricky to predict."

Up to 3 feet of snow was reported in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains east of Los Angeles.

Snow closed Interstate 15 through the Cajon Pass northwest of Los Angeles for about five hours Sunday morning. Snow and ice also closed several roads in San Bernardino County, said California Highway Patrol dispatch supervisor Doug Showalter.

As much as a foot of snow covered desert areas of northern San Bernardino County, and 6 inches fell in desert communities such as Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms. Lake Elsinore, southeast of Los Angeles, measured 3 inches.

Strong wind in Irvine toppled a tree onto a home, and some of the occupants suffered minor cuts and bruises.
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<Nelson voice>

HA ha!


Some pics
 
well between this and the hurricanes in florida, you can say goodbye to any decent Tomatos this year,

get reasy for produce to go through the roof, and get lesser quality.
 
Two of the heaviest snowfalls I've ever experienced were when I lived in Lancaster Calif.
The western Mojave had a 25 inch fall in '74 &amp; then a 26 inch fall in '78.
They don't have snow plows in the dessert. Park it for a week - you're done.

 
I'm convinced that Moonbeam has at least three personalities.

Anyway, before I saw these pictures, I would have guessed that California desert snow was as likely as a volcanic eruption in W NYS.
 
Originally posted by: Gen Stonewall
I'm convinced that Moonbeam has at least three personalities.

Anyway, before I saw these pictures, I would have guessed that California desert snow was as likely as a volcanic eruption in W NYS.
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Same situation happens in North Georgia, they call it "The Wedge". Cold air slides from Northeast to Soutwest down the Appalachain Mountain chain. The warm air from the Gulf meets the Cold air and Bam a pretty good snowfall or bad Ice Storm or sometimes both, first snows and then stays around 30 degrees while still raining in the upper atmosphere causing a heavy Ice rain.


 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
That is so cool.
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Yep, I'm actually snowed in up here at the cabin (got here Friday, by Saturday night no cars where moving). Actually still snowing now, supposed to clear later today.

Bill
 
Originally posted by: bsobel
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
That is so cool.
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Yep, I'm actually snowed in up here at the cabin (got here Friday, by Saturday night no cars where moving). Actually still snowing now, supposed to clear later today.

Bill
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I'm in Sacramento and the grass turned a bit brown overnight. I think we got frost. It was 42 about midnight. I first seen snow in someplace down there, I think, maybe Jenner or Julian or some mountain place like that.
 
Weird I knew something was up this weekend we had these strange winds all day on sat I think that would just randomly gust so hard it shook our houses but then it would be calm for a hour or so then wooosh! Shake! Thought we were having tiny earthquakes for a minute.
maybe the part of the storm escaping the valley of CA through the bay?
 
Early in the morning the other day, I heard the LOUDEST thunder I have ever heard. It was at 7:00am and I swear a bomb went off. It was really really loud. damn
 
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