Huge Snowfalls in California
Huge Snowfalls in California
Published : 16-Feb-2025 07:11
A major storm system has dumped over a metre of snowfall in 36 hours on Californian ski slopes.
Ski areas around the Lake Tahoe region and down as far south as Mammoth Mountain are celebrating what has been the biggest storm of the season to date.
"We received 42" overnight, putting our 48-hour storm total at 4 ½ feet (135cm)!" a spokesperson for Mt rose ski area commented, adding, "With sunshine on the way and prime snow conditions, this weekend is shaping up to be spectacular!"
The short, intense weather system off the Pacific followed a week long 'atmospheric river' event from the west that had ended five days before. It was forecast to deliver up to four metres of snow but in the end delivered a lot of rain along with gale force winds, but very little snowfall.
This latest system also brough strong winds and initially rain at lower elevations, but this time that quickly turned to snowfall.
Although California has seen the most snowfall in the past few days there's been a lot of snowfall across the US. Ski areas in Colorado have posted up to three feet (90cm) of snowfall this week and some in Utah, including Alta and Brighton, up to 20" (50cm) in the last 24 hours.
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