NOAA: Blizzard Warning for Mammoth, CA Today

You don’t see many Blizzard Warnings in California.  More of a Great Plains thing…

Definition of a Blizzard:

A blizzard occurs when you can’t see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more.  The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classed as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.

Mammoth the town is forecast to see 6-12″ of snow today and a ton of wind.

Mammoth has gotten 20″ of new snow in the past 48-hours and 227″ this season.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MAMMOTH, CA TODAY:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1157 AM PST SUN JAN 31 2016

MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...
HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED.

* TIMING: SNOW AND WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
  THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL BE AFTER 10 PM THIS EVENING
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
  395...6 TO 12 INCHES. EAST OF HIGHWAY 395...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH AFTER
  10 PM TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. SIERRA RIDGES GUSTING UP
  TO 90 MPH TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITY: DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
  CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. EXPECT ZERO VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING
  SNOW ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...6...AND 95.