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NOAA VIDEO: California Is About To Get Hammered with Snow This Weekend | 1-3 Feet of Snow Forecast by Monday

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Wet Weather Returns to California

Looking for more details on the upcoming wet weather pattern? Check out this quick 2-minute forecast briefing!

Posted by US National Weather Service Sacramento California on Wednesday, March 2, 2016

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California is about to get hammered by storms this weekend.  

NOAA made the above video to keep us informed as to exactly what will is going to happen in California in the coming days.

Below is some more detailed information about very wet weather headed to California:

"The first in a long series of weather systems will arrive in Northern California tomorrow. This system basically sacrifices itself to break down California's persistent ridge of high pressure, but will clear the way for a much wetter storm on Saturday!" - NOAA Sacramento, CA today
“The first in a long series of weather systems will arrive in Northern California tomorrow. This system basically sacrifices itself to break down California’s persistent ridge of high pressure, but will clear the way for a much wetter storm on Saturday!” – NOAA Sacramento, CA today

California Storms This Weekend: 

  • NOAA is calling for a “Good Atmospheric River” to hit California on Saturday/Sunday with up to 3″ of liquid precipitation (potentially 3-feet of snow) forecast on the Sierra Crest near Lake Tahoe, CA by Sunday evening . 
    "The precip will be intense for a 12 hour period Saturday night into Sunday morning
with a good atmospheric river and strong forcing. First guess
precip amounts of 3+ inches along the Sierra Crest." - NOAA Reno, NV today
  • NOAA’s long range hazard forecast is calling for “Heavy Snow” in the Sierra Nevada everyday from March 5th – March 14th (see images near bottom of article).  That would be one helluva long cycle…
  • NOAA’s liquid precipitation forecast for the northern Sierra Nevada is showing 10″ of liquid precipitation falling in the next 7-days.  10″ of liquid precipitation would translate to 10-feet of snow if it all comes in as snow.
  • Brian Allegretto of Opensnow.com is forecasting 26-40″ of snow above 8,000-feet in Lake Tahoe, CA by Monday.
  • Mammoth Mountain Weather Guy is forecasting 120-150″ of snowfall for Mammoth, CA in the month of March.

MORE CALIFORNIA STORM INFO:

" Here's an early look at the forecast precipitation totals for Northern California! Potentially 5 to 10 inches of rain will be possible across the interior mountains, with 2 to 6 inches for the lower elevations. The heaviest precipitation will arrive on Saturday, but periods of light to moderate precipitation are likely between Thursday and Monday." - NOAA Sacramento, CA today
“Here’s an early look at the forecast precipitation totals for Northern California! Potentially 5 to 10 inches of rain will be possible across the interior mountains, with 2 to 6 inches for the lower elevations.
The heaviest precipitation will arrive on Saturday, but periods of light to moderate precipitation are likely between Thursday and Monday.” – NOAA Sacramento, CA today
"An active weather pattern begins this weekend as a series of moderate to strong atmospheric river type storms impact the Sierra this weekend and into next week. Precipitation may begin to push across the Sierra as early as Friday night with snow levels remaining near 7,500-8,000 feet through Saturday. The main push of moisture is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning where snow levels will rapidly drop behind a strong cold front. Snowfall accumulations of 1 to 3 feet are possible along the Sierra crest through Monday with up to 12 inches between 6,000 to 7,000 feet. Travel impacts are a near certainty in the mountains due to snow and wind. Across western Nevada valleys, some travel impacts are possible for the Monday morning commute with the potential for accumulating snow." - NOAA Reno, NV today
“An active weather pattern begins this weekend as a series of moderate to strong atmospheric river type storms impact the Sierra this weekend and into next week.
Precipitation may begin to push across the Sierra as early as Friday night with snow levels remaining near 7,500-8,000 feet through Saturday. The main push of moisture is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning where snow levels will rapidly drop behind a strong cold front.
Snowfall accumulations of 1 to 3 feet are possible along the Sierra crest through Monday with up to 12 inches between 6,000 to 7,000 feet. Travel impacts are a near certainty in the mountains due to snow and wind. Across western Nevada valleys, some travel impacts are possible for the Monday morning commute with the potential for accumulating snow.” – NOAA Reno, NV today
"A transition to an active and wet pattern will begin this weekend and persist into next week. The first of the series of storms is expected around the Friday night into Saturday morning timeframe. This system will be a weaker and warmer storm which may produce travel impacts across Sierra passes. The next system will push through the region Saturday night through Monday morning which should be a moderate and colder storm with travel impacts expected. The active pattern will continue with the potential for additional moderate to strong storms possible next week." - NOAA Reno, NV today
“A transition to an active and wet pattern will begin this weekend and persist into next week. The first of the series of storms is expected around the Friday night into Saturday morning timeframe. This system will be a weaker and warmer storm which may produce travel impacts across Sierra passes. The next system will push through the region Saturday night through Monday morning which should be a moderate and colder storm with travel impacts expected. The active pattern will continue with the potential for additional moderate to strong storms possible next week.” – NOAA Reno, NV today
"Precipitation returns to Central California this weekend and early next week. 6 day forecast through March 8:" - NOAA Hanford, CA today
“Precipitation returns to Central California this weekend and early next week. 6 day forecast through March 8:” – NOAA Hanford, CA today
"Plans in the Sierra? Prepare for a big change in the weather beginning this weekend, with snow measured in feet expected in the higher terrain above 6,000 feet by Monday." - NOAA Las Vegas, NV today
“Plans in the Sierra? Prepare for a big change in the weather beginning this weekend, with snow measured in feet expected in the higher terrain above 6,000 feet by Monday.” – NOAA Las Vegas, NV today
"Heavy snow" forecast in CA March 5-9th. image: noaa, today
“Heavy snow” forecast in CA March 5-9th. image: noaa, today
"Heavy snow" forecast in CA March 10-14th. image: noaa, today
“Heavy snow” forecast in CA March 10-14th. image: noaa, today
Current satellite image of the Western USA showing storms hitting WA. image: GOES
Current satellite image of the Western USA showing storms hitting WA. image: GOES
Current 6-10 day outlook from NOAA showing above average precipitation forecast for just about all of the Western USA. image: noaa, today
Current 6-10 day outlook from NOAA showing above average precipitation forecast for just about all of the Western USA. image: noaa, today
Current 6-10 day outlook from NOAA showing below average temperatures forecast for CA, OR, NV, UT, AZ, NM. image: noaa, today
Current 6-10 day outlook from NOAA showing below average temperatures forecast for CA, OR, NV, UT, AZ, NM. image: noaa, today
The GFS weather model showing around 2.5" of precipitation for the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA in the next 4 days. 2.5" of liquid precip. could equal around 2.5-feet of snow if it all comes as snow.
The GFS weather model showing around 2.5″ of precipitation for the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA in the next 4 days. 2.5″ of liquid precip. could equal around 2.5-feet of snow if it all comes as snow.
These storms will be pushed into the Western US by a powerful, dropping jet stream. This image shows the forecast jetstream for March 7th. image: noaa, yesterday
These storms will be pushed into the Western US by a powerful, dropping jet stream. This image shows the forecast jetstream for March 7th. image: noaa, yesterday
Forecast jet stream coming right through CA and the Western USA in the next 6-10 days. image: noaa, today
Forecast jet stream coming right through CA and the Western USA in the next 6-10 days. image: noaa, today

 

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