John1122

It's still just a rampaging blizzard at Mammoth today. Today was supposed to be a light snow day, with only 9 inches on the mountain. They are probably close to 70 inches at this point with 2 or so more feet coming tomorrow.

I believe the UKIE is very inland and too warm for us.

Probably the wildest thing you'll ever see. This is an SPS that's also covering the Winter Storm Warning area near Mammoth. "If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the National Weather Service. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service." The forecast attached to that, this is at 9000-10000 feet. "Tonight: Snow showers before 1am, then snow, mainly after 1am. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -16. Windy, with a west southwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 37 to 43 inches possible."

Life in the Eastern Sierra.

The guy who lives there around 9k feet, that puts videos out, got 12 inches Monday in the pre-event. He's also the one who called 8 inches a dusting. He said his forecast was for 10 feet by Thursday.

They get thundersnow multiple times each winter. It's hens teeth in the East but more common in the high mountain west. It's just a different world, there, particularly in Mammoth. I watched a video about it and the founder of the resort, studied all the available public mountain areas and found basically what he saw as the absolute perfect location for natural snow in the country. The only place that gets more snow is national park areas in the Pac NW in Washington. Mammoth had 950 inches a couple years ago. The world record is 1140 inches in a year.

Mammoth is up to 45 inches today on the mountain and 31 in town. This is the hourly forecast from 7est/4pst until 4am est/1am pst. Yes, that is a 4 inch per hour rate predicted at 6pm pst, and multiple hours at 3 inches per hour. They are supposed to get 20+ more tonight, 9-12 tomorrow, 18-20 on Thursday.

The Mammoth webcam right now is the hardest wind driven snow I've ever seen. The visibility is zero essentially.

There was 14.5 inches here on March 2nd, 1942. We ended up with almost 80 inches here in the winter of 1959-60. 3 inches in December after a very warm month with the snow falling Dec 30th and 31st, 10 inches in January, 25 in February and 39 in March.

On this day in 1960, 6 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area. It kicked off the most incredible run of snow ever seen in Tennessee/Kentucky/SWVa/Western NC. It would continue for over a month. On February the 18th/19th 1960, the Plateau and SE Kentucky got another 10-18 inches. The Mid-State, who had received 6-10 on February 13th, got another 6-10 on the 18th. Far eastern areas missed out on that one mostly, but March was going to hit and hit hard.

The March 2022 snow was a Miller A, just timed up perfectly with a cold shot. We were in the 70s a few days before it arrived.

My grandfather was born in Leavenworth.

When we're warm, I watch the Mammoth area YouTube channels. They've gotten 17 inches in the last 24 hours. Which is light for them.

Returned from Chattanooga, the lake is still frozen and there's still snow on north/east facing areas. Probably won't survive tomorrow though.

My area tends to work the edges a lot. It's perfectly positioned for that. I am far enough east that I get snow from systems like this last one, but I'm also NW of the Cumberlands and far enough northwest that when cold fronts stall around the apps, I am on the eastern edge of winter events that are hitting the mid-state like those that happened a few years ago. One of the big things here is that other than Cross Mountain for the Caryville area, there's not mountains quite big enough to downslope my area like the far east gets.