April SoCal N'ssssssstuff

[TksHiRd]

^^^ seriously muddy hike this afternoon. local hills are the wettest they have been all season.

[Spirit Tree]

I don't know where you are TksHiRd but for LA you're the winner; even beat Ophids Camp. Then again Rocky Peak got 1.53".

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/ ... OX&pil=RRM

[0LI]

me have .99 in bucket

[Snowave]

been snowing off and on all day, but not much is accumulating... although, now that it's getting colder, we have a little dusting again here in the last 15 minutes.

much of the snow already melted that fell last night.

[Snowave]

still snowing... although, it's fairly light. About an inch since 6:30PM.

[Stephen]

Thinking about going up Friday, but those expected winds are giving me pause. I get the feeling SV's "upper mountain" lifts will be closed tomorrow. No Baldy. I know Big Bear is less prone to wind, but NWS even has 40 MPH gusts for there.

[Snowave]

WSW now for tonight tomorrow for 8-14"

[TksHiRd]

^^^swan song for Smokey...

[cheapski]

They always throw out those estimates and the reality just barely hits the minimum. Color me skeptical.

Hey I guess after Sno moves, I have to take up his cynical mantle.

[Snowave]

Your'e a cynical mantle

[TksHiRd]

wait, no interwebs in Washington?

[Snowave]

yes, but I don't know if I can balance being a skeptic for both WA weather and Socal weather.

That's an awful lot of skepticism

[Stephen]

Every storm comes through in WA.

Ben says 4-8, maybe more, in BB.

SV says it will be open through Tuesday (5 skiers!). Snow report says 3 runs are open today. Weird.

[SurfnSnowboard]

This storm isn't look very impressive on satellite but it does have plenty of cold air with it.

The NWS certainly thinks it's a big deal:

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
3 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...4500 TO 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES 4000 TO 4500 FEET...3 TO 6
INCHES 4500 TO 5000 FEET...6 TO 10 INCHES 5000 TO 6000 FEET...
AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET. UP TO 18 INCHES FOR FAVORED
WESTERN SLOPING ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

We had a brief downpour last night. It was isolated in a line going west to east right along Mission Valley. It lasted maybe 15 minutes but dropped probably a half inch of rain. Streets instantly flooded and traffic became a mess. But it was only maybe a couple of miles wide.

[cheapski]

The flow looks pretty strong driving it into CA.