Forecasters across the U.S. say another round of winter weather could make travel difficult by the Thanksgiving holiday, while California and Washington continue to recover from storm damage and power outages. He issued a warning that there was sex.
In California, where a person was found dead in a flooded vehicle on Saturday, authorities braced for more rain while dealing with flooding and small landslides from earlier storms.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento, California, has issued a winter storm warning for the state’s Sierra Nevada mountains from Saturday through Tuesday, with heavy snow expected at higher elevations and wind gusts possible up to 55 mph (88 kph). It was announced that there is a sex. Snowfall totals are expected to be about 4 feet (1.2 meters), with the heaviest accumulation expected on Monday and Tuesday.
Forecasters said the Midwest and Great Lakes regions are expected to see rain and snow on Monday, with Thanksgiving and Black Friday on the East Coast expected to be hit the hardest.
A low-pressure system is expected to bring rain to the southeast early Thursday, then turn northeast. Rain and wind are possible from Boston to New York, and snow is possible in parts of northern New Hampshire, northern Maine and the Adirondacks. If the system tracks further inland, the mountains could see less snow and more rain, forecasters said.
“This doesn’t look like a strong system at this point,” Hayden Frank, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Massachusetts, said Sunday. “Essentially, this is going to bring rain to the I-95 corridor, so travelers should be prepared for wet weather, which looks like it’s going to happen unless the system trends in to get colder. ”
Frank said no major storms will be seen anywhere in the country over the weekend, so travelers returning home on Sunday can expect good driving conditions. However, temperatures will drop in the east and warm in the west.
About 36,000 people in the Seattle area remain without power after the season’s most powerful atmospheric river, a long plume of water vapor that formed over the ocean and flowed over land.
What is an atmospheric river? Explanation of other meteorological terms
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What is an atmospheric river? Explanation of other meteorological terms
Here’s a quick look at the different types of storms that hit the West Coast of North America this winter.
A river with atmosphere
There’s a good reason the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls these “rivers in the sky.” Characterized by long streams of water vapor through the atmosphere, the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor comparable to the estuary flow of the mighty Mississippi River, and strong rivers can carry up to 15 times that amount. When an AR makes landfall, its moisture is released as rain or snow and is usually accompanied by strong wind gusts, further increasing its destructive tendencies.
pineapple express
These particularly strong atmospheric rivers are named after their origins. Pineapple Express storms, which suck moisture from the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii, are known to dump heavy precipitation when they reach the west coasts of the U.S. and Canada, with about 5 inches a day hitting California, according to National Ocean. It is said that it rained. service.
bomb low pressure
These low-pressure storm systems create atmospheric rivers that help sweep them from the Pacific Ocean to the coast. Unlike hurricanes and other storms, which are strongest in the center, a bomb cyclone can produce the worst weather at its edges.
El Niño
This is a climate pattern characterized by unusually high sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Together with the corresponding La Niña event (a period of colder-than-average sea surface temperatures), these patterns can influence weather around the world. Although the weather doesn’t always match, El Niño is associated with warmer temperatures and generally results in drier conditions in the northern United States and Canada, and wetter conditions in the south, increasing the risk of flooding.
– Gabrielle Cannon, U.S. climate and extreme weather correspondent
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Another storm brought rain to New York and New Jersey, which have seen rare wildfires in recent weeks, and heavy snow to northeastern Pennsylvania. The precipitation was expected to help alleviate drought conditions after an unusually dry autumn.
“It’s not going to eliminate the drought, but it will definitely help once this all clears up,” said Brian Greenblatt, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Binghamton, New York.
Heavy snow fell in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the Pocono Mountains. Up to 17 inches (43 cm) have been reported at higher elevations, while lower elevations occur in valley cities such as Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. About 35,000 customers in 10 counties remain without power, down from 80,000 the day before.
About 10,000 people remained without power in New York’s Catskills region Sunday morning, two days after a storm dumped heavy snow in parts of the region.
West Virginia’s rain has helped quell the state’s worst drought in at least two decades and provided a boost for ski areas as they prepare to open slopes in the coming weeks.
