#sierra-nevada

#sierra-nevada

A winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada overnight and will continue pounding the region throughout Thursday, bringing heavy mountain snow, rainfall, strong winds and dangerous driving conditions as it moves toward Southern California.The National Weather Service in Sacramento issued a winter storm warning through midnight Friday for western Plumas County and Lassen National Park and the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada counties.

Heavy rain and mountain snow are returning to California on Tuesday, continuing a relentless weather pattern across the West that has proved dangerous, deadly and disruptive to millions of people in recent months.The latest powerful Pacific storm will move inland early Tuesday and linger through Wednesday, delivering rain over the Central California coast, the National Weather Service said.

(California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

A wild wolverine was spotted multiple times in California last month, only the second specimen to be verified by experts in the past century, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.Over a two-week period in May, the wolverine was reported twice in Inyo National Forest and once in Yosemite National Park.

Amid warming temperatures, record snowmelt and yet another flood forecast, Yosemite National Park announced that three campgrounds will be closed starting Monday.Housekeeping Camp and the Lower and North Pines campgrounds will remain closed until conditions clear up - and additional closures are possible, park officials said.

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After making like the Pacific Northwest for much of this unusually wet year, Southern California is returning to its dry, sunny norm this weekend.Temperatures in the San Fernando Valley are expected to range from the high 80s into the low 90s Saturday and Sunday, while a marine layer will keep the coast in the temperate high-60-degree range, before beaches push into the low 70s Tuesday and Wednesday.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A soggy week in Southern California will end with sunny skies and warmer weather - but for how long?The latest forecast shows clearing conditions Thursday afternoon, with dry air and warmer temperatures moving into the area by the weekend.What happens next is not yet certain: Models show that yet another storm system could make its way down the center of the state beginning Monday, delivering showers and low-elevation snow to the mountains and interior areas, along with cooler temperatures across the Southland.

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A winter of epic snow and rain had brought California's "phantom lake" back to life - and threatened towns and farms in the process.Once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, Tulare Lake was largely drained in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the rivers that fed it were dammed and diverted for agriculture.

Another powerful storm will hit California starting Monday night, compounding the effects residents have already felt from a similar storm that led to turbulent flooding last week and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Los Angeles are calling the latest storm, which is expected to last through Wednesday, a significant atmospheric river event and are fairly confident that it will bring widespread, heavy rainfall.

Atmospheric rivers are hugely influential for California's weather and water supplies.They cause the state's heaviest rains and feed the biggest floods.They drive its cycles of dry and wet, famine and feast.But they also cause a large share of the state's levee breaches and debris flows.One atmospheric river can be enough to flood homes, down power lines and wash away hillsides and highways.

TRUCKEE, Calif.With an atmospheric river bearing down on California, Mike Culp climbed to the roof of his two-story home in the Lake Tahoe region to start shoveling off snow.But there was no need for a ladder.Storms this winter have dumped so intensely across the Sierra Nevada that on Wednesday he simply walked up a massive snowbank to the top of his house.

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Californians shouldn't put the rain gear away quite yet.March is expected to continue roaring like a lion beyond mid-month.Models are pointing to another potential atmospheric river in the first half of next week, forecasters say, the 12th of California's wet season.An upper-level low-pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska is expected to move over the West Coast, and there's a 60% chance that a plume of atmospheric river moisture could affect the California coast, the National Weather Service said.

A storm system moving down the West Coast is expected to wallop the Sierra Nevada, dropping feet of snow before bringing widespread rain and wind to Southern California later this week.Officials have issued a winter storm warning for the Sierra from Wednesday night to Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service office in Sacramento.

The rules of Oktoberfest stipulate that only beer brewed within the Munich city limit may be served.After a two-year break for that pesky The world's largest beer festival attracted 6.3 million visitors to Munich, pandemic, Oktoberfest returned triumphantly this year on September 17 and will last through October 3. Germany, when it was last held in 2019, and similar numbers are expected this year.Photo Courtesy of Getty Images Why is Oktoberfest held in September?(Note: While the term Oktoberfest is not trademarked, Oktoberfestbier is trademarked by an association of Munich breweries) Photo Courtesy of Getty Images How much beer is consumed during Oktoberfest?