#winter-storm

#winter-storm

NYC's Emergency Management's Code Blue remained in effect through Sunday morning, alerting residents to ongoing extreme cold weather. The weekend storm, which prompted a state of emergency from Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 26, covered the city with its deepest snow accumulation since Jan. 28-29, 2022, when 8.3 inches of the white stuff fell on the Big Apple. Snowfall began at around 5:30 p.m. during Friday's afternoon rush hour.

Peak rainfall in parts of the region is expected to reach as high as 1.5 inches per hour, according to the National Weather Service. The foothills and mountains south of Point Conception, which include parts of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, are projected to receive up to nine inches (25 centimeters) of rain by 10 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve. The rain will continue to fall on Thursday, Christmas Day, and a total of 14 inches could soak the region (35 centimeters) by Friday.

Meteorologists and their weather models have not come to any agreement about whether Tuesday's incoming storm will meet the criteria of a "bomb cyclone," but suffice it to say it will be really windy and wet. There is a huge area of low pressure out over the Pacific Ocean, carrying with it wind, rain, and potential thunderstorms, and it is scheduled to hit the Northern California coast with a vengence by 7 pm.

A family was rescued over the weekend from a house surrounded by the surging South Yuba River, south of Donner Summit. The rescue happened on Sunday afternoon along the South Yuba River, the Truckee Fire Protection District said in a Facebook post. The family became trapped in their house after the river swelled amid "significant rainfall." The house, located near the Interstate 80 corridor at Hampshire Rocks Road, was surrounded by gushing water,

The storm in the central and northern Plains will spread over to the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Services (NWS) said on Saturday. Winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect from South Dakota to portions of Ohio with the storm already dropping up to 8 inches of snow in some places since Thursday, according to the NWS.

A midweek winter storm targets the Sierra Wednesday night through Friday with strong southwest winds, high initial snow levels that trend lower, and dense-to-fair quality snow favoring higher elevations. Mammoth leads with 14″-21″ through Saturday, while the Tahoe crest and adjacent high country collect roughly 6″-17″ with the bulk Thursday night; Friday afternoon into Saturday turns quieter, a weak wave may brush the range Sunday, and a cool, active pattern is favored to return next week.