The winter storm is expected to be “a snowmaker of the likes we have not seen for many years,” said Andrew Rorke, senior forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.
A powerful winter storm is expected to sweep across California this week, bringing cold temperatures, cutting winds and snowfall at remarkably low elevations almost statewide.in a virtual briefing Tuesday morning.
“We are going to see low-[elevation] snow all the way from the Oregon border to the Mexican border; it’s just a question of how low.” Though snow is not expected to accumulate in the state’s major cities, hills near the San Francisco Bay Area and the high desert close to Los Angeles could see notable snow by late Thursday — elevations that don’t typically see much, if any, snowfall, Swain said.
“Just about everybody who lives in California will probably be able to see snow, at least on the nearby hills — and in most cases in the very nearby hills — probably on Friday morning,” Swain said. For perspective, my current view is that just about any place in the "yellow or higher" areas on this topographic contour map of California has a decent shot at accumulating snowfall overnight Thu into Fri. Definitely includes some unusual places...
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