So just how unusual will the winter storms this week be across Southern California? Here is the projected timing for the storms, based on current forecasts:
The system is being driven by an area of low pressure off the coast of California that is slowly moving south from Canada.By Saturday night, snow accumulations expected to be up to a foot for mountain regions at or above 2,000 feet in elevation, including most major mountain passes, making travel difficult.
At elevations above 4,000 feet, snow totals are expected between 2 and 5 feet, with isolated amounts up to 7 or 8 feet in higher elevations. “The San Gabriels are definitely going to be getting the highest snow amounts, especially the eastern portion,” said Carol Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. She said specific totals for certain peaks, like Mt. Baldy, are hard to estimate days out and given the high winds forecast, but she expected up to 96 inches there, if not more. “It’s going to be a ton of snow, there’s going to be a lot of wind.
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