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 massive winter storm whipped the northern U.S. while record highs were forecast in the South on a wild weather day across the nation.Some areas could see snow at elevations as low as 1,500 feet. The Antelope Valley and the Interstate 5 pass through the Grapevine already recorded some snow early Wednesday and are likely to see more, Sweet said — though even lower-elevation snow remains possible.
Conditions will become more extreme late Thursday and early Friday, when the “cold core” of the storm will be right above Southern California, Sweet said. A blizzard warning has been issued for some L.A. and Ventura county mountains from 4 a.m.
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