156" of snow, 115 mph winds, -10 wind chill. It's real for one spot
Updated: 2012-11-30 06:16:43
If you were looking for the one spot in the Lower 48 that might qualify as the absolute worst place to be Thursday night, Mt. Shasta might be the winner.... or loser, as the case may be.
As a major storm bears down on Northern California, the mountain's top is about to be battered with about the absolute worst Mother Nature has to offer.
Through Saturday, the forecast is for winds of 75-95 mph gusting to 115 mph with unbelievable amounts of snowfall. The forecast for Thursday night alone was for 36-42 inches of new snow.
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Thursday , November 29, 2012 Heavy Rain and Massive Snow It was a warm , cloudy day here in the Northwest with large contrasts of rain see figure below of the observed 24-h precipitation ending 7 PM Thursday over 3 inches in the Olympics , but only light rain over the lowlands , and a few sprinkles across the basin of eastern WA . nbsp Why so little over the Cascades but lots over the southern slopes of the Olympics The key reason is that the flow aloft was southerly from the south and you can't get good upslope on the Cascades from the direction . nbsp But you can get good upslope over the south-facing slopes of the . Olympics But the real precipitation story is to our south ,
Good Thursday afternoon to you! After a cold start to the day, temperatures made a nice warming trend this afternoon. Most spots warmed into the lower or middle 60s for highs today. The upper air trough is moving out, and ridging is moving in from the west. This is allowing for a warming trend to [...]
Good Wednesday afternoon to you! The weather has turned out very nice this afternoon, with highs near 60 across much of west and central Alabama. If you like the warmer weather, you’ll really like the forecast as we move into the weekend. That being said, we have one more very cold night to go before [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Tuesday , November 27, 2012 Strong Easterly Flow and the Graveyard of the Pacific During the day the difference in pressure across the Cascades has increased as pressure has progressively fallen over the Pacific . nbsp Right now the difference is around 7 hPa and rising , and such an offshore-directed pressure gradient is associated with increasingly easterly . winds To illustrate , take a look at the sea level pressure forecast for tomorrow Wednesday at 10 AM . nbsp An amazing large and intense low pressure area over the Pacific . nbsp In fact , it appears to cover virtually the entire NE Pacific This offshore pressure gradient will get an added boast as a weak low pressure
Good Tuesday evening! We picked up a nice rain event late lastnight and early this morning, as a cold front moved in from the northwest. Rain totals exceeded 1 inch across parts of west Alabama, but many spots picked up around 1/2 an inch. The rain totals generally lessened from west to east across the [...]
Good Tuesday morning! All of west and central Alabama picked up a nice batch of rain late lastnight and early this morning. Much of west Alabama picked up between 0.50″ and 1.50″. Storm totals were a little lower east of I-65. Rain is still falling over our southern Counties as of 10 am. The lingering [...]
Good Monday evening to you! We’re dealing with spotty, light showers across west Alabama at this 4 O’clock hour. Showers will increase later tonight, as the main upper air support moves in from the west. A weak surface low will move across south Alabama and should help create lift across west and central Alabama. There [...]
Good Monday afternoon! As of 2:06 pm, light showers and sprinkles were developing across parts of west Alabama. These small, light showers are moving east northeast. Notice the heavier batch of rain in east and central Mississippi. That batch is also moving east northeast and will impact west Alabama sometime after 4 pm. This afternoon [...]
We are currently in the return flow of a surface high pressure system with a weak cold front draped diagonally across central Illinois and Missouri. The strengthening upper level support will help to push the boundary through our area early Tuesday morning. The inflow of moisture is apparent, but not very significant. There is a [...]
A high pressure ridge is extending from Louisiana to Florida to South Carolina this afternoon with light winds over Central Alabama today. Lows tonight will back into the 30s for the most part except for the northern areas and protected valleys could see the 20s again, but several degrees warmer as the ridge begins to [...]
Good Sunday morning! We just had the coldest morning so far this fall season, with many spots in the middle 20s across west and central Alabama. Ronald Hughes reported a low of 24 in Coker (West Tuscaloosa Co.). Some of the typical colder spots made it down into the lower 20s lastnight. Temperatures will warm [...]
Thanks to a cold front yesterday we have a much drier air mass in place across the area. A northwest flow over the next 24 hours will usher in even more dry air, along with jacket required temperatures. Surface ridging will also slide into the Southeast, and as we approach the morning hours on Sunday, [...]
One more warm and sunny day is expected across the area for the Thanksgiving Holiday before a cold front brings a big temperature change for the Ohio Valley region. For today, high pressure currently stretching across the region will slowly shift eastward leaving the area the last full day of sunny and warm conditions. Highs [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , November 21, 2012 Intense Convective Line Sometimes a weather feature comes through that grabs your attention , providing a sobering reminder of the power of the natural world . nbsp Yesterday , we got hit by such a feature--an intense convective line that brought strong winds , intense rain , and a cloud feature that was nearly biblical in . appearance First , a picture , graciously provided to us by Peter Loron , of the line as it was approaching downtown Seattle time : 1:30 PM Thursday Looks like the end of the world . nbsp Picture courtesy of Peter Loron . nbsp Looking towards W . Seattle from . downtown Would have been fun to be on the big white wheel Or . scary
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Monday , November 19, 2012 Hurricane Force Winds Hit the Region Well , if heavy rain was not enough , hurricane-force winds-- stronger than the winds during Hurricane Sandy hit our coastal areas . today Several sites had wind gusts above 100 mph , including 114 mph at Naselle Ridge on the southwest Washington Coast sustained winds reached 77 mph Or 111 mph at nearby Abernathy Mountain . nbsp Both of these sites are at roughly 2000 . ft But even sites near sea level got blasted . nbsp Much of the southwest Washington coast and Oregon coast had wind gusts to 60-80 mph with extensive power outages and . damage A trucker decided to cross the Columbia River bridge near Astoria near the
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Sunday , November 18, 2012 World Class Rain Shadow We can be proud of living in the wettest portion of the lower 48 states as well as the area of the world's greatest annual snowfall Mt . Baker But we are also world class in precipitation . contrasts Today is a good example . Here are precipitation measurements over the 24-h ending 9 PM Sunday evening . nbsp On the southern and southeastern sides of the Olympics they got hit by 2 to 3 inches of rain , while virtually nothing fell on much Lopez and San Juan Island . nbsp Not much more on northern Whidbey . nbsp In fact , the rain shadow extended as far a Bellingham There is some variability in the downstream extent of Olympic
As we start another week and head into the Thanksgiving holiday, conditions across the area are expected to be unseasonably warmer. A fast zonal upper air flow continues across much of the eastern United States as the northern branch of the jet is located along the U.S./Canadian border, helping keep the cooler air to our [...]
A calmer weather pattern looks to set in for the end of the week into the weekend here in Bowling Green. The biggest story will be the cooler temperatures with several mornings starting out below freezing. Conditions should remain dry Thursday into the weekend as our air remains very dry with dew points only in [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , November 14, 2012 Heavy Rains Return to the Northwest The last two weeks of November are climatologically the wettest period of the entire . year This year won't . disappoint Let me begin by showing you a neat chart never before seen on this blog . nbsp The TOTAL precipitation forecast for the next 8 days from the National Weather Service GFS model . nbsp This model has relatively modest resolution , so it is not capturing the full amounts over our terrain , but you will get the . picture Very wet from coastal BC down to northern CA 5-10 inches is commonplace , with northwest CA enjoying 10-15 inches . nbsp No rain in Arizona and New Mexico and much of the NE U.S .
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Monday , November 12, 2012 Meteorological Triumph with a Warning The forecast for Sandy was a technological and scientific triumph , one that could not have happened more than roughly a decade ago And it was much more than a good weather prediction . nbsp The National Weather Service's water level forecasts were stunningly accurate , as was its effectiveness in communicating the threat to the public and governmental . authorities The most populated metropolitan area in the U.S , with a population of approximately 20 million people and located on a vulnerable coastline , is hit by a category 1 hurricane at high tide . nbsp Amazingly , the death toll was limited to about 100 people 
Hi-Res radar courtesy of Noaa.gov Showers and storms will be moving into the Bowling Green area into Monday morning and afternoon as a cold front sweeps across the southeast. Behind the front, we will see much colder temperatures which is change from the warm up we experienced this weekend. We see highs this Sunday [...]
It is an absolutely beautiful Saturday in south-central Kentucky. A ridge of high pressure over Bowling Green (Figure 1) kept skies clear overnight, and fair weather will hang around until Sunday night. The Saturday morning low temperature was 42 degrees, and the afternoon high will be in the lower 70s. Sunday will be very similar [...]
Tuesday has been overcast and cool thus far, with afternoon temperatures in the lower 50s. A shortwave trough (Figure 1) is currently affecting Bowling Green’s weather, and it is expected to continue to dig southeast to further affect the forecast for Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. Before the clouds set in from the northwest [...]