WhistlerBlackcomb 20 cm New in 24 hours
Mt. Baker: A FOOT of New Snow in 24 hours
Snoqualmie Pass: 8″ New in 24 hours
Stevens Pass: 8″ in 24 hours
Crystal Mtn. WA A FOOT in 24 hours
Lake Tahoe: 3″ New in 24 hours
Boston Weatherman Makes UNFORTUNATE comparison to SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT! Oh No He didn’t ! Did He Really?
What a WINDY & RAINY day in Manhattan 01/25/10!!! A very tight pressure gradient set up ahead of an approaching cold front on Monday January 25th, 2010. Heavy rainfall was a problem with numerous Flash Flood WARNINGS in upstate New York. The heavy rainfall mixed down stronger winds from aloft mostly in the late morning and into the afternoon and intensity diminished by evening after the passage of the cold front. Rainfall confirmed 01/25 Danbury CT 2.40″, Ridgewood, NJ 1.93″, Ramsey, NJ 1.85, East Orange, NJ 1.50″, Brooklyn 1.46″, Central Park 1.22″, LGA 1.03″, Suffern, NY 1.97″, White Plains 2.01″, Rye, NY 1.27″.
Wind Gusts on the 25th of January: Bridgeport, CT 43 miles per hour, Teterboro, NJ 54 mph, Newark 41 mph, Brooklyn 50 mph, LGA 55 mph, JFK 52 mph, Islip, NY 52 mph, Westhampton Beach 44 mph, White Plains, NY 62 mph.
There was a High Wind WARNING in effect until 6 pm for New York City, extreme NE New Jersey, Long Island, A 5 Bouros, Most of Connecticut, RI, and SE MA for a sustained south wind of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour.
High Wind Warning in Orange/Flood Watch in Green/Flooding in Red
Flash Flood Warnings in Red/Heavy Rain & Snow Melt=Flooding Upstate NY
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the West Slopes of the North and Central Cascades until 6am Monday, January 01/25/10. A cold front is moving across W. Washington and the snow level is around 3,000 ft. 6 to 9″ of new snow is expected to accumulate overnight. 2 to 5″ has already fallen as of 7pm January 24th, Happy Birthday Dad 
Snoqualmie Pass Sunday evening January 24th
Winter Weather Advisory in Purple until 6am on Jan. 25th.
A Flash Flood Watch is up for S. Connecticut, NE New Jersey and SE New York including New York City & Long Island from Sunday evening January 24th through Monday Afternoon. 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain is expected across the Tri-State with locally higher amounts possible. Showers and Thunderstorms are likely! The primary threat across the region is Flash Flooding of quick responding streams and small rivers and URBAN areas including New York City.
A strong Southerly flow ahead of a strong storm system moving into the Great Lakes Sunday night will PUMP a ton of moisture into the region.
1.5 to 2.5" of Rain is Forecast as an average in the Watch Areas
Monday Jan. 25th, 2010 Fronts and Low Pressure
El Nino 2010 !!! Southern California Severe Weather 01/22, by John Hallen.
At approximately 12:20 pm on Thursday, the 21st of January 2010, a small EF-0 tornado touched down on the east side of Ventura, California. The damage path was nearly 1.5 miles in length, and 200 ft. wide at times. Large trees were blown over or snapped above the ground, Asphalt shingles were blown off roofs, garage doors were dented, a car tipped on its side against a tree. Winds in a EF-0 tornado range from 65 to 85 miles per hour. The strongest tornados(mostly in the midwest) are EF-5 with winds ranging from 200 to 234 mph.
Below are rain totals, in inches, from the week of January 17th, 2010 10am to January 22nd, 2010 4am PST. Los Angeles County is the lower right county with over 7″ of rain in some foothills and Ventura County is the next county up with over 8″ in spots.
Rain Totals in Inches/Southern CA Jan. 17th to Jan. 22nd, 2010
Tree Down Near Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix/Tornado Warning at the time
Desert Ridge Mall or Marketplace in Phoenix(Was Not Damaged)
Tornado Warnings, (any touch downs?) went up just North and East of Phoenix Near Scottsdale AZ and Gilbert AZ on the evening of January 21st, 2010. There are numerous reports of trees down and damage. Flooding is a major problem with many water rescues happened on the evening of the 21st. Crews are searching for a missing boy swept away in flood waters.
2 small tents Collapsed at Russo-Steele Auction in North Scottsdale in high winds Thursday evening. One person suffered a minor injury and people were evacuated from the larger tent, police said.
The storm has already forced the closure of schools, major interstates and a ski resort, and grounded flights at Sky Harbor, one of the nation’s busiest airports.
The National Weather Service has to survey the damage Friday January 22nd and look for signs of tornado damage or straight line wind damage. They will be looking to see if the downed trees show any signs of twisting. In the picture above, of the tree down in the parking lot, it looks like it may have been twisted. In the mean time there are big flooding issues across La Paz, Maricopa, and southern Gila counties. Creek levels were still rising on the morning of the 22nd, especially the Tonto, Salt River, and the San Carlos Creek. Showers and Thunderstorms are still in the forecast on Friday the 22nd of January. Law enforcement officials said that flooding was still occurring through Friday afternoon January 22nd around Campaign Wash in the Roosevelt area, Pinal Creek was flooding the road crossings in the globe area and both Tonto Creek and Pinal Creek were flooding at all road crossings.
The Video Above: a monster storm system dumping buckets of rain in the Prescott, Arizona area. Flooding throughout the state January 21st, 2010.
The video below: The Wind and Rain 1/21/2010 hitting Tempe, AZ
The Video Below: We can’t forget that the mountains got hit very hard with several feet of snow, check out Flagstaff! A Winter Storm Warning Continues into Saturday January 23rd, 2010. The Snow Level will drop to near 3,000 ft by Saturday morning and Arizona mountains can expect: 3,500ft to 4,000 ft. where they could see an inch. 4,000 to 5,000 ft. 2-4″, 5,000 to 7,000 ft 4-6″, and above 7,000 ft 6-10″.
San Francisco’s Surf is still up January 21st, 2010. The High Surf Warning was downgraded to a High Surf Advisory at 2:23pm on the 21st. A large NW swell continues along the coastal waters up to 16 feet with a dominate period of 14 seconds. Swell of this size will produce large breaking waves and strong rip currents within the surf zone into Friday morning the 22nd of January.
Video Below: Tuesday January 19th, 2010/Storm RIPS through Sonoma County causing trees to fall into 2 homes along the beautiful Russian River.
New Update @ 1:21 pm the barometric pressure @ LAX fell to 29.07 inches of mercury or 980.0 MB
Old Report @ 8:20 am Pacific standard time on January 21st, 2010 the barometric pressure at Los Angeles International Airport fell to 29.20inches of mercury or 988.8 MB -millibars. This breaks the previous record reading of 29.25″ or 990.6 MB. set January 17th 1988. Pressure data records at LAX date back to 1931:)
LAX Los Angeles International Airport
Phoenix and Tucson have also been dealing with flash flooding and the S. CA storm moves east. Heavy rain and mountain snow is expected across Arizona along with high wind gusts. Believe it or not, a blizzard warning has been posted above 7,000 ft. in SE Arizona until Friday morning on January 21st. including the higher elevations around Tucson. Also, a TORNADO WATCH has been issued until 10 pm.
@ 1:41 pm Thursday JAN 21st, 2010-National Weather Service Meteorologist detected WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING in Central Gila Co. in E. Central AZ and East Central Maricopa County in S. Central AZ. Flooding is expected along US HWY 60 between Apache Junction and Globe as well as Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake. Never Drive your vehicle into areas where water is covering the roadway. Just one foot of flowing water is powerful enough to sweep vehicles off the road. Also, Agua Fria river above Rock Springs is under a flood warning until late Friday night on the 22nd. Record Flooding is forecast. Flood Stage is 16 ft./// stage at 2pm Thursday the 21st was 15.6 ft.//// Forecast is for 30.7 ft by 7am Friday/// 9.8 ft. Sat/// 7.2 ft. by Sunday
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