Massive storm to lash Southern California with three days of rain and snow
A massive storm is barreling north from the Pacific Ocean and will deliver a record-setting rain on Southern California with three days of snow.
A massive storm is barreling north from the Pacific Ocean and will deliver a record-setting rain on Southern California with three days of snow.
The storm, also called the “snowpocalypse” by the media, is headed straight for Los Angeles, leaving the Golden State with snow and rain for three days – all courtesy of climate change.
“A lot of areas can get snow or ice today, which is unusual for the end of May,” said Mike Seidel, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
Seidel said it could be the largest storm of the season – or the biggest of several storms – depending on the track and intensity of the storm.
He said the National Weather Service was tracking the storm from the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf of Mexico and back. It’s the fifth storm of the season and the third to originate in the Gulf of Mexico, he said.
“It has a high potential to be the wettest since February,” Seidel said.
The storm is expected to take a northerly track until it hits Southern California around midnight Thursday.
“It’s going to be very strong winds, gusting right up to 70 miles per hour,” Seidel said.
The rain and snow will fall from early Thursday and on into Friday night.
Seidel said if it hits the mountains too hard, it could turn to snow. But he expects the rain to be the worst of the three-day storm.
“It won’t be exactly like a tropical storm,” said Seidel, adding the rain and snow will be very heavy in the higher elevations.
The storms in the forecast are called the “snowpocalypse” by the media for the way they affect the climate.
But that doesn’t mean the area is out of danger.
“The Sierra Nevada are still in the doldrums,” Seidel said.
The storms will also bring up the possibility of