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[MarkBC]

A rare event that the snow reality is exceeding the forecast.

 

 

Forecast in the Winter Storm Warning was total of 7 - 14 inches by 4 a.m. Wednesday...well, as of 9 a.m. Monday I'v measured 15 inches (new) already on my deck, and it's still snowing hard.  Temperature is in the lower 20's (F), so not bad for clearing, so far.

 

I'll start by clearing the front steps...

 

 

Poor little car -- barely more than a bump in the snow...

  

 

Birds appreciate free food...

 

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This latest "Warning" update says an additional 3 - 6 inches on top of current.  Well, if that's true it's gonna have to stop real quick. 

 

WINTER STORM WARNING

ISSUED: 10:15 AM FEB. 25, 2019 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 6
inches on top of what has already fallen.

* WHERE...Central Oregon.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM PST Wednesday.

[ski3pin]

There is nothing like exceeding expectations!

[MarkBC]

The home page (partial) of the Bend Bulletin paper this morning:

 

[PackRat]

Another storm is starting to hit the Bat Area and the SF & Peninsula should get maybe 3" plus of rain, but North Bay between 4" and EIGHT INCHES of rain. 

 

This month when it snowed in the Sierras they measured each storm in FEET!

[MarkBC]

Gitter dun! 

 

 

  

 

OK...now all that's left is 120 feet of driveway to shovel.... 

 

I wouldn't be whining -- I've lived here 40 years after all -- except that normal for Bend is maybe 6 inches of snow per storm or less.

 

I've been thinking of moving south... I was considering eastern CA, western NV -- somewhere south of Reno...but maybe I should consider Brownsville, TX 

[ski3pin]

Good job Mr. BC!

[Foy]

And back on Grandfather Mountain, NC, an all-time record gust was recorded at around midnight Sunday/Monday the 24th-25th:  A three second gust of 124 mph was recorded, besting the record of 121.7 mph recorded less than 2 weeks ago.

 

Foy

[smlobx]

A question from an Easterner to those of you getting slammed with all this snow...

Will all this snow do anything to help the water levels in the reservoirs on the West coast or is that an issue further South and not affected by your snowfalls?

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Eddie, as long as there isn’t an atmospheric river, aka Pineapple Express, that prematurely melts the snowpack, things should be much better. A friend from Southern Oregon told me they are at 105% of snowpack at the moment.

[ski3pin]

Here is an ongoing incident report from the east side Sierra Nevada at the bottom of Conway Summit on 395. Start at the bottom and read up................

 

Us395 / Sr167
Area: Bridgeport
Updated: 1:59 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019
Type: 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
Detail:
8:49 AM PST - Tue, Feb 26 2019 : [37] LATE ENTRY // LINE 31 - RED TRACTOR TRAILER - PTYS CONTRACTED 1185 OO LOS ANGELES TO TURN THE TRAILER AROUND // WILL CALL AN HOUR BEFORE ARRIVING AT LOCATION TO REQ 1184
6:07 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [34] LINE 31-33 : ALL 1124 VEHS ON RHS UNTIL FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE
6:07 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [33] #3 PK TK PULLING TRAILER - TRAILER BLOWN OVER - 59167F2 - NB JNO 167
6:06 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [32] #2 WHI TRACTOR TRAILER - WP32539 - NB JNO 167 - SOLO VEH BLOWN OVER
6:05 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [31] PER 71-11 - THREE SOLO VEH 1182 // #1: RED TRACTOR TRAILER - XP33162 - NB JSO RED HILL
5:21 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [30] B71-011 ADVS CT 97 W/ LOADER ATTEMPT TO PUSH OVERTURN TK/TRL OFF RDWY
4:08 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [29] B71-011 ADVS DRIVERS OF 3 VEHS - TRANSPORTED TO LEE VINING TO A SAFE LOCATION - ADVS WILL CHECK TO 167 FOR ADDITIONAL VEHS
3:25 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [28] 1039 SILVER STATE
3:10 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [25] 1039 CT - ADVS SHORT HANDED - WILL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO
3:08 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [24] B71-011 ORIGINAL CT WORKER MANNING CLOSURE HAD TO LEAVE LOCATION - NOT LETTING TRAFFIC THOUGH 167 - REQ TO CHECK W/ CT IF THEY HAVE PERSONNEL
2:49 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [23] 1039 SILVER STATE
2:47 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [22] B71-011 REQ 1185 HD
2:33 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [19] B71-011 CHECKED ON BIG RIG JSO LOCATION // 1181
2:27 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [18] B71-011 ADDT'L 1183 BEHIND HIM DOT NB - ADVS ANOTHER BIG RIG /REQ TO ADVS SOUTH END TO STOP ONCOMING TRUCK TRAFFIC
2:20 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [10] 2ND BIG RIG BLOWN OVER NEAR CONWAY RANCH RD PARTIALLY BLOCKING #2 LN
2:19 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [14] [Appended, 14:23:13] [2] WHI BIR RIG // BLKING SB LANES

2:19 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [14] [Appended, 14:23:13] [2] WHI BIR RIG // BLKING SB LANES
2:16 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [9] B71-011 BIG RIG COMPLETELY BLOCKING NB LNAE
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [6] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [5] DRIVER OUT OF BIG RIG NO INJURIES
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [4] PARTIALLY BLOCKING #2 LN
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [2] BIG RIG BLEW OVER