Bad, bad weather in the Far West and covering a wide area. Here are some examples:
CALIFORNIA
* Gust to 50 mph at mid-afternoon yesterday east of Lakeside in San Diego County. One person was killed and another injured. Several weather stations along the San Diego County Coast reported gusts over 50 mph as a narrow band of showers/thunderstorms moved across the area. Numerous reports of tree damage. A 58-year old woman was killed when a tree, 10 feet in diameter, fell across her mobile home and two other mobile homes
* YOSEMITE NATIONAL Park: Winter Storm Warning until 4 am PST tomorrow. Snow and high winds today with new snow accumulation up to 18 inches. High temperatures in the high country in the 20s. Winds in the high country could reach 75 mph this afternoon. An additional 20 inches of snow tonight, 10 more inches Thursday and 12 inches Thursday night. (These snow amounts and highest wind gusts mostly for the high country)
* LAKE TAHOE: Winter Storm Warning until 4 am Thursday. Snow and occasional thunderstorms (yes, thundersnow!) with gusts to 40 mph. Wave heights 3 to 5 feet. Gusts to 45 mph tonight with snow continuing along with a few thunderstorms. (Howwould you like a forecast like that for Lake Logan Martin?)
* At 8 am, PST, Sandberg in the Southern California Mountains was reporting visibility 1/4 mile in heavy snow with south winds gusting to 61 mph.
ARIZONA
* Snow drifts are several feet deep at Mount Graham in the southern part of the state. Average depth in the area is one foot.
* In North Arizona, 8 inches of new snow at Flagstaff Airport with 11 inches west of Flagstaff.
* Wind gusts as high as 69 mph in Cochise County.
* NWS, Flagstaff warns of very heavy additional snow across North Arizona above 7,000 feet elevation Thursday and Friday. Thety are referring to it as a “Severe Winter Storm.”
* A Flash Flood Watch for parts of South Central and Southwest Arizona as well as Extreme SE California
