WINDSOR, CA (AP) As California and Washington state struggle to recover from storm damage and power outages, forecasters across the United States warned that another bout of winter weather could make travel more difficult in the run-up to Thanksgiving.
Authorities in California, which is already dealing with flooding and minor landslides from a recent storm, prepared for more precipitation after a person was discovered dead in a car that was submerged in floodwaters on Saturday.
The state’s Sierra Nevada is under a winter storm warning for Saturday through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service office in Sacramento, California. At higher elevations, heavy snow is predicted, and wind gusts of up to 55 mph (88 kph) are possible. It was predicted that there would be about 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snowfall overall, with Monday and Tuesday seeing the largest accumulations.
According to experts, the East Coast will be most affected on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, while the Midwest and Great Lakes regions will get rain and snow on Monday.
Early Thursday, a low pressure system is expected to bring rain to the Southeast before moving on to the Northeast. Parts of northern New Hampshire, northern Maine, and the Adirondacks may get snowfall, and areas from Boston to New York may experience rain and wind. According to experts, the mountains may get more rain and less snow if the system moves farther inland.
Hayden Frank, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Massachusetts, stated on Sunday that the system does not appear to be a powerhouse at this time. In essence, travelers should brace themselves for rainy weather since this will bring rain to the I-95 corridor. It appears to be raining unless the system trends significantly colder.
Travelers returning home on Sunday should anticipate pleasant driving conditions since, according to Frank, he does not anticipate any significant storm systems arriving anywhere in the nation during the weekend. However, while temperatures in the West will warm, those in the East will get colder.
When the storm hit the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, two people lost their lives. Before powerful winds passed through Northern California, hundreds of thousands of people lost power, primarily in the Seattle region. On Tuesday, a fast expanding “bomb cyclone” struck the West Coast, bringing with it strong winds that caused damage to homes and cars.
Around 11:30 a.m., rescue workers in Guerneville, California, found a body inside a car that was floating in floodwaters. Deputy Rob Dillon of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office stated on Saturday that although an autopsy had not yet been performed, it was assumed the body was a storm victim.
Approximately 12.5 inches (32 cm) of rain fell by Friday evening, making it the wettest three-day period on record in Santa Rosa, California, according to the Bay Area’s National Weather Service. On Saturday, adjacent Windsor, California, had flooding in its vineyards.
Following this season’s greatest atmospheric river—a lengthy plume of moisture that originates over an ocean and flows over land—roughly 36,000 people in the Seattle area were still without power.
Precipitation is needed in the Northeast.
Another storm brought heavy snow to northeastern Pennsylvania and rain to New York and New Jersey, where uncommon wildfires have been raging in recent weeks. After a particularly dry fall, the precipitation was predicted to help alleviate drought conditions.
Bryan Greenblatt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Binghamton, New York, stated that while it won’t be a drought buster, it would undoubtedly be helpful once everything melts.
Northeastern Pennsylvania, particularly the Pocono Mountains, saw a lot of snowfall. Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, two valley communities, saw smaller accumulations, while higher elevations recorded up to 17 inches (43 cm). Ten counties still have about 35,000 consumers without electricity, compared to 80,000 a day earlier.
Two days after a storm dumped a lot of snow on sections of the Catskills region of New York, about 10,000 residents were still without power on Sunday morning.
West Virginia’s worst drought in at least 20 years was lessened thanks to precipitation, which also assisted ski resorts getting ready to open their slopes in the coming weeks.
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