Could California Snow Reach 20 Feet?
UPDATE: New stats are now available in a new blog entry.
UPDATE 3 PM: MammothMountain.com has hit 114 inches. Their website says:
Calls for extreme snowfall went out this week as a strong storm approached the West Coast -- our Ken Clark predicted on his blog "15 to 20 feet of new snow" for the highest peaks, and the National Weather Service forecast database called for "128 to 166 inches (13.8 feet) of snow" over the weekend at >Mammoth Mountain, California (which typically receives the prize for heaviest snows this time of year).
So far, Mammoth has picked up over 5 feet of snow (67 inches) -- with 51 inches in 24 hours! Can you imagine? That's more than 2 inches piling up every hour! Alpine Meadows, Tahoe, and Mt. Rose, Nevada also joined the "50 inch club" according to OnTheSnow.com. But the National Weather Service reported even higher amounts: "STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 9 FEET AT THE TOP OF THE RESORT AND 6 AND ONE HALF FEET REPORTED NEAR THE BASE." Nine feet equals 108 inches.
The highest non-seasonal snow reports that I have ever covered in this blog are 11 feet (132") at Kirkwood, CA in 2008 and 16 feet (192") in 16 days at Kirkwood in 2006.
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