California
First day of spring brings new round of rain, snow to California
A robust late-season Pacific storm introduced extra wind, rain and snow to saturated California on Tuesday as the primary full day of spring confirmed little change from the state’s extraordinary winter.
Forecasters mentioned the storm would give attention to the southern half of the state, bringing threats of heavy runoff and mountain snowfall measured in ft.
Ponding water shut down a number of lanes of U.S. 101 in downtown Los Angeles earlier than daybreak, and there have been quite a few experiences of automobiles being disable by freeway potholes.
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Working inside a virtually 18-foot-deep snow pit on the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, from left, Shaun Joseph, Claudia Norman, Helena Middleton take measurements of snow temperatures forward of a climate storm on March 9, 2023, in Soda Springs, California. (Karl Mondon/Bay Space Information Group through AP)
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The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned the storm is a Pacific low stress system interacting with California’s twelfth atmospheric river since late December.
California’s sudden siege of moist climate after years of drought additionally included February blizzards powered by arctic air.
The storms have unleashed flooding and loaded mountains with a lot snow that roofs have been crushed and crews have struggled to maintain highways away from avalanches.