Southern California prepares for unusual weather ‘First Blizzard since 1989’

Wave Crashing A wave crashes into the breakwater at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro on Feb. 22.(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Why SoCal’s winter storm is so unusual: Rain, big waves, rare blizzard warning
  • Southern California has only gotten a taste of the powerful winter storm system that forecasters say will bring an extended period of cold temperatures, high winds and snow, prompting what officials called the region’s first blizzard warning since 1989.
  • The blizzard warning, which is in effect Friday and Saturday for Southern California’s highest mountain ranges, is likely only the second on record for the Los Angeles area
  • David Sweet, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Oxnard office said “Between late Thursday and early Saturday, we’re looking at a storm delivering more snow than any other snow in recent decades. This is an unusual storm for the area.”
  • Though the snow will be most concentrated in the mountains, Sweet said, heavy precipitation and winds will span the region, especially Saturday when the “cold core” of the storm will center on Los Angeles.
  • “It’s going to be a wild and woolly kind of day — the lightning, the thunder, the hail, the graupel,” he said, referring to a type of frozen crystal that can look like snowflakes. “No one is going to be spared.”

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