Winter Storm Noor which began in the West and then tracked across the Northern Plains and Midwest resulted in large temperature declines and delivered some very impressive snowfall amounts in its wake.
As the map above shows, from the Sacramento National Weather Service (NWS) Facebook page the storm left snow in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range in excess of 10 feet at Sugar Bowl ski resort with other locations in the 8 to 9 feet range.
As the storm rolled through this past weekend, the NWS issued blizzard warnings:
A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until Midnight tonight for areas above 6500 ft. Elsewhere, a Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for elev. above 3000 ft, with another 1-2 ft of snow expected above 4000 ft. More snow Mon-Tue. Mountain travel is HIGHLY discouraged!
