Howard’s weather discussion

Read Howard’s Latest!

• Christmas week to be quite cold throughout California with Snowfall for the Sierra….Longer range has a lot to do with what the MJO does….El Nino going to play a major role this winter!
• Winds Coming up Sunday will usher in Light to Moderate Storm System with some 5 to 10 inches expected over the upper elevations….2 to 5 inches in the Town of Mammoth….Pattern transition to colder NW sliders Christmas week with a hint of Retrogression in Western Hemi Pacific Pattern toward the New Year…
• Unsettled weekend on Tap with Wind…Sun and Cloudiness…Seasonal Temps to continue through weeks end….MJO in Phase 3 then 4 will put the Kabash on Storms beyond this Monday for next week….
• It will be a bit cooler this week with periods of Clouds and Sun and even a little light snow at times….Pattern Change for the weekend will favor better chances of snowfall….
• Excellent Snowpack for the beginning of the 2018-2019 Ski Season with up to a 6 Foot Base….Split flow pattern returns to Eastern Pacific offering a Drier Pattern for the next week to ten days with only a few periods of snow showers…..Next Signifacant Stormy Period about the 17th……
• Upper low to move through Southern CA Tomorrow….There will be areas of some heavy rain….Split flow Blues arrives for California through mid month….
• Mammoth Mountain Reports 3 to 5 feet of fresh snowfall bottom to top….With another 4 to 7 inches possible tonight and Saturday…Then a nice break Sunday into next week…Only Light to Possibly Moderate snowfall expected next Tuesday and Wednesday…