Page 424 - Snowfall News Today

West into a collective panic or a position where they feel they need to appease the aging autocrat. you can find that piece, more on cnn.com/opinions. now, i know youre probably not countering anything, but were three days away until christmas and the winter solstice is bringing snow to early parts of the u.s.. the rest of the country will be dreaming of a white christmas. cnns tyler malden has the latest. give us a sense of what viewers can expect as they start making their way whether theyre...

In the coming days as so many of our views begin really their holiday travel here? >> yeah, so, isa, you know, when the tree tops glisten with snow, it really gives you the christmas feel. but its not so great to deal with when youre traveling for the holidays. good news is that for the majority of the country, over the next few days the weather is fairly tame. i cant say the same, though, for the west coast. there is another area of low pressure coming ashore. what this is going to do is cause ...

>> so, rosemary, when the treetops glisten with snow, it just makes it feel like christmas, right? >> yes, it does. >> unfortunately only about 30% of the country has snow on the ground right now. the vast majority of that, though, is out west across the sierra nevada and up towards the pacific northwest, the intermountain west, and the rockies. so here across the sierra nevada, we actually have winter storm alerts up right now all the way through sunday because an area of low pressure is going ...

And snowfall accumulation map, all the west coast will be picking up resip tags in the next week or so. this is great news because the added rainfall and the added snow pack, isa, is helping with the ongoing drought across the west coast of the u.s., and that drought, it is fierce. so we need all the precipitation we can get. >> indeed. great to see you. thanks very much, tyler. now, president joe biden is getting tested for covid after being in contact with someone who tested positive. coming...

Landfall basically across the west coast. when it does so, it creates a lot lot of rainfall and sparks snowfall in elevations out west. which is what were going to see. weve seen multiple atmospheric rivers over the last month or so. a recent atmospheric river led to the sierra nevada seeing its snow pack increase from 19% to 98% in a matter of just seven days. thats how quickly things can escalate with these atmospheric rivers. you can see as this area of low pressure does come ashore, well see...

Country. but on the west coast, a huge shot of rain and snow could finally put a dent in a long record-breaking drought there. heres meteorologist tyler malden. >> christine and laura, 8 feet of snow is possible for portions of the sierra nevada next week. that is why we have weather alerts for this region. a cold front is moving ashore. what this is going to do is force the winds to come on shore. this will cause an atmospheric river to set up, yet another atmospheric river, which is a large sw...

We've had a few good snowfalls, but nothing that would really signify that old man winter is blowing around.

We've had a few good snowfalls, but nothing that would really signify that old man winter is blowing around.

We've had a few good snowfalls, but nothing that would really signify that old man winter is blowing around.

We've had a few good snowfalls, but nothing that would really signify that old man winter is blowing around.