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A record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra could meet up to 80% of Los Angeles' water demand for a year or more, the LADWP announced
A circle. that's a forecast record highs near 100 degrees expected in phoenix, denver into the mid eighties and as far north as minneapolis. this does press off towards the northeast . look at this in place like syracuse, 80 mid to upper eighties and in hartford, connecticut. now where we had that record snowpack and still do 1 to 9 ft of it. we're going to see some flooding issues as we go on through the next couple of weeks, especially across the intermountain west and the upper mississippi value, which we're already seeing them start to make plans for the potential of flooding over the comi...
Plains. this was a record snowpack. there were 72 feet of snow at alpine meadows in the sierra. railroad snowpack in the rockies and cold, cold air across the northern plains. every time a cold front came down, it was colder than it should have been. that cold air digs under and pushes warm air up. and the dry air here -- this has been historic drought in parts of texas. many of the storms should have been in texas but if the air is so dry, you can't get a thunderstorm, you won't get any trrns. what was it waiting for? the storms are waiting for the flooding. the floodwaters that are here. eve...
Exactly all happened until somebody's master thesis figures it out. let's go through the things that are different this year than a normal year. this is a normal jet stream, a normal pattern and storms firing in oklahoma and texas. how is spring 2011 sdimpbt? it's colder than normal in the plains. this was a record snowpack. there were 72 feet of snow at alpine meadows in the sierra. record snow pack in the rockies and cold, cold air across the northern plains. every time a cold front came down, it was colder than it should have been. that cold air digs under and pushes warm air up. and the dr...
that is a monster tornado. >> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of nature's power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers moving customers to the back and then everything goes flying. the massive ...