Winter Weather Summary February 26,

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Winter Weather Summary
POSTED: February 26, 2004 9:28 a.m.


Two Powerful Storms; One in the West, the Other in the Southeast


A powerful storm is located off the coast of Washington state this morning; by Saturday morning, this energy will be over the central Rockies. The next 24 hours will bring another 1-2 feet of snow to the central Sierra; 6-12 inches will accumulate in the northern Sierra and south to the mountains northeast of Los Angeles. Strong, gusty winds will cause blowing and drifting. Three to six inches of new snow will accumulate in the Oregon Cascades; 1-3 inches in the Washington Cascades. One to three inches will generally accumulate from central Idaho, western Wyoming, south into the mountains of northern Arizona by tomorrow; 6-12 inches in the Wasatch.




The combination of a storm off the southeast coast of the United States and cold, dry air funneled southward by high pressure to the north means a tremendous snowstorm is underway for northernmost Georgia, eastern Tennessee, upstate South Carolina, and much of North Carolina. The northernmost extent of the storm will be southern West Virginia and southern Virginia. By tomorrow morning, we expect snow totals of a foot or more in mountains of northwest North Carolina; 6-12 inches from the northeast corner of Georgia through the mountains of eastern Tennessee, as far east as Raleigh, North Carolina, and north into the mountains of southwest Virginia. Lesser amounts will be on the fringe of this heavy snow area. This will be significant snow, nevertheless. This storm will be slow to exit and will be centered near the North Carolina coast tomorrow morning; snow will persist tomorrow in North Carolina and in southern Virginia.