Weird Weather Watch: 4 Storms to HIT California & the East Freezes

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The Climate Change Chaos 500 revs up into full 2016 mode as we have California getting his with wave after wave of pacific storms & The rest of the USA will see some storming as the East freezes through the week. Stay Cool, T @newTHOR on twitter https://www.facebook.com/thornewsgo Special Thanks to Accuweather http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/storms-to-bring-heavy-rain-sno/54618680 A series of El Niño-enhanced storms will continue to bring more beneficial rain and snow along with hazards to California and the southwestern U.S. in absence of a pineapple express. The above-average temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, known as El Niño, tend to strengthen the storm track into the West Coast and occasionally California during the winter. The current El Niño has tied the strength of the El Niño during 1997, which was the strongest on record. The storms which initially brought rain, snow and ice to much of the Pacific coast of the United States to start the week will spiral progressively farther south into Friday. According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Ken Clark, "The first El Niño-enhanced storms of the year will bring soaking rain and heavy mountain snow before winding down on Friday." Travel along the major highways in California will be hampered by heavy rain and mountain snow, including interstates 5, 8, 10, 15, 40 and 80. Water will collect in areas that drain poorly on area roads. Intersections, curves and highway ramps will be especially slick. Enough rain and low cloud ceilings will lead to airline delay in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Through Wednesday morning, the storms this week have delivered a general 1-3 inches of rain on California with close to 4 inches along some of the slopes of the coast range. An additional 1-2 inches of rain will fall with locally higher amounts along the west and southwest-facing mountainsides. This sort of rainfall, while not extreme as the biggest El Niño year storms, will be enough to cause incidents of flash and urban flooding, as well as mudslides and other debris flows. Following the arctic blast around the Great Lakes and Northeast states from Sunday to Tuesday, temperatures will trend to above-average levels over much of the Central and Eastern states for a several-day stint. The mild air will reach a peak over the northern Plains on Friday, the Midwest on Saturday and the East on Sunday. Temperatures will peak in the middle 30s F in Minneapolis, the lower 40s in Chicago, the upper 50s in Washington, D.C., and near 60 in Atlanta. However, the warmup will be of short duration. Arctic express poised to ramp up According to AccuWeather Chief Long Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok, "Blasts of cold air will sweep in over much of the Central and Eastern states next week [Jan. 10-16]."