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Large Spring Storm to Hammer Much of US With Snow, Winds, and Flooding

Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 13:30 MJA Uncategorized 21

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Amid rising temperatures across the United States, the Midwest might see another taste of winter.

A so-called “bomb cyclone” is forecast to hit the north-central Plain States and Upper Midwest, according to weather forecasters.

“A rapidly intensifying major winter storm to bring heavy snows through the Northern Rockies, heavy snows and blizzard conditions to portions of the Northern/Central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley Tuesday through Thursday,” the National Weather Service warned on April 8.

Potentially damaging winds could also slam the Southwest, Great Basin, and the Central and Southern Plains, said government forecasters.

According to the NWS’s Weather Prediction Center, there is a “high potential for significant snowfall and strong winds” and possible blizzard conditions from the “north-central Plains into the Upper Great Lakes during the latter half of the week.”

According to CBS News, as of Monday night, the storm system is currently located in the Pacific Northwest and is moving towards the Rocky Mountains before it dumps snow on Colorado and Wyoming on Tuesday.

The storm is predicted to strengthen when it hits the Great Plains on Wednesday. At that time, the air pressure is forecast to drop to levels that were seen during the “bomb cyclone” that hammered the same areas in March.

The Weather Channel, meanwhile, dubbed the system “Winter Storm Wesley,” although other forecasters don’t use the outlet’s winter storm naming conventions.

“It’s not clear this storm will be strong enough to be deemed a bomb cyclone, as the jet-stream plunge isn’t as sharp as last month’s storm, but it will certainly be an intense low-pressure system that could flirt with all-time April low-pressure records in parts of the Plains,” the Weather Channel wrote.  MORE

21 Comments on Large Spring Storm to Hammer Much of US With Snow, Winds, and Flooding

  13. 45 years ago I lived in Wisconsin and I had never heard the term “bomb cyclone”. Took a vacation to Florida in early April. While my wife and I were there a storm dumped 18 inches of snow back home. It was all melted in 2 days

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  14. The media is now taking normal weather patterns and trying to make them sound unusual and catastrophic. Like it’s never snowed in April before. :eyeroll: Just means we’ll have a longer summer.

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  16. A very good friend married and moved from Dallas to southeast Minnesota two Summers ago.

    We send random texts to each other once in a while.

    Yesterday she mentioned the blizzard coming her way and I sent her a picture of my first Iris blooms.

    You can only be cruel get a laugh back with real friends.

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  18. Lived in Lake Geneva Wis in 1975. On April 15, 1975, we had something like 8-10 inches of fresh snow to do with what we wanted.

    We built an 8′ snow dog with metal trash cans used as a parts mold.

    Being raised in Texas and 6 months into living up there, I found all the snow on Apr 15 to be memorable. It was special to me, but the locals were glad for snow in general.

    It didn’t snow there that Winter until late January. All over town and school were snowflake shaped cutouts with “Think Snow” printed on them.

    I’m sure if it all went like that this year, civilization would need to stop.

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  19. Blizzards are quite an awesome storm. High winds, blinding snow, drifts 4 foot high, bald spots where snow doesnt settle. All of the air is in an uproar. Its unsettling at times but i enjoy them regardless. Just another of Gods wondrous creation.

    Helps to be prepared. 3 yrs back my stoopid neighbor got it in his head to go into work which was at a campground 8 miles out of town just as the schools and roads were beginning to close. He was stranded there 3 days while i provided his wife with gas for her generator. It was a trek to her home wandering like a Family Circus trail to get there in 2 foot of snow while circumnavigating 4 foot drifts carrying 3 gallons of gas siphoned out of my Dodge 4wd. They were grateful of course but it sure was stupid of him.

    Meanwhile, here i am stranded in AZ wishing i was home.

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  21. Between this & weather in other ag. areas, expect food prices to go up.
    I was looking at the crappy avocados they’re trying to shove on us for $.88 – I can wait until tree starts bearing.

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