Santa Anas for us today, further south, a Tehuano and Papagayo. Similar funneling of wind thru mountain passes but unlike the Santa Anas, no katabatic (drainage) element since the Atlantic and Pacific are both at sea level (of course) and the Antelope Valley is not (of course).

New Orleans more snow this year than Wrightwood man what did we do to deserve this

Good morning SoCal ❤️

**Possible Mountain/High Desert snow amounts by community 6pm Saturday-6am Tuesday** Grapevine: 3-6"+ Mt Baldy: 8-16"+ Wrightwood/Mt High: 10-20"+ Lake Arrowhead: 6-12"+ Snow Valley/Running Springs: 1-2ft+ Apple Valley: 1-3" Big Bear: 10-20"+ Big Bear Resorts: 1-2ft+

Area between Castaic Lake and the 5 burned in 2022. Gotta think it would be hard for this fire to run thru there. #hughesfire

Lake is good but fire went to the other side and jumped Lake Hughes Rd 😔

Right where we don’t need it :(

Sunset done did this fire some good, after all…as it always does around here ;-)

Amazing job!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 #HughesFire

**Final Forecasted Mountain/High Desert Snow amounts by community 3pm Saturday-12pm Tuesday** Grapevine: 1-4" Mt Baldy Resort: 1-2ft+ Wrightwood: 8-16"+ Mt High Resort: 1-2ft Cajon Pass: 1-3" Lake Arrowhead: 10-20"+ Apple Valley: dusting-2" Snow Valley Resort: 2-3ft! Big

This storm has decent south winds and low snow levels which favors the Ontario/Cucamonga ridge and Crystal Lake area. The small storm we had before favored the north facing desert slopes. All of that suggests… Islip to Hawkins, assuming the 39 opens up.

Please do not underestimate the potential for mud/debris flows across the recent burn area, including the #PalisadesFire and #EatonFire. Any brief, intense, rainfall can trigger a significant mud/debris flow. #SoCal

Now that’s a transverse dream right there 😎

Also not getting any rain after the Bridge Fire, followed by snow in early January and a cold storm now, was oddly also incredible luck for Wrightwood, since the snow will slowly melt in spring and reduce the chance of mud flows.

Snowing pretty good at Mt High East, snow and stars in Wrightwood.

Wrightwood winter vibes

Within the space of 5 days, the 5 freeway north of Castaic was shut down for a wildfire and for a snowstorm. Land of extremes…