The Storm

This is an extraordinarily interesting storm.  Features such as atmospheric river, tropical moisture and polar jet all mixed together makes for riveting storm watching. 

 

As you can see from the Sat. photo below, there is a ton of moisture being entrained from as far south as Hawaii.  The moisture is riding up an over the high pressure cell off the California coast.  The stream takes an almost 90degree turn west where it meets the polar jet.  

 

How and when the cold air aloft mixed with the moisture will determine how the  rain vs snow game will play out in the mountains.   Wind is also a major player with models showing 60knot winds above 5000’.   An impressive storm.   

 Enjoy the chaos.