Weather & Climate

Snow is piled up on a home in Running Springs, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Beleaguered Californians got hit again Tuesday as a new winter storm moved into the already drenched and snow-plastered state, with blizzard warnings blanketing the Sierra Nevada and forecasters warning residents that any travel was dangerous. (AP Photo/Jae C.

To the rooftops: Staggering snowfall in California mountains

March 1, 2023, 8:07am Nation & World

Fresh snow fell in the California mountains on Wednesday, adding to a staggering total that has blocked roads, stranded visitors for days, and left thousands of homes and businesses in the cold without electricity. Read story

Don Perry uses a snowblower to clear the snow from the sidewalk in front of his home in New Bedford, Mass., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 as residents dig out of the only snow storm of the season. Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast and California residents digging out, or in some cases simply stranded, after yet another storm.

Northeast, California dig out from snowstorms flanking U.S.

February 28, 2023, 8:27am Nation & World

Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast and leaving California residents to dig out, or in some cases simply wait for help, after yet another storm. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Chilly weather continues with chance of more snow

February 28, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Chilly weather continues with low snow levels and not much change the rest of the week. We will have a break in the action Wednesday after a cold morning with lows in the 20s. Partly sunny skies are on tap and temperatures in the low 40s. Rain or snow showers… Read story

Storm clouds and snow are seen over the San Gabriel mountain range behind Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills part of Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. A powerful winter storm that swept the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures has shifted to southern California, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles.

Winds shred Southern Plains; California to see more snow

February 27, 2023, 11:45am Latest News

Parts of the Southern Plains counted the injured and surveyed the damage Monday after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through, while some Michigan residents faced a fifth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice storm. Read story

FILE - Aiden Locobon, left, and Rogelio Paredes look through the remnants of their family's home destroyed by Hurricane Ida, Sept. 4, 2021, in Dulac, La. A new study says that back-to-back hurricanes that hit the same general place in the United States seem to be happening more often.

Study: Back-to-back hurricanes likely to come more often

February 27, 2023, 10:10am Nation & World

What used to be a rare one-two punch of consecutive hurricanes hitting about the same place in the United States weeks apart seems to be happening more often, and a new study says climate change will make back-to-back storms more frequent and nastier in the future. Read story

With all this rain and snow, can California really still be in a drought? Look deeper

Lake Oroville, seen at the beginning of February, is one of the state???s largest reservoirs and currently at 71% capacity following the January storms. Despite the improved water conditions, all of the state remains under some form of drought.

February 26, 2023, 1:27pm Nation & World

Only weeks after a series of atmospheric rivers deluged California, the state is once again bracing for powerful winter weather that could deliver heaps of rain and snow, including fresh powder at elevations as low as 1,500 feet. Read story

Snow, rain slam California as Michigan suffers without power

People walk along a snow covered Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.

February 24, 2023, 1:20pm Latest News

Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the West on Friday in the nation's latest winter storm, while thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures through extended power outages wrought by one of the worst ice storms in decades. Read story