11. According to the Midwestern Climate Center in Champaign, Ill., past El Nino events have produced less snow across most of the Midwest. 12. But this year, the Gulf moisture shifted east, producing record snows along the Eastern Seaboard. 13. Developing low pressure near the Four Corners will produce some snow from the central Rockies to northern Nevada. 14. Elsewhere, a cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest will produce snow in the Cascades and interior Washington with showers along the coast. 15. Farther west, developing low pressure will produce mountain snow from northern California to Utah. 16. Here, recurrent moist winds have produced ample snow in the mountains this winter. 17. Here, recurrent moist winds have produced plentiful snow in the mountains this winter. 18. Laird Moody, operator of the Williams Ski Area, said he just wishes he had the opportunity to produce man-made snow. 19. Meanwhile, the sluggish low-pressure system that produced snow in the mountains of North Carolina on Friday will continue to drift northeast across the Middle Atlantic states. 20. Prodigious snows are produced when cold, moist air is forced to rise along sloping terrain. |