Looking to the west, there are some incredible storm totals at Mammoth Mountain, which is reporting a storm total since Friday of 8.5 to 12.5 feet. Yes, they measure the snow at Mammoth in feet. Here's the snow-depth record over the past five days from their Sesame Snow Study Plot at about 9000 feet.
From 44 to 115 inches in 3 days. Not too shabby! According to their snow report, with 134" so far this month, they are 5 inches short of their snowiest December since records were first kept in 1969. And, the computer models suggest the pounding will continue through Wednesday.
You can follow the low level moisture trends with the NOAA Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) and Blended TPW Percent of Normal products that are updated hourly at: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/bTPW/TPW_Animation.html?product=CONUS_TPW and
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