LIONISH MARCH COLD STORM BRINGS SNOW, HAIL TO VALLEY, MOUNTAINS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick and Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writers PALMDALE - Snow flurries and hail came and went Friday in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley as a cold storm blew into Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, from the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world . Highway 58 through the Tehachapi Mountains Te·hach·a·pi Mountains A range of southern California extending from east to west between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges north of Los Angeles. was closed overnight but reopened Friday morning with California Highway Patrol officers escorting motorists to make sure they didn't drive too fast on the slippery pavement. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers also escorted Interstate 5 traffic through Tejon Pass because of light snow. ``At this point we haven't really seen any significant increase in the amount of incidents,'' CHP traffic management center Officer Francisco Villalobos said Friday. The National Weather Service predicted that up to an inch of snow could fall today on the Antelope Valley, and 2 to 6 inches on the foothills around it. The snow level was predicted to be around 2,500 feet today, rising to 3,000 feet Sunday. Snow at 3,000 feet is still low enough to snarl traffic on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , which tops 3,200 feet at its highest point between Acton and Agua Dulce. Downtown Palmdale is at about 2,700 feet, central Lancaster about 2,400 feet and Pearblossom about 3,100 feet. A chance of rain or snow persists through Tuesday, the Weather Service said. Caltrans crews and city workers were on standby with little-used snowplows ready to be put into commission. To the west in Frazier Park, schools closed as 2 inches of the white stuff lay on the ground by midmorning mid·morn·ing n. The middle of the morning. , with much more to come. Los Angeles County fire Capt. Jim Bettencourt, stationed just south of Gorman, watched outdoors Friday as light snow fell. ``It's lightly snowing now,'' he said at midmorning. ``It's not really sticking yet, but we'll see.'' Bettencourt has learned from experience to dress warm on days like this. ``I'm wearing three layers - two pairs of socks and turnout boots,'' he said. ``I have gloves and a beanie bean·ie n. A small brimless cap. [Probably from bean, head.] beanie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ close-fitting woollen hat Noun - my blue beanie doesn't look too professional with all yellow, but it works for me.'' Bettencourt said his crew was out at 5 a.m., when a car had spun out on an icy Gorman bridge, and was stunned that motorists passed at 60 mph. ``They've got to slow down when the weather's like this,'' he said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Keila Villa of Lake Los Angeles, 3, tries to catch small pieces of hail in a parking lot on Palmdale Boulevard near 17th Street East. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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