SNOW PREDICTED IN ANTELOPE VALLEY.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - Snow is possible today and Sunday 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 , the National Weather Service says. A cold winter storm that originated in 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 could drop snow tonight as low as 2,500 to 3,000 feet - meaning over much of the Antelope Valley. Briefly at times tonight and Sunday, heavy showers could fall as low as 2,000 feet, the weather service said. ``That's a very good possibility at this point in time, due to the cold nature of the storm,'' weather service spokesman Bill Hoffer The weather service issued a winter storm watch See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms. A Winter Storm Watch is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is a potential for heavy snow or significant ice accumulations. warning of possibly hazardous weather through tonight for the Antelope Valley, east Kern County, the San Gabriel San Gabriel (săn gā`brēəl), city (1990 pop. 37,120), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1913. Fabric, furniture, paper products, tools, and aircraft parts are manufactured. and Tehachapi Mountains, and the mountains of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Depending on the amount of moisture that it pulls out of the Pacific Ocean, the storm carries the potential of dropping up to six inches of snow in Southern California mountains and one to two inches in the Antelope Valley, forecasters said. Downtown Palmdale is about 2,700 feet in elevation, central Lancaster about 2,400 feet and Pearblossom about 3,100 feet. ``The higher you go, the more you are going to get into it,'' Hoffer said. Even at 3,000 feet, snowfall could 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. , whose highest point between Acton and Agua Dulce is more than 3,200 feet. Snow was already falling Friday afternoon on Interstate 5, which tops 4,100 feet in the Tejon Pass. Caltrans' and the California Highway Patrol's first priority in a snowstorm is keeping Interstate 5 open, with the Antelope Valley Freeway a secondary priority and canyon roads such as Bouquet Canyon last in priority, 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 Lt. Andria Witmer said. Travelers should be prepared in advance and know how high of elevations they'll be crossing, Witmer said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Clouds form over the desert near Barrel Springs Road in Palmdale on Friday. The National Weather Service predicts snow in the Antelope Valley tonight. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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