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These names have been coined using schemes such as the days of the year that the storm impacted or noteworthy structures that the storm had damaged and/or destroyed. In the 2010s, winter storm naming became controversial with The Weather Channel coming up with its own list of names for winter storms similar to that of hurricanes.
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Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).
The current naming convention has been to name the storm based on the time period from formation to dissipation. If this format for whatever reason does not work, then discussions are to be made on articles as individuals. Merging a set of overlapping winter storms for example has been done with Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms ...
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has also reported three other possible storm-related deaths in El Dorado, Mariposa and Santa Clara counties, which The Times is still working ...
Climate Central’s “2023 Winter Package” graphic shows the average change in winter temperature between December and February, from 1970 to 2022.
Entering the United States late on November 26 as a powerful bomb cyclone and Pacific Northwest windstorm, the cyclone made landfall in Crescent City, California, with a minimum pressure of 973.4 millibars (28.74 inHg), unofficially breaking state records. It was unofficially given the name Winter Storm Ezekiel by The Weather Channel. [2]
La Niña had a hand in the extremely wet winter much of the state endured from December 2022 to February 2023 and during the wet winter before that. Southern California is expected to be drier and ...