Snow slushes Basin

	H&N photo by Gary Thain Phillip Hubbard, 8, shovels snow off the sidewalk in front of his home on Memorie Lane Monday morning.

November 8, 2005

Klamath Falls Herald and News

By DYLAN DARLING

A layer of snow beat many leaves to the ground Monday when a fall snowstorm frosted the Klamath Basin.

From midnight to Monday evening, about 8 inches of snow fell at Kingsley Field, said Russ Onsen, a contract weather observer. But much of that snow became a slushy mess as it piled up.

“It's a wet snow and it's kind of melting when it hits the ground,” Onsen said.

The slush wasn't limited to the air base. While the hills around Klamath Falls turned a brilliant white, streets around town were browned by a mush of snow and road grime.

The heavy wet snow pulled trees down around town. One blocked the A Canal bike path between Hope Street and Mazama High School, and the branches of another landed on a Mitsubishi parked on California Avenue.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service expected the snow to taper off Monday night. By today, they said, the blanket of snow could be exchanged for a cover of fog.

Patchy fog is expected today and widespread fog is then expected to fill the Basin until Wednesday night. Thursday, patchy fog is expected again.

With the fog, should come lower night temperatures .

“Temperatures will down to the teens and 20s,” said Sven Nelaimischkies, a meteorologist at the Weather Service's Medford office.

Daytime temperatures should be in the 40s throughout the week.

Come weekend, rain, and possibly snow, should replace the fog, Nelaimischkies said.

 

 

 

 

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