Motherlode warning for...

Sierra Nevada, California. This is the storm headed our way, check out the noun used to describe the storm:

... Winter Storm Warning now in effect until noon PST Saturday...

The Winter Storm Warning is now in effect until noon PST
Saturday for the motherlode.

* Snow accumulations: an additional 4 to 8 inches from 2500 to
3000 feet... generally 12 to 18 inches with local amounts up to 2
feet over higher elevations.

* Timing: snow increasing this afternoon and continuing
overnight... then tapering off by Saturday afternoon.

* Winds: southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Southwest wind gusts to 45
mph are possible over higher mountain elevations.

* Locations include: motherlode from Grass Valley to Sonora.
Interstate 80 and Highway 50... areas along Highway 49.

* Impacts: hazardous traveling conditions in heavy snow will
continue through this afternoon and overnight. Dangerous back
country traveling conditions and high avalanche danger are
possible in prone areas.
 

Stack

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I sure hope it is a "motherlode" of a storm when it hits the Midwest.....Actually in the context of thier bulletin, Mother Lode is actually a zone/location within the Sierra Nevada range in Cali.

Stack
 
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