Posted on 02/29/2024 5:26:53 PM PST by george76
The most powerful Pacific storm of the season started barreling into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday, packing multiple feet of snow and dangerous winds that forecasters say will create blizzard conditions likely to close major highways and trigger power outages into the weekend.
Much of the Sierra Nevada was under a blizzard warning stretching through Sunday, with the biggest effects expected Friday afternoon into Saturday.
As much as 10 feet (3 meters) of snow is possible in the mountains around Lake Tahoe by the weekend, with 3 to 6 feet (.9 to 1.8 meters) in the communities on the lake’s shores and more than a foot (30 centimeters) possible in the valleys on the Sierra’s eastern front, including Reno, the National Weather Service said.
Winds are expected to gust in excess of 115 mph (185 kph) over Sierra ridgetops, and 70 mph (113 kph) at lower elevations, it said.
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The California Highway Patrol imposed travel restrictions on a long stretch of Interstate 80 between Reno and Sacramento, requiring drivers to put chains on their tires. A stretch of the highway was closed for hours at midday Thursday while crews cleared the wreckage of a semi-trailer truck that overturned near Truckee, California.
“Your safe travel window is over in the Sierra,” the weather service in Reno posted on social media. “Best to hunker down where you are.”
The blizzard warning covers a 300-mile (482-kilometer) stretch of the Sierra from north of Lake Tahoe to south of Yosemite National Park effective until 10 a.m. Sunday.
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they could break their modern-day record of about 3.5 feet (1 meter) of snow in a single day from back in 1989.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Not a lot of people have seen 3ft of snow per day... for 3 days in a row.
Corrected Link from my post above:
The storm will create potentially deadly travel conditions along two major arteries in California.
CA Winter Storm Report Oroville Update
blancolirio Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpkHzpLfduU
Hope the eagles and their eggs up at Big Bear Lake will be okay...
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