Winter Storm Watch for California Tues-Wed | 6-18″ of Snow Forecast

This is getting silly.  Storm after storm after storm in California this season with hardly a break between.

NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Tuesday-Wednesday that is calling for 6-18″ of snowfall with snow levels around 5,500-feet.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET WITH LOCAL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE PEAKS. 
  - NOAA, Reno, NV today

Another storm is forecast to impact California on Saturday, then another on Monday.

"The next wave is forecast to move in sometime Friday night into
Sunday. Models are fairly consistent with this wave but the GFS is
about 6-9 hours faster than the ECMWF. At this point, looks like a
decent shot at more widespread precipitation and moderate snow
accumulations. Transitory ridging slides through late Sunday/early
Monday before the next wet system presents itself late Monday into
Tuesday." - NOAA Sacramento, CA today

California Snowfall Totals:

• Sugar Bowl = 252″
• Kirkwood = 222″
• Squaw = 213″
• Mammoth = 161″
  

CA Snowpack Numbers:

WINTER STORM WATCH for CALIFORNIA:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
330 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016

...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA LATER
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS AS ANOTHER WINTER STORM
PASSES THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL DELAYS WITH CHAIN REQUIREMENTS POSSIBLE.

* CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS, HIGHWAYS 36 AND 44
  NEAR LASSEN PARK, HIGHWAY 50 OVER ECHO SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 88
  OVER CARSON PASS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET WITH LOCAL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE PEAKS.