California ski resorts just got buried in up to 56″ of new snow the past two days.
NOAA has issued Winter Storm Warnings from the southern Cascade mountains deep in NorCal all the way down to the Mexican border.
By Monday morning NOAA is forecasting:
- 1-2 feet of snow in NorCal above 7,000-feet by Monday morning.
- 1-2″ per hour snowfall rates
- Wind gusts up to 100mph
- 2-4 foot waves on Lake Tahoe
- 4-10″ of snow forecast for the Mexican border…
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH
6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET...INCLUDING LAKE TAHOE
AND IN MONO COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. EAST OF
HIGHWAY 395...3 TO 6 INCHES. - NOAA Reno, NV today
Winds are forecast to gust as high as 100mph and Lake Tahoe is forecast to see 2-4 foot waves. Surfs up!
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SIERRA
RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH.
* LAKE TAHOE CONDITIONS: WAVE HEIGHTS 2 TO 4 FEET. - NOAA Reno, NV today
CA has seen huge snowfalls the past 2 days.
CALIFORNIA 2-DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS:
- Mammoth = 56″
- Dodge Ridge = 34″
- Kirkwood = 30″
- Sierra at Tahoe = 30″
- Squaw Valley = 28″
- Sugar Bowl = 26″
- Northstar = 26″
- Alpine Meadows = 21″
- Bear Valley = 21″
- Mt. Rose, NV = 18″
- Heavenly = 16″
- Diamond Peak, NV = 10″
WINTER STORM WARNING for CALIFORNIA:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1035 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE...
BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...INCLINE VILLAGE
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...
* TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH
6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET...INCLUDING LAKE TAHOE
AND IN MONO COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. EAST OF
HIGHWAY 395...3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SIERRA
RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH.
* LAKE TAHOE CONDITIONS: WAVE HEIGHTS 2 TO 4 FEET. CONSIDER
POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITY UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND.
* IMPACTS: LONG DELAYS AND CHAIN CONTROLS ARE LIKELY. THE
COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW MAY CREATE PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY.