NOAA: Up to 12″ of Snow for California Today

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image: noaa, today
image: noaa, today

NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for northern California today that is calling for 3-16″ of snow, depending on the location.  

  • Tahoe is forecast to see 4-8″ of snow above 7,000 feet.
  • Mammoth is forecast to see 2-4″ of snow.

It’s currently raining at the base of Squaw Valley and snowing at the top of KT-22 (8,000′).

KT-22 at 10:30am today. photo: yimmers/snowbrains
KT-22 at 10:30am today. photo: yimmers/snowbrains

Current conditions at Tahoe ski resorts:

Big Wind & Rain Close One Tahoe Ski Resort Today, Limit Operations at Others

PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today
PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today
image: noaa, today
image: noaa, today
Big precip headed to CA next 7 days.  image:  noaa, today
Big precip headed to CA next 7 days. image: noaa, today

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for CALIFORNIA:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
627 AM PDT FRI APR 22 2016

...SNOW RETURNS TO THE SOUTHERN CASCADE RANGE AND NORTHERN SIERRA
TODAY...

.A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ON HIGHWAYS CROSSING THE NORTHERN SIERRA PASSES...
AND NEAR LASSEN NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY
LATE THIS EVENING.

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

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* MAIN IMPACTS: POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS...CHAIN CONTROLS OVER THE
  PASSES.

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS...HIGHWAY 50 OVER
  ECHO SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 88 OVER CARSON PASS. HIGHWAY 89 THROUGH
  LASSEN NATIONAL PARK WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE ROADWAYS OF
  INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 50...AND 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER HIGHER
  PEAKS...WITH UP TO 16 INCHES OVER LASSEN NATIONAL PARK.

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