Valley over the weekend. Firefighters responded to the ski resort just after 130 on saturday afternoon on a report of an injured skier. There they found 62yearold Elizabeth Danel of Olympic Valley unconcious, and she later passed away. While her exact cause of death is still being investigated, firefighters say she appears to have been hurt after hitting a tree. While it may take until the end of the weekend, there are some signs that a more active storm pattern will return to the region. In the short term, the west coast ridge of High Pressure will continue to keep us warm and dry, nudging storms too far to the north to give us much chance of getting any water out of them. High temperatures will rise to near 70 degrees tuesday and wednesday before falling back to the low 60s on ridge finally breaks down to allow the first of what could be several storms to move into the region, with valley rain a decent possibility, but mountain rain and snow almost a sure bet on sunday. Local workers
Experts say an ideal runoff would begin in april with sustained snowmelt to keep the water from soaking into the ground. The snowmelt has already started in some areas. Jeff we had a lot of low elevation snow that melted off all at the same time and that boosted river flows. It got some of the smaller creeks flowing and its boosted reservoirs. Lahontan reservoir has doubled its volume in the last month. March averages about 8 inches of precipitation. Thanks to the good start to winter anderson says just a few wet storms could mean the snowpack will peak either at or above normal. Jeff even after a pretty dry month, were still sitting at near normal conditions, which is way better than weve had the last four years. Chad what we have now compared to what we had the last few years, this is great. This is a great snowpack. March is the big unknown as far as how much moisture well get but experts are hoping the winter will end the way it began with plenty of precipitation. Covering the big
Out through next week with highs right around 51 degrees. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk breaking news now out of paris, a man armed with a death by officers at a police station. Picture of the scene. Tried to attack the police station. The man had wires coming from his clothes. The attack did close down schools a year ago today, 11 people were Charlie Hebdo satiracal Police Officer was we will continue to follow this for you and bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. A woman is dead after she was hit by a car while jaywalking in the northeast valley. Metro says the crossing the street at vegas boulevard marked crosswalk last night when she was hit. Attempts to save her life were unsuccessful. Driver who hit her did not app
Cassandra jones with fox5. We hold onto a slight chance of scattered morning but it looks like the bulk of the activity is heading east. The Winter Weather advisory for the mountains will last through 4pm today dropping down to morning with 36 possible above 5000ft 69 above 8500ft. We will dry out through the Late Afternoon with highs right around 50 degrees over the next couple days with a slight chance of showers back on saturday into sunday. We dry out through next week with highs right around 51 heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. The democrats hoping to become the next president are reaching out to nevada voters. In an interview youll only see on fox5. Fox5s Christine Maddela sat down with Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton here
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