pulled every and the driver came out and put chains on his vehicle. now chains are also required for any vehicle not just the big rigs. any vehicle that has expect for those with four wheel drive and snow tires. and it s also a similar story for highway 50 chains are required on that road from plasterville to meyer. just in the last half hour since we ve arrived here it has gotten colder. when we arrived at this exit the alta exit there was a light drizzle falling. that drizzle has turned into light snowfall. if we tilt up the camera you can see how gently and beautiful it s falling down. the national weather service is predicting anywhere from 5-12 inches of snow to hit the tahoe area this afternoon. another 1-3 inches could be coming down later on tonight. we ll continue to check back with you guys in a little while and give you a continuous update on the roadways out here. right now chains on required on interstate 80 from al that alta to tahoe. reporting live outside the