Tonight. Storm clouds are moving in over lake tahoe and the region is preparing for treacherous conditions, not seen in years travel warnings are being issued, but still, people from the bay area are making that trek to the mountains. Were going to pack a bunch of games and flashlights and stuff just in case. But yeah, fingers crossed that we can at least hit the slopes 1 or 2 days. Skiers are hoping to make it up to the sierra before the conditions deteriorate. Good evening. Im Claudine Wong and im mike mibach. A blizzard warning is set to go in effect in just about six hours. We do have Live Team Coverage tonight of the storm on the way. Ktvu joey horton is standing by after talking to bay area residents who are ignoring travel warnings in the sierra. But first, lets go right to chief meteorologist bill martin. Bill, this is a major snow event here. Yeah, its a major snow event. Its a big storm for sure, but in the bay area its going to be light to moderate rain over the next three d
Now at 11 00, two wild bay area pursuits, a man scaling fences and hiding in sheds, another fleeing a fast food heist that came to a crashing end. Our helicopter crew was almost as busy as the cops. And a storm moving in bringing a whole lot of snow to the sierra. Plus how some south bay residents are trying to prevent a repeat of this disastrous flooding. Can you believe some people waited an hour in line for this . I smell sweaty feet. Like sweaty socks, sweaty gym clothes. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello. Im sara donchey. Rain is getting closer to us here in the bay area. That is nothing compared to what they are about to see in the mountains. Paul, this could be an epic snowstorm in the sierra, right . Yeah. Were talking about the potential of setting 24 hour snowfall records at the central sierra snowfall lab, which is a place that has some pretty high standards for those snowfall records. Its that level of storm. Lets get to the deta
From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello. Im sara donchey. Rain is getting closer to us here in the bay area. That is nothing compared to what they are about to see in the mountains. Paul, this could be an epic snowstorm in the sierra, right . Yeah. Were talking about the potential of setting 24 hour snowfall records at the central sierra snowfall lab, which is a place that has some pretty high standards for those snowfall records. Its that level of storm. Lets get to the details. This is a rain event for the bay area. We want to start by talking about the big picture setup of whats going to happen. Two different factors at play, moisture surging towards us from the southwest, a low end Atmospheric River even if qualifies as that, right on the threshold, but a lot of cold air diving in from the northwest. Those two factors will send rain showers across the bay area, cold rain showers. Its really going to maximize the snow potential in the sierra wi