We are seeing the storm system dumping heavy amounts of snow for the sierra, before the bay area, the rain has been very spotty, and thats the activity that we are expecting. As we take a look at one of our live pallisades cameras. Of course, weve gotten notes that they have closed the resort but were seeing very low visibility and we are expecting the conditions to continue to get worse, over the next several hours. And we can see the cold front, that long line of clouds, that we can see extending across the region, and moving closer to the bay area, so once that gets here, we are going to see the possibility of a few more thunderstorms, as that energy rolls right over the bay. And also transports a huge amount of moisture, not only across the bay area, but also through the sierra, where we are seeing the heavy snow coming down. For us, once again, we are not seeing anything in the way of any real extreme activity but staying spotty and gusty winds, and pick up as we track a chance of
Persisting and road closures in the sierra. Officials are continuing to advise people to not travel to the sierra. Ski resorts remain closed and how caltrans is battling the storms fury. We have the updates on those treacherous conditions and it is the final push to rally bay area voters to cast their ballots before tuesdays crucial election. Todays last blitz by the San Francisco democrats for change to get out the vote. From ktvu, fox two news. This is mornings on two. All right. Blizzard conditions continue as weve mentioned, the snow just keeps coming down. Check out this video. This was tweeted out by chp truckee just a moment ago. And as you can see visibility is an issue. You cant see the roadway because theres so much snow on it as well. And so if you can imagine driving up to tahoe this is not the scene that you want to see. And its very quickly when you have conditions like this for things to get out of control. Again, highways are closed, chains are required, and it is just
2000ft. So that is a lot of snow. So the projections looking at anywhere from 5 to 10in all the way down to about colfax, as we talked here about the sierra snow lab, as you mentioned, 19in reported there since earlier this morning in a 24 hour period. And then areas in the 8700ft reporting near tahoe city at the summit last night 145 mile per hour wind gusts. So very strong winds, very hazardous and dangerous conditions right now. South lake tahoe reporting a wind gust to 39 and a gap about 5000ft. Reporting a wind gust to 41. The advise is for a blizzard warning will continue until sunday morning, expected to expire right around 10 a. M. The avalanche warning for the greater lake tahoe area goes until tomorrow morning. That may be extended, and as weve been talking about for a few days now, above 5000ft could see ten feet, maybe even 12. All said and done with snow levels expected to drop down to below 2000ft by the end of the weekend, a better look at the Current Conditions of what
Are tracking it all in this. Good afternoon. I am Ryan Yamamoto gritty conditions in the sierra are only going to get worse. Snowfall today and tomorrow making travel in the mountains nearly impossible. This is what it looks like on interstate 80 at Donner Summit. Right now completely covered in fresh snow. Chain controls in effect along interstate 80 and highway 50 caltrans. No warning people to avoid heading up until after the storm. Hundreds of officers patrolling the roads right now to help keep drivers safe. If we are not getting any calls, we are constantly driving this freeway. And when we see a person stuck, we assist them. I have had luggage packed in this patrol car and people stuffed in here. We get them off the hill. We get them to safety. The heavy snow and strong winds can cause an avalanche. That is forcing ski resorts to close. This is video from palisades. 17 inches of snow. By the end of the storm, they could see over 100 inches of fresh powder. Palisades and alpine a
Saturday, march 2nd. Im stephanie sierra. Lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen in the weather center. And she is tracking the latest on this level one storm. Good morning lisa. Hey stephanie. Good morning to you. Certainly wet out there right now. And the winds continue to be quite gusty. The wind advisory until 10 00. Live doppler seven. Right now picking up on the smattering of showers. And we have a thunderstorm around mount diablo and also up towards the north bay. You can see the blizzard still going strong in the Sierra Nevada. And theres a look at our thunderstorm on top of mount diablo, where that yellow is san ramon. And danville. 680 looking at the wet weather towards martez u through 780, some light to moderate showers in the pink there, indicating the rain. Snow mix through 116 lagunitas back through marin and then penngrove. You can see the colder air moving on in with behind the system. And thiss the situation down around mount hamilton. Were certainly looking at so