A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada
A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada. Related video above: Weather whiplash for residents, visitors to the Sierra MountainsThe wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state by Sunday morning, but officials warned that roads would remain slick after around two feet (60 centimeters) of snow fell in some areas of the Sierra.”Did anyone have the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season being in May on their winter bingo card?” the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab asked on the social platform X. The 26.4 inches of snowfall on Sunday beat the second snowiest day of the season — March 3rd — by 2.6 inches, according to the lab.Treacherous driving conditions on Saturday forced the closure of several highways near Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80 over the Donner Summit. Flood advisories were issued for parts of the Bay Area, where up to an inch of rain fell while temperatures dipped into the low 40s, the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts reaching 40 mph were reported Saturday near San Francisco. The storm brought light rain and gusty winds to Southern California. Drier and warmer conditions were expected throughout the week. In Truckee, California, which is located near Lake Tahoe and is around 32 miles from Reno, Nevada, residents and visitors to the Sierra Mountains told sister station KCRA that they were feeling weather whiplash.”Friday we were in shorts and T-shirts with sunblock on and then Saturday, 180,” Matt Lydon told KCRA, going on to say, “Here we are, May 4th yesterday, two feet of snow. You’ve got to get your snow blower back out and clear your driveway. You never know what will happen here.”Sister station KCRA contributed to this report.
A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
Related video above: Weather whiplash for residents, visitors to the Sierra Mountains
The wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state by Sunday morning, but officials warned that roads would remain slick after around two feet (60 centimeters) of snow fell in some areas of the Sierra.
“Did anyone have the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season being in May on their winter bingo card?” the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab asked on the social platform X.
The 26.4 inches of snowfall on Sunday beat the second snowiest day of the season — March 3rd — by 2.6 inches, according to the lab.
Treacherous driving conditions on Saturday forced the closure of several highways near Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80 over the Donner Summit.
Flood advisories were issued for parts of the Bay Area, where up to an inch of rain fell while temperatures dipped into the low 40s, the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts reaching 40 mph were reported Saturday near San Francisco.
The storm brought light rain and gusty winds to Southern California.
Drier and warmer conditions were expected throughout the week.
In Truckee, California, which is located near Lake Tahoe and is around 32 miles from Reno, Nevada, residents and visitors to the Sierra Mountains told sister station KCRA that they were feeling weather whiplash.
“Friday we were in shorts and T-shirts with sunblock on and then Saturday, 180,” Matt Lydon told KCRA, going on to say, “Here we are, May 4th yesterday, two feet of snow. You’ve got to get your snow blower back out and clear your driveway. You never know what will happen here.”
Sister station KCRA contributed to this report.
