Regardless of this year’s precipitation, redoubling efforts in conservation and planning for the future remains the pragmatic option for the Golden State and The West. "If you have a regular car, have a full tank if you are driving in a storm or over a pass, but charge your damn electric car, because it will just stop, turn off, and there is nothing you can do.California’s depleted reservoirs are well above last year’s dismal levels and the snowpack keeps hopes alive for an above average winter in the crucial Northern Sierra where snowmelt helps replenish the state’s largest reservoirs. He offers a special warning for drivers of electric vehicles: charge up your car fully before you head into the mountains. "Tesla's are amazing because the way the motor works and it moves the power between the different wheels, but it doesn't matter if you've got a set of city tires on because they just spin." We were seeing Category 1, Category 2, winds over the ridge on Donner Pass. I was actually looking at the Kirkwood anemometer when it reached 115 miles an hour last night."Cooper also reminds drivers not to be overconfident in all-wheel-drive, and to avoid taking tires designed for city driving into the mountains regardless of traction control systems as they can harden and reduce traction. "On 50, 80, 88, 89 around Emerald Bay, the roads are probably more treacherous than I've seen in my in my 30 years here because of the consistency of the winds. Blizzard warnings remain in effect Wednesday across the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, where up to 2 feet of additional snowfall are possible through Wednesday morning. Drive safely if you plan to head to the mountainsĬooper says he is warning everybody about the roads because high winds and light snow are causing continuous whiteout conditions: The state currently sits 5 inches above the average rainfall for this time of year, according to California Water Watch. In January, California broke rainfall records for any 22-day time frame between Oct. "The higher elevations of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests, patches within the Stanislaus and Yosemite Forests, along with isolated areas around Lake Tahoe have recorded over 50 feet of snow since the first of October," said Shawn Carter, a physical scientist at the National Water Center. 1, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Western states – especially California – led the country in snowfall since Oct. Ski resorts in the Tahoe region have unofficially received over 30 feet of snowfall including February totals. Just how much snow has fallen in California? A sprawling winter storm system continued to wreak havoc on Tuesday in the Western United States, where an 81-mile stretch of an interstate in the Sierra Nevada remained closed by. Stag Mountain, perched at an elevation of 7,800 ft., is currently experiencing some of the coldest temps in Nevada with air temps last recorded at 56 degrees. Table 2-7 ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION ( INCHES ) AT NEVADA CITY. J100 of normal snowpack View the Nevada ski report, or compare snow conditions for the entire state below. "I try not to speak in absolutes, but it's looking pretty favorable that we could give both of those. For 6 and 9 - day periods the 1884 storm totals rank 4th and 2d, respectively. The lab record for a water year is 53.58 feet set in 2011. “We're within 3½ feet from the 2017 water year total of 47.77 feet, which is our third largest snowfall year on record in the last three decades," Schwartz said. "We have had the snowiest October through February going back to 1970," said Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist and manager at the snow lab. That's more than double the median of 21.7 feet by this time of year. 30, more than 44 feet has fallen there at the Central Snow Laboratory, a University of California, Berkeley field research station. (Feb 23 - March 1) And more snow is expected this weekend.įive months into this water year, counted Oct. 1 through Sept. A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions with 100 mph winds, closing key mountain highways and ski resorts amid blowing snow in the Sierra Sunday with forecasters warning that. Almost 12 feet of snow has piled up at Donner Pass in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in the past seven days.
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