Snow showers were expected to diminish by the end of the week before another cold front makes its way to the area on Friday, potentially bringing another burst of heavy snow, according to the National Weather Service. On Wednesday, scattered snowfall could bring an additional 8 inches of snow near the Sierra crest and up to 4 inches around the Tahoe area. You will get stuck!” Caltrans warned travelers on Twitter. “Please do NOT attempt to use local roads to circumvent highway closures. There was no estimated time for when Interstate 80 from Applegate Road in Placer County to the Nevada border would reopen due to low visibility, downed trees and power lines, Caltrans tweeted Monday. Several highways into Lake Tahoe were closed Monday, including Highway 50 from Placerville to Meyers in El Dorado County, where all county offices were also closed due to the weather. 22 and Sunday, with the most dropping on Boreal, which saw 118 inches over that span of time. In all, seven northern Tahoe-area ski resorts saw more than 100 inches of snowfall between Dec. “We’ll probably see drier dry years that put us in drought and then these giant (snow) years that catch us back up.” “There’s just more variability,” he said. In the years ahead, we should expect the mountains to continue ping-ponging between drought-level dry spells and historic snow dumps, Allegretto said. He noted that four out of the six deepest snow months on record have come in the past 10 years, with the top three in the past four years. “I don’t say it often, but we’re getting too much of a good thing right now,” said Jon Slaughter, executive director of marketing and sales for Sugar Bowl Resort near Donner Pass.įrom his home near Reno, Allegretto pored over 70 years’ worth of Tahoe weather data to gain a clearer view of snowfall trends over the decades. On Monday, Tahoe’s 10 ski areas were closed for the day, in some cases trying to manage 4-6 feet of snowfall that had created hazardous avalanche-prone conditions on the mountains. 1 to 153% through Monday, according to state data. This month’s mammoth snowstorms also helped bolster California’s snowpack: The state increased its snowpack average from 18% on Dec. “We smashed the snowfall record for December, which is crazy because it didn’t start snowing until about three weeks ago, and we didn’t have any snow for six weeks prior to that,” Allegretto said.Īfter receiving huge early-season snow dumps at the end of October, Tahoe was hit with a warm, dry spell in November that kept the mountains around Tahoe all but dirt bare.
The top two are February 2019 (221 inches) and January 2017 (238 inches). The previous December record was in 1970, with 179 inches of snow.īy Tuesday, it is likely the depth will surpass 200 inches, which will make this month the third-snowiest ever in Tahoe’s record books, according to Bryan Allegretto, Tahoe daily snow forecaster for the mountain weather company OpenSnow. On Monday, the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, located northwest of Lake Tahoe at Donner Pass, recorded 38.9 inches of snowfall over the previous 24 hours - bringing the monthly total to 193.7 inches so far for December. Storms also closed major transportation arteries for a second consecutive day, as state officials pleaded with members of the public to stay home if possible to avoid traveling on treacherous roads. The snowstorm that pounded the Sierra over the weekend sent crews racing to clear clotted roadways and restore electricity service to tens of thousands of households left in the dark after powerful winds sheared trees that toppled power lines. Provided by Chelsea Leibow Show More Show Less Snow inundated Tahoe and much of the Sierra, blocking roads and knocking out power to tens of thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric customers. Provided by Chelsea Leibow Show More Show Less 2 of2Ĭathy Leibow works to shovel multiple feet of snow from the front porch of her family's home in the Tahoe Donner neighborhood of Truckee, Calif. Mike Farrell walks through heavy snow in the Tahoe Donner neighborhood of Truckee, Calif.
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