I-80 California Daily Snow
By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 1 year ago January 25, 2023
Snow Returns Sunday...
Summary
The dry pattern lasts through Saturday. The next storm brings snow from Sunday into Monday. A drier pattern is possible again for the 31st-2nd. A more active pattern is possible starting around the 3rd.
Update
Dry Pattern:
The dry pattern lasts through Saturday.
Sunday - Monday Storm:
Snow is expected to push back into the region during the early morning hours Sunday. We could see some steadier snow showers Sunday and then more scattered Sunday night. Scattered snow showers could linger through the day on Monday before clearing out.
We could see several inches of snow by Monday. Snow levels start out around 4000-4500 ft. and could fall to 2000 ft. Sunday night into Monday. That is very low in elevation with snow possibly accumulating on the roads over a long stretch from the foothills all the way through the Sierra to Nevada.
Even though this isn't a big storm, the cold nature with snow to low levels could cause travel headaches with slow travel and chain controls from around Dutch Flat or lower all the way to the NV state line through Sunday night. Conditions could start to improve Monday, but slowly as it's cold with scattered snow showers still around.
Long-Range:
We could see a drier pattern set up again starting Tuesday the 31st through Thursday the 2nd.
The pattern could become more active again around the 3rd through the 9th of February, with some wetter storms possible.
We'll continue to watch the trends as we get closer with more details on potential travel impacts.
BA
P.S. NWS Graphs and Caltrans live cams are below (we don't control them)...
I-80 Road Cams:
Blue Canyon, Exit 154 - 5,022'
Castle Peak, Exit 176 - 7,165'
Donner Lake, Exit 180 - 6,394'
Truckee Scales, Exit 191 - 5,826'
If you are traveling through the Sierra please use the links below for travel advisories as we do not give our opinions on the "safest" or "best" travel times for liability reasons. The storm timing, road conditions, & chain control areas are not guaranteed and are subject to change.
NWS Reno: https://www.weather.gov/rev/
NWS Sacramento: https://www.weather.gov/sto/
CA road conditions: http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-b... (and 1-800-427-7623)
NV road conditions: https://nvroads.com/
OSS weather share: http://oss.weathershare.org/#