Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent California storm

A play outpouring tempest that drenched the San Francisco Bay country and closed Northern California upland highways besides acceptable a single-day snowfall grounds successful the Sierra Nevada

TRUCKEE, Calif. -- A play outpouring tempest that drenched the San Francisco Bay country and closed Northern California upland highways besides acceptable a single-day snowfall grounds for the play connected Sunday successful the Sierra Nevada.

The bedewed upwind strategy had mostly moved retired of the authorities by Sunday morning, but officials warned that roads would stay slick aft astir 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snowfall fell successful immoderate areas of the Sierra.

“Did anyone person the snowiest time of the 2023/2024 play being successful May connected their wintertime bingo card?” the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab asked connected the societal level X.

The 26.4 inches (67 centimeters) of snowfall connected Sunday bushed the 2nd snowiest time of the play — March 3rd — by 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters), according to the lab.

Treacherous driving conditions connected Saturday forced the closure of respective highways adjacent Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80 implicit the Donner Summit.

Flood advisories were issued for parts of the Bay Area, wherever up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of rainfall fell portion temperatures dipped into the debased 40s (around 5 degrees Celsius), the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts reaching 40 mph (64 kph) were reported Saturday adjacent San Francisco.

The tempest brought airy rainfall and gusty winds to Southern California.

Drier and warmer conditions were expected passim the week.