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Sep- 2021 -19 September
First Snow of the Season on Mt. Shasta Brings Hope that Wildfire Season is Nearing its End
A weekend storm brought rain and snow to Northern California, with the North Coast experiencing its typical rainy day and…
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11 September
This Striking Graphic Shows How Most of the Feather River Watershed Has Burned Over the Past Year
Areas of Butte, Plumas and Lassen counties have been devastated by wildfires in 2020 and 2021. The North Complex Fire…
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Jul- 2021 -12 July
VIDEO: Hiker Captures the Moment a Lightning Strike Starts a Wildfire in the Sierra
A hiker witnessed a rare scene when a bolt of lightning hit the Sierra, causing an immediate wildfire. He even…
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Jun- 2021 -15 June
Potentially Record-Setting Heatwave Heading Towards Northern California
A rare heatwave is heading towards Northern California this week, which has prompted the National Weather Service to issue an…
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May- 2021 -17 May
1,894 Lightning Strikes Recorded in Northern California on Saturday
Photo by Felix Mittermeier A series of thunderstorms blanketed Northern California over the weekend, peaking on Saturday with a recorded 1,894…
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16 May
Over 100 Lightning Strikes Cause 10 Wildfires in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Photo: U.S. Forest Service Lightning strikes were prevalent throughout Northern California over the weekend, causing numerous small wildfires from Mount…
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Apr- 2021 -25 April
WATCH: Professional Cliff Jumper Performs Insane Flip Off Potem Falls
Northern California local Robert Wall has been lighting the internet on fire in recent years with his cliff jumping exploits…
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25 April
Late-Season Storm Bringing Snow, Rain and Thunderstorms to Northern California
Photo: CHP – South Lake Tahoe Following the third driest precipitation year in California’s recorded history, late season storms are…
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Mar- 2021 -10 March
It Looks Like it’s Snowing in Santa Rosa. It’s Just A LOT of Hail.
Photo by Sonoma County Sheriff A seemingly innocuous storm rolled into Northern California this week, bringing small amounts of rain…
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Feb- 2021 -1 February
Snowmageddon 2021: Yet Another Storm Heading for NorCal Mountains with 3 Feet of New Snow
Photo: Squaw Valley Phew! This week’s been one heck of a wild ride in the Northern California mountains, and it’s…
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1 February
Satellite Images Show Insane Sierra Snowpack Increase in Just 10 Days
Snowmageddon 2021 was a fantastic week for Northern California. Precipitation fell at an incredible rate through three different storms over…
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Jan- 2021 -29 January
The Best Sights and Scenes from Snowmageddon 2021 in Lake Tahoe
If you live in the Lake Tahoe area, you’re most likely reasonably adept at dealing with snow. Heck, that’s the…
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29 January
Storm Totals: Mammoth Reaches 10 Feet of New Snow
Photo by Visit Mammoth During the first 3 weeks of January, Mammoth received 3 inches of snow. Over the past…
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28 January
Interstate 80 Closes Near Tahoe Due to Heavy Snow
CalTrans workers have been able to do a fantastic job on high-elevation roadways as Snowmageddon continues to pummel Northern California.…
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28 January
Mammoth is BURIED with 7 Feet of New Snow and It’s Impossible to Get There
A stranded big rig buried in snow along Highway 395. Photo taken Wednesday morning by CalTrans/Andy Richard The Eastern Sierra…
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28 January
Mt. Shasta Receives 40 Inches of Snow with A LOT More on the Way
Mt. Shasta Ski Park during the epic storm of February 2019 Mount Shasta has been a welcoming recipient of the…
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28 January
The Best Photos/Videos of Snowmageddon 2021 in Redding
Photo: City of Redding It was a rare day in Northern California on Wednesday with Redding residents waking up to…
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28 January
The Tahoe Snowfall Totals Are In and They’re BIG
Photo: Sierra-at-Tahoe Snow fell early and often this week in the Tahoe region. As Snowmageddon continues to rage in the…
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26 January
Videos Show Intense Whiteout Conditions with 60+ MPH Winds Near Mount Shasta
With the intense winter storm arriving in Northern California, much of the forecast has targeted the Tahoe mountains and Eastern…
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26 January
Snow Has Arrived in Redding. How Much Will Fall Tonight?
Snow in downtown Redding. Photo by Joshua Mangahis Snowmageddon 2021 has arrived in Northern California with significant snowfall hitting the…
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26 January
Breaking: Snow is Falling on Shasta Lake
The time is nigh. Snowmageddon 2021 has arrived in Northern California and we’re already seeing snow as low as Shasta…
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26 January
National Weather Service Upgrades Forecast with Rare Blizzard Warning for Sierra
The historic Tahoe storm of February 2019. Photo by Granlibakken As Snowmageddon 2021 descends on Northern California, the forecasts continue…
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26 January
Snowmageddon 2021: What to Know About the Potentially Historic Storm in Northern California
Hype is building as the biggest storm seen in years is entering Northern California. Over 8 feet of snow is…
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25 January
Redding Forecast to Receive More Than a Foot of Snow this Week
During a historic storm in February 2019, Redding received more than a foot of snow, the most since 1968. Photo…
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25 January
Mt. Shasta Ski Park Received TWICE the Amount of Snow Forecast – 4 More Feet on the Way
Photo: Mt. Shasta Ski Park The first epic storm of 2021 is already off to a fast start as the…
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24 January
Weather Model Forecasts 365 Inches of Snow in Sierra Over 10 Days
Meteorologists are trying their best to make sense of the incoming storm that is set to drench Northern California this…
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23 January
Series of Storms Could Bring 100 Inches of Snow to NorCal Mountains
It’s happening! Sound the alarm! The epic storm of 2021 is on its way! It’s been two weeks since significant…
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8 January
The Top 10 Weather Events of the Past Decade in Northern California
The landscape of Northern California is especially diverse. From the Pacific Ocean beaches to the snowy peaks of the Sierra…
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6 January
Tahoe Peak Nears California Record with 191 MPH Winds
Alpine Meadows Summit. Photo: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows As the weekend storm moved out of Northern California on Monday, it…
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5 January
Mt. Shasta Ski Park Receives a Foot of New Snow with More on the Way
Mt. Shasta Ski Park Mountain Cam 1/5/21 The New Year has been good for the mountains of NorCal. Continuous storms…
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5 January
Storm Chaser Captures Incredible Video of Tornado in Tehama County
As the storm rolled into the mountains of Northern California on Monday, windy conditions were prevalent throughout the valley. One…
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Dec- 2020 -31 December
Snowstorm Brings Fresh Snow, Chain Controls to NorCal Mountains
In the early-morning hours of the last day of 2020, a snowstorm hit the mountains of Northern California. From Mount…
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28 December
Weather Forecasts Show the First 10 Days of 2021 Will Bring Tons of Snow to NorCal
Photo: Boreal Mountain California The mountains of Northern California saw plenty of snow in December, but not enough to eliminate…
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22 December
Stunning Lenticular Cloud Dazzles Onlookers at Mount Shasta
As the winter storms began rolling through Northern California, the typical alien clouds also began moving over Mount Shasta. It…
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10 December
Weather Forecasts Show a Very Wet December in Northern California
Snowy road in Truckee. Photo by Ross van der Wal. Although we saw a few storms throughout Northern California in November…
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1 December
Officials Warn of Dangerous Sneaker Waves on NorCal Coast this Week
With a long period of swell expected to hit Northern California beaches on Wednesday and Thursday, officials are warning potential…
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Nov- 2020 -17 November
Heavy Snowfall Forces Mandatory Chain Controls on Donner Summit
As the largest storm of the early-winter season has arrived in the Sierra Nevada, so have the ugly travel conditions…
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17 November
Mt. Shasta Ski Park is Getting DUMPED ON Right Now
As the third winter storm of November descended into Northern California, locals wondered exactly how much snow we could expect…
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17 November
Incoming Storm Forecast to Bring Up To 3 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Truckee covered in snow. Photo by Wil Stewart. As we enter the third week in November, Northern California will receive its…
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12 November
Rejoice! Another Foot of Snow Expected for the NorCal Mountains this Week
Photo: Sierra-at-Tahoe It was a beautiful surprise to see last weekend’s early-season storm drop 20 inches of snow on the…
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9 November
Winter Wonderland: See the Best Photos from the First Storm of the Season in NorCal
“Oh the weather outside is frightful…” I know Frank Sinatra was trying to illustrate a cold winter day with that…
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9 November
First Winter Storm of the Season Brings 20 Inches of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! That was the sentiment all weekend in Northern California as the…
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8 November
Snowy Weather Brings Chain Controls to Northern California Mountains
The first storm of the winter season has arrived in Northern California, bringing with it plenty of snowfall and hazardous…
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6 November
Snow is Beginning to Fall on Lassen – Closing the Park’s Highway
A dusting of snow on Mt. Diller. Photo: National Park Service The first storm of the season has arrived in…
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6 November
BREAKING: It’s Snowing in Tahoe!
The first storm of the season has arrived in Northern California and it’s bringing snow to the Tahoe mountains! The…
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6 November
Waves as Big as 24 Feet Coming to Northern California Beaches
The first storm of the winter season is descending on Northern California, forecast to bring snow to the mountains and…
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5 November
Winter is Coming: First Storm of the Season Could Bring a Foot of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Snowy pier on Lake Tahoe. Photo by Ravi Pinisetti. The winter is approaching in the mountains of Northern California, with forecasts…
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Oct- 2020 -28 October
Chilly Temperatures Allow NorCal Ski Resorts to Begin Snowmaking for the Upcoming Season
Photo: Heavenly Ski Resort The temperatures dropped throughout Northern California this week, giving way to single digits in areas of…
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26 October
Howling Winds Clocked at 140 MPH in Northern California
Flickr/Michael Pujals A forecast for intense winds has put Northern California residents on edge as the possibility of another devastating…
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23 October
70+ MPH Gusts Will Bring ‘Truly Extreme’ Fire Conditions to Northern California
As Northern California enters the truly dangerous time of year for wildfires without significant rainfall in months, extreme fire weather…
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16 October
Farmer’s Almanac Has an Alarming Forecast for this Winter in Northern California
We can only hope for snowy conditions over the Sierra in the upcoming winter Northern California has been on a…
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12 October
Mount Shasta Surprised Onlookers with a Beautiful Lenticular Cloud Show this Weekend
Mount Shasta is known to marvel onlookers with a lenticular cloud show every now and again, and anyone lucky enough…
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Sep- 2020 -28 September
Winds Up to 65 MPH Bring More Critical Fire Weather to Northern California on Monday
Zogg Fire in Shasta County Sunday night saw a flurry of wildfire action stoked by dry conditions and howling winds…
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25 September
Potentially Record-Breaking Heatwave Brings Dangerous Fire Weather to Northern California
The past week has seen moderate weather conditions throughout Northern California, giving residents a reprieve from the heat and firefighters…
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18 September
Ray of Hope? Light Showers are Expected Across Northern California Today
As the historic wildfires continue to blaze across millions of acres in Northern California, residents have been hoping that Mother…
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Aug- 2020 -24 August
545 Lightning Strikes Recorded Overnight in California
Following a historic week of lightning-caused wildfires across California, the collective sentiment of residents bracing for another round of thunderstorms…
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21 August
Bad News: Another Lightning Storm Forecast to Hit Northern California this Weekend
As Northern California continues to battle hundreds of wildfires spanning over 700,000 acres created by a violent thunderstorm last weekend,…
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19 August
15 Insane Photos from Northern California’s 2-Day Lightning Storm
It is estimated that there were nearly 8,000 lightning strikes across California on Saturday and Sunday, dominating the sky with…
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17 August
CalFire Identifies 21 Wildfires in Butte County Caused by Lightning
The violent thunderstorms that brought nearly 8,000 lightning strikes to California this weekend moved into Butte County Monday morning, causing…
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17 August
California Experienced 7,863 Lightning Strikes Over the Past Two Days
A wild weekend of weather dominated the conversation in Northern California, with a record heatwave sweeping through the area along…
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17 August
Mount Shasta Put on a Spectacular Lenticular Cloud Show Over the Weekend
Mount Shasta is known to marvel onlookers with a lenticular cloud show every now and again, and anyone lucky enough…
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17 August
‘Exceptionally Dangerous’ Heatwave Continues Throughout Northern California this Week
A wild weekend of weather throughout Northern California included excessive heat, booming thunder, thousands of lightning strikes and a “firenado.”…
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Jul- 2020 -20 July
Lightning is Shooting Out of the Smoke Plume from the Hog Fire
Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse… As Lassen County’s Hog Fire continues to send massive amounts of…
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Jun- 2020 -29 June
High Winds Brings Ocean-Like Waves to Lake Tahoe
It was a bustling day at Lake Tahoe yesterday, with high winds coming off the mountains and creating a dangerous…
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24 June
Thunderstorm Brings Massive Balls of Hail to Kirkwood, California
While most of Northern California sat through incessant heat reaching triple digits on Tuesday, Kirkwood, California near Lake Tahoe received…
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21 June
Excessive Heat Watch: Heatwave Expected to Bring 110-Degree Temperatures to NorCal
Photo by Francois Olwage Following the weekend of the summer solstice, the first official day of summer, Northern California is going…
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May- 2020 -30 May
Thunderstorms Bring Rain, Lightning and Quarter-Sized Hail to NorCal
It was just a couple days ago that the sun was beating down on Northern California residents with triple digit…
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29 May
Strong Thunderstorm Approaches Lake Tahoe
Photo by Jordan Davis The National Weather Service has announced a strong thunderstorm is approaching Lake Tahoe with 50-mph winds and…
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29 May
Incoming Thunderstorm Ignites Flash Flood Watch for Areas of NorCal this Weekend
Flooding on I-5 near Corning in 2019. It seemed as if summer had arrived in Northern California this week as…
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27 May
NWS: Heatwave Could Melt What’s Left of the Northern California Snowpack
May Lake. Photo by Matt Artz. It was a disappointing winter in Northern California, with very little precipitation leaving the Sierra…
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24 May
Potentially Record-Breaking Heatwave Headed for Northern California this Week
Lake Oroville on a summer day The weather in May has been nothing short of splendid. Except for a few…
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24 May
Remembering the May 24, 2019 Tornado-Like Storm that Brought Golf-Ball Sized Hail to NorCal
The Memorial Day weekend of 2019 was just getting started when the National Weather Service issued a rare tornado warning…
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19 May
Eureka is Currently Experiencing its Wettest May in a Decade
Eureka coastline. Photo by Fabien Delétraz Northern California’s overall weather probably wouldn’t be described by anyone as “wet” this month, but…
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18 May
Mid-May Storm Brings Half-Inch-Sized Hail, Snow to Northern California
The unseasonable mid-May storm that descended on Northern California Monday brought with it some rain, winds and high-elevation snow. But…
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18 May
Snowy Conditions Bring Chain Controls to the Sierra
The unseasonable May storm has arrived in Northern California and it’s creating winter travel conditions in the Sierra Nevada mountains.…
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17 May
Storm Warning: Snow, Hail, Thunderstorms and 70+ MPH Winds Forecast for NorCal
Photo by Stephen Leonardi The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory and Winter Storm Warning throughout Northern California for…
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15 May
Prepare to Get Drenched: Rainy Weekend and High-Elevation Snow Forecast for Northern California
Photo by Alex Dukhanov Just as we were getting used to this perfect spring weather, Mother Nature is coming back for…
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7 May
A Potential Record-Setting Heatwave is Heading for Northern California
Rafters on the American River. Flickr/Robert Couse-Baker It’s the first week of May and the past month has seen some…
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2 May
NorCal’s Final Snow Survey of the Water Year Shows Snowpack at Just 3 Percent of Average
Photo: California Department of Water Resources The California Department of Water Resources conducted its final snow survey of the water…
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Apr- 2020 -27 April
Parts of Northern California Beginning to See Signs of ‘Extreme Drought’
Photo: Ben Amstutz We all knew this day would come. Following a lackluster winter in which parts of Northern California…
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3 April
April Showers: Rain and Snow Forecast to Pound Northern California this Weekend
April 1st arrived with the California Department of Water Resources announcing that California snowpack sat at a paltry 53 percent…
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Mar- 2020 -21 March
New Storm Forecast to Bring 2 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains this Week
Photo: National Weather Service Although this winter has been wildly disappointing in terms of precipitation in Northern California, March storms…
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18 March
VIDEO: Man Takes on Massive Widowmaker Snow Slab on Tahoe Cabin Roof
The massive winter storm that slammed the Tahoe area with nearly 10 feet of snow this week has given locals…
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17 March
Northern California Mountains Receive Nearly 10 Feet of Snow in Just 3 Days
It’s been some really bad timing for the closure of all the ski resorts in Northern California. As the storm…
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16 March
NorCal Road Conditions are Brutal Right Now. See What They Look Like.
This week’s storm, the biggest of the winter season so far, has created significant travel delays on high-elevation roadways throughout…
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16 March
NorCal is Buried in New Snow with 3 More Feet on the Way
The biggest storm of the winter season waited until mid-March to reach Northern California, but boy did it deliver. Initial…
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15 March
Interstate 80 Reopens Over Donner Summit with Chain Controls
With a massive storm slamming the Tahoe area on Saturday and Sunday, officials were forced to close Interstate 80 for…
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15 March
I-80 Closed for 50 Miles Near Tahoe with 3 Feet of New Snow Overnight
Interstate 80 at Soda Springs The biggest storm of the season delivered on Saturday with multiple feet of snow falling…
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13 March
Weekend Storm Upgraded with 60 Inches of Snow for NorCal Mountains, 70+ MPH Winds
Deep Powder in the winter of 2019 at Sierra-at-Tahoe The big winter storm that Northern California residents have been waiting…
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11 March
Winter’s Back! Up to 4 Feet of Snow Forecast to Hit NorCal Mountains
Tahoe snowpack was much more robust in the winter of 2019 Saying that this winter in Northern California has been…
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6 March
Winter Weather Advisory: Nearly a Foot of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Weekend
Snow in Lassen Volcanic National Park Following the driest February Northern California has ever recorded, we aren’t exactly seeing the…
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1 March
Miracle March?! Tahoe Area Wakes Up to Nearly a Foot of New Snow
Following a historically dry February, the Tahoe area was reminded what winter looks like with a blanketing of nearly a…
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Feb- 2020 -28 February
Sound the Alarm! Rain and Snow Forecast for Parts of NorCal this Weekend
Tahoe snow. Flickr/Scott Schrantz It’s been over a month since some parts of Northern California have seen any precipitation, but…
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21 February
February is Shaping Up to be the Driest in NorCal’s Recorded History
If you’ve been noticing a significant lack of precipitation in Northern California this month, you’re on to something. In fact,…
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18 February
Satellite Images Show Staggering Loss of Sierra Nevada Snowpack
The Northern California water year began with huge storms at the end of November and throughout December 2019, but it’s…
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12 February
Where’s All the Rain in NorCal? This Satellite Image Tells the Story of a Dry Winter
Where’s did all the rain and snow go? Following a fantastic beginning to the water year in Northern California, we’ve…
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11 February
High Winds Transform Lake Tahoe Into a Scene from The Perfect Storm
It was a windy week throughout Northern California, but no place saw bigger gusts than the Tahoe area. In fact,…
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9 February
Record Setting Wind? 209 MPH Winds Recorded Over Tahoe Peak Under Question
Flickr/Ryan Grimm Although it was widely known that high winds were pervasive across Norther California today, National Weather Service officials…
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9 February
Some Tahoe Ski Resorts Closing for the Day Amidst Winds up to 100 MPH
Heavenly Mountain Resort The National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning throughout Northern California on Sunday and Tahoe ski…
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9 February
NWS Issues High Wind Warning with Howling Winds Forecast for NorCal
Alpine Meadows Summit. Photo: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows High winds are expected to be prevalent throughout Northern California through Sunday…
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