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Nov- 2022 -14 November
Why Does Mammoth Get So Much Snow? Here’s the Science Behind It.
Mammoth Mountain made headlines in recent winters for producing some epic snowfall. In February, 2019 they broke a 30-year-old snowfall record and…
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10 November
Storm Totals: More Than Four Feet of New Snow Fell in the NorCal Mountains
Bunny Flat. Photo by Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center The 2022-23 winter is off to one heck of a start! This…
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8 November
NorCal is Covered in Snow! Here’s a Look at the Mountain Roadways
The snow started falling hard on Monday night in Northern California and hasn’t let up! Following a November 1st storm…
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3 November
NovemBURIED Continues! Incoming Storm Could Bring Another 4 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Snowy Emigrant Gap. Photo by Wil Stewart. It was a stunning sight to see snow begin to fall in Northern California…
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1 November
It’s DUMPING in Tahoe Right Now and the Roads are Already a Complete Mess
The first significant storm of the season has officially arrived in Tahoe and it’s currently DUMPING. Some reports show 6…
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1 November
BREAKING: Snowstorm Has Arrived in Mount Shasta and it’s Coming Down HARD
Remember, remember the first of November. Those will hopefully be our words in a few months when we see a…
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Oct- 2022 -30 October
NovemBURIED? A Foot of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week
Despite another year of drought in Northern California, the fall months have already brought plenty of precipitation. September saw 1000%…
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Sep- 2022 -23 September
Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Two Different Winters in Northern California
Lake Tahoe winter. Photo by adrianna geo. Northern California has been on a roller coaster ride the past decade when it…
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19 September
Mount Shasta Looks Stunning with a Fresh Layer of New Snow
Photo: Mount Shasta Avalanche Center The early-season storm that soaked Northern California on Sunday also brought some much-needed snowfall to…
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16 September
Hallelujah! An Early-Season Storm is Forecast to Soak Northern California
Photo: Sacramento State/Andrea Price With wildfire season beginning to reach its peak in Northern California, Mother Nature is sending us…
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6 September
Sacramento Shatters 97-Year-Old Heat Record
Photo by Stephen Leonardi The city of Sacramento shattered its all-time heat record on Tuesday afternoon when it recorded a temperature…
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6 September
Buckle Up: All-Time Record Heat Could Hit NorCal this Afternoon
Photo by Stephen Leonardi The current heat wave in California is already putting up staggering numbers, breaking multiple heat records, placing…
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Aug- 2022 -29 August
Study: Catastrophic Mega-Flood an Imminent Threat to Northern California
Over the past decade, we’ve seen dramatic swings in weather during the different seasons in Northern California. From drought to…
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Jul- 2022 -19 July
Climate Scientist Explains the Cause of Northern California’s Megafires
*This article initially ran in the summer of 2018 Following the Carr Fire, we tackled the “new normal” of devastating…
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18 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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May- 2022 -13 May
Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Hot and Rainy Summer for Northern California
With some late-spring precipitation boosting snowpack and water levels throughout Northern California, the area is still primed for the devastating…
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Apr- 2022 -25 April
Satellite Images Show Complete Transformation of Sierra Snowpack Following April Storms
After a historically dry winter in Northern California, the region was met with a welcomed April downpour which included multiple…
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22 April
Tahoe Ski Resort Set to Reopen After 3 Feet of New Snow
After a mostly dry winter season from January through March, many ski resorts in Northern California were forced to close…
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21 April
Heavy April Precipitation Relieves Areas of Northern California from Extreme Drought
Lassen Volcanic National Park had to reclose its entrance after heavy April snowfall As the waning days of March ended…
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19 April
Mount Shasta Experiences a ‘Second Winter’ with Heavy April Snowfall
The winter in Northern California was depressing, with little to no precipitation falling throughout the region from January to March.…
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15 April
Better Late Than Never: Heavy Snowfall Brings Winter Conditions Back to Northern California
It’s been a winter of extremes in Northern California. From October through December, the Sierra saw the most snow during…
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15 April
Greyhound Driver Abandons Bus Near Snowy Donner Summit, Causing I-80 Closure
The snow finally began falling in the Sierra this week, a far cry from the historically dry January through March.…
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14 April
The 2022 Winter in Northern California was the Driest on Record
Photo: Ben Amstutz Following three years of extreme drought, Northern California was met with a drenched opening of the water year.…
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11 April
April Showers: Thunderstorms, More Than a Foot of Snow Forecast for NorCal Today
It’s no secret that Northern California is experiencing one of its driest winters on record, so at this moment, we’ll…
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2 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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Feb- 2022 -1 February
Sierra Snowpack Falls to Average Levels Following Dry January
Photo: California Department of Water Resources After an embarrassment of precipitation riches following the historic snowfall of December, Sierra snowpack…
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Jan- 2022 -31 January
Meteorologist: No California Precipitation on the Horizon for Next Two Weeks
Photo by Etienne Boulanger Following the historic snowfall of December 2021, Mother Nature has gone quiet in Northern California. During the…
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18 January
California on the Verge of its Driest January on Record
Folsom Lake. Photo by Simon Hurry. As we entered into the New Year, Everything was grand in Northern California. Historic rain…
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Dec- 2021 -30 December
This Timelapse of Tahoe in December is INSANE to Watch
It’s been one heck of a snowy month in Tahoe – the snowiest December ever seen in the region. With…
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27 December
Highway 395 Reopens into Mammoth Lakes Following 48-Hour Closure
Photo: Visit Mammoth Highway 395 in Mono County began receiving heavy snowfall on Christmas Day, closing the only roadway into…
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27 December
WATCH: Snowy Grass Valley is an Absolute Sh**show with Downed Trees and Power Lines
The massive storm that has blanketed Northern California with snow is causing a lot of issues for locals. Tahoe and…
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27 December
Sierra Storm Totals Surpass 10 Feet of New Snow with More on the Way
Photo: Palisades Tahoe The current storm blasting the Sierra with snow brought 3 more feet of snow last night, surpassing…
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27 December
It’s Official: The December Record for Snowfall in Tahoe Has Been Shattered
The Tahoe region has now surpassed its snowiest December ever with snowfall totals measuring in at 193.7 inches for the…
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26 December
Palisades Tahoe Experiencing 100+ MPH Winds with Whiteout Conditions
Sunday morning saw a lot of Tahoe ski resorts closing amidst howling winds and whiteout conditions. Even with up to…
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26 December
Interstate 80 Remains Closed for 70 Miles Near Lake Tahoe
Photo: CHP Truckee With the massive storm continuing to dump snow on the Tahoe region, travel has become very difficult…
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26 December
Highway 395 Remains Closed with No Way In or Out of Mammoth Lakes
Highway 395 looks like a barren wasteland. Photo: CalTrans The storms have dumped on California’s Eastern Sierra mountains this week…
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26 December
DEEPCEMBER: Storm Brings MASSIVE Snowfall to NorCal Mountains. Here Are the Numbers.
Photo: CHP Truckee The larges series of storms forecast for Northern California this week has delivered with heavy snowfall and…
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24 December
Tahoe Region Could Break the Record for Snowiest December Ever
Photo by Ravi Pinisetti Following a year of abysmal snowfall in the Sierra, Lake Tahoe reached its natural brim this summer,…
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24 December
Snowfall Forecasted to Hit Redding Next Week
The series of storms currently blankenting Northern California are bringing heavy snowfall to the mountains and plenty of rain to…
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20 December
It’s a Christmas Miracle! Another 10 Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week.
Following just a 3-day break from the rain and snow that has dominated weather patterns in Northern California in December,…
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15 December
Interstate 5 Closed Near Shasta Lake Due to Heavy Snowfall
Just as meteorologists predicted, temperatures dropped and rain turned to snow at low elevations in Northern California on Wednesday, forcing…
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15 December
We’re Not Finished Yet! Up to 4 More Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains Through Thursday
It’s been one heck of a snowy week in the Northern California mountains, with the highest-elevation areas receiving more than…
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14 December
CHP: Snow Storm is ‘Creating Havoc’ on Major Tahoe Roadways
The massive snow storm peaked overnight in the Sierra, bringing multiple feet of snow to the Tahoe basin and creating…
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14 December
Sacramento Has Already Surpassed the Precipitation of Last Year’s Entire Water Year
Photo by Robert Couse-Baker The last water year was extremely dry in Sacramento with a record 212-day dry streak lasting…
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13 December
Mt. Shasta Ski Park is Getting POUNDED by Snowfall
It’s Monday morning in Northern California and the cold, wet storm is dumping snow the mountains. Many Tahoe ski resorts…
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13 December
‘Very Dangerous Avalanche Conditions’ Reported in the Sierra
With multiple feet of new snow falling on the Sierra over the past two days, the Sierra Avalanche Center has…
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12 December
Blizzard Conditions Bring Chains Controls, Dangerous Driving Conditions to NorCal Mountains
The big storm that will hopefully jumpstart winter has arrived in Northern California. The snow is beginning to fall heavily…
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10 December
Buckle Up! Incoming Storm Could Bring 100+ Inches of Snow to Northern California Mountains
Photo by Visit Mammoth Winter is on its way to Northern California in the form of a massive storm that…
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7 December
The First Glimpse of Snow and Rain Returns to NorCal with A LOT More on the Way
Photo by Don Graham Following a historic late-October storm that filled the Northern California mountains with snow and brought large…
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Nov- 2021 -15 November
La Nina is Here to Stay. Here’s What That Means for Winter in Northern California.
Giant walls of snow in the Sierra. In the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s recent winter outlook report, La Nina…
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Oct- 2021 -28 October
Satellite Images Show Astounding Snowpack Growth Throughout Northern California
In just one week, the mountains of Northern California went from historic drought to impressive snowpack, mostly due to the…
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26 October
Northern California Water Levels are Rising at an Astounding Rate
Lake Oroville. Photo by ray_explores A historic storm slammed Northern California this week and boy did we need it. With…
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25 October
OctoBURIED! See the Best Photos from the Rare Fall Storm in Tahoe
Tahoe is officially OctoBURIED! The rare October storm brought multiple feet of snow to Tahoe, turning the mountains into a…
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25 October
Historic California Ghost Town Transforms into a Winter Wonderland
The popular Bodie State Historic Park is a fun destination in the Eastern Sierra to learn about the history of…
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25 October
Popular Highways into Tahoe Closed in Both Directions Due to Blizzard Conditions
The rare October storm that is causing flooding and breaking multiple rain records throughout Northern California has also brought snow…
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25 October
The 141-Year-Old All-Time Rain Record was Just Shattered in Sacramento
Photo: Robert Couse-Baker The atmospheric river that has drenched Northern California over the past two days is becoming historic. The…
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24 October
Drone Footage Shows Massive Landslide that Closed Highway 70
Video of landslide as well as other rock slides, debris flows and mudslides along Hwy 70 in Plumas County. #debrisflows…
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24 October
Rare Storm Hits Northern California as a Category AR5 – The Strongest Type of Atmospheric River
A potentially historic storm has landed in Northern California – one that could singlehandedly end fire season and bring significant…
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22 October
Incoming Storms Could Bring Nearly 6 Feet of Snow to the Tahoe Mountains
Photo: CalTrans For the past 8 months, we have been dealing with one of the worst droughts over the past…
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22 October
Storm Approaching Northern California has Been Classified as a ‘Bomb Cyclone.’ Here’s What That Means.
Sattelite view of the “bomb cyclone” that hit Northern California in November 2019 Northern California is in for a rare…
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21 October
Rare Atmospheric River Heading for NorCal Could Bring a Foot of Rain at its Epicenter
Following a historic drought that dropped water levels dangerously low and added to Northern California’s historic wildfires of 2021, the…
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20 October
Flash Flood Watch Issued for Burn Scars of Northern California with Storms Approaching
In just a matter of a week, it seems like Northern California has transitioned from historic drought to extremely wet…
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18 October
Rainfall Finally Ends Sacramento’s Record-Setting 212-Day Dry Streak
Photo: Sacramento State/Andrea Price We all know that Northern California has been in the midst of a historic drought, but…
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17 October
Rejoice! Up to a Foot of Snow, Rain Showers Forecast Throughout Northern California.
Celebrating the snow in Tahoe. Photo by Emily Hoehenrieder. Following a horrendous water year and a historic drought throughout Northern California,…
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17 October
Spectacular Alien Sunrise Lenticular Cloud Appears Over Mount Shasta
This morning saw another beautiful lenticular cloud over Mount Shasta. This one, with the sunrise beaming under the cloud like…
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8 October
First Snow of the Season Brings Glorious White Mountaintops to Tahoe
Webcam at Palisades Tahoe After a long and grueling drought throughout Northern California, Mother Nature finally brought us a glimpse…
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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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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
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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