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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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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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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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3 February
Massive Lenticular Cloud Appears Over Lake Tahoe
We’re used to seeing lenticular cloud shows over Mount Shasta, which may happen three to four times a month, but…
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1 February
Following a Mostly Dry January, California Snowpack Drops to 72 Percent of of Average
The winter in Northern California began strong in the final six weeks of 2019, bringing strong storms to the Sierra…
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Jan- 2020 -18 January
This Week’s Storm Creates HUGE Waves for Surfers on Lake Tahoe
This week’s storm brought massive amounts of snow to the Sierra, closing down roads and bringing 100+ mph winds to…
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17 January
Avalanche Reported on Mount Shasta that was ‘At Least a Hundred Yards’
With the brunt of the winter storm arriving on Mount Shasta, avalanche conditions have been high on the mountain. When…
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14 January
3 Northern California Peaks Record 100+ MPH Winds Over the Past 24 Hours
Alpine Meadows Summit. Photo: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows As a few big winter storms begin to descend onto Northern California,…
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14 January
Intense Winds Expected to Reach 100 MPH on Mount Shasta this Week
Flickr/Owen Byrne As Northern California prepares for a batch of winter storms preparing to hit this week, falling snow and…
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13 January
Viral Video Shows Beachgoers Swept Off Their Feet by King Tide Wave at Moonstone Beach
The king tide has been wreaking havoc along the North Coast recently, swallowing up beaches and surprising unexpected beachgoers with…
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13 January
Winter Storm Watch: Nearly 8 Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week
As the very beginning of 2020 took shape, Northern California enjoyed mostly sunny skies and moderate temperatures, but that’s about…
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10 January
More Snow Coming to the NorCal Mountains Tonight, With the BIG Storm Expected Next Week
Snowshoers in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo: National Park Service Following a snowy month to begin the winter in late…
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6 January
California DWR Officials Once Again Emphasize Climate Change in Annual Snow Survey
Sierra snow survey on January 2, 2020. Photo: DWR Although the New Year snow surveys conducted by the California Department…
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3 January
Scary Video Shows Beachgoer Getting Swept Out to Sea By Massive Bay Area Wave
The waves have been vicious around the Bay Area and Sonoma Coast lately, with multiple high-surf warnings being issued by…
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3 January
DWR’s First Snow Survey of 2020 Shows Statewide Snowpack at 90 Percent of Average
Photo: California Department of Water Resources It’s become an annual tradition on the beginning of every year for the California…
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Dec- 2019 -29 December
Mount Shasta Put on a Gorgeous Post-Christmas Lenticular Cloud Show
As the clouds parted over Northern California on Christmas Day, locals bogged down by rain and snow for the past…
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23 December
NorCal Ski Resorts Lead the List of Deepest Snowpacks in North America
Facebook/Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows It’s been a snowy start the water year and much like the epic winter of 2018-19,…
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18 December
Despite Sunny Skies, Rain Hits the Muir Woods National Monument
Flickr/Decaseconds On Tuesday, December 17th, visitors to Muir Woods National Monument finally saw some sunny skies that have been rare…
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17 December
More Rain and Snow Forecast for NorCal this Week with a Bigger Storm Expected this Weekend
Photo: Lassen Volcanic National Park As we enter into the third week of December in Northern California, we’re seeing more…
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13 December
Record-Setting 75-Foot Wave Recorded Off the Northern California Coast
Photo: Flickr/mlhradio A 75-foot wave was recorded off the Northern California coast on November 26, setting the record for the…
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11 December
More Rain, Snow Heading for Northern California this Week
It’s been a non-stop onslaught of rain and snow in Northern California since the now famous ‘bomb cyclone’ hit on…
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11 December
Satellite Images Show the Insane Snowfall that Hit the Sierra Nevada in Just 2 Weeks
The month of November in Northern California was looking rather dry until Mother Nature hit in a big way during…
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5 December
Nearly 7 Feet of Snow, 50 MPH Winds Forecast for NorCal this Weekend
It’s been just over a week since we received the Thanksgiving week storm that blanketed Northern California with snow, and…
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1 December
‘Atmospheric River’ to Bring Nearly 7 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains Through Monday
Here we go again. Northern California welcomed winter in a fantastic way Thanksgiving week, with a “bomb cyclone” storm bringing…
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Nov- 2019 -28 November
Winter Storm Watch: 3 More Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains Through Sunday
It was a spectacular start to winter in Northern California when a the “bomb cyclone” storm brought 2 feet of…
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27 November
Video Shows Crazy Scene in Dunsmuir with Cars Backed Up for Miles on Snow-Laden I-5
With the closure of Interstate 5 between Redding and Yreka on Tuesday and Wednesday, it’s caused quite the commotion for…
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27 November
Interstate 5 Between Yreka and Redding Reopens to Southbound Traffic, Northbound Remains Closed
Here’s a quick update for anyone crazy enough to travel on Interstate 5 between Yreka and Redding today – as…
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27 November
Northern California’s ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Storm is Putting Up Historic Numbers
Following two excruciatingly dry months in Northern California, winter has finally arrived in the form of a massive “bombogenesis” storm.…
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27 November
Interstate 80 Remains Closed to All Traffic Near Tahoe Due to Storm
Any Holiday travel was completely stifled on Tuesday evening when a “bombogenesis” storm descended into Northern California, forcing officials to…
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27 November
Interstate 5 Remains Closed to All Traffic Between Redding and Yreka Due to Snow
As the sun rose Wednesday morning to reveal large amounts of snow throughout Northern California, Holiday travel remains stifled. Due…
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27 November
Interstate 80 Reopens Near Tahoe with Chain Controls
Following a more than 3-hour closure on the popular stretch of Interstate 80 near Tahoe, the road has reopened to…
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27 November
UPDATE: Northbound I-5 Closed to All Traffic 10 Miles North of Redding
We recently reported that northbound traffic had been closed on Interstate 5 in Dunsmuir due to spinouts and now CalTrans…
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26 November
Northbound I-5 Closed at South Dunsmuir Due to Multiple Spinouts
The massive Thanksgiving storm just reached Northern California and there’s already multiple road closures. One large road closure is northbound…
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26 November
Snowstorm Blankets NorCal – See the Early Sights of the Snow Throughout Northern California
We all knew it was coming – a “bombogenesis” storm that would blanket Northern California through Thanksgiving. But it arrived…
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26 November
Interstate 80 Closed at Alta Due to Snowstorm Induced Collisions
Photo: California Highway Patrol After much hype, the massive snowstorm has hit Northern California and traffic conditions are already being…
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26 November
NWS Updated Snow Forecast: 4 Inches for Redding, 2 Feet for Shasta Lake and 3 Feet for Dunsmuir
Snow in Downtown Dunsmuir Yesterday, we noticed a change in the weather patterns of the upcoming storm descending on Northern…
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26 November
NWS Calls Upcoming Storm a ‘Bombogenesis.’ Here’s What That Means.
The National Weather Service tweeted a GIF of the storm descending into Northern California on Tuesday, calling it a “bombogenesis.”…
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26 November
Howling Winds Reach 101 MPH in Sierra Ahead of Big Winter Storm
View of Sierra Nevada from Mammoth Airport. Flickr/Jeff Sullivan The first big winter storm is descending into Northern California this…
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26 November
Lassen Park Highway Will Close Tuesday Due to Snowstorm
Photo: Lassen Volcanic National Park The first major winter storm is set to slam Northern California this week and Lassen…
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26 November
Winter Storm Warning – Up to 3 Feet Snow of Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week
Flickr/Scott Schrantz We’ve been keeping our eye on the first big winter storm heading for Northern California this week, and…
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25 November
Massive Waves up to 35-Feet Set to Slam Northern California Coast
Photo: Flickr/mlhradio The first significant winter storm of the season is making its way into Northern California, and boy is…
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