Residents across the Sierra were bunkering in Thursday, bracing for fierce storm front stretching across three days that will send wind chills plunging well below zero and adding 3 feet or more to the already impressive snowpack.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm advisory for the region until Saturday.
"Snow expected on Thursday into early Friday," the weather service in Reno warned."Total snow accumulations of 4 to 12 inches, except 12 to 24 inches above 7000 feet. Winds gusting as high as 90 mph along Sierra ridgelines with gusts up to 35 mph in the Tahoe Basin." The forecasters predicted the condition would whip up the waters of Lake Tahoe with waves ranging from 2 to 4 feet."Total snow accumulations of 8 to 15 inches at lake level and 1 to 2 feet at the Sierra crest," the forecasters predicted for the second pulse."Winds could gust as high as 60 mph along Sierra ridgelines.
The UC Sierra Snow Lab at near Donner Summit on I-80 already had a foot of new snow by 1 p.m. Thursday. "We have had 16.5" of snow in the last 24 hours," the researcher tweeted."Cold temperatures have given us light and fluffy snow with a snow-to-liquid ratio* of 16.5:1. We're expecting snowfall to increase today and tomorrow with another 3-4 feet by Saturday morning."
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