US Edition‘Major travel impacts’ expected as winter storm watch is issued for northern California
The watch warns of several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada causing major travel impacts during Presidents Day weekend, with travel delays likely, officials said.
- On Sunday the Weather Prediction Center warned a pair of Pacific storms would bring multiple days of heavy snow to California's mountains, starting Sunday and lasting into the week.
- This shift in the upper‑air pattern causes the jet stream to plunge south, bringing cooler air and Pacific moisture into the West.
- Data show intense snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour with heavier bursts, plus ridge-top gusts over 100 mph and valley gusts up to 45 mph in the Coastal Range near Shasta County, southern Cascades, and Sierra Nevada.
- Officials warned travel could become impossible with likely closures of Interstate 80 and the Grapevine, while Los Angeles area neighborhoods faced evacuation warnings through Tuesday and PG&E prepositioned crews using AI models.
- With Sierra snowpack at about 53%, the storms provide needed replenishment as forecasters expect the wet pattern through at least late Thursday with a second storm Tuesday raising flood risks in burn‑scarred slopes and urban flood zones.
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