NASA Images Reveal February Blizzard’s Impact on Sierra Nevada Snowpack

NASA images reveal February blizzard’s impact on Sierra Nevada snowpack

(KRON) -- The Sierra Nevada mountain range is living up to its Spanish name. In the middle of February, a powerful blizzard dumped several feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, which translates to "snowy mountain" in Spanish. NASA released satellite images showing a dramatic contrast for the snowpack between mid-January and mid-February. In January, NASA wrote, "The mountains of the western United States are sporting thin winter coats." January 15,…

Dramatic satellite photos show California’s mountains blanketed with snow after intense storms

See the images from space: After stormy weather, the Sierra Nevada mountains are covered in snow, and statewide snowpack levels are approaching normal.

Before-and-after: See how huge snow storms transformed the Sierra Nevada in just a few days

Powerful storms over the past week dumped the most snow on the Sierra Nevada in a few days than any time in more than 40 years. Over the five days from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20, a total of 111 inches of new snow fell at the University of California’s Central Sierra Snow Lab near Donner Summit off Interstate 80. That deluge — more than 9 feet in 120 hours — is the most snow to accumulate in any five-day period since April 1982, when 118 inches fell, ac…

Winter Storm Batters Northern Sierra Nevada Regions

Residents face extended power outages, travel disruptions, and cleanup after days of heavy snow and wind.