A number of car spin-outs precipitated visitors to be held on Freeway 50 between Echo Summit and Meyers Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.
“Harmful to unimaginable” journey is anticipated within the Sierra Nevada as one other winter storm blows by means of the mountains Saturday, in accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service.
The climate service additionally mentioned it expects a band of heavy rain to hit, because the entrance strikes up the Freeway 80 hall.
“Proper now it seems to be like some actually intense snow,” Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist Eric Kurth mentioned. “With that heavier band of showers and thunderstorms — the remnants of that transferring up in there — issues might get even heavier.”
The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, positioned at an elevation of 6,894 ft in Soda Springs, California, said it had received 21.3 inches of snow in a 24-hour interval as of 8:50 a.m.
There was 10 ft of snow already on the bottom, the lab reported, and it expects 2 to three extra ft by Monday morning.
“Harmful to unimaginable Sierra journey is anticipated as a line of sturdy thunderstorms strikes by means of over the following few hours,” the climate service tweeted at 11:20 a.m. Saturday. “Heavy snowfall charges 2-4” with zero visibility & gusty winds will create impassable roads & whiteout circumstances. Journey is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED!”
Street closures
A number of spin-outs precipitated visitors to be held at varied places up the hill towards Lake Tahoe on eastbound Interstate 80 beginning at Drum Street, in accordance with Caltrans.
Site visitors was stopped on Donner Summit, Caltrans mentioned in a post on Twitter.
The freeway was closed westbound on the state line and eastbound at Colfax as a consequence of spin-outs, excessive winds and white-out driving circumstances, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Site visitors was held eastbound on the freeway round two miles east of Baxter as a consequence of spin-outs, the CHP acknowledged. The route is closed at Colfax to stop a visitors jam up the hill.
Caltrans mentioned visitors can be being held on Freeway 50 between Echo Summit and Meyers as a consequence of a number of spin-outs.
Freeway 49 is closed from about 4 miles north of the Nevada/Yuba County line at Marysville Street to Sattley in Sierra County as a consequence of heavy snow, Caltrans reported.
Freeway 20 is closed between Nevada Road and the I-80 junction as a consequence of icy highway circumstances.
There is no such thing as a estimated time to re-open any of those roadways.
Go to https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov for the most recent highway and visitors data.
This story was initially printed January 14, 2023 11:55 AM.