A mostly dry January left California’s snowpack in serious need of some big snow this month, and this week the need is being met. A series of storms is bringing huge snow totals to the highest peaks of the Tahoe Basin. Sierra ski resort totals since Monday have been impressive, according to our weather team.The three-day totals ranged between 4 and 6 feet. Palisades Tahoe: 76 inchesHeavenly: 50 inchesKirkwood: 61 inchesSierra-at-Tahoe: 61 inchesNorthstar: 50 inchesPeople at 3000 to 4000 feet have shared their backyard snow totals of two to three feet since Sunday night. Another round of snow is forecast overnight Wednesday into Thursday. That could bring an additional foot of snow to elevations between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. See a map of California snow totals below. Meanwhile, Valley locations picked up 2 to 3 inches of rain since the weekend. That included more than 2.5 inches in Sacramento and 2.89 inches in Stockton. The Foothills notched 3 to 5 inches of rainfall, with Placerville recording 4.28 inches and Arnold 5.16 inches. See a rain totals map of locations across Northern California below.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A mostly dry January left California’s snowpack in serious need of some big snow this month, and this week the need is being met.
A series of storms is bringing huge snow totals to the highest peaks of the Tahoe Basin.
Sierra ski resort totals since Monday have been impressive, according to our weather team.
The three-day totals ranged between 4 and 6 feet.
Palisades Tahoe: 76 inchesHeavenly: 50 inchesKirkwood: 61 inchesSierra-at-Tahoe: 61 inchesNorthstar: 50 inches
People at 3000 to 4000 feet have shared their backyard snow totals of two to three feet since Sunday night.
Another round of snow is forecast overnight Wednesday into Thursday. That could bring an additional foot of snow to elevations between 5,000 and 7,000 feet.
See a map of California snow totals below.
Meanwhile, Valley locations picked up 2 to 3 inches of rain since the weekend. That included more than 2.5 inches in Sacramento and 2.89 inches in Stockton.
The Foothills notched 3 to 5 inches of rainfall, with Placerville recording 4.28 inches and Arnold 5.16 inches.
See a rain totals map of locations across Northern California below.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel