{"id":106344,"date":"2025-12-23T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106344\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:18:08","slug":"winter-storm-warnings-across-sierra-nevada-white-mountains-and-northern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106344\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Warnings across Sierra Nevada, White Mountains, and northern California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Storm Warnings  have been issued across the Sierra Nevada, White Mountains, Inyo County, Siskiyou County, Yosemite National Park, the Lake Tahoe Basin, and adjacent Nevada ranges as a strong <a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/epicenter\/what-are-atmospheric-rivers-and-how-they-shape-regional-flood-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">atmospheric river<\/a> moves into the region. <\/p>\n<p>A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 16:00 PST  Tuesday to 22:00 PST Friday for the Sierra Nevada south of Yosemite National Park, including Hume Lake, Huntington Lake, and Sequoia National Park. <\/p>\n<p>Total snow accumulations of 1.2\u20132.1 m (4\u20137 feet) are expected above 2 130 m (7 000 feet), with wind gusts up to 90 km\/h (55 mph). Snow levels will lower from 2 100\u20132 400 m (7 000\u20138 000 feet) Tuesday evening to around 1 830 m (6 000 feet) by Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>For Yosemite National Park (outside the valley), the warning will be in effect until 22:00 PST Friday. Accumulations of 1.5\u20132.4 m (5\u20138 feet) of snow are expected with winds up to 90 km\/h (55 mph). Snow levels will start near 2 400 m (8 000 feet) Tuesday and gradually lower to 1 830 m (6 000 feet) by Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>In southern Inyo County, the White Mountains and Eastern Sierra Slopes are under a Winter Storm Warning from 16:00 PST Tuesday to 16:00 PST Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Snow accumulations are expected to go over 0.9 m (3 feet) above 2 740 m (9 000 feet) and 0.3\u20130.6 m (1\u20132 feet) above 2 440 m (8 000 feet). Wind gusts are forecast to reach 90 km\/h (55 mph), creating periods of whiteout conditions. Travel on Highway 168 through Westgard Pass may become impossible at times as snow levels drop to around 1 830 m (6 000 feet) by Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>NWS Medford issued a Winter Storm Warning from 04:00 PST Tuesday through 10:00 PST Friday for elevations above 1 370 m (4 500 feet) in Siskiyou County. Snow totals of 0.3\u20130.9 m (1\u20133 feet) are expected, with up to 1.5 m (5 feet) in higher terrain near 1 830 m (6 000 feet). Winds could gust to 95 km\/h (60 mph), particularly Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning and again on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Farther north, the warning effect from 22:00 PST Tuesday through 22:00 PST Friday for the West Slope of Northern Sierra Nevada and Western Plumas County. Snow totals of up to 0.3 m (1 foot) between 1 370\u20131 680 m (4 500\u20135 500 feet) and 1.2\u20132.4 m (4\u20138 feet) above 1 680 m (5 500 feet) are forecast, with winds gusting up to 95 km\/h (60 mph).<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Lake Tahoe area remains under a Winter Storm Warning from 22:00 PST Tuesday through 10:00 PST  Friday. Communities around Lake Tahoe could see 0.3\u20130.6 m (1\u20132 feet) of snow, while elevations above 2 130 m (7 000 feet) could accumulate 0.9\u20131.5 m (3\u20135 feet). Wind gusts up to 160 km\/h (100 mph) along the highest ridges are likely, causing blowing snow and periodic whiteouts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>1 Winter Storm Warning \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&amp;wwa=Winter%20Storm%20Warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NWS<\/a> \u2013 December 23, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Warnings have been issued across the Sierra Nevada, White Mountains, Inyo County, Siskiyou County, Yosemite National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29562,7,9,8,124,8761,19433,2754],"class_list":["post-106344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-atmospheric-rivers","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-sierra-nevada","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-us-weather","tag-winter-storm-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}