Mountains still blanketed in snow as California storm eases. Will it snow next week?
Sacramento Bee 1/29/2021 Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 29 The heaviest of rain, snow and wind have passed from this week s major atmospheric storm across Northern California, but showers continued Friday and mountain travel is still treacherous following whiteout conditions Thursday.
The storm brought feet of snow across the Sierra Nevada range this week. In 72 hours, from midday Monday to early Thursday afternoon, between 2 feet and 5 feet of snow fell across various Sierra and Tahoe-area ski resorts, according to the National Weather Service.
In the Sierra, Interstate 80 was back open in both directions, with chain controls, by 7 a.m. Friday. Traffic was closed overnight due to multiple spinouts, Caltrans said in tweets.
Storm on Tuesday night: Wind downs trees, power lines across Sacramento, N. California [The Sacramento Bee]
Jan. 27 A menacing and massive winter storm, fueled by an “atmospheric river” from the north Pacific Ocean, has reached the Sacramento region on Tuesday night.
The extreme storm is bringing heavy winds, near-freezing rain and dangerous driving conditions to the Valley floor; even at low elevations, snow is falling in several areas in Northern California.
This updates page for Tuesday has ended; get the latest Wednesday developments here.
Power outages reported across Sacramento region, SMUD says
The storm, as advertised, has made its presence felt across the capital region Tuesday evening. Just after 11 p.m. about 76,000 customers of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District were without power, mostly due to power lines being knocked down by tree branches or the wind. A number of outages were being sparked by blowing transformers as well, according to the utility.
Flood advisory issued as storm knocks out power, uproots trees across Davis
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Property damage across Davis was extensive Wednesday after a severe weather system swept through Northern California. In North Davis, this toppled tree damaged a parked Volkswagen van. Owen Yancher/Enterprise photo
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Thousands of Davis residents were left without electricity late Tuesday night, many through Thursday, after a severe winter weather system swept through Northern California.
More than 7,000 lost power as gale force winds and freezing rain toppled power lines and trees throughout the region.
Around midnight, more than 3,000 residents lost power as most of the UC Davis campus and Central Davis experienced a blackout. Along with PG&E, the Davis police and fire departments responded to multiple storm-related incidents during the night including a knocked down transformer in the 1400 block of East Eighth Street. Howling winds brought down a handful of power
Storm on Tuesday night: Wind downs trees, power lines across Sacramento, N. California
Sacramento Bee 1/27/2021 Daniel Hunt, Noel Harris, Michael McGough, and Theresa Clift, The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 27 A menacing and massive winter storm, fueled by an atmospheric river from the north Pacific Ocean, has reached the Sacramento region on Tuesday night.
The extreme storm is bringing heavy winds, near-freezing rain and dangerous driving conditions to the Valley floor; even at low elevations, snow is falling in several areas in Northern California.
This updates page for Tuesday has ended; get the latest Wednesday developments here.
Power outages reported across Sacramento region, SMUD says
Sacramento Power Outages Hit 100,000 Homes and Businesses Amid Major Storm
On 1/27/21 at 8:56 AM EST
Power outages are affecting tens of thousands of people in the Sacramento area after a storm system brought strong winds, heavy rain and snow to parts of California on Tuesday night.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is currently reporting north of 700 active power outages, affecting roughly 100,000 customers. Mother nature is dealing us a rough hand tonight, SMUD posted on Twitter Tuesday evening. We re experiencing scattered power outages due to the rainy, windy weather.
Read more We ve got all hands on deck to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. Thanks for your patience as we continue to assess the outages throughout the night.