Tonight we have an update on a story we bright you last fall. The Desert Research institute in reno has been working on its very own weather model for a while now. Since september, its been able to test the model for accuracy to help refine it. Angela schilling joins us live in the newsroom with more. Angela . Kristen, while the folks at dri have a long ways to go, they i last spoke with them in the fall. Both on a Business Front and Research Side of the project. The model indeed looks a little bit different now. If all goes well, they hope to have a Business Partner within the next few months. Brian speicher Everyone Wants to know first and foremost how accurate you are. Especially when your new model forecasts the weather. Brian speicher over about a four month time we looked at the performance of the model over reno and las vegas and compared to really recognizable names. In weather. In december the results came in, showing their in house model could compete with the rest. The test
Second avalanche hit another car, which was pushed on top of the first avalanche site. Firefighters and Alpine Meadows cleared until noon, less than five hours later. Many of the main roads are clear now, but snow is melting in some parts of town. So it could make for slick roads overnight. Amanda ketchledge is live at mt. Rose highway with a look at conditions for drivers. Amanda, how it is out there . Kristen its very windy and cold. So if you plan on traveling through here, youre going want to carry chains or have snow tires. Because this is the only chain controls at this time. But the valley also saw the weather impacting the roads in reno and sparks today. Take a look at this video that we shot earlier. You can see how heavy the snow came down. Some drivers were taking it very slow on the roads, but nevada Highway Patrol says they were handling up to 20 accidents at a time this morning. Trooper Duncan Dauber, nhp people arent giving enough space between each other, theyre still f
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