A wave of steady storms this week, capped off Wednesday night by a powerful atmospheric river event that caused the National Weather Service to issue a rare blizzard warning, brought more than four feet of snow to some Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts.
The huge snowfall boosted the statewide Sierra snowpack to 103 percent of normal on Thursday, up from just 69 percent on Jan. 1.
It also comes ahead of one of the biggest California ski weekends of the year, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday weekend.
48-hour totals through Thursday, from the National Weather Service office in Sacramento:
Squaw Valley: 52โณ
Northstar: 49โณ
Soda Springs: 43โณ
Boreal: 43โณ
Alpine Meadows: 42โณ
Bear Valley: 36โณ
Sugar Bowl: 34โณ
Homewood: 33โณ
Dodge Ridge: 31โณ
Kirkwood: 30โณ
Tahoe Donner: 26โณ
Heavenly: 19โณ
Poor mountain travel conditions will continue into early tomorrow. If you must travel, make sure to check road conditions at: https://t.co/if6ShiTCCf #cawx pic.twitter.com/kaYGZQ0gqh
โ NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) January 17, 2019
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