The storm expected to arrive in Northern California this weekend could bring snow to the Sierra Nevada, the National Weather Service said.
Latest forecasts predict a half-inch to 2 inches of rain over much of the region Sunday and Monday — and possible snow above 8,000 feet from Fresno County northward. Thunderstorms are possible Monday and Tuesday, the weather service said.
Its Hanford office gives a 47% chance of some snow at Yosemite’s Tioga Pass (9,943 feet) and a 25% chance of at least an inch there from Sunday morning to Tuesday morning. Yosemite Valley is expecting highs in the mid-50s and lows around 40 those days.
Tioga Road remains open; most years, it closes for the season in November.
The Truckee forecast calls for overnight lows near freezing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights, with snow levels of 8,000 to 9,500 feet elevation. Lake Tahoe is at 6,200 feet, and the top of Heavenly ski area is 10,000 feet.
At a community meeting Wednesday about the Mosquito Fire, in Placer and El Dorado counties, CalFire’s Jonathan Pangburn said the forecast of rain was “much appreciated” by the crew managing the fire. Because the fire zone is around 3,000 feet elevation, he said, the snow will not have an effect.
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