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A wintertime tempest that dropped much than a ft (30 centimeters) of snowfall overnight astatine immoderate skis resorts astir Lake Tahoe is slowing vacation question connected U.S. Interstate 80 successful the Sierra.
Chains oregon snowfall tires are required for each vehicles successful some directions connected a 70-mile (112 kilometers) agelong of I-80 from the California-Nevada enactment to Alta, California, astir 13 miles (21 kilometers) northeast of Colfax.
UPDATE:
I-80 is inactive closed from the Nevada authorities enactment to Colfax successful some directions owed to mediocre visibility.
- SR-267 is closed from Northstar to Kings Beach owed to mediocre visibility.
- SR-28 is R2 from Tahoe City to Nevada authorities line. pic.twitter.com/ERrAMHfWDC
Reno-Sparks and Carson City stay nether a wintertime tempest informing until 10 p.m. Saturday, The informing continues astatine Lake Tahoe into Tuesday.
Twenty inches (50 centimeters) of snowfall fell Friday nighttime into Saturday astatine Homewood connected Tahoe's westbound shore. About a ft (30 cm) was reported astatine Northstar adjacent Truckee, California and 10 inches (25 cm) astatine the Mount Rose skis edifice connected the southwest borderline of Reno.
The National Weather Service says arsenic overmuch arsenic 5 feet (1.5 meters) of caller snowfall is imaginable by Tuesday connected upland tops astir Lake Tahoe. One to 3 feet (30-91 cm) to is expected astatine water level. Wind gusts implicit ridges could transcend 100 mph (160 kph).
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