Bear Valley, CA…Hey Good People! 7am update to the weather: 17″ of new snow has fallen since 10pm last night and it looks as though it’s just getting started. As the storm intensifies we could see up to 20″ fall between 5am today and 10pm this evening. Winds are playing a big factor with this system as we crested 51mph last night so transported snow will be an issue this morning for the Avalanche Control team.

The warm front is nearly past us and colder temps will arrive and drop the temp to around 24F by mid-morning or so. Winds will create travel and possible operational delays today so be ready for that as well as being prepared for the travel up and down the highway as limited visibility and heavy snowfall may create some impacts. Tonight the system may drop another 3-5″ of new snow if al the stars align before it heads East and we see some reprieve on Friday as it looks to be a partly sunny day before the next AR arrives come Saturday.

This is yet another warm to cold to warm to cold event which will give us as well as all other NorCal resorts a run for our money bringing potential operational and travel delays. Make good travel plans, slow your roll up the Hwy and heed weather and Caltrans reports for a better journey up to the resort.

Peace Out,
Mattly

Thursday
Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Temperature falling to around 24 by 11am. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 13 to 19 inches possible.

Thursday Night
Snow, mainly before 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 20. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

January 5th 2023 31F @ 5am S winds 18-27mph Wind max(24hrs) – 27mph
Base – 101″” Overnight – 17″ 24hr total – 17″ Current Storm total – 17″ 22/23′ Season Total – 206”