{"id":97217,"date":"2020-03-13T14:18:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=97217"},"modified":"2020-03-13T14:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T21:18:12","slug":"over-three-feet-of-needed-snow-headed-to-the-high-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=97217","title":{"rendered":"Over Three Feet of Needed Snow Headed To The High Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;From the National Weather Service in Sacramento the Detailed forecast for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada.  Rest Of Today Mostly sunny. Highs 44 to 59 higher elevations&#8230; 56 to 66 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.  Tonight At lower elevations, rain likely in the evening, then rain and snow likely after midnight. At higher elevations, rain and snow likely. Breezy, colder. Lows 21 to 35 higher elevations&#8230;31 to 41 lower elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations&#8230;2 to 4 inches higher elevations. Snow level 7000 feet decreasing to 5500 feet after midnight. Prevailing south winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nws313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"707\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nws313.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nws313-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nws313-570x630.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday Rain and snow. Breezy, cooler. Highs 28 to 43 higher elevations&#8230;36 to 50 lower elevations. Snow accumulation of 4 to 9 inches. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing southwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph&#8230;except southwest 25 to 35 mph over ridges.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night  Snow and heavy rain. Lows 19 to 34 higher elevations&#8230;31 to 41 lower elevations. Snow accumulation of 7 to 12 inches. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing south winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday  Heavy snow and heavy rain in the morning, then snow showers and heavy rain showers in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs 26 to 41 higher elevations&#8230;36 to 48 lower elevations. Snow accumulation of 5 to 10 inches lower elevations&#8230;except 13 to 19 inches higher elevations. Snow level 4000 feet. Prevailing southwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph&#8230;except southwest 25 to 40 mph over ridges.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Night  Rain and snow showers. Heavy snow accumulations possible. Lows 23 to 38.<\/p>\n<p>Monday  Rain and snow showers. Heavy snow accumulations possible. Highs 31 to 46.<\/p>\n<p>Monday Night  Rain and snow showers. Moderate snow accumulations possible. Lows 22 to 37.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday  Snow showers. Moderate snow accumulations possible. Highs 29 to 44.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday Night And Wednesday  Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Lows 18 to 33. Highs 30 to 45.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Night And Thursday  Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers. Lows 19 to 34. Highs 32 to 47.<\/p>\n<p>Winter Storm Warning<br \/>\nURGENT &#8211; WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br \/>\nNational Weather Service Sacramento CA<br \/>\n918 AM PDT Fri Mar 13 2020<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Northern Sierra, Coastal Range, and Southern Cascade Travel<br \/>\nImpacts this Weekend into Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>.A cold weather system will bring significant snow to the<br \/>\nNorthern Sierra, Coastal Range, and Southern Cascade mountain<br \/>\nranges this weekend. Snow develops Saturday morning and becomes<br \/>\nmoderate to heavy at times Saturday night through Monday.<br \/>\nGenerally, snow levels will be 2000 to 4000 feet. Mountain travel<br \/>\nwill be very difficult to impossible early Saturday evening and<br \/>\ncontinuing into early Sunday evening. If you must travel, carry<br \/>\na winter emergency kit and check road conditions before you go.<\/p>\n<p>CAZ013-014-063-066>069-141400-<br \/>\n\/O.UPG.KSTO.WS.A.0002.200314T1800Z-200316T1800Z\/<br \/>\n\/O.NEW.KSTO.WS.W.0002.200314T1200Z-200317T0000Z\/<br \/>\nShasta Lake Area \/ Northern Shasta County-<br \/>\nBurney Basin \/ Eastern Shasta County-<br \/>\nMountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-<br \/>\nNortheast Foothills\/Sacramento Valley-Motherlode-<br \/>\nWestern Plumas County\/Lassen Park-<br \/>\nWest Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-<br \/>\nIncluding the city of Burney<br \/>\n918 AM PDT Fri Mar 13 2020<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT<br \/>\nMONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* WHAT&#8230;Heavy snow expected. Travel will be very difficult to<br \/>\n  impossible. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 feet above 4000<br \/>\n  feet for the Sierra and Southern Cascades, locally higher over<br \/>\n  peaks. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches above 3000<br \/>\n  feet for the Coastal Range, locally up to 2 feet over peaks.<br \/>\n  Local accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible down to around<br \/>\n  2500 feet.<\/p>\n<p>* WHERE&#8230;West slope of the Northern Sierra Nevada, Southern<br \/>\n  Cascade Mountain Range, Coastal Range, and portions of the<br \/>\n  upper Sierra Foothills.<\/p>\n<p>* WHEN&#8230;5 AM Saturday to 5 PM Monday.<\/p>\n<p>* WIND&#8230;Wind gusts 40 to 60 mph over the Sierra crest.<\/p>\n<p>* ADDITIONAL DETAILS&#8230;Chain controls, major travel delays, and<br \/>\n  possible road closures. Whiteout conditions are possible.<\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A Winter Storm Warning for snow means there will be snow covered<br \/>\nroads and limited visibilities. Travel is not recommended while<br \/>\nthe warning is in effect. If you must travel, keep an extra<br \/>\nflashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an<br \/>\nemergency. The latest road conditions for the state you are<br \/>\ncalling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.<\/p>\n<p>$$<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;From the National Weather Service in Sacramento the Detailed forecast for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada. Rest Of Today Mostly sunny. Highs 44 to 59 higher elevations&#8230; 56 to 66 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Tonight At lower elevations, rain likely in the evening, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,9,22,21,20,4,14,37,18,1,146,8,13,27,31,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amador-county","category-angels-camp","category-arnold","category-bear-valley","category-copperopolis","category-featured","category-life-style","category-mokelumne-hill","category-mountain-ranch","category-murphys","category-news","category-rail-road-flat","category-san-andreas","category-traffic-fire","category-tuolumne-county","category-valley-springs","category-west-point","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nws313.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}