A historic Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes in Northern California due to one of the coldest May storms in recent history, with up to 30 inches of snow expected in the Sierra Nevada. The storm brought over two feet of snow, setting records and making it feel like January in San Francisco.
A snowy spring for California’s Sierra Nevada ☃️ A storm dumped over two feet of snow on May 5, seen in blue in these enhanced-color images taken by NASA’s Terra satellite. Snowpack in the Sierras has been uncharacteristically close to average in 2024. https://t.co/YkIRSvmxjW https://t.co/qGj4Kcd4GU
ICYMI... 'End of Snow' Update: Sierra Nevada gets 2 feet of snow in May. https://t.co/NqLuC86hmr
California's wild weather continues, with snowiest day of the year recorded in May https://t.co/tanjai1M8g
Wow... what a May storm for the Sierra! https://t.co/la6fRGcBX6
The snowiest days of the 2023-24 winter season in parts of the Sierra was this weekend ... May 5th. Talk about a late-season clinch! https://t.co/0FKU9mn38x
'End of snow' update: Sierra Nevada gets snowiest day of season in May. https://t.co/YXrW0PmgRf
A weekend spring storm drenched the San Francisco Bay area, closed Northern California mountain highways, and set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada. https://t.co/g0aD17KuGO
Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent storm in California | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/tIO2DfoB5q
Goodness— over two feet of snow in May in the Sierras! https://t.co/G3c99ngJS6
Severe storms and flooding aren't the only thing we've been tracking! We're also keeping a close eye on the snow along the Sierra Nevada for this first weekend of May! #cawx https://t.co/zvniUhv31Q
A classic winter storm moving through Northern California on May 4th… Raining and 48 degrees in San Francisco making it feel like a January day! What’s it looking like in your backyard? https://t.co/dHLANpFXxs
A classic winter storm moving through Northern California on May 4th… Raining and 48 degrees in San Francisco making it feel like a January day! https://t.co/o4aaAPdNPg
Quite a stormy day, let alone for May standards, across Northern and Central California. #CAwx https://t.co/Du6HjvwaHI
One of the coldest May storms in recent history is moving through NorCal with up to to 30 inches of snow expected to fall in the Sierra Nevada. A historic Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes, marking the first-ever issuance in May. Up to 5-8… https://t.co/UBSogbpGLm