California officials on Tuesday conducted the season’s first Sierra snow survey, which measured only 7.5 inches deep. That’s 30% of the average snowpack for the date.

A winter storm pounding the Sierra Nevada in the western U.S. may dump as much as six feet of snow in remote areas as heavy rain was forecast in other parts of California.

After a worryingly weak start to the winter for California’s mountains, two storms are expected to dump several inches of snow on the Sierra Nevada this week.

California issued its earliest snow advisory in the past 20 years with an alert early this week for residents in the Sierra Nevada, according to the National Weather Service. From Sunday to Monday ...

Up to 12 feet (3.66 m) of snow is forecast to fall in California's Sierra Nevada mountains through the weekend, as a one-two punch of dual brutal cold fronts slams into the Pacific Northwest, the ...

Sometimes snow continues falling in the Sierra well into June. For this winter to overtake the record in 1951-52, another 135 inches (343 cm) would have to fall — unlikely, but not out of the ...

The Sierra Nevada region is forecast for some temporary relief on Sunday before another round of heavy snow this week. The storm system, which pummeled the region starting Thursday, brought ...

The high-tech sensors combine lightning location with meteorological and environmental data and alert fire authorities to ...

A powerful storm has created a “life-threatening concern” for people in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Getty Images The region should see between five and 12 feet of snow by Sunday evening, with ...

A powerful, multiple day winter storm in California's Sierra Nevada mountains over the weekend brought with it as much as 10 feet of snow and wind gusts of almost 200 mph causing power outages ...

Snow Over The Sierra Nevada is Starting to Melt, So What Does That Mean For California Reservoirs? By Brooke Martell • Published April 22, 2023 • Updated on April 22, 2023 at 2:39 pm ...