Closures Still In Effect For I-80, Highway 50 In The Sierra; Another Cold Storm On The Way

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COLFAX (CBS13) — Interstate 80 and Highway 50 are inactive seeing closures Tuesday greeting successful the precocious state arsenic a important snowstorm moves in.

#TrafficAlert: Eastbound I-80 CLOSED @ Colfax & westbound I-80 CLOSED @ Nevada Stateline owed to down powerfulness lines. @CHP_Truckee turning ALL vehicles & trucks around. No estimated clip of reopening. #KnowBeforeYouGo @Caltrux @SacRegion511 @TotalTrafficSMF @NevadaCountyCA @PlacerCA pic.twitter.com/nPRKCsjDky

— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) December 14, 2021

Caltrans says I-80 is closed from the junction Highway 174 successful Colfax to the Nevada State Line. Downed powerfulness lines are the main issue, on with the whiteout conditions that person popped up astatine times during the storm.

Chains are besides required from Truckee to Nyack connected I-80.

Highway 50 is closed from Meyers to Echo Summit arsenic Caltrans crews bash avalanche control. Chain controls are successful effect from 3 miles eastbound of Placerville to Meyers.

Good Samaritans stopped by down histrion connected Hwy50 hopped retired and grabbed their chainsaws. They are present clearing histrion from road. WB 50 Few miles East of Placerville ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSacramento⁩ ⁦@allyaredas⁩ ⁦@at_clausen⁩ ⁦⁦@GoodDayTraffic⁩ pic.twitter.com/piGP0xgusk

— DG (@CameraGuyDave1) December 14, 2021

While the tempest is dissipating implicit the valley, the snowfall is expected to intensify done the greeting successful the Sierra. The snowfall level is expected to beryllium 1,500-2000’, with 2-3’ much of snowfall expected supra the 5000’ level.

A Winter Storm Warning is successful effect for the Sierra portion until 10 p.m. Tuesday, but dense snowfall is lone expected done astir 2 p.m. Snow showers are inactive expected done the afternoon, however.

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Another acold tempest is besides expected to deed Northern California starting Wednesday and lasting done Thursday. Forecasts amusement that the snowfall level could beryllium adjacent little with this adjacent circular – perchance down to the 500-2,500’ level.