Snowflakes Fall On Caldor Fire Burn Scar As Wet Weather Moves Through NorCal

MODESTO (CBS13) — Some vale spots saw immoderate rainfall portion the precocious Sierra Nevada was dusted with snowfall Friday morning.

Good greeting #NorCal! Welcome to the coolest time of the week. Expect cloudy skies this morning, clearing a spot successful the afternoon. Chances for immoderate further scattered showers, chiefly implicit the Sierra mountains and foothills. Warmer and drier upwind expected this weekend. #cawx pic.twitter.com/XxH3p369RD

— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) October 8, 2021

In Modesto, the constabulary section posted a representation of raindrops connected 1 of their patrol vehicles. Officers are urging drivers to instrumentality it slow, arsenic this is the archetypal important rainfall successful a portion – which means roads volition beryllium slick.

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The National Weather Service says Friday is expected to beryllium the coldest time of the week.

Scattered showers are expected chiefly implicit the foothills and mountains, but the vale could besides spot immoderate rainfall arsenic well. The showers are expected to displacement eastward done Friday.

Snow was falling down to Kingvale on the Interstate 80 corridor aboriginal Friday morning. Only airy accumulations are expected, however, and question impacts on the I-80 and Highway 50 corridors are expected to beryllium minimal.

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Parts of the Caldor Fire pain scar successful El Dorado County were besides dusted with snow.

MOUNTAIN PASSES CLOSE: District 10 has closed SR-4/Ebbetts Pass astatine the eastbound extremity of Lake Alpine, SR-89/Monitor Pass astatine Leviathan Lookout Road & SR-108/Sonora Pass astatine Kennedy Meadows owed to the approaching weather. There is nary estimated clip for opening these upland locations. pic.twitter.com/dgsnddfgba

— Caltrans District 10 (@CaltransDist10) October 7, 2021

However, Highway 4/Ebbetts Pass astatine the eastbound extremity of Lake Alpine, Highway 89/Monitor Pass astatine Leviathan Lookout Road, and Highway 108/Sonora Pass astatine Kennedy Meadows person each closed owed to the expected weather.

Caltrans has not fixed an estimated clip of reopening for these passes yet.

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NWS forecasters accidental warmer and drier upwind is expected travel Saturday and Sunday. 

CBS13 Staff