Additional snow chances continued mid-week, mostly for the northern Sierra. Conditions continued to be treacherous over the Sierra overnight on the 4th with breezy winds, snow, and blowing snow.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
Additional snow chances continued mid-week, mostly for the northern Sierra. Conditions continued to be treacherous over the Sierra overnight on the 4th with breezy winds, snow, and blowing snow. Conditions briefly improved over the Sierra the morning through the afternoon of the 5th with additional snow shower chances continuing thereafter, especially for the Sierra north of US-50.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 2, 3:31 AM PST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
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2 heavy snow, 2 high wind, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter located 5.0 mi WSW of June Lake Mountain Ski resort reported a 24 hour snowfall amount of 10.0 inches.
The public located at the Palisades Tahoe Ski Base, 4.0 mi NW of Truckee, CA, a COOP observer located 1.0 mi W of Donner, CA, and another COOP observer located 1.0 mi SSW of Boca Reservoir reported 24 hour snowfall amounts of 24.0 inches, 16.0 inches, 11.6 inches, and 7.0 inches respectively.
A trained spotter located 5.0 mi WSW of June Lake Mountain Ski resort reported a 24 hour snowfall amount of 10.0 inches.
Mesonet station (MTH15-Chair 9 Tower 11) located 1.0 mi E of Mammoth Mountain Ski resort reported a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
Mesonet station( HVRTM - Blue Streak Weather Station) located 1.0 mi NNW of Heavenly Ski Summit reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1184941, 1184940, 1194185, 1184943, 1184942.