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By early next week, the ridge will sit right over Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said that the heat wave will likely last through next Friday. She said that temperatures will remain in record territory until at least Thursday, and “Friday might be in record territory too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 1996, Santa Rosa set a high-temperature record of 87 degrees for March.[aside postID=news_12071021 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260126-AI-WEATHER-01-KQED.jpg']Livermore did the same back in 1972. Tuesday’s forecast has both cities reaching nearly 90 degrees. San Francisco, Napa, and Oakland could also break their temperature records set back in 2004 early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said San José is most likely to set a new all-time March heat record, with temperatures forecasted to hit 92 degrees on Tuesday. 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After an exceptionally warm winter, state officials said the rapidly melting snowpack is complicating efforts to preserve the state’s water supply, and climate experts claim the loss of snow early could increase wildfire risk in the northern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said it’s clear from the warm forecast that “there will be no Miracle March,” or when a dry winter turns into a snowy one with late-season cold storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to get to April 1, and we’re going to have some scary snowpack numbers, essentially everywhere,” Swain said in his latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww_WjCG-HI\">YouTube\u003c/a> office hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the above-average heat is “not going to be a short-duration heat wave” and could last two weeks, even though it “won’t be equally hot the whole time everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A record warm winter and a record snowless winter are the “single most obvious” signals of the effects of human-caused climate change, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winters like this one could very much be the norm in just a couple of decades,” Swain said. “They will, in fact, be close to average on our current trajectory. 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Today’s extraordinary is tomorrow’s ordinary, and I think we’re already living that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">Snow levels\u003c/a> aren’t ubiquitous across the range, varying from 31% in the northern part of the range, 55% around the center, and 73% of normal for this time of year in the southern part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000249 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sierra Nevada mountains as covered with snow near Lake Tahoe in California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Swain said there is concern that the low snowpack in the north state is a “major early forest fire signal,” which could present itself later in the year, “unless something changes dramatically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said for the rest of the Sierra Nevada wildfires could pop up early, “with the relatively poor end of the season in the cards.” But he said they could be “mitigated somewhat by the high soil moisture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to water supply, Karla Nemeth, director of the state’s Department of Water Resources, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CA_DWR/status/2031147308130111883?s=20\">statement\u003c/a> that since mountain snow is melting rapidly and “the potential for new heat records next week,” the state will have to release much of the runoff to make room in reservoirs in case of flood conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means we forgo having stored that water for release later in the summer, when rivers and streams run lower and warmer,” Nemeth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_458966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-458966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923.jpeg\" alt=\"A skier surveys the view of South Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-960x720.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skier surveys the view of South Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort. \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ski resorts, like Sierra-at-Tahoe, are encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to visit the Sierra Nevada because spring-like conditions — where it freezes overnight and warms up through the day — make for good skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s firm and fast and smooth in the mornings, and it gets a little softer as the day goes on,” said Jake Stern, content and communications manager with the resort. “The beauty of skiing in California is that it can be 70 degrees and people will be skiing in swimsuits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resort often makes snow when there are no storms in the forecast, but Stern said nighttime lows may not be cold enough to create snow. 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"content": "\u003cp>With little snow in the forecast, California’s meager \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073190/big-storms-boost-california-water-supply-but-snowpack-lags\">snowpack \u003c/a>— at just \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">59% of normal\u003c/a> for this time of year — could be in dire trouble. And that’s a big deal for winter sports enthusiasts who want to bag peaks or hit the slopes in Lake \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tahoe\">Tahoe \u003c/a>this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This winter hasn’t been a dry one, but it has been a tale of warm storms bringing rain, a few big cold winter systems \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073190/big-storms-boost-california-water-supply-but-snowpack-lags\">dropping multiple feet of snow\u003c/a> and then warm temperatures prematurely melting some of the cold white layer blanketing the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The full three-month period, winter 2026, was in fact record warm throughout a majority of the Sierra Nevada,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, in Monday’s edition of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJrPxdzBNKY&t=1s\">YouTube video series\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatsthelongrangesnowforecastlookinglike\">What’s the long-range snow forecast looking like?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whereisthebestsnowtobefoundrightnow\">Where is the ‘best’ snow to be found right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For example, Tahoe City got its third-warmest winter since records began in 1909, said Justin Collins, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around Lake Tahoe, Swain described the area’s warm temperatures as “truly snow-eating” — meaning that much of the multiple feet of snow that fell in late February has already disappeared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Literally feet of the snow went away completely over the course of just a few days amid warm, moist and windy conditions,” Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/MtShasta5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/MtShasta5_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/MtShasta5_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/MtShasta5_qed-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/MtShasta5_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Shasta is seen in the distance on July 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What’s left of the snowpack in parts of the Sierra Nevada — especially along its northern ridges in places like Shasta — is more reminiscent of melt conditions that usually take place in a month or two later in spring, warned Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some places, it looks very concerning,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what weather forecasters and ski resort staff say about what to expect from the rest of the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is the next snow in the forecast for the Sierra?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a minor cold front to move over the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday and Thursday, but said it will likely only dust the Sierra Nevada with a relatively paltry 2 inches of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Amounts with this front aren’t very impressive, unfortunately,” meteorologist Collins said. And after that, he said, “We do clear out all the way through the middle of the month” — likely meaning no new snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins said there is a slight chance another weak storm could hit the Sierra Nevada around March 12. But as of now, it’s too early to tell if it will move that far south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures will likely warm up to above normal this weekend, said Kate Forrest, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She agreed that as of now, there’s nothing significant in the forecast that “would add to the current snowpack out there outside of the big February winter storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the snow quality right now in Tahoe?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For skiers heading to Tahoe, \u003ca href=\"https://blog.palisadestahoe.com/operations/feb-27-operations-update/\">expect spring-like conditions\u003c/a>, Palisades Tahoe spokesperson Patrick Lacey said. After last week’s rain, much of the fresh snow from the prior storm is now tamped down from the freezing and thawing cycle that happens each night and day up on the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snow is, accordingly, “pretty compact,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that might not sound appealing to some skiers, Lacey said these conditions produce “\u003ca href=\"https://www.powder.com/how-to/corn-snow-skiing\">corn\u003c/a>” snow, which some liken to “spring powder” — essentially a loose sun-baked (but not slushy) consistency that, for many people, “comes in second” after prized powder skiing, Lacey said.[aside postID=science_2000203 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/RESIZE-cherry-blossom.jpg']Most importantly, this freeze-thaw cycle has the potential to elongate the ski season at Palisades, Lacey said. That’s because the condensed snowpack acts as a solid base that sticks around longer, even when temperatures get high during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Dodge Ridge ski resort in Pinecrest on Friday, temperatures were high, and the snow was slushy, according to Bing Xu, a Milpitas resident who helps moderate a Bay Area skiing forum on Facebook. But unlike some, Xu said he doesn’t mind a little slush compared to his ski experiences on the East — or “Ice” — Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not the fastest,” he said. “But it’s soft, and it’s easy to dig your edges in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to slush, however, there’s a limit to what even Xu can take — so he left the mountain around 1:45 p.m., when he said the snow became too sticky to enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xu is optimistic about his upcoming Tahoe trip with friends this weekend because temperatures this week have been lower than the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope to ski at most of the resorts into mid-April,” he said. “And I hope Palisades can stay open till Memorial Day, but if it doesn’t snow again … I don’t know if they’re going to last until then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping for another storm — obviously, the more snow the better — but I don’t know,” he said. “It’s been such a weird year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatsthelongrangesnowforecastlookinglike\">\u003c/a>How is the long-range snow forecast looking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the next two weeks, Forrest said NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is favoring above-normal temperatures and slightly below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit difficult to give any specifics, but it does look like we’ll lean more on the drier and warmer side, at least heading into mid-March,” Forrest said. “We’ll just have to see if that is going to continue or if we’re going to get anything to shake up our weather pattern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After March 12, Collins said, the forecast gets a bit “messy” and forecast models “aren’t picking up too much” potential rain or snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise view as snow blankets South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At least the way it looks right now, it looks pretty dry,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But still, Collins advised, forecasters can only confidently look into the future at a two-week time scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So anything is possible as it stands right now,” he said. “But we can’t rule out any storms towards the end of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even longer range, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1\">over the next three months\u003c/a>, the center is also forecasting slightly above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long will ski resorts stay open this season?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ski resorts in the Tahoe area try to keep their lifts spinning as long as possible in the spring. But even so, many end their seasons mid-to-late April, depending on conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palisades Tahoe is one big exception: That resort tends to stay open all the way through Memorial Day in late May, and typically has the longest season of any Tahoe resort. Still, Lacey said, “we do kind of play it by ear,” and their closing date will depend entirely on conditions and demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a resort being open doesn’t necessarily mean the whole mountain will be accessible to skiers and riders. While the two major storms over Christmas and in mid-February are sustaining the resort’s snowpack and allowing it to open nearly 90% of terrain at peak moments of the season, some of Palisades’ lifts, like Silverado, have yet to open due to a lack of coverage, Lacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Give me hope: How long has the snow season lasted in previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A typical snowpack can last through May or early June. But that depends on factors including just how many cold storms come through, snow depth, high temperatures and heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once it gets into late June, then that’s kind of the maximum range that we kind of see for the snowpack,” Collins said — given how warm temperatures and any rain can “eat away the snowpack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985948 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A mountaintop dusted in snow.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The snow level on a mountain peak near the Phillips Station meadow where the California Department of Water Resources conducts snow surveys at the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Jan. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC climate scientist Swain said that with the warm and dry forecast through at least mid-March, he expects the snowpack to start decreasing actively and for “the trend to essentially continue for the next couple of weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not as dire as elsewhere,” he said, “but also we do have a significant and worsening snow drought, even after the 5- or 6-foot snowstorm that some places saw later in February.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about the ‘Miracle Marches’ (or Aprils) of previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that deals in extremes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means it’s not out of the ordinary for the range to have super wet, very dry or mid-snow years — and yes, there have been many years when the Sierra’s transition to spring has also been its heaviest snow month.[aside postID=news_12074364 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/YosemiteGetty.jpg']“Miracle Marches” dot its history — \u003ca href=\"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/add3cc\">1991\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/03/09/miracle-march-storms-bring-more-snow-rain-to-california/\">2016\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/03/29/late-sierra-nevada-snowstorms-rival-1991s-miracle-march/#:~:text=And%20even%20though%202018%20fell,Don't%20overlook%20that.%22&text=CapRadio%20provides%20a%20trusted%20source,our%20mission%2C%20please%20donate%20today.\">2018\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2023/10/05/miracle-water-year-in-california-rain-snow-put-states-reservoirs-at-128-of-historical-average/\">2023\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/california-miracle-march-snowfall-blizzard-2024-snowpack\">2024\u003c/a>. Even last winter was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033983/late-storms-boost-californias-snowpack-hitting-a-3-year-streak-not-seen-in-decades\">marked by late-season March snowstorms\u003c/a> that brought the snowpack to nearly 100% for the third year in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/add3cc#:~:text=The%20term%20'Miracle%20March'%20is,how%20unusual%20such%20conditions%20are.&text=Original%20content%20from%20this%20work,work%2C%20journal%20citation%20and%20DOI.\">2025 study\u003c/a> in the journal Environmental Research Communications, the term itself was “coined through public discourse” after the record-breaking March of 1991, in which the snowpack jumped from around 15% to 75% of average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while this year’s late February storms did boost the snowpack, it wasn’t enough to set the state up for a good water year when it comes to its frozen reservoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The snowpack is in better shape than it was one month ago, but we only have a month left of our snow-accumulation season and time is rapidly running out to catch up,” said Andy Reising, manager of the state’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, in a \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2026/Feb-2026/February-Storms-Provide-a-Much-Needed-Boost-but-Statewide-Snowpack-Remains-Below-Average\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Palisades’ Lacey is staying optimistic. He said March tends to be one of the snowiest months at the resort — and their \u003ca href=\"https://blog.palisadestahoe.com/operations/moving-at-the-speed-of-safety/\">blog\u003c/a> currently still has Memorial Day as the target closing date.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whereisthebestsnowtobefoundrightnow\">\u003c/a>Amid all this gloom, where \u003cem>can\u003c/em> I find the best snow right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are planning to head to Tahoe-area resorts, Lacey suggests “following the sun as much as possible,” hitting south-facing slopes in the morning and north-facing ones in the afternoon to take advantage of the “corn” consistency as the slopes melt each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those chasing higher snowpacks from the Bay Area might consider heading south. While Palisades reports its base at 40 inches deep, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mountain-report\">Mammoth Mountain in the Eastern Sierra\u003c/a> has a snow depth of 76 inches to work with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort is one of the smaller Central Sierra resorts offered on the Cali Pass. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">snow levels aren’t the same across the range\u003c/a>. The northern part of the range is at 38%, the central part at 62% and the southern part at 82% of normal for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily van Greuning, spokesperson for Mammoth Mountain, said 100% of the mountain is currently open and they’re planning to keep lifts spinning at least through Memorial Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mammoth averages over 350 inches of snowfall a year, so it’s not uncommon for the resort to stay open late into spring and even summer, with historic closing dates as late as early August, she said. Last season, the mountain got 75 inches of snow in March alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like every year, van Greuning said the closing date will depend mostly on Mother Nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no idea what it’s going to bring,” she said. “It’s kind of day by day once we get to the end of the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Most importantly, this freeze-thaw cycle has the potential to elongate the ski season at Palisades, Lacey said. That’s because the condensed snowpack acts as a solid base that sticks around longer, even when temperatures get high during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Dodge Ridge ski resort in Pinecrest on Friday, temperatures were high, and the snow was slushy, according to Bing Xu, a Milpitas resident who helps moderate a Bay Area skiing forum on Facebook. But unlike some, Xu said he doesn’t mind a little slush compared to his ski experiences on the East — or “Ice” — Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not the fastest,” he said. “But it’s soft, and it’s easy to dig your edges in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to slush, however, there’s a limit to what even Xu can take — so he left the mountain around 1:45 p.m., when he said the snow became too sticky to enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xu is optimistic about his upcoming Tahoe trip with friends this weekend because temperatures this week have been lower than the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope to ski at most of the resorts into mid-April,” he said. “And I hope Palisades can stay open till Memorial Day, but if it doesn’t snow again … I don’t know if they’re going to last until then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping for another storm — obviously, the more snow the better — but I don’t know,” he said. “It’s been such a weird year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatsthelongrangesnowforecastlookinglike\">\u003c/a>How is the long-range snow forecast looking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the next two weeks, Forrest said NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is favoring above-normal temperatures and slightly below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit difficult to give any specifics, but it does look like we’ll lean more on the drier and warmer side, at least heading into mid-March,” Forrest said. “We’ll just have to see if that is going to continue or if we’re going to get anything to shake up our weather pattern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After March 12, Collins said, the forecast gets a bit “messy” and forecast models “aren’t picking up too much” potential rain or snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise view as snow blankets South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At least the way it looks right now, it looks pretty dry,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But still, Collins advised, forecasters can only confidently look into the future at a two-week time scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So anything is possible as it stands right now,” he said. “But we can’t rule out any storms towards the end of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even longer range, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1\">over the next three months\u003c/a>, the center is also forecasting slightly above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long will ski resorts stay open this season?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ski resorts in the Tahoe area try to keep their lifts spinning as long as possible in the spring. But even so, many end their seasons mid-to-late April, depending on conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palisades Tahoe is one big exception: That resort tends to stay open all the way through Memorial Day in late May, and typically has the longest season of any Tahoe resort. Still, Lacey said, “we do kind of play it by ear,” and their closing date will depend entirely on conditions and demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a resort being open doesn’t necessarily mean the whole mountain will be accessible to skiers and riders. While the two major storms over Christmas and in mid-February are sustaining the resort’s snowpack and allowing it to open nearly 90% of terrain at peak moments of the season, some of Palisades’ lifts, like Silverado, have yet to open due to a lack of coverage, Lacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Give me hope: How long has the snow season lasted in previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A typical snowpack can last through May or early June. But that depends on factors including just how many cold storms come through, snow depth, high temperatures and heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once it gets into late June, then that’s kind of the maximum range that we kind of see for the snowpack,” Collins said — given how warm temperatures and any rain can “eat away the snowpack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985948 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A mountaintop dusted in snow.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOW-SURVEY-DWR-FG-01-KQED-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The snow level on a mountain peak near the Phillips Station meadow where the California Department of Water Resources conducts snow surveys at the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Jan. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC climate scientist Swain said that with the warm and dry forecast through at least mid-March, he expects the snowpack to start decreasing actively and for “the trend to essentially continue for the next couple of weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not as dire as elsewhere,” he said, “but also we do have a significant and worsening snow drought, even after the 5- or 6-foot snowstorm that some places saw later in February.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about the ‘Miracle Marches’ (or Aprils) of previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that deals in extremes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means it’s not out of the ordinary for the range to have super wet, very dry or mid-snow years — and yes, there have been many years when the Sierra’s transition to spring has also been its heaviest snow month.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Miracle Marches” dot its history — \u003ca href=\"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/add3cc\">1991\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/03/09/miracle-march-storms-bring-more-snow-rain-to-california/\">2016\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/03/29/late-sierra-nevada-snowstorms-rival-1991s-miracle-march/#:~:text=And%20even%20though%202018%20fell,Don't%20overlook%20that.%22&text=CapRadio%20provides%20a%20trusted%20source,our%20mission%2C%20please%20donate%20today.\">2018\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2023/10/05/miracle-water-year-in-california-rain-snow-put-states-reservoirs-at-128-of-historical-average/\">2023\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/california-miracle-march-snowfall-blizzard-2024-snowpack\">2024\u003c/a>. Even last winter was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033983/late-storms-boost-californias-snowpack-hitting-a-3-year-streak-not-seen-in-decades\">marked by late-season March snowstorms\u003c/a> that brought the snowpack to nearly 100% for the third year in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/add3cc#:~:text=The%20term%20'Miracle%20March'%20is,how%20unusual%20such%20conditions%20are.&text=Original%20content%20from%20this%20work,work%2C%20journal%20citation%20and%20DOI.\">2025 study\u003c/a> in the journal Environmental Research Communications, the term itself was “coined through public discourse” after the record-breaking March of 1991, in which the snowpack jumped from around 15% to 75% of average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while this year’s late February storms did boost the snowpack, it wasn’t enough to set the state up for a good water year when it comes to its frozen reservoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The snowpack is in better shape than it was one month ago, but we only have a month left of our snow-accumulation season and time is rapidly running out to catch up,” said Andy Reising, manager of the state’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, in a \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2026/Feb-2026/February-Storms-Provide-a-Much-Needed-Boost-but-Statewide-Snowpack-Remains-Below-Average\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Palisades’ Lacey is staying optimistic. He said March tends to be one of the snowiest months at the resort — and their \u003ca href=\"https://blog.palisadestahoe.com/operations/moving-at-the-speed-of-safety/\">blog\u003c/a> currently still has Memorial Day as the target closing date.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whereisthebestsnowtobefoundrightnow\">\u003c/a>Amid all this gloom, where \u003cem>can\u003c/em> I find the best snow right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are planning to head to Tahoe-area resorts, Lacey suggests “following the sun as much as possible,” hitting south-facing slopes in the morning and north-facing ones in the afternoon to take advantage of the “corn” consistency as the slopes melt each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those chasing higher snowpacks from the Bay Area might consider heading south. While Palisades reports its base at 40 inches deep, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mountain-report\">Mammoth Mountain in the Eastern Sierra\u003c/a> has a snow depth of 76 inches to work with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/Dodge-Ridge-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort is one of the smaller Central Sierra resorts offered on the Cali Pass. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">snow levels aren’t the same across the range\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain comes amid paradoxical winter conditions: while this winter has been unusually warm, UC Berkeley’s Sierra Snow Lab recorded its third-highest accumulation of snow in a five-day period last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incoming rain will fall from a large atmospheric river storm that will impact areas of Northern California, including high elevations in the Sierra Nevada, with its newly bolstered snowpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy rainstorms over fresh powder can rapidly melt the snow. And that extra runoff into rivers can push water over the banks and flood. But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said he does not yet see a cause for major concern, even though the storm will hit the mountains that received last week’s heavy snowfall.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073933/treacherous-sierra-nevada-storm-delays-recovery-of-9-presumed-avalanche-victims\">death toll from the avalanche\u003c/a> this week near Lake Tahoe makes it California’s deadliest in modern history — eight people died, and one is still missing. These snowy white landslides are natural during winter in the Sierra Nevada. But climate change is altering winters globally, raising questions about its impact on these mountain rumbles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backcountry skiers, guides, and researchers like Richard Bothwell know the Tahoe area like the back of their hand. He’s skied the backcountry peaks and valleys of the Sierra Nevada for three decades and is the head avalanche director for the Outdoor Adventure Club. The Bay Area organization offers professionally guided outdoor trips, including backcountry skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bothwell is heartbroken over the deaths this week from the avalanche: “It’s a bad day for the backcountry community writ large. It’s a bad day for the guiding community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fact that an avalanche took place this week wasn’t a surprise. January was practically snowless. What was left turned almost sugary; it rained at some point, and an icy top formed on that snow. Then this week, a big dump of snow fell on top of that icy crust. It was just sitting there, ready to slide off and trigger a powerful avalanche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During any gap [in]wintertime, it’s relatively common that the snow surface weakens, and that’s what we experienced,” said David Reichel, executive director of the Sierra Avalanche Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000143 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SnowStormSierraNevadaAP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SnowStormSierraNevadaAP1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SnowStormSierraNevadaAP1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SnowStormSierraNevadaAP1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SnowStormSierraNevadaAP1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vehicle is buried in snow during a storm on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in Truckee, California. \u003ccite>(Brooke Hess-Homeier/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reichel said his group has no real idea how many avalanches barrel down mountainsides in the Sierra Nevada each year because there’s no sensor system to detect them. Researchers know whether an avalanche has stormed down a hill when someone clocks it and reports it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone reports an avalanche, the center and others like it across the country will rate its destructive size. They currently list the Tahoe avalanche as a D-2.5, with the size of a football field and the force to kill or bury a human.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Avalanche Center also forecasts dangerous conditions using a separate \u003ca href=\"https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/human/resources/north-american-public-avalanche-danger-scale/\">five-point scale ranging from low to extreme\u003c/a>. The center rated the danger on the day of the avalanche as high.[aside postID=news_12073851 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260220-AVALANCHE-VICTIMS-KQED.jpg']Avalanches occur every winter in the Sierra Nevada, but is human-caused climate change increasing their size or frequency?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s super complicated,” said Benjamin Hatchett, an earth system scientist at Colorado State University who grew up backcountry skiing around Tahoe and researches snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hatchett said that when it comes to climate change, “the fingerprints are everywhere.” But the conditions that led to the Tahoe avalanche are meteorological, not climatological. The rapid change to wet, cold weather brought by winter storms pushed down from the Gulf of Alaska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see no evidence for climate change to play a role, certainly not a first or second order, probably not even further down the list than that,” Hatchett said. “And that’s kind of going back to the setup of the storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some parts of the world with year-round snow, Hatchett said, there is a signal that climate change could be increasing avalanche danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In large glaciated mountains like the Alps, the Himalaya, and the Andes, the answer is very likely yes because of a warming environment that’s destabilizing snow and ice,” Hatchett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SierraAvalanche1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SierraAvalanche1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SierraAvalanche1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SierraAvalanche1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/SierraAvalanche1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Avalanche Center forecasters observe a crack in the snow on Feb. 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Nolan Averbuch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in areas with seasonal snowpacks, like the Sierra Nevada, Hatchett said there isn’t a clear answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something we expect to see more of in the future, but we don’t have strong evidence for that happening now,” Hatchett said. “There are absolutely ways that a warming world will statistically change things, and that goes back to the way this winter started with a lot of rain instead of snow. That to me is a signal of a warming world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hatchett said he sees another issue. When winter snow comes later, like this year, people can get antsy to get outdoors and ski. But when warnings, like about avalanche danger, are issued. He urges extreme caution.[aside postID=news_12073933 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/CaliforniaAvalancheAP3-1.jpg']“Thinking about that more strongly could save lives in the future,” Hatchett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hatchett recognizes that holding off is a hard decision, but he said the recent tragedy just might show it’s worth it not to head out into a storm. And more and more people are having to make that hard decision as the sport has become more popular. 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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> is about to get frigid enough to potentially break more than a century-old low temperature records in some cities. That’s after a series of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000067/heres-when-rain-and-snow-will-hit-the-bay-area-and-tahoe-this-week\">cold storms\u003c/a> encompassed the region this week, dusting the highest peaks in snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early morning temperatures on Friday — the time between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. when the region is waking up — in San Francisco, Oakland, Napa, Livermore and Santa Rosa could dip within a few degrees of record lows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The culprit? Clear skies late Thursday evening and Friday morning after a third cold storm originating from the Gulf of Alaska douses the region in rain and snow. 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But climate researchers said the appearance of the cooler vibes so late in winter is a signal of how human-caused climate change is affecting the cold season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to be a lot colder than we’ve seen across the board this winter so far,” said Rachael Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area Office. “That may give us a shot at beating some of the record lows if they cool below what we have forecast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of a rainbow in front of the Sierra Azul mountain range, dusted with a light snow cap from a Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve Parking lot in Almaden on February 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cold temperatures will extend around the entire region from the North Bay, the Santa Clara hills, the Bay shoreline around San Francisco, the East Bay and all the way down to the Monterey area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said temperatures in Santa Rosa may drop to around 27 degrees Fahrenheit — the city’s record low of 26 degrees was set in 1913. In downtown San Francisco — where a record low of 38 degrees was set in 1897 — the air could reach 40 degrees. Oakland’s forecast will hover around 37 degrees, with a record low of 36 in 2011. Napa and Livermore both could plummet to 29 degrees, just two digits shy of their record low of 27 degrees in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of these lows have been the record low for over a hundred years, so that would be kind of impressive if we could see temperatures drop below them,” Kennedy said. “But we’ll have to see how it plays out as we head into Friday morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to some climate researchers, this cold snap so late in the winter season signalled the local effects of global fossil fuel burning. Shel Winkley, a meteorologist with the nonprofit research group Climate Central, said if anything, this winter has been marked by warm temperatures — mirroring what’s happening across much of the Western U.S.[aside postID=news_12073690 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/CaliforniaAvalancheAP1.jpg']Winkley’s group recently analyzed 245 major U.S. cities to determine how climate change is altering winter. They found that in 80% of those cities — including San Francisco — winter is getting \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/winter-warming-2026\">shorter\u003c/a> by about nine days. San Francisco winters are shortening by six days on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing more warm days during the winter months than we did prior,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This trend, Winkley noted, also means it can be colder less often. Since 2020, there have been 52 daily temperature records set in San Francisco. Winkley said only one was for a record-low temperature in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This showcases how even in a warming world, there’s still cold weather to be had, and there’s something to the idea that climate change makes all extremes more extreme,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the potentially record-setting cold temperatures this week seem drastic in comparison to the recent warm Bay Area weather, Winkley said the cold would have “been a little more regular in decades past in a more stable climate.” But, he notes, we no longer live in a stable climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though this is going to be a significant cold snap, and there is the potential that we could see a record, we know that record cold really just is not as prevalent or as common as it should be,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new analysis from the nonprofit research group Climate Central found that the coldest time of year is shrinking in 195 U.S. cities — getting nine days shorter on average compared to 1970-1997. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Winkley’s group recently analyzed 245 major U.S. cities to determine how climate change is altering winter. They found that in 80% of those cities — including San Francisco — winter is getting \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/winter-warming-2026\">shorter\u003c/a> by about nine days. San Francisco winters are shortening by six days on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing more warm days during the winter months than we did prior,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This trend, Winkley noted, also means it can be colder less often. Since 2020, there have been 52 daily temperature records set in San Francisco. Winkley said only one was for a record-low temperature in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This showcases how even in a warming world, there’s still cold weather to be had, and there’s something to the idea that climate change makes all extremes more extreme,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the potentially record-setting cold temperatures this week seem drastic in comparison to the recent warm Bay Area weather, Winkley said the cold would have “been a little more regular in decades past in a more stable climate.” But, he notes, we no longer live in a stable climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though this is going to be a significant cold snap, and there is the potential that we could see a record, we know that record cold really just is not as prevalent or as common as it should be,” Winkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2026ShorterWinters_local_sanfrancisco_en_title_lg-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new analysis from the nonprofit research group Climate Central found that the coldest time of year is shrinking in 195 U.S. cities — getting nine days shorter on average compared to 1970-1997. San Francisco’s winter is shrinking by around six days. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Climate Central)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the extra cold temperatures and two weeks of rain may be annoying to travelers and commuters, Kennedy said the cold temperatures are a good sign that winter-like conditions haven’t disappeared entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know some people said they thought winter was over,” Kennedy said. “But winter is not over. It’s still here. It’s still thriving. And if you like cold weather, which I do, it’s just nice to see those colder temperatures returning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you hate winter and the cold, Kennedy said this would be the week to wear an extra layer or stay home during the coldest parts of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be a really good idea to bundle up and check in on anyone who may not have adequate access to heating,” Kennedy said. “Also, remember to make sure your pets are indoors and to protect any plants that are outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg said the hike was especially meaningful for her daughters, who grew up in Provo, Utah, and had been missing the snow. “When we heard that there was a weather forecast that it might snow up here, we were like ‘OK, well this is our chance to go get some snow and make some memories.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snow fell on peaks around the bay, including nearby Mount Hamilton, Mount Diablo in the East Bay and Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00082_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of a rainbow in front of the Sierra Azul mountain range, dusted with a light snow cap from a Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve Parking lot in Almaden on Feb. 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers at Lick Observatory, which sits at the top of Mount Hamilton, said California Highway Patrol closed the roads up the mountain intermittently due to dangerous conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area’s highest peaks see snow on a near annual basis, snowfall below 2,500 feet is more rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials closed the road up to the summit of Mount Umunhum, too, shutting traffic down at the Sierra Azul parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000099\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000099\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00144_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00144_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00144_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00144_TV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/260218-BALDMOUNTAINSNOW00144_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sierra Azul mountain range dusted with a light snow cap from a Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve Parking lot in Almaden on Feb. 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Stuart Williams, who also came up to see the snow, getting most of the way was enough. “I was gonna drive to the very top, but I’m pretty good with seeing the little bit of snow that’s here. I got to make a little snowball and throw it, that was fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead, Bay Area residents can expect cold, with near record-breaking lows on Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developing storms will also bring gusty winds and rain, with additional snow accumulation expected at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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And just this morning, Bay Area peaks, like Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, collected several inches of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the consistent downpour will last through Wednesday across the greater Bay Area, but off-and-on showers are likely through Saturday. 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Flooding has been minimal so far, he said, but next week could be a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the areas that got a lot of rain this week may start to see some of those compounding flooding effects,” Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer doesn’t expect any large-scale river flooding because rivers across the region are in “pretty good shape to accept a lot more runoff.” He said that if any does occur, it will likely be localized in urban areas and along small streams.[aside postID=news_12073593 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DonnerPassGetty.jpg']Across the Sierra Nevada, forecasters said ski resorts are already reporting a foot to a couple of feet of snow, with 12 inches at Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really is just the beginning,” Edan Lindaman, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Reno, told KQED. “This is just a really strong winter storm. And because it’s been so quiet, it may have caught some people off guard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said snow levels could drop to 1,000 feet at times, and more than 4 feet could fall at 3,500 feet or above. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999982/winter-is-so-back-storms-are-on-the-way-for-the-bay-area-and-sierra-nevada\">going to get wet \u003c/a>over the next week across the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s good news for local water supplies and the state’s subpar snowpack, but the coming cold system could complicate travel to the slopes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072038/2026-winter-olympics-how-to-watch-bay-area-athletes-tahoe-figure-skating-skiing-snowboarding-cortina\">winter sports enthusiasts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service forecasters said they expect multiple bands of precipitation to move over Northern California starting Saturday and lasting through late next week. A cold, large low-pressure system will start to dip down on Saturday from the Gulf of Alaska, producing waves of rain and snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the rain will start falling Saturday evening across the Bay Area and last through at least Wednesday. Rain totals vary widely across the region. Cities like Gilroy and San José could receive as much as 2.5 inches of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3 inches could fall in San Francisco and San Rafael could get more than 4.5 inches of rain. Coastal mountains could see more than 5 inches of rain over the next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were mostly dry in the mid- to latter-half of January, so all this rain is very beneficial,” Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999213\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/007_SanFrancisco_AtmosphericRiver_12132021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/007_SanFrancisco_AtmosphericRiver_12132021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/007_SanFrancisco_AtmosphericRiver_12132021_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/007_SanFrancisco_AtmosphericRiver_12132021_qed-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/007_SanFrancisco_AtmosphericRiver_12132021_qed-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait at a Muni stop on Mission Street in the rain on Dec. 13, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gass said he doesn’t expect major flooding from the multiple rounds of rain, especially since the system isn’t an atmospheric river, which can douse the region in rain and cause flash flooding. But he said the highest peaks in the coastal mountain range could get some snow since temperatures are trending 5 to 10 degrees below average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Snow is definitely a possibility because they’re going to be colder systems than what we’ve previously seen earlier in the winter,” Gass said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect the system to impact the Sierra Nevada starting late Sunday, with heavy snow starting Monday. More than 4 feet of snow could fall in the Sierra Nevada next week — a huge boost for the state’s snowpack, which is \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">currently\u003c/a> at about 54% of normal for this time of year.[aside postID=news_12073187 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-2051128708-1020x652.jpg']“It’s going to pack a punch for the snowpack and help us a lot,” said Justin Collins, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “Around Lake Tahoe, we could see anywhere from 1 to 2 feet of snow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Purdue, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento Office, said snow levels could drop below 3,000 feet on Tuesday, making travel across mountain highways next week potentially “hazardous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Try to get any traveling done on Saturday at the latest because we’re going to see potentially moderate to heavy snow through Wednesday,” Purdue said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the influx of snow could quickly change ski conditions in the Sierra Nevada from wet, spring-like snow to a light, cold, fluffy surface that skiers and snowboarders love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winter is back, and we are fully back in the swing of things,” said Jake Stern, content and communications manager for the Sierra at Tahoe ski resort. “It’s going to be full-on February, Sierra Nevada powder skiing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Lacey, public relations manager for Palisades Tahoe, encouraged anyone traveling for the three-day weekend to monitor the forecast and drive carefully, especially on Monday, when snowfall is expected to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/SierraSnowPackSurvey2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/SierraSnowPackSurvey2026.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/SierraSnowPackSurvey2026-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/SierraSnowPackSurvey2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/SierraSnowPackSurvey2026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Department of Water Resources (from left) Hydrometerologist, Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, and Engineer Jacob Kollen, conduct the second media snow survey of the 2026 season on Jan. 30, 2026, at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sara Nevis/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lacey said all the snow in the forecast is promising for a great rest of the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at 53 inches of snow, and this storm cycle continues quite a bit into the future; there’s snow every single day on the 15-day forecast,” Lacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how long will this cold weather last? 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"content": "\u003cp>On rainy winter nights in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a>, a quiet migration unfolds under the cover of dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/28273\">California newts\u003c/a> — those small, slow-moving amphibians with bright orange bellies — leave their upland habitats and head toward the ponds and reservoirs where they’ll breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For thousands of years, this trek was uneventful. Today, it often ends beneath the tires of passing cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along Alma Bridge Road near Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos, volunteers with a group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.bioblitz.club/newts\">Newt Patrol\u003c/a> have spent years documenting the toll. Since 2017, community scientists have recorded more than 36,000 dead newts on this single 4.2-mile stretch of road alone. In some early years, surveys averaged roughly 6,000 dead newts per season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They move very slow, and they’re kind of soft and squishy in a nice way. They’re just not adapted to roads,” said Merav Vonshak, an ecologist who organizes Newt Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/3_Newt-Patrol-Volunteers_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/3_Newt-Patrol-Volunteers_resized.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/3_Newt-Patrol-Volunteers_resized-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/3_Newt-Patrol-Volunteers_resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/3_Newt-Patrol-Volunteers_resized-1536x1151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers from Newt Patrol on their way to the assisted migration area. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Merav Vonshak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This means that “every time I look at them, especially the live ones, it’s so moving and wonderful,” Vonshak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the numbers are stark. Vonshak has personally documented more than 15,000 dead newts over the years, while encountering only a handful of living creatures during daytime surveys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, these volunteer observations are actually helping inform how land management agencies like the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District — which oversees more than 70,000 acres and 250 miles of trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains and beyond — plan and manage land to balance public recreation and the protection of wildlife and sensitive habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Newt passage’ efforts underway\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/\">Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District\u003c/a>, which oversees nearby Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, had planned new trail access in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/beatty-parking-area-and-trail-connections\">Beatty Area\u003c/a>. After community scientists raised concerns about newt roadkill, the agency paused the project and funded a wildlife mortality study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When confronted by cars, newts often freeze rather than flee — a strategy shaped long before pavement. And the study found that nearly 40% of newts attempting to cross Alma Bridge Road in a single migration season were killed by vehicles: a rate that could drive local populations to extinction within decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That really spurred us into action,” said Ryan McCauley, public affairs specialist at Midpen. “Within our lifetime, we could see those local newt populations disappear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California newt trying to cross Alma Bridge Road. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Annette Hertz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last month, Midpen’s board approved a compromise plan to balance recreation and wildlife protection. The agency committed $650,000 toward a pilot “Newt Passage” project, installing fencing and underground tunnels at the worst roadkill hotspot along Alma Bridge Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New trails in the Beatty Area will be seasonally closed during winter migration months, and Midpen will upgrade an existing parking area instead of building a new one in sensitive habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There can often be an inherent tension between open space access and natural resource protection,” McCauley said. “This project is a way to mitigate that tension.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newts deserve a ‘fighting chance,’ volunteers say\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While California newts spend most of their lives hidden in forests, winter rains trigger a hormonal shift that sends them back to the same ponds where they were born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some travel up to three miles, likely guided by smell. 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Equipped with headlamps, buckets and clean hands, they gently move the animals in the direction they were already heading, making sure to be aware of any traffic themselves.[aside postID=science_1985496 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/GettyImages-534340452-1020x681.jpg']Similar efforts are underway farther north in Marin County, where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.chilenovalleynewtbrigade.org/\">Chileno Valley Newt Brigade\u003c/a> has operated for seven years. This volunteer-run group monitors a one-mile stretch of Chileno Valley Road near Laguna Lake, where newts must cross twice each breeding season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One year we saved 15,000 baby newts,” said the group’s founder, Sally Gale. 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And the study found that nearly 40% of newts attempting to cross Alma Bridge Road in a single migration season were killed by vehicles: a rate that could drive local populations to extinction within decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That really spurred us into action,” said Ryan McCauley, public affairs specialist at Midpen. “Within our lifetime, we could see those local newt populations disappear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/2_IMG_4293_resized-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California newt trying to cross Alma Bridge Road. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Annette Hertz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last month, Midpen’s board approved a compromise plan to balance recreation and wildlife protection. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area’s first false spring is coming to an end this week as two storms promise to bring much-needed rain across the region and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999949/californias-snowpack-is-shrinking-but-winter-isnt-over-yet\">snow\u003c/a> to the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service forecasters said the weather pattern will shift from shorts-and-hoodie weather with a first storm starting Tuesday. But it is just the beginning of what forecasters say appears to be the storm door opening for the foreseeable future, with rain and mountain snow that could last through mid-February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The jet stream is now pointing at California, and when that happens, it’s kind of like a highway for storms to move through,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s storm, dipping down from the Gulf of Alaska, could deliver as much as an inch of rain in coastal cities and 2 inches along the coastal range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn said the first round of rain will last through midday Wednesday and will be mostly beneficial after weeks of dry weather. But he said the brief storm will bring strong winds, colder temperatures and a chance of thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/20251113_RainFolo_GH-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/20251113_RainFolo_GH-4_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/20251113_RainFolo_GH-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/20251113_RainFolo_GH-4_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/20251113_RainFolo_GH-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Hall is reflected in a rain puddle at Civic Center Plaza on Nov. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’ll be a stormy, nasty day Tuesday, and then Wednesday it’ll clear up,” Flynn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters also expect the first storm to blanket the Sierra Nevada in snow, with up to a foot and a half of snow above 6,000 feet and up to 2 feet at the highest peaks. The storm could complicate mountain travel from Tuesday through midday Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A much colder, wetter and potentially longer storm will likely move over Northern California on Saturday, just in time for a three-day Valentine’s weekend.[aside postID=news_12071021 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260126-AI-WEATHER-01-KQED.jpg']“That next system really could help put us back on track, at least for our snowpack and water reservoir levels,” said Jeffrey Wood, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters suggest this weekend’s storm could bring multiple feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, but it’s too early to tell. The storm could linger into next week, with a potential third storm arriving later next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does look like the storm track from the Pacific is finally opening up to bring snow back to the Sierra,” said Mark Deutschendorf, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “Winter is finally coming back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deutschendorf recommends mountain travelers avoid the snowiest windows and pay close attention to road controls; they might miss out on skiing and instead be “stuck on the highway waiting for plows to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, Flynn said the second storm will be a “little more tame,” but sustained rain, with about the same amount as Tuesday’s storm, could last Saturday through Tuesday or longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t see any of the strong wind or big thunderstorm threat with the next system,” Flynn said. “It’s more well-behaved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Since tracking began, more than 60 known monarch groves along California’s coast have been destroyed, according to Sarina Jepsen, director of the Xerces Society’s endangered species program. In just the past year, at least three active sites were significantly damaged by inappropriate tree removal, often tied to development, Jepsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without adequate places for monarchs to overwinter, we will lose the migration,” she said.[aside postID=science_1999898 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/DL1215_promo_still8-672x372.jpg']There were, however, a few bright spots. 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