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"content": "\u003cp>The snowpack is melting so fast across the Sierra Nevada that ski resorts in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075338/lake-tahoe-by-train-california-zephyr-ski-bus-sports-basement-amtrak-capitol-corridor-weather-traffic-delays\">Tahoe area\u003c/a> are farming snow to deepen the slush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, state officials are worried the melting snowpack could lead to troubling drought and early wildfire conditions. Climate experts said the truncated winter and an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000348/heat-wave-will-blast-more-bay-area-temperature-records-friday\">early spring heat wave\u003c/a> are exactly what they’ve predicted in a warming world. California has been baked all week with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The monthly record has already been completely smashed for South Lake Tahoe,” said Christopher Johnston, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Reno office. The town set a new March record of 76 degrees on Wednesday, 5 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online, skiers and snowboarders have bemoaned their less-than-ideal trips down the Tahoe slopes. “It was like skiing on a slushee,” wrote one commenter on \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/laketahoe/comments/1rxmj39/skiing_this_weekend/\">Reddit\u003c/a>. “I’m putting a wrap on it for the season,” complained \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/snowboarding/comments/1rwol8m/last_weeks_conditions_at_northstar_tahoe_this_is/\">another\u003c/a>. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/palisadestahoe/comments/1rsfy03/hows_the_snow/\">third wrote\u003c/a> what meteorologists have alluded to this week: “It’s summer already, bring your mountain bike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of snow has caused ski resorts, including Palisades Tahoe, to close runs. Patrick Lacey, the resort’s public relations manager, said that it plans to keep operating through April and that 67% of its terrain remains open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1978341 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/02/KJ1_0474-1-e1774039477229.jpg\" alt=\"An apline creek running over a dark greanite slabe with white snow to the left and right. 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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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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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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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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": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>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. Up to 8 feet of snow could fall on the highest peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office, discouraged mountain travel over the next few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are looking at dangerous to near impossible mountain traveling conditions with chain controls and road closures,” Anderson said. “There will also be low visibility and near whiteout conditions from a combination of snow and heavy wind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the anticipated snow will be a positive boost for the state’s snowpack — needed for replenishing the state’s water levels — already nearing the yearly average of where it should be by winter’s end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985947 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1408\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-768x541.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240102-SNOWPACK-DWR-01-KQED-1920x1352.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Schwartz, UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory manager and lead scientist, conducts a snow survey in Soda Springs on Jan. 26, 2022. \u003ccite>(Florence Low/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What this week’s storm will do is push the state’s frozen reservoir in the right direction of approaching an average snowpack year, said Andrew Schwartz, director of the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t going to be a one-and-done situation where we get this storm, and it brings us up to average and everything’s hunky dory for the rest of the season,” Schwartz said. “We’ll need multiple other storms to try to get back up to that average or above average mark, but this is definitely a step in the correct direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwartz described the looming systems as smaller snow producers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that’s not necessarily the end of the world either,” Schwartz said. “If we get multiple storms that have little bits of snow, that’s just as good as having one or two big storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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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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