Christmas week storms bring over 4 feet of snow to Sierra, 3 inches of rain to Sacramento
A storm system moving north through the Greater Sacramento region has brought more heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms through Christmas week.
The wet weather brought severe thunderstorm warnings to the Sacramento Valley and made travel up the Sierra extremely difficult, leading to road closures and blizzard conditions. As of Friday morning, chain controls remained in effect on Interstate 80 and Highway 50.
So far this week, the Sacramento Valley and lower foothills have picked up about 1.5 to 5 inches of rain, while the Sierra has seen about 4 to 8 feet of snow.
Looking at Friday, the valley will get a brief break before another round of showers, thunderstorms and snow is expected to move in. Snow levels dropped to about 4,000 feet in the morning.
The entire region is expected to dry out throughout the weekend and early next week.
Rain totals
The foothills picked up the most rain of the area, with Placerville picking up more than 4.5 inches of rain and Auburn getting nearly 4.5 inches over the past five days.
Vacaville picked up nearly 3.5 inches and Sacramento got just over 3 inches of rain during the same time span.
The San Joaquin County area saw less rain, with Modesto picking up just over 1.5 inches and Stockton seeing about 1.20 inches.
Snow totals
Mt. Rose picked up 90 inches of snow in the past seven days. Northstar picked up 81 inches, Kirkwood 65 inches and Palisades Tahoe 64 inches.
Sierra Road Closures
Up-to-date traffic conditions can be found on Caltrans QuickMap.