Let's take a live look in the High
Sierra at this hour where fresh snow
made life a nightmare for commuters
who were trying to get home last night.
Here you can see things moving fine now
but before people had to wait for hours.
ABC 10s Bridget Viola will have an update
from the Sierra in just a few moments.
But first let's check in with
meteorologist Rob Karl. Mark Rob
our condition is going to
be better today. I think people are
just pleased seeing cars moving on 80.
Yesterday it was the parking lot and by the
way getting caught up on all the traffic.
Closed from yesterday.
It was a bad one of the all time ones,
certainly for this year in many years.
OK, let's go ahead and get you
caught up with what's going on today.
It is cold with some fog out there,
but the wind is really the
secret sauce about today.
It's keeping some really dense fog from
forming and it will keep you chillier
if you're not prepared for it later on.
Today, 40 degrees in Stockton,
32 in Auburn and 21 for Truckee.
So some of the higher elevation temperatures
are actually coming up a little bit
compared to where we were just recently,
but that's seven mile per hour
wind in places like Sacramento.
That's really the secret from keeping the
really dense stuff from forming everywhere.
Now the air is really wet and ready to go,
but you keep a little bit of
wind stirring things up and fog
has a difficult time forming.
You're gonna get do on your windshield,
but probably not much more than that.
High pressure sets up right on top of us,
so it's going to be quiet this entire week.
This weekend we are looking at some changes,
not major ones,
but remember the plan for today?
Jacket for the cold temperatures.
A jacket handy for the breezy temperatures.
It's going to be dry this week.
We'll talk more about the weekend.
Change is coming up a little bit later on.
For more on this snow situation,
we're gonna go to Bridget Burlow,
who's bundled up and ready to go.
And I'm telling you what I'm
seeing and what I'm hearing.
It was just horrible yesterday.
What are you seeing so far this morning?
That's right, rob. A chilly start to the day.
It's around 19 degrees here
where we are in kingvale,
but a much different scene on the
Interstate than last night when
driver was waited up to six hours
just to get down the mountain due
to spinouts over Donner Summit.
We saw about a foot of snow that
fell over the last 24 hours,
adding to all the snow that's already here.
Take a look at this mountain of
snow at this Shell gas station.
This area has been seeing so much.
Activity has been such a busy
winter and what a big rig slides
in these conditions it can cause
major backups on the freeway.
Take a look at this video.
This is I-80,
a right near Truckee and as you can
see we have this semi that's spun
out and it took three CHP patrol
cruisers to access this vehicle,
pull it out of the way so that
other cars can go through,
open back up the Interstate and
bring that semi out to safety.
It just goes to show why
mountain travel is highly.
Discouraged during these major snow
events in I-80, not the only one.
Take a look at Hwy. 50.
This is some video of the traffic
cameras from Caltrans and this is Myers,
right near the circle.
If you come back from South Lake
Tahoe going back to Sacramento,
you know you got to hit the circle.
It's unavoidable.
And as you can see,
there are rows of cars,
bumper to bumper, not getting anywhere.
Not a fun experience for drivers.
And that's why the CHP was warning people
don't wait till Sunday night to come home.
Especially when it's snowing
and coming back out here alive.
I'm not getting any snow as of yet.
We had a little bit of rain and ice as we
were heading up here to the Truckee area.
But as you can see, there is a lot of
snow on the ground that's accumulated.
When this turns to ice,
it can really create some
hazardous driving conditions.
So expect slick roads if you're
heading up to the Truckee area.
There's also chain chain
controls in effect currently.
For more on that,
Jordan is tracking it in the studio.
Good morning,
Jordan.
Good morning, Bridget. Yeah, you know,
it, it really goes to show that no
matter what kind of car you drive,
whether it has four wheel drive,
there's a certain amount of snow
where it just is a difficult
situation for everybody, right.
So chain control still in effect on both Hwy.
50 and Interstate 80 this morning.
This is a look at that circle that
Bridget was just referencing at Myers.
Everybody has to go through here, right?
And this is where we're seeing
chain controls from here on Hwy.
50, further down,
all the way through Pollock
Pines area this morning.
So let's get to those on I.
80 This morning Nyack to state line.
That's where we're seeing those
chain controls this morning.
They are constantly changing.
I've seen the chain control shift a
little bit less and less throughout
the morning as that snow isn't falling,
but crews are working really
hard to clean up these areas.
Myers to sawmill undercrossing,
like I said that's to near Pollock
Pines area from South Lake
Tahoe all the way through there.
That's where we're seeing
those chain controls on Hwy.
50 this morning.
Now like Rob said,
there's not going to be more snow today,
but definitely going to see those chain
controls persist throughout the day
as crews start to clean those areas.
The only other place where I'm seeing
any kind of delays this morning is 99
northbound between Ripon and Manteca.
This is a place where we typically
see traffic kind of building
up around this time of morning,
so just leave yourself some extra
time if you are headed that way.