A moisture-packed atmospheric river pelted the northern Sierra Nevada with snow Tuesday — and the deluge is expected to persist through Thursday morning.
The National Weather Serviced warned of heavy snowfall, whipping winds and whiteout conditions, advising against mountain travel until Thursday afternoon.
By Tuesday morning, several ski resorts around the Tahoe Basin, including Squaw and Sugar Bowl, reported two feet of fresh snow overnight.
Basin snowfall totals for the four-day storm are expected to be two to four feet below 7,000 feet and up to eight feet at elevations above 7,000 feet.
It's been raining in sheets all day today in Redding. Churn Creek is a brown muddy torrent. Good thing this isn't a cold storm.
And it will melt and run into the ocean.
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Maybe it won't ever melt and will simply add to the glaciation.