Friday - Sunday Storm:

The next storm will push snow showers into the Sierra by late morning on Friday and will continue to increase into Friday afternoon. The storm is dropping south down the CA coast and will direct moisture at the Sierra through Saturday night, with scattered snow showers possible into Sunday.

Snow levels rise up to around 5000-5500 ft. on Friday and then drop to around 4000-4500 ft. Friday night. Then hover around 5000 ft. on Saturday before dropping below 4000 ft. Saturday night, and rising back up to around 6000 ft. on Sunday. 

That means chain controls are likely at some point on Friday and continuing into Saturday, and possibly into Sunday morning. The length will fluctuate as snow levels rise and fall throughout the weekend. Any lulls in the showers during the daytime hours each day could melt the roads enough for chain controls to drop, but any heavier showers could bring them back, especially at night.

Expect slower travel and slick roads at times through the weekend.

Long-Range:

A drier pattern is expected for the first few days of April.

Then an unsettled pattern is expected again from the 4th - 8th. The first storm could arrive as early as Wednesday night into Thursday, with another storm or two possible into next weekend. We'll continue to watch the trends with more details on each storm as they get closer.

The pattern looks to become drier starting around the 9th.

BA

P.S. NWS Graphs and Caltrans live cams are below (we don't control them).

I-80 Road Cams:

Dutch Flat, Exit 145 - 3,323'

Blue Canyon, Exit 154 - 5,022'

Kingvale, Exit 171 - 6,095'

Castle Peak, Exit 176 - 7,165'

Donner Summit - 7,221'

Donner Lake, Exit 180 - 6,394'

Truckee, Exit 184 - 5,905'

Truckee, Exit 188 - 5,928'

Truckee Scales, Exit 191 - 5,826'

Floriston, Exit 199 - 5,291'

If you are traveling through the Sierra please use the links below for travel advisories as we do not give our opinions on the "safest" or "best" travel times for liability reasons. The storm timing, road conditions, & chain control areas are not guaranteed and are subject to change.

NWS Reno: https://www.weather.gov/rev/
NWS Sacramento: https://www.weather.gov/sto/
CA road conditions: http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-b... (and 1-800-427-7623)
NV road conditions: https://nvroads.com/
OSS weather share: http://oss.weathershare.org/#