The snowpack in the Sierra was at dangerously low levels, but California's Department of Water Resources reported on Christmas Eve that the snowpack was between 114% and 137% of normal across the range with more snow expected.
Other areas of California, however, saw a wet and rainyas storms continue to drench the state, causing flash flooding and evacuations in some areas over the holiday period.
“The worst part of the storm is here so expect long delays,” the California Highway Patrol in Truckee tweeted Saturday afternoon. There's been at least 119 inches recorded so far this month , according to The Mercury News, with more expected over the next 72 hours. The roadway is a major route to Big Bear Lake and the closure near Panorama Point could be “several days if not weeks,” the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco Bay Area is predicted to have rain showers through Monday before cold and drier conditions arrive through the middle of next week, the weather service said. Rain and snow records broke in Nevada and state officials in Oregon declared an emergency ahead of the freezing temperatures, snow and ice.
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