![]() ![]() That lighter dousing will be followed by a rush of colder temperatures across the region, meteorologist Brayden Murdock said.īay Area News Group contributed to this report. “We’re seeing some pretty hazardous conditions with the mixture of heavier snow and winds, so we’re basically were telling people not to travel up into the mountains, whether that’s smaller roads or the main highways,” said Anna Wanless, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Sacramento.Ī weaker storm is in the forecast for Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, with an average of 1 to 2 inches of rain expected across the Bay Area. ![]() ![]() In the Sierra, the storm was expected to dump as much as 7 feet of snow in the Lake Tahoe area by Tuesday, and was likely to spur the majority of the region’s ski resorts to open to a greater extent in time for the busy holiday season.īut as welcome as the snow was, the weather created problems quickly, downing a power line, snarling traffic and bringing white-out conditions in the mountains. The camp was recently moved from a grassy area after raw sewage was discovered. In Sausalito, residents of a city-run homeless encampment at Marinship Park said the wind blew down several tents and a white canopy. Twenty-two people took offers of shelter between Saturday and Monday, he said. Social services agencies, police and other groups were alerted Friday to plans to trigger the shelter system to begin offer motel rooms to those living on the street, he said via email. The Marin County Health and Human Services Department activated its “severe weather emergency shelter” for the storm, said Gary Naja-Riese, director of the county’s homelessness division. Todd Overshiner said minor landslides, downed trees and fallen power lines were reported in several areas Monday. “However, it should be noted that reservoirs are still lower at this time than the 69.4% historical average capacity for this date.” “Any rainfall is positive news for our reservoir level needs and we do expect those levels to rise more over the next few days as more runoff continues to trickle in from the latest rains and due to more forecasted rainfall,” Mertens said. Thunderstorms were possible through Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Lorber said.Īs of Monday afternoon, the seven Marin Municipal Water District reservoirs were at 58.3% capacity, communications manager Adriane Mertens. By 7 p.m., Woodacre had 7.14 inches and Mill Valley about 4 inches, the weather agency reported. Monday, 6.67 inches had accumulated in Kentfield. The storm delivered about 10 inches of rain on Mount Tamalpais by mid-afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Steady rain drenched Marin County on Monday as an “atmospheric river” storm moved through the region. In the weekend’s storm, some parts of the Bay Area got more than 10 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said. ![]()
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