Jason Clapp is a meteorologist with the National Weather
Service in Sacramento. He says an area of low pressure centered off
the Pacific Northwest coast is pushing heavy snow into the Sierra.
And not just the higher elevations, but places like Placerville
too...
"It's close to there now. We got snow on the ground around
3,100 feet. We're looking to get down into the upper
foothills, possibly 2,500 feet. We're looking at this pattern, it
might keep going until next week."
The storm briefly knocked out power to hundreds of customers
in northern Nevada but utility officials say it should be all
restored by now. The outage was caused by a tree branch that fell
onto a power line.