Thousands of people awoke without power Thursday morning after a powerful storm slammed into the Bay Area, toppling trees and further complicating holiday travel across the region.
The North Bay, Peninsula and the South Bay appeared to bear the brunt of the latest storm front, which packed wind gusts topping out at 108 mph in Marin County and left pockets of San Jose, Sunnyvale and Half Moon Bay without power. Elsewhere, swaths of the coastlines along Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties were in the dark, according to Pacific Gas & Electric’s outage maps.
To the east, Caltrans instituted chain controls along Interstate 80 over Donner Pass as the first of several feet of snow began to drop over the Sierra and its parched Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts.
Wind gusts and rain were expected to ease throughout the day Wednesday across the Bay Area, offering a slight reprieve ahead of another potent low front that was expected to hit the region on Wednesday night, when more power outages and wind damage was possible.
“It’s going to be, essentially, like a rinse, lather and repeat sort of thing — but maybe 5% less,” said Brian Garica, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “It’s going to be very similar to last night.”
Holiday skiers not already in Lake Tahoe for the holiday week were unlikely to reach their destinations beginning Wednesday, as the season’s first major snowstorm started bearing down on the Sierra. Most of the Lake Tahoe region above 6,000 feet was forecast to receive 4 to 8 feet of snow from Wednesday morning through late Friday — providing much-need snowpack, but making for dangerous travel conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
“The travel window was through early this morning, and conditions are going to deteriorate,” said Courtney Carpenter, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “Check road conditions before you go, if you really must travel. I would prepare for lengthy delays and road closures. Pack an emergency kit, make sure you’re prepared. But we don’t recommended travel at his point.”
This is a developing report. Check back for updates.
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