(FOX40.COM) — The skies are beginning to clear after four days of nearly nonstop snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, where over 100 inches of snow fell in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasts indicated that an unbelievable 10 feet of snow would pile up in some areas of the Sierra and snowfall levels would drop as low as some communities at 2,000 feet of elevation during the multi-day storm.
These predictions were not far off and the snow total even exceeded some of the expectations from forecasters.
Sugar Bowl stole the snowfall total show with 126 inches or 10.5 feet of snowfall recorded over the four days.
That is enough snow to bury the average covered bus stop with two-and-a-half feet extra of snow on top.
Soda Springs and Kingvale also recorded over 100 inches of snow with 116 inches (9.6 feet) and 106 inches (8.83 feet) respectively.
Other Snowfall Totals:
• Palisades Tahoe: 93 inches
• Dodge Ridge: 89 inches
• Sierra Snow Lab: 75.2 inches
• Boreal: 74 inches
• Eagles Lake CalTrans: 66 inches
• Blue Canyon CalTrans: 31 inches
NWS Sacramento is predicting that another six to eight inches of snow is expected to fall throughout the Central and Northern Sierra on Monday evening.
Matthew Nobert
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