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Winter Storm Slamming Western States With 48 Inches of Snow & 80 MPH Gusts

A Pacific cold storm hammering the Sierra Nevada is in its peak phase today, Monday, May 4, 2026, with the Weather Prediction Center flagging both today and Tuesday at HIGH heavy snow risk, the top of the four-tier scale, a notable upgrade from the original outlook. The same upper-level low then reloads over the Colorado Rockies for a second-act event Tuesday into Wednesday, extending the impact zone from the Northern Sierra all the way to the I-70 corridor west of Denver.Peak Driving Danger WindowThe worst window runs Monday afternoon into Tuesday morning across I-80 at Donner Pass and Highway 50 at Echo Summit, where 80 MPH crest gusts and snow levels crashing …

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Author: Kyle Edward

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