Massive blizzard impacting California mountains, Up to 100 inches of snow possible

Will bring rain to Virginia this weekend

ROANOKE, Va. – A large storm is coming ashore on the California coast and it's bringing flooding rains and heavy mountain snow. Above 5,000 feet, the snow is being measured in feet. Multiple feet.

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Blizzard and Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for those areas expected to receive 80-100" of snow from the time the snow started yesterday through Thursday evening. That's more than 8 feet of snow in just a days of days. To put that in perspective, that is more snow than Roanoke has seen n 5 years.

60-80" of snow is still yet to come.

On top of the snow, hurricane force wind gusts greater than 80 mph will be likely in the highest elevations.


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Jonathan Kegges joined the News 6 team in June 2019 and now covers weather on TV and all digital platforms.