Genoa Lane was icy going on Tuesday morning. While it has since been plowed, it and many other Carson Valley lanes and side streets are going to be slick this morning.
It’s not snowing this morning, but after a night of road temperatures in the teens motorists should expect slick conditions during this morning’s commute.
The eastbound lanes of Highway 50 were closed around 8:30 p.m. Monday after a spin-out a mile up from the junction with Highway 395 resulted in a head-on collision. A person was thrown from a vehicle and landed in the snowbank with neck and back injuries, according to first responders.
“The roads aren’t great up here,” a first responder said over the radio this morning after a report of another spin-out.
Road controls are in effect for highways 395, 88 and 50, as well as Kingsbury Grade. Highway 88 is closed near Caples Lake for avalanche control. Both Highway 50 and Interstate 80 are requiring chains or snow tires.
Douglas County school buses will be operating on their regular schedule this morning. At Lake Tahoe, students will be picked up at the main stops with Chimney Rock area students picked up and dropped off at Kahle Community Center, which is open today after being closed on Tuesday. All other county offices at Lake Tahoe are open today.
With temperatures barely cracking freezing on Tuesday, much of the snow that fell that morning is still on the ground, and wet roads turned icy.
Tuesday morning’s storm brought a significant snowfall, with Heavenly reporting just over a yard of new snow since Sunday.
A spotter in the Foothills reported 7.5 inches of snow over the previous 24 hours, which jibed with a reading from a mile north of Genoa recorded by The Record-Courier.
According to reports compiled by the National Weather Service in Reno, Johnson Lane received 7 inches. Half a foot of snow fell in Minden, which melted down to .84 inches of water, setting a new record for total snowfall on Dec. 14.
So far, Minden has recorded 1.36 inches during December closing in on the average of 1.56 inches for the month.
With a near record October, the water year so far has seen 4.76 inches of precipitation in the county seat, well over the average of 2.96 inches for the first quarter.
