Road controls in effect after wet night

Snow on Daggett Summit at 5:50 a.m. Saturday.

Snow on Daggett Summit at 5:50 a.m. Saturday.

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Road controls are in effect in the Sierra with chains or four-wheel drive and snow tires required over Kingsbury Grade.

Visit nvroads.com for up-to-date information.

A 20-inch boulder was reported around 7 a.m. Saturday about three miles up the Carson Valley side of the grade.

Chains or snow tires were required on Highway 50 along Lake Tahoe and then upgraded to requiring four-wheel drive over Spooner Summit.

All public safety power outages were cleared after high winds scoured Western Nevada on Friday.

A 64 mph gust was recorded in Sheridan at 3:30 p.m. Friday topping Weather Service reports in Carson Valley. A site between Mottsville and Centerville Lanes and one in Alpine View both hit 62 mph, with Minden Tahoe Airport reporting a 58 mph gust.

A spot in Alpine County along Highway 88 near Emigrant Trail recorded a 65 mph gust at 1 p.m.

Fredericksburg resident Jeff Garvin reported .68 inches of rain overnight.

It rained over night in Carson Valley with Sheridan Acres recoding 1.53 inches and Genoa recorded .6 inches.

Heavenly Mountain Resort reported 7 inches of snowfall on Saturday morning, bringing the season total to 30 inches.