For the first time in more than a decade, the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for several communities across the San Francisco Bay Area.
A potent cold weather system roared into the region from the Northwest on Tuesday, triggering fierce winds that left behind toppled trees, damaged homes and thousands of power outages. As of 6 a.m., Pacific Gas & Electric reported that 63,619 customers were still without electricity.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - FEB. 5: Sutro Tower as seen after an especially strong snowfall in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 1976. While the winds relented in the pre-dawn hours, the front presented new challenges for local residents -- plunging temperatures, rain and snow levels dropping down to 500 feet over the next 48 hours.
Feb. 5, 1976: A girl builds a snowman in Golden Gate Park during a rare San Francisco snowfall in 1976."We'll see rain, cold temperatures, low elevation snow, thunderstorms and gusty winds," the weather service predicted in a Wednesday morning video alert."There will be two rounds of snow showers. Round 1 begins today and will be on the lighter side. The second, more impactful one will arrive for Thursday and Friday.
Forecasters warned that the gusty winds Thursday afternoon into early Friday will combine to create hazardous driving conditions. Snow storms are a rarity in the Bay Area. In 1976 blizzard-like conditions left communities like Woodside looking more like Tahoe and on Feb. 5, 1887, a storm dumped 3.7 inches in downtown San Francisco.KPIX Meteorologist Jessica Burch said 15 inches could fall in Lexington Hill in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 19.3 inches on Mt. Hamilton, 1 inch in Mt. Diablo and 4.3 inches in Santa Rosa.Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.
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