Atmospheric River presently hitting from San Francisco to Portland to Boise, Idaho

I woke up tonight at about 1 am and saw the weather video on my laptop and realized that it's either snowing or raining pretty much everywhere from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon to Boise, Idaho right now. a Friend in mt. Shasta says he expects 34 inches of snow to fall in the little city of Mt. Shasta. This likely means that at some point (or several points) interstate 5 might close between Redding and Ashland Oregon too.

Here are conditions according to Caltrans on Interstate 5 in California as of 1 Am early Tuesday morning. So, as of now if you have chains you might make it through to Ashland from Redding or Vice Versa.  

This is I 5 right now.

 

[IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
IS CLOSED TO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC AT BEACH BLVD /IN BUENA PARK/ (ORANGE CO) - DUE TO A TRAFFIC COLLISION - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THE JCT OF SR 14 (LOS ANGELES CO) TO THE LOS ANGELES/KERN CO LINE /THE GRAPEVINE/ - TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CAMPERS, TRAILERS, OR PERMIT LOADS

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS REDUCED TO 3 LANES 9.7 MI NORTH OF SANTA CLARITA /AT TEMPLIN HWY/ (LOS ANGELES CO) - DUE TO A MUDSLIDE

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS REDUCED TO 3 LANES FROM 12 MI NORTH OF SANTA CLARITA TO 3 MI SOUTH OF LIEBRE GULCH (LOS ANGELES CO) - DUE TO A MUDSLIDE

SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS REDUCED TO 3 LANES FROM 6.1 MI SOUTH TO 8 MI SOUTH OF LIEBRE GULCH (LOS ANGELES CO) - DUE TO A MUDSLIDE

[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
IS CLOSED TO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC 5 MI SOUTH THE JCT OF SR 99 /AT GRAPEVINE RD/ (KERN CO) - DUE TO POLICE ACTIVITY - A DETOUR IS AVAILABLE

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LOS ANGELES/KERN CO LINE TO THE FRESNO/MERCED CO LINE - TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CAMPERS, TRAILERS, OR PERMIT LOADS

[IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES ARE REQUIRED FROM 3 MI SOUTH OF DUNSMUIR TO WEED (SISKIYOU CO) /BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT/

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING SCREENED 10 MI NORTH OF REDDING /AT FAWNDALE/ (SHASTA CO) - MOTORISTS MUST HAVE TIRE CHAINS IN THEIR POSSESSION IN ORDER TO PROCEED

PLEASE RESEARCH CHAIN CONTROL LOCATIONS AS CALTRANS IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO UPDATE CHAIN CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNET MAPPING, LIKE GOOGLE MAPS & MAPQUEST.

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM WEED TO YREKA (SISKIYOU CO) - TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CAMPERS, TRAILERS, OR PERMIT LOADS