Travel & RV Weather Forecast Sunday 5 February

Storm brings strong winds and mountain snows to California and Oregon, then moves into the Great Basin, Inter-Mountain West and Northern Rockies early this week.
Strong winds tomorrow across parts of New Mexico (I-10) and the Plains.
Chance of heavy rain and a severe thunderstorm over eastern Texas late Tuesday.

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Pacific:

— OR Cascades; far-southern WA Cascades above 3500 feet: Winter Weather Advisories until early Monday morning. Additional accumulations 5-12 inches. Wind gusts to 45 mph.

— Central and northeast OR, and adjacent southeast WA: Winter Storm Warnings (Blue Mountains) and Advisories through early Monday morning. Accumulations will range from 4-6 inches in central OR to 8-14 inches with wind gusts to 45 mph in the Blue Mountains. I-84, US-20, US-26, US-97, US-395 impacted.

— North-central OR: Wind Advisory this afternoon through Monday morning. Gusts to 45 mph. I-84, US-395 impacted.

— Northern CA above 5000 feet: Winter Weather Advisories continue through this morning. Total accumulations 4-8 inches and wind gusts to 45 mph. US-97 impacted.

— Northeast CA Lassen, Plumas, Eastern Sierra Counties: Winter Weather Advisory continue through this evening. Additional accumulations up to 2 inches of snow likely; except 1-5 inches west of US-395. US-395 impacted.

— CA Sierra Nevada mountains above 4000 feet: Winter Storm Warnings continue through this this evening. Additional snow accumulations of 6-12 inches above 5000 feet and wind gusts to 50 mph. I-80, US-50 impacted.

— Portions of central, east-central and northeast NV: Winter Weather Advisories through Monday morning. Snow accumulations generally 1-4 inches. Wind gusts to 40 mph. I-80, US-6, US-50, US-93 impacted.

— Southern CA Santa Ynez and interior Santa Barbara County mountains: Wind Advisories this evening through midday Monday. Gusts to 50 mph. US-101 impacted.

— Southern CA Ventura and Los Angeles County Mountains above 3500 feet: Winter Weather Advisory this evening through Monday morning. 1-3 inches snow likely. 1-2 inches on the Grapevine with gusts to 55 mph. I-5 impacted.

— Southeast and southern CA interior deserts; southern NV: Wind Advisories continue through this evening. Gusts to 50 mph. I-10, I-15, I-40, US-95, US-395, CA-58 impacted.

— Southern interior CA Riverside and San Diego County Mountains; San Diego County Deserts: Wind Advisory late this morning and tonight. Gusts to 55 mph. I-8, I-10 impacted.

Mountain:

— Northwest MT along and east of the Rocky Mountain Front: High Wind Watch Monday afternoon through Wednesday morning. Gusts to 75 mph. I-15 impacted.

— South-central MT Beartooth and Livingston Area: Wind Advisory continues through this morning. Gusts to 60 mph. I-90 impacted.

— Portions of central and south-central MT; western WY and adjacent southeast ID; north-central, central and southwest UT: Winter Weather Advisories midday today through Monday. Snow accumulations generally 4-8 inches in the valleys and lower terrain and 10-18 inches in the higher passes and mountains. Wind gusts in places to 40 mph. I-15, I-70, I-80, I-90 impacted.

— East-central and southeast WY: High Wind Warning this evening through midday Monday. Gusts to 70 mph. I-25 impacted.

— Southeast WY: High Wind Watch tonight through midday Monday. Gusts to 70 mph. I-25, I-80 impacted.

— South-central WY and north-central CO: Winter Weather Advisories this evening and Monday for the Sierra Madre range above 9000 feet. 6-10 inches snow and wind gusts to 45 mph.

— Southwest UT; northern and central AZ; west-central NM: Strong winds this afternoon. Gusts 30-45 mph. I-15, I-17, I-40 impacted.

— Central and southern NM: Strong winds Monday afternoon. Gusts 35-45 mph. I-10, I-25, I-40 impacted.

Central:

— Western ND; northwest SD: Strong winds Monday afternoon. Gusts 35-45 mph. I-90, I-94 impacted.

— South-central OK: Dense Fog Advisory this morning. I-35 impacted.

— Portions of central and east-central TX: Dense Fog Advisories this morning. I-10, I-35, I-45 impacted.

— Northeast TX; southeast OK; southwest AR; northwest LA: Slight risk of flash flooding Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night from heavy rains. I-20, I-30, I-49 potentially impacted.

— Eastern OK; southeast and east-central KS; MO; southern IA; southern MN: Strong Winds Monday afternoon. Gusts 30-40 mph. I-35, I-40, I-44, I-70, I-80, I-90 impacted.

— Much of coastal and southeast TX north of Corpus Christi: Isolated strong to possibly severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening. I-10, I-45 potentially impacted.

Eastern:

— No significant weather impacts to RV travel today or Monday.

Access to real-time road information:

Phone numbers and websites for road conditions in all 50 states. Courtesy of the Cheyenne WY Weather Forecast Office

National Weather Service Warnings, Watches and Advisories Sunday morning 5 February 2023
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Wind gusts this morning 5 February
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel today or tonight 5 February
Wind gusts Monday afternoon 6 February
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Sunday or Sunday night 6 February
Flash flood risk Tuesday and Tuesday night 7 February
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Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Tuesday or Tuesday night 7 February
Total snowfall accumulation through Tuesday night 7 February
Total precipitation amounts through Tuesday night 7 February