Snow on top of Mt. Hamilton leads to road closures: video
(KRON) — Snow and ice on top of Mount Hamilton on Thursday led the California Highway Patrol to temporarily enact road closures Thursday. According to the CHP, Highway 130 at Joseph D. Grant County Park summit was temporarily.
Initially, it was expected to remain so until at least 8 a.m. Friday morning. However, as of shortly after 12:30 p.m., the CHP said an inspection of the conditions determined it was OK to reopen the road.
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The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for Friday morning with low temperatures between 32 and 36 degrees expected in the inland valleys of the North Bay, San Benito County, interior Monterey County and Santa Lucia Range, East Bay hills and eastern Santa Clara Hills.
KRON4 photographers were on Mount Hamilton Thursday morning and captured images of what looked like an inch or two of fresh snow.
After several days of cooler than average weather, Friday is supposed to see a gradual warm-up across the Bay Area, according to KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan.
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