Travelers scramble to buy chains as Coarsegold braces for snow

COARSEGOLD, Calif. (KFSN) -- A dense wintertime tempest continues to bring unexpected upwind to Central California and radical successful the foothill communities are present bracing for imaginable snowfall.

"When it starts coming successful similar that, radical unreserved a batch to get stuff."

In Coarsegold, Dennis astatine NAPA Auto Parts is seeing a spike successful customers, each with the aforesaid happening astatine the apical of their buying list... snowfall chains.

Along Highway 41, reminders for drivers that information isn't an option.

Across the region, a broad of achromatic is dilatory mounting in, with astir of the snowfall expected to travel successful during the overnight hours.

Action News created this graphic to notation elevation points crossed Central California, with tonight's snowfall expected to scope arsenic acold down arsenic 2,000 feet.

Dennis tells america that successful his 4 years surviving successful Coarsegold, he's lone seen it snowfall once.

But the changeless bid of tourists making their mode done municipality keeps the store acceptable for a unreserved similar this.

"The radical that travel sojourn Yosemite are the ones that kinda freak out, they don't cognize what's gonna happen, worldly similar that, truthful we're kinda utilized to it," Dennis says.

The roads adjacent Oakhurst are bordered by tiny snowbanks.

One of those unequipped travelers was Marshal Morgan.

Action News caught up with him close aft helium picked up immoderate chains.

"Just getting retired of town, we drove up from Los Angeles," Morgan says. "We conscionable similar to get out, particularly successful the weather, spot greenish California."

While helium whitethorn not beryllium seeing overmuch greenish this clip around, Morgan is not letting it enactment a damper connected his family's vacation.

"Well, we usually thrust to snowfall resorts for snow, truthful this volition beryllium a small antithetic successful that regard, but we similar the snow," helium says.

However, the effects of this snowfall stay to beryllium seen.

In Mariposa County, the schoolhouse territory has already announced a two-hour hold successful classes tomorrow, with the anticipation of a afloat schoolhouse closure.