With active weather this weekend, CHP urges drivers to plan ahead

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- People are looking guardant to enjoying the three-day weekend. Some mightiness beryllium heading up to the mountains to bask the snow. Others mightiness beryllium heading retired of the Central Valley.

CHP said it's seen a batch of drivers going up to the mountains for their agelong weekend. With progressive upwind here, the bureau is expecting much snowfall up there. But connected the vale floor, drivers volition beryllium dealing with slick streets and bedewed roads.

"As we determination into the evening, we're anticipating a batch of rainfall present successful the vale floor," said Mike Salas with the CHP.

Driving down the road connected Saturday afternoon, rainfall was coming down connected the windshield. Traffic adjacent began to heap up aboriginal successful the day.

Trey McIntyre conscionable moved to Fresno from Portland backmost successful June. McIntyre says he's utilized to driving successful atrocious weather, it's different drivers that's he's much cautious of.

"Out here, radical request to recognize that you tin inactive hydroplane adjacent though you got all-weather tires," said McIntyre.

"It doesn't substance if you're successful an SUV oregon a tiny small car similar this."

McIntyre told Action News he's dealt with respective adjacent calls erstwhile driving successful the rain.

"I've virtually had my bumper taken disconnected due to the fact that I had to swerve retired of the mode to get retired of someone's mode due to the fact that helium astir deed maine successful the side," said McIntyre.

CHP expects immoderate radical to caput to the mountains to bask the snowfall implicit the agelong weekend. The bureau urges drivers not to unreserved to their destination and to permission early, if possible.

"If you deliberation you thrust safely each time connected a mean adust day," said Salas, "when it rains, evidently those aforesaid skills that we person oregon aforesaid reactions that we person aren't truly going to beryllium a origin erstwhile it's raining."

With progressive upwind this weekend, drivers tin expect to spot much officers retired connected the roadways.

"We bash person other officers retired determination looking for those radical that are driving a small spot recklessly," said Salas.

During rainfall conditions similar this, CHP urges drivers to springiness plentifulness of abstraction betwixt themselves and the different car successful front. The bureau adds to marque definite those windshield wipers are moving earlier heading out.

"It's not a contention retired there," said McIntyre, "we'll each effort to get location fine."