Dry thru Friday Morning:

We are expecting a driy pattern through at least Friday morning. No weather-related travel impacts are expected for the rest of the week. We'll let you know if that changes.

Friday Afternoon/Evening - Saturday System:

The latest forecast model runs show a storm moving later Friday into Saturday bringing some light snow to the northern Sierra. Snow showers could move in between 4-10 PM Friday and last into Saturday evening before clearing out by Sunday morning.

Snow levels look to drop below 4000 ft. Friday night and could hover around 4000 ft. through Saturday. We could see chain controls set up Friday evening and continue into Saturday from around Blue Canyon into Truckee. The snowy travel could continue into Saturday night before improving Sunday.

Carry chains and be prepared for possible winter driving conditions this weekend from Friday afternoon into Sunday morning.

Long-Range:

We could see another break from Sunday into next Monday the 13th. The next storm showing up on the long-range models is around Tuesday the 14th into Wednesday the 15th, with additional weak/moderate storms possible every few days or so through the 3rd week of February. We'll continue to watch the trends as we get closer.

BA

P.S. NWS Graphs and Caltrans live cams are below (we don't control them)...

I-80 Road Cams:

Dutch Flat, Exit 145 - 3,323'

Blue Canyon, Exit 154 - 5,022'

Kingvale, Exit 171 - 6,095'

Castle Peak, Exit 176 - 7,165'

Donner Summit - 7,221'

Donner Lake, Exit 180 - 6,394'

Truckee, Exit 184 - 5,905'

Truckee, Exit 188 - 5,928'

Truckee Scales, Exit 191 - 5,826'

Floriston, Exit 199 - 5,291'

If you are traveling through the Sierra please use the links below for travel advisories as we do not give our opinions on the "safest" or "best" travel times for liability reasons. The storm timing, road conditions, & chain control areas are not guaranteed and are subject to change.

NWS Reno: https://www.weather.gov/rev/
NWS Sacramento: https://www.weather.gov/sto/
CA road conditions: http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-b... (and 1-800-427-7623)
NV road conditions: https://nvroads.com/
OSS weather share: http://oss.weathershare.org/#