Summary:

A nice weekend with sun and high's in the 60's.  A cold system pushes in for Tuesday with much colder air and light snow.  A significant snow storm is possible next weekend.

Details:

We saw some light rain showers this afternoon and evening along the crest.  The rest of the weekend should be beautiful with high in the 60's.

A big change is in store by Tuesday as a cold trough drops into CA.  We will see high temps only in the 30's with light snow showers.  On the mountains we could see a few inches of accumulation.  Along the crest West of the lake we could see 3-6 inches of snow.

The ridge in the Pacific shifts closer towards the West Coast Thursday with a break in the action into Friday.  Then the ridge retrogrades further West and blocking forms from Western Canada up into Alaska.  That will help to setup the pattern of a cold trough down the West Coast and storms pushed furthern South into CA.  We could see two fairly strong systems for this time of year next weekend if the current model trends continue.  There is good agreement among the forecast models right now that next weekend is cold and snow with significant snowfall possible.  We will be watching this closely all week.

Here is a look at the Canadian and European precip forecast through next weekend.  Both show up to 3 inches of liquid along the crest on top of what falls Tuesday.  That could be a couple feet of snow on the mountains.

I'm not sure how many people are still paying attention, but keep those skis waxed up, we could have one more good powder day.  Squaw, Alpine, and Kirkwood are scheduled to be open next weekend.  This is still just over a week out it could change, but something to pay close attention to all week.

Stay tuned...BA