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By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 5 years ago January 14, 2019

Increasing Clouds Monday, Snowfall Increasing by Tuesday...

Summary

- Clouds increase on Monday. Light snow from the next system should push in Monday night. We could see light snowfall accumulations of 0-1 inches by Tuesday morning. Ridgetop wind gusts of 25-35 mph. Snow levels around 4,000 feet. - Tuesday into Tuesday night snowfall rates increase as the next wave moves through. We could see 6-17 inches of additional snowfall on the mountains by Wednesday morning. Ridgetop wind gusts of 30+ mph Tuesday increasing to 45+ mph Tuesday night. Snow levels increasing to 4,500 feet. - Wednesday we could see more light to moderate snow with snow levels increasing to 6,500 feet, and ridgetop winds increasing to 65+ mph. Then Wednesday night heavy snow pushes in with snow levels rising to 7,000 - 7,500 feet and then falling to 6,000 feet by Thursday morning. We could see an additional 12-27 inches of snow on the mountains by Thursday morning. - Thursday heavy snow continues with snow levels falling to around 5,500 feet, and ridgetop winds gusting to 100+ mph. Then snow showers Thursday night taper off by Friday morning with snow levels dropping below 4000 feet. We could see an additional snowfall of 10-21 inches on the mountains by Friday morning. - Friday into Saturday high pressure builds in with nice weather and highs in the 30's on the mountains. We could see a final storm brush us Sunday/Sunday night with light snow possible on the mountains. - Then we are expecting a dry pattern to build in starting the 21st through the last week of January.

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About Our Forecaster

Bryan Allegretto

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Bryan Allegretto has been writing insightful posts about snow storms for over the last two decades and is known as Tahoe's go-to snow forecaster. BA grew up in south Jersey, surfing, snowboarding, and chasing down the storms creating the epic conditions for both.

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