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By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 5 years ago February 2, 2019

Snow Through Tuesday...

Summary

- The brunt of the storm pushes in Saturday morning into the early afternoon with the cold front, with lighter snow showers Saturday night. Snow levels start around 7,000 feet falling to 6,500 feet Saturday morning, and 5,500 feet by Saturday evening. Ridgetop wind gusts increasing to 60+ mph likely affecting upper mountain lift operations. We could see 10-20 inches of additional snowfall on the mountains above 7,000 feet by Sunday morning, and 3-9 inches at lake level. - A cold system dropping down from the north on Sunday keeps the snow showers going. Heavier snowfall expected again Sunday afternoon through Monday night, with snow showers lasting into Tuesday. Snow levels continue to fall, dropping to 5,000 feet Sunday, 4,000 feet Monday, and 1,500 feet Tuesday. Ridgetop winds could increase to 100 mph by Sunday night and stay strong through Monday. We could see an additional 3-5+ feet of snow on the mountains by Tuesday evening, and 1.5 - 4 feet at lake level. - We stay in a cold but drier pattern Wednesday through the end of the week. - We could see more storms next weekend.

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About Our Forecaster

Bryan Allegretto

Forecaster

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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