Tahoe Daily Snow
By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 5 years ago December 10, 2019
Light Snow Tuesday Night, Rain & Gusty Winds Thursday - Friday...
Summary
- Partly Sunny for Tuesday with highs in the 40s. Afternoon wind gusts increasing to 30+ mph on the mountains. Tuesday night a weak system moves through bringing a chance for light snow down to lake level. We could see a dusting up to an inch or two on the mountains. Wednesday we have one storm departing and another approaching. Partly cloudy skies with highs in the 40s at lake level and 30s for the upper mountains. Winds gusting to 40+ mph on the mountain tops. - Thursday we see rain move in with gusty winds on the mountains. Snow levels around 8500-9000 ft. The rain showers continue into Friday night. Snow levels stay high Thursday night and then start to come down on Friday into the 7500-8000 ft. range, and then 6500-7000 ft. Friday night. Highs in the 40s at lake level and 30s on the mountains, with mountain top winds gusting to 50+ mph. We could see 1-2 inches of wet snow above 7000 ft. and 2-6 inches above 8000 ft. - Saturday we could see some scattered snow showers, with a better chance Saturday night as a final system moves through. Snow levels dropping below lake level Saturday. Highs drop into the 30s. A final 1-3 inches of snow is possible across the Tahoe Basin. - Sunday into Monday we could see drier weather with highs in the 30s and lighter winds. - From the 17th - 24th we could see an active pattern with some colder systems possibly moving through.
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