Summary

- For Thursday into Friday morning, we have strong winds with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers. Highs in the 40s at lake level and 30s on the upper mountains. Winds gusting to 65+ mph on the mountain tops. Snow level around 8500 ft. Not expecting more than a coating to an inch of snow for the highest peaks. - Friday afternoon into Friday night we could see a surge of heavier precipitation. Snow levels dropping to around 6500-7000 ft. during the afternoon and holding there through Friday evening. Then dropping to lake level by Saturday morning. By Saturday morning we could see a dusting up to an inch or two for lake level, and 4-11 inches above 7000 ft. on the mountains. Winds on Friday gusting to 50+ mph on the mountains, and highs in the 30s. - Saturday we could see scattered snow showers through the day with snow levels just below lake level. Then a final system Saturday night brings more snow and colder air. Snow levels dropping below 4000 ft. Snow showers could linger into Sunday morning before we clear through the day. Highs in the 30s with winds dropping to 35+ mph over the ridges. We could see a final 1-3 inches at lake level, and 3-8 inches on the mountains. - Sunday afternoon through Tuesday we should see drier weather with highs in the 30s. - The next storm looks like it splits next week with a low spinning up off the West Coast. The forecast models are at odds on whether that system moves inland over Northern CA by Wednesday, or slows and moves inland over Southern CA by Friday. We will be watching the track all week.

Short Term Forecast