Summary

- Clouds and sun for Friday. Highs in the 40s for the upper elevations and 50s at lake level. Ridgetop winds gusting from the southwest up to 50+ mph in the morning, increasing to 65+ mph during the afternoon. - The next system digs into CA Saturday. We will see snow showers from early morning through the day on Saturday becoming more scattered Saturday night, and steadier along the crest. Snow levels below lake level. We could see a dusting up to 3 inches at lake level, and 1-6 inches of snow to the mountains. Highs dropping back into the 30s. Ridgetop winds still gusting to 65+ mph. - Clouds and scattered snow showers over the mountains remain a possibility Sunday through Monday as moisture from a system off the coast streams into the Sierra. Best chance west of the lake along the crest. A coating up to a few inches of snow could accumulate on the mountains. Highs int he 30s on the mountains and 40s at lake level. Snow levels near to just below lake level. Southwest winds gusting up to 25+ mph. - Tuesday - Thursday, the storm off the coast moves into CA. The exact track of the low will determine where we see the heaviest precipitation amounts but the heaviest amounts look to fall south of Tahoe. We could see some light-moderate precipitation amounts and rising snow levels. - The active pattern may continue through the 3rd week of March.

Short Term Forecast