Update 1 PM:

Mt. Rose has just announced that they are opening this Friday! Mammoth Mountain is already open. The ski season has begun and more mountains will be opening as we go through the month of November!

Also, see my P.S. at the bottom about traveling Tuesday.

Morning Post:

The cold front swept through during the early morning hours with high winds and a band of heavy snow. Wind gusts up to 161 mph were recorded by the sensor at the top of Palisades!

Snow showers are still firing Monday morning to the south of the Tahoe basin, and that is where most of the snow showers will likely be during the day.

The ski areas reporting and the Snow Lab are reported 5-12 inches of snow from the cold front that moved through overnight. The highest are Dodge Ridge with 10" and Mt. Rose reporting 12 inches. My final forecast put out Sunday morning had around 6-11 inches of the total for the storm forecast to fall from the cold front overnight, so we are close so far for most mountains with some a bit under.

Monday:

If you weren't skipping to the snowfall forecast on the forecast yesterday you saw that we were expecting a break in the snow Monday between the cold front early Monday and the cold low moving in Monday night. We are seeing some clearing this morning with some breaks of sun and scattered snow showers to the south of the lake, and blue skies to the north of the lake.

Here is a shot this morning from the Snow Lab where they picked up 6 inches of new snow overnight.

It will be a cold day with highs into the 30s at lake level and 20s for the mountains. The winds have come down some with ridgetop gusts only to 30+ mph, but the winds are expected to increase again ahead of the main low with gusts increasing up to 50-60+ mph from the southwest.

Monday is the classic cold front way ahead of the main low setup that we see a lot. People call the storm a dud after the cold front moves through and the sun comes out, and then we get buried with snow as the cold low moves through the region starting 12 hours later.

The Main Storm:

The cold low off the coast still looks impressive this morning. 

It will pull in moisture as it moves into CA and the air associated with it is cold. That will bring high snow ratios where the snow will pile up faster than with a warmer system. The snow showers are expected to increase again Tuesday evening and heavy snow moves in overnight into Tuesday. Here is a look at our forecast radar.

The snow showers are expected to continue Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and then wane through the day, and clear out by Wednesday night. No changes to the forecast for storm totals. I'm not going to get into details this morning, I already put out the final forecast in Sunday's post ahead of the storm.

Sunday Night - Wednesday Storm Update... | Tahoe Daily Snow | Snow Forecast & Ski Report | OpenSnow

We are 12 hours into this 60-72 hour storm. We will tally up the numbers on Thursday after all of the snow has fallen. No need to really continue to break down daily snowfall since the ski areas are closed and you can't chase the morning numbers. We are still expecting an additional 1-2 ft. at lake level and 2-3+ ft. on the mountains through Wednesday.

It will be cold through Wednesday with highs in the 20s. Winds will still be gusty for Tuesday with ridgetop gusts up to 50-60+ mph at times. Then lighter winds are expected for Wednesday.

Thursday - Friday:

Mostly sunny but cold for both days. Highs into the 30s with lighter winds expected.

Long-Range:

The latest trends continue to show a drier pattern continuing next weekend through the week of the 14th. Any storms trying to come under the ridge in the north Pacific into the West Coast should weaken and fall apart. We'll continue to watch the long-range for signs of a return to a more active pattern and the next snowstorm.

Stay tuned...BA

P.S. I'll be traveling very early tomorrow morning through the afternoon, so I won't be able to post again until Wednesday.

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