Summary

Cold and Snowy weather continues through Thursday. Today into tonight we have heavy snowfall and high winds with blizzard conditions. Snow levels may come up just above lake level this afternoon before falling again this evening. We could see an additional 11-31 inches at lake level by Tuesday morning, and 19-45 inches on the mountains. Wednesday colder air moves in with lighter snow showers. Winds will still be strong on the mountain tops. Highs will only be in the 20's. We could see several more inches of snow across the Tahoe basin. Wednesday night into Thursday a final storm moves through bringing light powdery snow to the area. We could see an additional 2-10 inches at lake level, and 3-12 inches on the mountains. In total from today through Thursday we could see 15-45 inches at lake level, and 2-5 feet on the mountains. Highest amounts on the West side of the lake. We see high pressure build in for the weekend with lots of sun and calmer winds. Highs are in the 20's Friday and then into the 30's for the holiday weekend. The calm weather may continue Tuesday and Wednesday next week before another period of active weather may begin by next Thursday.

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