Tahoe Daily Snow
By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 7 years ago January 17, 2017
6 Days of Powder...
Summary
Today is the last day of some sun and mild temperatures in the 40's. Wednesday the first in a series of storms moves in. Snow levels start just above 7000 feet and fall below lake level by evening. Only expecting light snowfall during the afternoon with a coating to an inch possible on the mountains. Strong ridge top winds should close down upper lifts. Then heavy snow Wednesday night, tapering off Thursday morning. We could see 3-11 inches at lake level, and 4-16 inches on the mountains. Thursday night the next storm begins to move in with light snow. Then heavy snow Friday into Friday night before tapering off by Saturday morning. High winds again with this event. Additional snowfall accumulations of 5-12 inches at lake level, and 6-16 on the mountains possible. We should see a break Saturday afternoon and evening. Then the the coldest and wettest storm of the weekend should move in late Saturday night. Expecting heavy snow Sunday into Monday before tapering off Monday night. Additional snowfall of 22-42 inches at lake level, and 25-54 inches on the mountains possible. Then high pressure builds in over the West starting next Tuesday. We may have a break in the storms for at least a week into February.
Short Term Forecast
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