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By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 6 years ago January 4, 2018

Return of the Wet Pattern...

Summary

Today we should see scattered light rain showers with snow levels around 9,000 feet. Scattered showers could continue into tonight. Mountain top gusts to 50+ mph. Highs in the 30's on the upper mountains to 40's at the lower levels. Friday into Friday night a second wave of precipitation will bring more rain and snow into Saturday morning. This time snow levels could sit around 8,000 feet. We could see 1-4 inches of snow above 8,000 feet. Winds are still gusting to 50+ mph on the mountain tops and temperatures still in the 30's up high and 40's down low. We may have a break Saturday night into Sunday with just clouds and the chance of a stray shower with highs in the 40's. It is looking like we are going to see a wetter storm for next week in the Monday - Tuesday night time frame. Snow levels start high again around 9,000 feet Monday and then falling to 8,000 feet. Tuesday. They could fall to lake level by the end of the storm Tuesday night. We could see several inches of snow on the mountains above 8,000 feet. High pressure may build in later next week and into the weekend of the 13th, bringing back a drier pattern. But it may not last long as we may head right back into a wetter pattern the 3rd week of January with a series of storms.

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Bryan Allegretto

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Bryan Allegretto has been writing insightful posts about snow storms for over the last two decades and is known as Tahoe's go-to snow forecaster. BA grew up in south Jersey, surfing, snowboarding, and chasing down the storms creating the epic conditions for both.

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