Tahoe Daily Snow
By Bryan Allegretto, Forecaster Posted 6 years ago January 17, 2018
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Summary
Today we will have clouds and sun with highs in the 40's on the mountain to near 50 at the base. Tonight the winds will pick up with gusts to 70+ mph up top. For Thursday we have increasing clouds and wind with ridge top winds picking up to 90+ mph. Thursday night a strong cold front approaches with heavy snow ahead of and with the front, with lighter snow showers lingering into the day on Friday. Total snowfall by Friday afternoon could be 3-10 inches at lake level, and 4-15 inches on the mountains. For the weekend we clear out but with cold air is in place. High temperatures may only be in the 30's at the base and 20's on the upper mountain. It looks like the next storm will move through Sunday night into the day on Monday. This storm looks to have low snow levels as well. We could maybe see another 3-6 inches on the mountains by Monday. We could see another cold system move in Wed-Thu next week. It could be a little wetter, more in line with the Thursday night storm. Then high pressure builds in with drier and possibly a little warmer weather for the weekend of the 27th.
Short Term Forecast
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