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Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Fri
4/16
0" Clear
21°F
↓ Base
ENE 10mph
20mph
10%
Sat
4/17
0" Sunny
38°F
↓ Base
ENE 15mph
25mph
0%
0" Clear
23°F
↓ Base
ENE 10mph
30mph
0%
Sun
4/18
0" Sunny
48°F
↓ Base
E 10mph
25mph
0%
0" Clear
28°F
8,400ft
ESE 5mph
10mph
0%
Mon
4/19
0" Mostly Sunny
51°F
9,100ft
S 10mph
15mph
20%
0" Partly Cloudy
32°F
9,700ft
SSE 10mph
15mph
50%
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4/20
0" Light Rain/Snow
46°F
8,700ft
SSW 15mph
25mph
60%
0-1" Snow Showers
27°F
↓ Base
S 10mph
20mph
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4/21
0-1" Snow
43°F
8,300ft
W 10mph
25mph
40%
0-1" Snow Showers
27°F
8,000ft
SSE 10mph
25mph
40%
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22

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Forecast Elev: 8,800ft Base Elev: 7,800ft Summit Elev: 9,800ft Updated: 2 hours ago

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Resort Reported on Sun Apr 11

Current Weather

23°F
Temperature
10mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Friday Apr 16 @ 10:01pm PDT

Snowpack

52%
of average for the season
Estimated on Friday Apr 16 @ 5:00am PDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 12 miles of Kirkwood at an average elevation of 7405ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Kirkwood and is not compiled from official resort measurements. We use weather stations because they update automatically and provide consistent measurements over many decades.
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Daily Snow Forecasts

Tahoe
Nicer Weather Into the Weekend...
Updated 1 day ago Bryan Allegretto
The sunny weather returns starting Thursday. Sunny and warming through the weekend and into early next week. Keeping an eye out for a few afternoon showers possible Tue-Wed afternoon. Then possibly more precipitation during the last week of April.
I-80
Drier Weather Ahead...
Updated 1 day ago Bryan Allegretto
We return to a dry pattern through the weekend. We could see a few afternoon showers Tuesday & Wednesday. Keeping an eye on the last week of April for more precipitation.
US and Canada
Snowy pattern for Colorado, Central Rockies
Updated 2 days ago Alan Smith
An active pattern across the Central Rockies will result in multiple days in a row of new snow with mid-April powder days possible for ski areas that are still open. New England will also see a bonus late-season storm on Friday and Saturday with heavy snow for portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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Avalanche Forecast

Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.

Central Sierra Nevada

Sierra Avalanche Center

Avalanche Danger
Moderate (2)
Valid Friday, Apr 16th 6:57am PDT 15 hours ago
Until Saturday, Apr 17th 6:57am PDT

Heightened avalanche conditions on specific terrain features. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully; identify features of concern.

More Details

The danger rating shown on the map is just one piece of the avalanche forecast. To get the complete forecast, please view the Central Sierra Nevada forecast provided by the Sierra Avalanche Center.

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