Originally Posted by davey
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 315 AM PDT SAT OCT 16 2004
... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
SNOW LEVELS ON SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 8500 FEET AND DROP TO 7000 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET. MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT BELOW 7000 FEET. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE OVER RIDGES AND WIND PRONE AREAS.
THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES DONNER PASS ON INTERSTATE 80... ECHO SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50... CARSON PASS ON HIGHWAY 88... LUTHOR PASS AND MONITOR PASS ON HIGHWAY 89 AND MT ROSE SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 431.
