Tahoe Weather Report

[mc_roon]

RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN AND NEAR 8000 FEET IN ALPINE COUNTY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR 7000 FEET WITH A FURTHER DROP TO MOST VALLEYS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE 8000 FEET...BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. AT LAKE LEVEL...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN LATER THIS EVENING...WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOWFALL LIKELY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 100 MPH OVER RIDGES...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY.


Pray it gets cold

[ak_powder_monkey]

Why does it snow more in california latitude like 40 then alaska latitude 60

[P_McPoser]

Because God hates you.

[dfinn]

because alaska makes baby jesus cry?

[The Dad]

Alpine has gotten more than 1.5" rain at the base since yesterday afternoon.

But on the plus side, even that much rain has only eroded 4" of base -- still over 10' at the base of the mountain. And the high temp at the summit has been 32.

And if the NWS is as correct on the rest of their winter storm warning as they have been so far:

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS
WILL REMAIN NEAR 7500 FEET THIS MORNING IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN
AND NEAR 8000 FEET IN ALPINE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR
7000 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DROP TO LAKE LEVEL NEAR
MIDNIGHT.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH
UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE 8000 FEET

... the boys and I will have a pretty sweet next weekend, plus the following week. Fingers crossed....

[BLOODSWEATSTEEL]

Mammoth.

That is all.

[NoKnees]

It was snowing when I bailed out of Kirkwood yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, but the warmest part of the new storm hadn't hit their yet. Anyway, looks like a serious sick day(s) Tuesday/Wednesday... Pray I can bail outta work...

Elevation is your friend with these late season storms...... Go high and ride deep...

[The Dad]

For: 4.3 miles northwest of Tahoe City [aka roughly Alpine Meadows].
Created: April 04, 2006 05:56:40 PDT

: Winter Storm Warning in effect until 11 pm PST Today

Rest of the morning: Cloudy. Low 32.

Today: Snow. Snow accumulation 18 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 100 percent. South wind 3 mph. High 33.

Tonight: Snow. Snow accumulation 11 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 100 percent. South wind 6 mph. Low 24.

Wednesday: Numerous snow showers. Snow accumulation 2 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 70 percent. South wind 10 mph. High 34.

That is all.

[Sinecure]

Josh, you suck for posting that. You know I have to go to freakin' Lost Wages all week, then to Florida for another week. You're mean.

[MTT]

And its snowing now, Rain? what rain?

For: 6.0 miles northeast of Incline Village.
Created: April 04, 2006 07:03:59 PDT

: Winter Storm Warning in effect until 11 pm PST Today

Today: Snow. Snow accumulation 20 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 100 percent. South wind 10 gusting to 49 mph. High 25.

Tonight: Snow. Snow accumulation 11 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 90 percent. Southwest wind 13 gusting to 46 mph. Low 17.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Snow accumulation 2 inches. Probability of measurable precipitation 40 percent. Southwest wind 15 mph. High 18.


http://www.skirose.com/info/live_cam.php

[MTT]

I am looking at the Mt. Rose Web Cam. Right before 9AM the Sun breaks out!! No-one is there. Someone is there getting fresh 1'+ pow with no compitition (IN The SunShine)!!

[Below Zero]

Sweet! Another posted Tahoe weather report. Good job on the cut and paste!

[freshies]

epic

.SHORT TERM... SUBTROPICAL FETCH HAS PUSHED MOSTLY SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING PER AMSU PWAT IMAGERY...ALTHOUGH A TENUOUS TAP IS HANGING ON OVER MONO COUNTY. THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FETCH HAS PRODUCED 11 TO 1 RATIOS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MONO COUNTY SINCE LAST NIGHT... WITH A WHOPPING 44 INCHES OF NEW SNOW (4 INCHES OF WATER EQUIVALENT) AT 9000 FEET IN THE MAMMOTH SKI AREA. FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA... SQUAW VALLEY AT 8200 FEET HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF PRECIP FOR 2+ FEET OF SNOWFALL SO FAR. ALTHOUGH THE SUBTROPICAL FETCH HAS EASED SOUTH...A STRONG POLAR JET STREAK ASSOCIATED WITH A -30C COLD CORE OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST IS ENHANCING PRECIPITATION OVER THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA. FRONTOGENETIC FORCING NEAR THE LEFT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET STREAK IS BEGINNING TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION RATES OVER FAR WESTERN NEVADA. AS THE FORCING IS EXPECTED TO HANG AROUND THE SAME AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z PER GFS DIVERGENCE/CONVERGENCE FIELDS...AROUND .50 INCHES OF SPILLOVER IS PROGGED IN THE IMMEDIATE LEE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA TODAY. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY EAST OF LOVELOCK AND FALLON WITH NEAR ZERO LI`S PER THE GFS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY APPROACHES. FOR THE SIERRA... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED (WITH THE BEST OROGRAPHIC FLOW OVER MONO COUNTY IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW). THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE OVER MONO COUNTY...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 6 FEET ARE LIKELY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE COLD POOL ALOFT WITH THE STRONG APRIL SUN PEAKING THROUGH HERE AND THERE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...A SHORT WAVE RIDGE WILL GIVE THE REGION A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION. SNYDER .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ACTIVE PATTERN TO KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING. ANOTHER STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AS A DEEP EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH REORGANIZES OFF THE WEST COAST. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES TO ROTATE AROUND THE TROUGH AND THROUGH THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FRIDAYS SYSTEM IS COLDER THEN THE CURRENT ONE SO SNOW LEVELS WILL BE MUCH LOWER AT THE ONSET...LIMITING HYDRO ISSUES. THERE ARE SOME EVOLUTION AND TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE BUT WILL WORRY ABOUT FINE DETAILS AS THE SYSTEM GETS CLOSER. ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS TO FOLLOW AS JET ENERGY CONTINUES TO DROP OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA TOWARD THE WEST COAST. NO CHANGES MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. BRONG

[The Dad]

Josh, you suck for posting that. You know I have to go to freakin' Lost Wages all week, then to Florida for another week. You're mean.

Dude, I suck for sooooooo many reasons; posting that's not even in the top 20.