IMAGE: Sugar Bowl, CA
Tahoe residents awoke this morning with as much as 10″ of new snow on the ground with more on the way.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 237 AM PDT MON OCT 28 2013 SYNOPSIS... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUING TODAY. ROADWAYS COULD BE ICY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. SOME SHOWERS WILL REMAIN INTO TUESDAY AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY. HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS WEDNESDAY FOR DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. SHORT TERM... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ROAD CONDITIONS COULD BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. CHAIN CONTROLS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREA PASSES. WEB CAMERAS SHOW SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT, BUT AS TEMPERATURES DROP PRIOR TO SUNRISE, ROADWAYS COULD FREEZE. ADDITIONAL CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. LOW PRESSURE EXITS BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING CLEARER SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS. FLOW REMAINS NORTHERLY KEEPING COOLER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY, BUT WARMER THAN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OVERALL, TEMPERATURES INCREASE FOR WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS FROM THE UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S INTO THE MID/UPPER 50S BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SIMILARLY, THE SIERRA VALLEYS ALSO INCREASE; FROM THE 20S TO MID/UPPER 30S. LOWS WILL REBOUND AS WELL, BUT NOT QUITE TO THE EXTENT OF THE HIGHS. ANTICIPATE THE COOLEST NIGHT TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S/LOW 30S FOR WESTERN NEVADA AND FRIGID LOWS IN THE TEENS FOR SIERRA VALLEYS. BOYD
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