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A cold winter storm will begin moving into the Tahoe area tonight and linger through Tuesday morning. The storm will bring with it snow showers that could drop up to a foot of snow.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE – TAHOE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
147 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2015
…AREAS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW PRODUCING TRAVEL IMPACTS TONIGHT AND AGAIN FOR MONDAY NIGHT…
.A VERY COLD EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING THEN SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH MONDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE LAKE TAHOE AREA TONIGHT…THEN A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WITH PUSH EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY EARLY MONDAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT MONDAY MORNING….WHICH COULD AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE EVEN IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS.
A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD AND LONGER LIVED SNOW SHOWERS WITH GREATER ACCUMULATIONS. THE MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE AND TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BOTH BE AFFECTED BY THIS SECOND PART OF THE WINTER STORM.
