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A number of storms are headed for Tahoe this week. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Wednesday-Thursday with forecasts of 8-16″ of snow above 7000 feet. This is before yet another storm will impact California over the weekend.

Also Read: California Has Twice As Much Land Covered by Snow Than Last Year

Snow Event Timeline:

Tonight: 10-15″ in the mountains.

Wednesday: 10-15″ in the mountains.

Thursday: 2-4″ in the mountains.

Friday: Storm totals of 1 – 2 feet of snow around Tahoe.

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This Weeks Forecast From NOAA

THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THIS WEEK IS STILL WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION NOW. PRECIPITATION, WHILE NOT WIDESPREAD OR OVERLY HEAVY, HAS BEEN STEADY IN THE SIERRA AND HAS SPILLED INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA. ANOTHER BAND OF PRECIPITATION IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA EARLY THIS EVENING SO WE HAVE EXTENDED THE ADVISORIES FOR LASSEN/PLUMAS/SIERRA COUNTIES AND THE TAHOE BASIN THROUGH 7 PM. IN WESTERN NEVADA THE PCPN HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 WITH UP TO 3 INCHES REPORTED IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE RENO SO FAR. LUCKILY…ROAD TEMPERATURES IN THE POPULATED VALLEYS HAVE BEEN WARM ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW ON HIGHWAYS IN THE RENO/CARSON CITY/MINDEN AREA. IN THE SIERRA CHAIN CONTROLS HAVE BEEN UP FOR MUCH OF THE AREA…BUT THE LATEST IMAGES FROM CAMERAS AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN SHOW SOME CLEARING AND MAINLY WET ROADS.

PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING BEFORE BECOMING SHOWERY. THERE IS A BREAK IN THE MODEL DATA FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM IS NEAR 36N 133W OVER THE PACIFIC. THE PRIMARY JET IS ROUNDING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THIS LOW AND STEERING IT TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. THIS APPEARS TO BE HANDLED WELL BY THE CURRENT MODEL SUITE…DIVING THE BULK OF THE ENERGY INTO SOUTHERN CA WITH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CYCLONICALLY CURVED JET IMPACTING THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA WEDNESDAY. THE GFS STILL WANTS TO PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FORECAST PRECIPITATION AS FAR NORTH AS LASSEN COUNTY WEDNESDAY BUT THE NAM KEEPS THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO THE SOUTH IN MONO AND ALPINE COUNTIES. THIS SOUTHERN SOLUTION SEEMS MORE REASONABLE GIVEN THE POSITION OF THE JET AND ITS ASSOCIATED LIFT. WE WILL CONCENTRATE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN MONO COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS AS YOU MOVE NORTH. THERE SHOULD BE SPILLOVER INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA…BUT WITH THE BEST LIFT FAR TO THE SOUTH MOST OF THIS WILL BE SHOWERY IN NATURE AND NOT AMOUNT TO MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW.

WE HAVE ISSUED ADVISORIES FOR THE TAHOE BASIN STARTING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND MONO COUNTY LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING. THOSE AREAS SHOULD SEE THE MOST TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM. AMOUNTS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT STORM WITH THE HIGHEST NEAR THE CREST IN MONO COUNTY. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCTS.

SNOW SHOWERS LINGER INTO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE MINIMAL AND MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SIERRA. THE SNOW WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE AGAIN FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

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