Starting on Tuesday afternoon the Tahoe region will see a change from Spring conditions to full on winter with two back to back snow storms. The storms are forecasted to drop multipul feet of snow on the higher elevations. Current predictions are calling for 3 feet of snow over 6000 feet from the Tuesday-Thursday storm. The second storm, forecasted to impact the Tahoe area on Saturday, could drop another 3 feet of snowfall above 6000′. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch this afternoon. Here’s what it says:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO
CA 230 PM PDT SUN MAR 23 2014 …PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WIND POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING… .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN PLUMAS AND NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY…TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE 6000 TO 7500 FEET TUESDAY, THEN LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FEET WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
