18″ of Snow on Track for Tahoe This Weekend:

Tahoe just got 6-16″ of snow on Thursday night/Friday morning.  Tahoe has another 18″ on tap for the weekend.  The storm comes in today and leaves on Sunday.

Isolated to scattered showers this afternoon will become more widespread precipitation across interior Northern California Friday morning as the next system moves into the area. Snow levels are expected to be around 5000 feet. Travel delays and chain controls are expected over Sierra passes. The heaviest snow is expected on Friday with 12 to 18 inches possible above 6000 ft through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon mainly around the Interstate 80 corridor and South. This storm is tracking further south than the one that moved through Wednesday into today. – NOAA Sacramento, CA

NOAA:  Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
254 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014

CAZ072-NVZ002-010000-
/O.CON.KREV.WW.Y.0006.140228T1200Z-140301T0600Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE...
INCLINE VILLAGE
254 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
EARLY THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: SNOW MOVING INTO THE SIERRA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
  INTENSIFY BY LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW WILL
  OCCUR BETWEEN 7AM AND NOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 7000 FEET...8 TO 12
  INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND UP TO 18 INCHES ALONG THE CREST
  IN ALPINE COUNTY INCLUDING CARSON PASS.


* SNOW LEVELS: 5500 TO 6000 FEET.

* WIND GUSTS: 50 TO 60 MPH OVER RIDGES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH
  LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS AND
  TRAVEL DELAYS ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50...88...89...