NOAA: 2-Feet of Snow Forecasted for Tahoe Tuesday & Wednesday

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NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Lake Tahoe and is forecasting up to 2-feet of new snow for Tahoe on Tuesday and Wednesday.  A warm, wet storm will bring heavy precipitation and snow levels around 7,000-feet and higher.

This is the exact storm we need to build our snow base at the mid and upper mountain levels.  The timing of this storm couldn’t be better.  C’mon Tahoe, this is your year!

3 Day liquid precipitation map showing NorCal about to get slammed.
3 Day liquid precipitation map showing NorCal about to get slammed.

NOAA Winter Storm Watch:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
326 AM PST MON DEC 1 2014

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA FOR LAKE TAHOE...

.A MOIST SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE SIERRA BY TUESDAY MORNING
CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS LOWER TO
AROUND 6500 FEET WITH THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET
TOWARDS THE SIERRA CREST. SNOW WILL LIKELY CREATE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER SIERRA PASSES AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH ABOVE 7000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING BECOMING HEAVY THROUGH
  LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY ON
  THURSDAY.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW: ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE
  WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST
  OF HIGHWAY 89.

* SNOW LEVELS: STARTING AROUND 8000 FEET TUESDAY MORNING DROPPING
  TO AROUND 6500 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS ALONG ROADS
  ABOVE 7000 FEET. RAPID VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DURING PERIODS OF
  HEAVIEST SNOW MAY CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. PASSES WILL SEE
  THE SLICKEST CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DONNER PASS...ECHO
  SUMMIT...SPOONER SUMMIT...BROCKWAY SUMMIT...AND CARSON PASS.
Snow Level forecast for Lake Tahoe region.
Snow Level forecast for Lake Tahoe region.

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2 thoughts on “NOAA: 2-Feet of Snow Forecasted for Tahoe Tuesday & Wednesday

    1. Hey English, thanks for the message. Ah, this is an interesting case, isn’t it? The forecast is a future forecast, but the forecast was already forecasted, was it not? Thus, Forecast and Forecasted are somewhat interchangeable, are they not? I still struggle with this and find it fun to play with both.

      Your message is duly noted. thanks

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