Spring Storms On Tap For California Early Next Week | 1+ FEET of Snow For The Mountains Monday Night – Wednesday Night

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SnowBrains taking DEEP turns in Tahoe last week. Image: Carl

Another round of snow is headed to California.ย It’s forecasted to impact the area Monday Night through Wednesday Night. The long term forecast calls for below average temperatures and above average precipitation in California, so it could be a good end to the season.

1+ FEET of Snow For The Mountains Monday Night – Wednesday Night.

7 day snowfall totals. Image: Tropical Tidbits
7 day precipitation totals. Image: NOAA

Snow levels are forecasted to hover between 6,000ft and 7,000ft throughout the duration of the storm.ย 

Additional Storm Info:

Spring storms on tap. Image: NOAA Reno, NV
Snow totals. Image: NOAA Sacramento, CA

California:ย 1+ FEET of Snow For The Mountains Monday Night – Wednesday Night

6-10 day temperature outlook. Image: NOAA
6-10 day precipitation outlook. Image: NOAA

CA Long Term Forecast:

ย  .LONG TERM...Monday through Thursday... 
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ย  Minor changes were made to the inherited forecast to account forย  
ย  variations in model solutions.ย  
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ย  There is fair agreement early in the forecast that slows theย  
ย  progression of the first part of the next overall system moving intoย  
ย  the region. This should promote slight stronger winds for Monday...ย  
ย  if this solution comes to fruition...and a slight reduction in popsย  
ย  for most of Monday.ย  
ย ย  
ย  The operational GFS and ECMWF move this main upper low closer to theย  
ย  region by early Tuesday and begins spreading better chances forย  
ย  precipitation into the area. Snow levels remain rather high early inย  
ย  the life cycle of this system...but begin to fall late Tuesday intoย  
ย  Wednesday. The ECMWF remains a little cooler overall than theย  
ย  GFS...so changes made to snow levels were minimal to account for theย  
ย  cooler ECMWF solution.ย  
ย ย  
ย  Differences in the model solutions become more amplified byย  
ย  Wednesday/Thursday. The ECMWF is a little faster bringing heavierย  
ย  QPF into the area Wednesday while the GFS has its greatest QPFย  
ย  Thursday. This has a lot to do with the GFS holding the main lowย  
ย  offshore for a longer period of time and the ECMWF becoming moreย  
ย  aggressive with rotating waves around the main upper low andย  
ย  impacting the region faster Tuesday and Wednesday. 
ย ย  
ย  The GEFS ensemble members vary from a progressive trough movingย  
ย  through the region by Thursday to a closed/cut off low offshore. Ifย  
ย  the low trends more toward a cut off solution we would likely seeย  
ย  less precipitation...and warmer temperatures...north of Highway 50.ย  
ย  If the ECMWF solution verifies...there would likely be moreย  
ย  precipitation into western Nevada and cooler overall temperaturesย  
ย  with more snow in the Sierra. Right now it may be way too early toย  
ย  lean toward any particular solution given the variations in theย  
ย  model guidance.

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