Winter Storm Warning for Tahoe: 12-20″ Above 7,000 Feet for Weekend NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Lake Tahoe, California. The warning is in effect beginning Saturday evening and ends on Sunday night. 12-20 inches of snow are forecast above 7,000 feet during the winter storm warning. Snow will begin on Friday with snow levels around lake level. Snow levels will rise up to 8,000 feet on Saturday night, then lower back down to lake level on Sunday. […] SnowBrains | February 7, 2014 1 Comment
Tahoe Forecast = 6″ of Snow Thursday Then Atmospheric River for Weekend Lake Tahoe is finally coming alive after it’s driest start to the season on record. Squaw just got 14″ in the past 4 days, up to 6 inches of snow is forecasted this week, and an atmospheric river is on tap for this weekend. A cold system from Canada will bring cool temperatures and some showers to the area from Wednesday through Friday. Total snow accumulations up to around 5 inches are possible, with some snow down to around 2500 feet. A potentially much wetter storm arrives this […] SnowBrains | February 4, 2014 1 Comment
Another Atmospheric River Possible in Tahoe on Sunday: Here is a shot of the satellite of the system sliding down the coast yesterday. Tahoe was sitting in a weak deformation zone that set up over our area. A deformation zone is defined as ” an area in the atmosphere where winds converge on one axis and diverge on another”. This creates enhanced areas of lifting causing concentrated areas of precipitation. The low tracked too far west for us to normally […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 3, 2014 0 Comments
Winter Storm Warnings Issued for CA, UT, ID, WA, and MT: Will You Be Where the Snow Is? It’s going to be hard not to be. Things are finally about to turn back on for the Northwest, with nearly everyone forecasted to receive a fresh blanket of snow moving into the weekend. Check out the details below for the Winter Storm Warnings currently in effect for California, Utah, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. For Montana and Idaho, […] Weather SnowBrains | January 29, 2014 1 Comment
NOAA: Atmospheric River Headed to Lake Tahoe This Week NOAA released a video today showing an atmospheric river headed to Tahoe. This is the kind of setup that gives Tahoe large amounts of precipitation. The only problem with the coming atmospheric river is that it will have very high snow levels. NOAA’s confidence in 1-2 feet of snow above 8,000 feet is high. NOAA’s confidence in snow below 8,000 feet is low… […] SnowBrains | January 28, 2014 0 Comments
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