WITH MOST OF JANUARY LIKELY TO STAY DRY THE 2014
WATER YEAR MAY GO DOWN AS THE DRIEST 4 MONTH START TO A WATER YEAR
IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR THE SIERRA. - NOAA, RENO, NV

If you’re a skier or snowboarder and you’ve committed to this winter in Lake Tahoe, you’re scratching your head.  You’re scratching your head and wondering what went wrong.  How could be THIS bad.  Bad is bad, but this beyond bad.  It hasn’t actually snowed yet this year.

When people talk about all the bad scenarios like resorts closing and the like, they might not just be rumors this year.  It’s going to be February before we get a significant storm in Tahoe.  The last significant storm series that Tahoe had was in December 2013.

Here is what NOAA said today about the long range forecast in Lake Tahoe:

NOAA:  

LONG TERM PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO BE BLEAK. ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS AND ANALOGS CONTINUE TO SHOW NO SIGNS OF DISLODGING THE
TENACIOUS HIGH PRESSURE ANOMALY FROM THE WEST COAST FOR AT LEAST
ANOTHER 2 WEEKS. WITH MOST OF JANUARY LIKELY TO STAY DRY THE 2014
WATER YEAR MAY GO DOWN AS THE DRIEST 4 MONTH START TO A WATER YEAR
IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR THE SIERRA. - NOAA, RENO, NV

We have to ask again:

Is Tahoe Broken?