Winter Storm Warning for Tahoe: 12-20″ Above 7,000 Feet for Weekend
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The atmospheric river arrives in Tahoe this weekend.
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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.
This could be the base building storm that Tahoe needs to get things going this season.
Squaw has reported 75″ of total snowfall this year so far on the upper mountain. Squaw currenlty has a base of 10-33″.
Some NOAA graphics, like this one, are saying that 4 feet are possible above 6,000′.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
243 PM PST THU FEB 6 2014
...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT....A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA. A SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE POINTED DIRECTLY
AT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WILL START
NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT SLOWLY RISE TO ABOVE
MAJOR PASS LEVEL BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOWS ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THIS TIME WITH LIGHTER SNOWS POSSIBLE INTO NORTHERN WASHOE
COUNTY NEVADA.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8000 FEET FOR A TIME SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND HEAVY SNOW MAY AFFECT THE MAJOR SIERRA
PASSES AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON FRIDAY TO NOON PST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 7000
FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 7000 FEET
IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TAHOE BASIN
AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO
RAIN AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AS SNOW LEVELS RISE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 12 TO 20
INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS OVER
100 MPH OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES.
* SNOW LEVELS: AT LAKE LEVEL THEN RISING TO NEAR 7000 FEET AROUND
SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL PEAK NEAR 8000 FEET
SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE LOWERING TO NEAR 7000 FEET AGAIN SUNDAY.
* SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT: AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER...HEAVY SNOW MAY
AFFECT THE MAJOR PASSES SUCH AS DONNER AND ECHO DURING THE DAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF A FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. CHAIN CONTROLS ARE LIKELY
AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
One thought on “Winter Storm Warning for Tahoe: 12-20″ Above 7,000 Feet for Weekend”
And all the Bay Area idiots still have to come up?? What a bunch of gapers, high wind event, high snow levels and they still jam the roads trying to go skiing in the rain on limited lift access?? Thought these people were smart, NOT!!
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO NOON PST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 7000 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 7000 FEET IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TAHOE BASIN AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AS SNOW LEVELS RISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS OVER 100 MPH OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES. * SNOW LEVELS: AT LAKE LEVEL THEN RISING TO NEAR 7000 FEET AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL PEAK NEAR 8000 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE LOWERING TO NEAR 7000 FEET AGAIN SUNDAY. * SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT: AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER...HEAVY SNOW MAY AFFECT THE MAJOR PASSES SUCH AS DONNER AND ECHO DURING THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF A FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. CHAIN CONTROLS ARE LIKELY AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
And all the Bay Area idiots still have to come up?? What a bunch of gapers, high wind event, high snow levels and they still jam the roads trying to go skiing in the rain on limited lift access?? Thought these people were smart, NOT!!