Winter Weather Advisory for Lake Tahoe, CA | 2-5” Above 6,000-Feet Tomorrow

NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for elevations above 6,000 feet in the Lake Tahoe region.  2-5” of snow is expected in the mountains above the lake beginning tomorrow morning.

The Winter Weather Advisory extends from north of Lake Tahoe all the way down to the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada mountains.  It also includes the White Mountains east of Mammoth Lakes, CA.  Further south in the Sierra, 3-6 inches of new snow is expected.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
219 PM PDT TUE OCT 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...

A QUICK MOVING EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON
  WEDNESDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR
  VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.