The fluffy stuff......

Snow levels hovered around 7000 ft. overnight with a couple inches at that elevation and then a half foot on top reported overnight at Northstar. Most resorts reporting the same and 12-18 inches is the two day total for everyone (except a resort south of South Lake reporting 2 ft., but they are alot higher).

The cold front is already beginning to move into Northern CA this morning and temps are beginning to fall. Snow levels should fall througout the day to lake level and the colder air moving in should trigger snow showers most of the day. As the flow is turning more Westerly off the ocean the heaviest precip is getting caught up on the crest which is normal. Accumulations could reach another half foot on top of the mountains with lighter accumulations down lower. Don't think you will see much accumulation at lake level as the sun thru the clouds should melt it on surfaces during the day.

Tonight into Sunday the cold front blasts thru with an inside slider storm to follow Sunday night into Monday. Temps will be cold and snow levels below valley floors, so the snow will be fluffy powder and will pile up much faster. Should see a heavier burst of snow for a few hours as the cold front comes thru tomorrow. Then snow showers thru Monday morning. Still not exactly sure the track of the storm sliding down the Mountains Sunday night. The difference in track could mean a little more or lesss snow. Still, another foot+ could fall over the two days up high with 6-12 inches at lake level.

Models pretty much all agree now to move the storms out by Monday night instead of stalling off the coast. Temps should stay pretty cool all week. Looks like about a week of clear skies as a ridge sits offshore but then it is squashed and retrogrades out to Hawaii opening the storm door to cold snowy storms. We'll have to see what Ed Berry has to say today in his blog. BA