Precip will continue tonight. Snow levels have hovered around 7000 ft. today. As another disturbance rotates in tomorrow morning snow levels could come down a little. I was up on the mtn. this afternoon and most of the mtn. was getting snow and it was about 6 inches deep already up top. Still looking for 2+ ft. to fall on top by Tuesday morning. Amounts will drop off as you come down the mtn.
The main low is still not moving much out in the Pacific off of Washington. One of the waves rotating around the low should come onshore tomorrow while the main low starts to move towards Washington. This should keep the precip going but should also lower snow level to between 6500-7000 ft. The main low looks to come onshore in the PacNW Tuesday, but too far North to have much affect on us. Snow showers should continue thru Wed. with snow levels around lake level.
A storm with a subtropical tap looks to form for next weekend with another round of heavy snow for Tahoe with snow level at or just above lake level as it looks right now.
The pattern should stay unsettled into the extended. The high is forecast to stay over the Central Pacific & blocking up North should keep the jetstream pushed South towards CA. This should keep storms diving down towards the West Coast every few days. Hopefully we can get some model consistency & get excited about the details of some particular storms. BA
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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In NWS Reno's latest discussion, they are saying snow levels from Sunday to late Monday could be over 8500 feet.
Your take?
Not sure where you read that???
From NWS Reno -
SNOW LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH TONIGHT...IN THE 7500 TO 8000 FOOT RANGE FROM TAHOE SOUTH AND 6500 TO 7000 FEET NORTH OF THE TAHOE BASIN.
First of all Northstar is North of the Tahoe Basin. Second, I don't read it, I look at models & look at what is actually happening. NWS is in Reno, I live on the Mtn. if it's snowing all day at 7000 & below that is more accurate than whatever you are reading.
By the way it snow level was 6500 all night.
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