South Lake Tahoe forecast: Hazy and mild first week of Fall

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Fall arrives officially on Tuesday, September 22. A general haze should linger for most locations with worse smoke and degraded air quality expected for portions of northeast California and the eastern Sierra today. Some degree of smoke and haze should affect the region through the week, but it will be dependent on fire activity. High temperatures return to slightly above average with dry conditions and breezy afternoon winds expected for this week, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.

At the end of the week the forecast calls for high pressure building aloft along with a warming trend, light winds and little-to-no chance for rain.

The South Lake Tahoe forecast from NWS Reno:

Today - Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 78. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tonight - Widespread haze. Increasing clouds, with a low around 39. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday - Widespread haze. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 76. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night - Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday - Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night - Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday - Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 75.

Thursday Night - Widespread haze before 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Friday - Sunny, with a high near 74.

Friday Night - Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Saturday - Sunny, with a high near 76.

Saturday Night - Clear, with a low around 39.

Sunday - Sunny, with a high near 80.