How much will it snow in South Lake Tahoe?
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 10:28pm
Enjoy the fair weather on Halloween for Trick-or-Treating because change is coming.
Forecasters are calling the weather system heading to Lake Tahoe Sunday evening the first storm of the year, but what it will actually leave behind is still sketchy and will become more clear as the system approaches the Sierra.
OpenSnow.com lists weather for ski areas, and they show the snow forecast by the summit elevation, base elevation and forecast elevation. They are using 8,320 ft to determine the following snowfall: On Sunday evening, they are calling for 3-5", followed by 3-7" Monday and up to 1" on Tuesday.
Accuweather is predicting .39" of snow at lake level Sunday night, 1.1" on Monday and 1.1" on Tuesday.
Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service:
Tonight - Mostly clear, with a low around 33. East wind around 10 mph.
Friday - Sunny, with a high near 61. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night - Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday - Sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night - Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday - A 30 percent chance of rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Breezy.
Sunday Night - Rain. Low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Monday - Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 41.
Monday Night - A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Tuesday - A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 40.
Tuesday Night - A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Wednesday - A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 40.
Wednesday Night - Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Thursday - Mostly sunny, with a high near 38.
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