Rain, snow showers in the Lake Tahoe area forecast for Thursday

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 10:16am

Gusty winds and low humidity ahead of a low pressure system has prompted the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a Fire Weather Watch for Wednesday that includes the western Sierra front. Some rain and high elevation snow is expected as the system pulls through but the Lake Tahoe Basin but doesn't appear to be in a zone where forecasters believe there will be significant accumulation.
The weather service projects a 70 percent chance of rain and snow showers for the South Lake Tahoe area Thursday, with rain likely before 11 a.m. and snow showers after. Less than an inch of snow is expected for the Sierra around south shore. The system will move out late Thursday with sunny skies returning Friday, the weather service reports.