Lake Tahoe’s water level has likely peaked, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.
With most of the snow around the Tahoe Basin melted, water outflow due to evaporation into the air is now greater than the inflow into the lake. The lake peaked at just over 6,224 feet about a week ago.
The forecast will only help the evaporation rate. An average of 1,400,000 tons of water evaporates from the surface of Lake Tahoe every 24 hours, 360,000 acre feet a year. T
From the NWS:
Wednesday – Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
