Warm, Wet, Big Storm on Tap For This Weekend

We will see a very quick warming trend. The culprit is the leading edge of two storms. Those two storms are going to become one and bring heavy rain and snow to the Tahoe Area.

A storm from North will drop down Friday morning (1/31):

Earlier, the models were predicting very cold weather. Since then a larger storm, born in the sub-tropics will begin to dominate our weather. This storm will send very warm air up through Tahoe and combine with the Northern storm to create a rather intense period of precipitation. Another atmospheric river is headed to Northern California.

Here is a look at the forecast for the first day of February. As can clearly be seen, we have a major moisture tap and that will bring even warmer and wetter air to the area.

 

Mt. Rose will be on the rain/snow line for a portion of this storm. It will start with snow levels around 6,500 feet. Those snow levels will rise through the day on Saturday and could get to 9,000 feet by Sunday. That means rain for half of slide mountain. Then the snow levels will fall as the storm is shoved out by another cold air mass from the north.

Mt. Rose could be looking at several feet of snow, with some rain mixed in as well. 

Next week will be cooler as we head into February.

Here is the Precip forecast through Sunday. Some areas of the Sierra could be looking at 8-10 inches of liquid. Northern California will see heavy rain.

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