Don't Like the Rain; Here Comes the Snow!
Heavy rain from 8,500 feet down to the valley floor for the entire Tahoe region. I would not be surprised to see some thunder and lightening as we are now in the most intense precip portion of this particular storm. That is all going to change. Starting this afternoon, snow levels will begin to fall. By tomorrow morning all this rain, for all our readers, will be snow. As usual the snow will be the heaviest in the mountains. Here is a look at tonight around 10:00, notice the blue lines now in our area, that is cold air, the red has been shoved well south: This very cold trough in the jet will continue to push south until we have snow all the way down to 3,500 feet. This will turn into a major winter storm and the NWS, rightfully so, is concerned about travel, especially over the passes, tomorrow and Saturday. I would not be surprised to see Mt. Rose pick up an additional 3-5 feet of snow. The upper layer should be of the champagne powder variety. Here is why this is poss