Winter is here and there’s more snow on the way! We received five to six inches of wet snow at the shop Friday night into Saturday, with greater totals up high. Weather forecasters are calling for another major snow storm to hit the Lake Tahoe Basin later this afternoon leaving behind significant snowfall amounts. After a lackluster start to the ski season, it appears that mother nature knows she’s got some catching up to do. Here’s what the NOAA Weather Service is saying:
“GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SOUTH LAKE TAHOE…TRUCKEE…
INCLINE VILLAGE
837 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SIERRA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THEN INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1
AM AND 10 AM MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET…WITH 8
TO 16 INCHES BELOW 7000 FEET.
* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SIERRA
RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO
AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS AND LONG TRAVEL
DELAYS ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50…88…89 AND 431.”
