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Lake Tahoe Weather Forecast for California and Nevada including:
Blue Canyon, Truckee, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, Markleeville, Reno
COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
8:58 AM PDT - SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008

DAILY Temp ˚F/Precip% EVENING Temperature ˚F

Greater Lake Tahoe Area - Weather at a Glance

Today

Tonight

Sun

Sun nt

Mon

Mon nt

Tue

Tue nt

Wed

BLUE CANYON

84˚

0%

64˚

82˚

0%

59˚

79˚

0%

58˚

74˚

10%

53˚

61˚

10%

TRUCKEE, CA

84˚

0%

44˚

86˚

0%

43˚

84˚

0%

40˚

72˚

10%

36˚

61˚

10%

TAHOE CITY

75˚

0%

47˚

77˚

0%

46˚

76˚

0%

44˚

66˚

10%

40˚

61˚

10%

SOUTH TAHOE

82˚

0%

42˚

82˚

0%

43˚

81˚

0%

44˚

71˚

10%

40˚

60˚

10%

TAHOE 8,000 FT.

71˚

0%

54˚

68˚

0%

54˚

66˚

0%

50˚

53˚

10%

44˚

50˚

10%

INCLINE VLG

83˚

0%

54˚

84˚

0%

54˚

82˚

0%

51˚

70˚

10%

47˚

61˚

10%

MARKLEEVILLE

89˚

0%

48˚

90˚

0%

48˚

89˚

0%

51˚

80˚

10%

46˚

67˚

10%

RENO, NV

93˚

0%

59˚

95˚

0%

58˚

94˚

0%

57˚

82˚

10%

51˚

74˚

10%

TODAY: Sunny. Highs 78 to 88. Light winds.
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 44 to 54. Northwest winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
SUNDAY: Sunny. Highs 76 to 86. Light winds becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 45 to 55. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
MONDAY: Sunny. Highs 78 to 88. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 45 to 55.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy and breezy. Highs 67 to 77.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY: Breezy and clear. Lows 40 to 50. Highs 62 to 72.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43. Highs 55 to 65.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs 54 to 64.

SIERRA LAKE TAHOE FORECAST DISCUSSION: A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE GRADUALLY WITH SUNDAY EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAY IN MANY LOCATIONS. SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN SIERRA SET OR TIED HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS ALREADY ON FRIDAY. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB...MORE SITES IN THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA WILL APPROACH OR SET RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN ON SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS THE PACIFIC TOWARD BRITISH COLOMBIA. WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER NORTHERN AREAS ON SUNDAY. INSTABILITY WILL ALSO INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN THE MONO/MINERAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WITH CUMULUS BUILDUPS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE LOOK TOO LOW FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...THEREFORE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY. HEIGHTS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER WITH INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN SOME AREAS DUE TO WARM DOWNSLOPE WINDS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE ON MONDAY WITH HEIGHTS AND TEMPERATURES LOWERING SLIGHTLY...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S IN WESTERN NEVADA AND IN THE 80S IN THE EASTERN SIERRA.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MODELS IN THE MEDIUM RANGE ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT THIS MORNING. THE DETERMINISTIC RUN OF THE GFS HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN WHICH OTHER MODELS AND EVEN ITS OWN ENSEMBLES HAVE BEEN POINTING TO OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. TELECONNECTIONS OF AMPLIFYING RIDGE OVER THE EAST PACIFIC ALSO SUPPORT MORE DIGGING AND AMPLIFICATION OF WESTERN U.S. TROUGH. SO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST AND THE CHANGES MADE MAY STILL NOT BE ENOUGH GIVEN THE ANOMALOUSLY COLD TROUGH PROGGED BY THE MODELS ESPECIALLY OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THE GFS SHOWS COLD UPPER LOW WITH 500MB HEIGHTS 2-3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL. THIS WOULD SUGGEST TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR NOW ADJUSTMENTS WERE LIMITED TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND FURTHER TRENDING DOWNWARD CAN BE MADE IN THE NEXT FORECAST CYCLE IF THE TREND CONTINUES TOWARD DEEPER TROUGH. CONFIDENCE IS CERTAINLY GROWING IN THAT DIRECTION. OTHERWISE TRANSITION TUESDAY WILL BRING GUSTY WEST WINDS TO ALL AREAS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FAR NORTH. SYSTEM WILL NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MOISTURE WITH ENSUING NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER SEVERAL INSIDE SLIDER SYSTEMS COULD BRING SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY LATE IN THE WEEK AS UPPER LOW CLOSES OFF AND DRIFTS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. THESE DETAILS ARE HARD TO DISCERN AT THIS TIME. SO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WAS ADDED TO MANY AREAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

WEATHER GLOSSARY

Lake Tahoe Weather Satellite & Radar Maps

• GOES West Infrared
• GOES West Infrared Enhanced
• GOES West Water Vapor
• IR Satellite Surface Map

• Lake Tahoe Region Radar
• Lake Tahoe Region Satellite
• West Coast Water Vapor
• GFS Jet Stream Forecast

• Regional Radar
• Regional Summary
• United States IR Satellite
• Daily PRECIPITATION

Commercial Lake Tahoe Weather Reports

• Intellicast.com: 10 day forecast
• The Weather Channel: 10 day forecast
• USA Today, 4 day forecast:
  • Truckee, South Lake Tahoe
• Wunderground.com: 7 day forecast

National Lake Tahoe Weather Reports & Live Cams

• Climate Predication Center
• National Avalanche Center
• California Snow Surveys

Weather Truckee/North Lake Tahoe
Weather South Lake Tahoe
Weather Blue Canyon / Western Slopes

Lake Tahoe
Live Weather Cams

• Alpine Meadows
• Squaw Valley USA
  • Village 6,200 ft. elevation
  • High Camp 8200 ft. elevation
• Tahoe City Yacht Club
• South Lake Tahoe
• Heavenly Valley
• Diamond Peak
• Northstar-at-Tahoe
• Spooner Lake/Flume Trail
• Truckee HWY I-80

Lake Tahoe Road Conditions
for California & Nevada highways

LIVE HWY I-80 WEB CAM
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HWY I-80 Road Conditions; HWY US 50 Road Conditions
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR ALL INCOMING CALIFORNIA HWYS
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR ALL INCOMING NEVADA HWYS

California Road & Traffic info; US 50 Corridor Improvements
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