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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
3:10 AM PDT - THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008

DAILY Temp ˚F/Precip% EVENING Temperature ˚F

Greater Lake Tahoe Area - Weather at a Glance

Today

Tonight

Fri

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Sat

Sat nt

Sun

Sun nt

Mon

BLUE CANYON

78˚

0%

61˚

79˚

0%

61˚

79˚

0%

59˚

79˚

10%

56˚

75˚

0%

TRUCKEE, CA

76˚

0%

36˚

83˚

0%

34˚

84˚

0%

37˚

86˚

10%

40˚

85˚

0%

TAHOE CITY

67˚

0%

39˚

73˚

0%

41˚

74˚

0%

43˚

77˚

10%

44˚

77˚

0%

SOUTH TAHOE

73˚

0%

40˚

75˚

0%

39˚

78˚

0%

41˚

82˚

10%

44˚

81˚

10%

TAHOE 8,000 FT.

61˚

0%

48˚

66˚

0%

50˚

69˚

0%

51˚

68˚

10%

52˚

66˚

0%

INCLINE VLG

68˚

0%

44˚

82˚

0%

48˚

80˚

0%

50˚

84˚

10%

52˚

82˚

0%

MARKLEEVILLE

76˚

0%

45˚

84˚

0%

45˚

87˚

0%

47˚

90˚

10%

50˚

88˚

10%

RENO, NV

84˚

0%

54˚

91˚

0%

55˚

93˚

0%

57˚

95˚

10%

59˚

94˚

10%

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

TODAY: Sunny. Highs 68 to 78. East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Ridge gusts up to 60 mph in the morning.
TONIGHT: Clear. Lows 39 to 49. East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
FRIDAY: Sunny. Highs 75 to 85. East winds around 10 mph.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 40 to 50. North winds up to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
SATURDAY: Sunny. Highs 75 to 85. Light winds.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 42 to 52.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs 78 to 88. Lows 43 to 53.
MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT: Clear. Highs 78 to 88. Lows 45 to 55.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 69 to 79.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY: Clear. Lows 40 to 50. Highs 68 to 78.

SIERRA LAKE TAHOE FORECAST DISCUSSION: EXTREMELY AMPLIFIED BLOCKING RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST WILL SLOWLY MOVE OVER THE WESTERN STATES THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EXPECTING 500 MB HEIGHTS TO INCREASE TO 590 DM THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY TIGHT TODAY..WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP STEADILY TODAY AND TOMORROW...WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD RECORD BREAKING TEMPS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS BEATING OLD RECORDS BY SEVERAL DEGREES. SEE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON RECORD BREAKING TEMPS.

SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST. 00Z GFS CONTINUES TO HOLD ONTO A MORE AMPLIFIED RIDGE THAN THE ECMWF THROUGH MONDAY. WHICH EVER VERIFIES...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. DID RAISE TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY TO NEARLY MATCH SUNDAY. VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR A RECORD EVENT SUNDAY AND INCREASING CONFIDENCE HIGHS WILL BE NEAR OR EXCEED RECORDS FOR MONDAY. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE TEMPERATURES APPROACH 100 ON THE VALLEY FLOORS BELOW 4000 FEET SUNDAY. DID MODIFY THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST FOR SUNDAY...AS GFS/ECMWF ONLY SHOW CONVECTION OVER THE SIERRA FROM TAHOE SOUTH. DID ADD SOME POPS BELOW 10 PERCENT AS THE MONO-MINERAL CONVERGENCE ZONE MAY ACTIVATE WITH THE RIDGE AXIS MOVING INTO EASTERN NEVADA. MODELS SOLUTIONS DIVERGE TUESDAY ON HOW PACIFIC ENERGY WILL MOVE INTO THE RIDGE. THE GFS BREAKS THE ENERGY OFF AND DEVELOPS A CUT OFF LOW ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST...FAVORABLE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN. THE ECMWF DEAMPLIFIES THE PATTERN...WITHOUT THE BLOCKING UPSTREAM TROUGH OVER THE EAST IT ALLOWS THE COLD PACIFIC ENERGY TO BREAK THROUGH THE RIDGE. HIGHS IN THE ECMWF SOLUTION WOULD LIKELY DROP TO AT LEAST 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES DUE TO THE LARGE TEMPERATURE DROP. FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY HAS VERY LOW CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME...WITH LARGE ENSEMBLE SPREAD AND GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS COMPLETELY OUT OF PHASE.

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
Caltrans Live Traffic Cams

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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Highway Map Courtesy of CalTrans