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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
8:52 AM PDT - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010

DAILY Temp ˚F/Precip% EVENING Temperature ˚F	Greater Lake Tahoe Area - Weather at a Glance
	Today		Tonight		Tue		Tue nt		Wed		Wed nt		Thu		Thu nt		Fri
BLUE CANYON	42˚	10%	31˚	55%	34˚	90%	28˚	50%	44˚	10%	33˚	10%	46˚	20%	33˚	70%	36˚	60%
TRUCKEE, CA	40˚	15%	23˚	65%	34˚	80%	17˚	35%	41˚	10%	21˚	15%	40˚	20%	25˚	55%	42˚	55%
TAHOE CITY	38˚	20%	23˚	65%	31˚	80%	18˚	40%	38˚	10%	22˚	15%	40˚	20%	26˚	60%	41˚	60%
SOUTH TAHOE	40˚	15%	23˚	60%	32˚	80%	20˚	45%	37˚	10%	23˚	15%	41˚	15%	26˚	50%	41˚	55%
TAHOE 8,000 FT.	31˚	20%	18˚	65%	22˚	85%	20˚	40%	28˚	10%	23˚	15%	36˚	20%	22˚	65%	35˚	70%
INCLINE VLG	37˚	15%	24˚	55%	30˚	80%	19˚	45%	38˚	0%	24˚	15%	39˚	15%	28˚	45%	40˚	55%
MARKLEEVILLE	46˚	10%	25˚	30%	38˚	80%	17˚	50%	41˚	10%	22˚	15%	45˚	15%	26˚	40%	47˚	45%
RENO, NV	46˚	10%	31˚	30%	38˚	75%	22˚	35%	45˚	0%	27˚	10%	47˚	10%	31˚	30%	49˚	30%

TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 31 to 41. East winds around 10 mph in the morning becoming light.
TONIGHT...Isolated snow showers in the evening...then numerous snow showers after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Lows 11 to 21. Light winds becoming southwest around 10 mph after midnight.
TUESDAY...Snow. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Up to 8 inches above 7000 feet. Highs 23 to 33. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Ridge gusts up to 50 mph.
TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows 4 to 14. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 29 to 39. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Lows 11 to 21.
THURSDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of snow and rain. Highs 32 to 42.
THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Lows 13 to 23.
FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs 33 to 43.
FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Lows 11 to 21.
SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 36 to 46.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 12 to 22. Highs 36 to 46.

SIERRA LAKE TAHOE FORECAST DISCUSSION: Abundant level moisture still hanging around the Western Great Basin this morning in the wake of a departing upper low. Shortwave ridging will continue to build overhead...with winds aloft really dropping off. Fog forecast this morning is looking less likely...due to the lingering clouds not allowing the surface to cool off and fog in. We are seeing some of the clouds beginning to break up east of Reno. Freezing fog has not developed yet...but with a few more hours of darkness left this morning...we could see some patchy fog development in the basin valleys east of Reno. A quick moving cold low will slide down the Pacific Coast Tuesday...potentially bringing the next round of snow to the area. This storm will be pretty cold...with snow levels down to the valley floors. latest model runs are in much better agreement...with the low pressure tracking directly along the California Coast. As the low tracks along Western California...deformation zone precipitation will setup along the eastern edge of the upper low. NAM-GFS are hinting that this area of enhanced precipitation will setup over Eastern California and Western Nevada...bringing snow accumulations down to the valley floors Tuesday. 00Z ECMWF also tracks the low pressure over coastal California as well...but keeps the deformation zone precipitation along the Sierra Crest and western slopes. Track of the upper will be extremely important to the amount of Quantitative Precipitation Forecast/snow amounts that we see in our area. Normally with an outside slider regime...would prefer to see the upper low track further inland over the Coastal Ranges of Northern California or even over the Central Valley...so that the deformation zone sets up over us. But with NAM-GFS continuing to show some impressive frontogenesis and 6-12 hours of strong dendritic zone omega/lift over Reno-Tahoe roughly between 4AM to 4PM...will continue with the snowy forecast. With each passing model run...confidence continues to increase with regard to Quantitative Precipitation Forecast values on our side of the Sierra. Increased POPS/Quantitative Precipitation Forecast for the Sierra zones Tuesday-Tuesday night. Went ahead with categorical snow for most of the Sierra and into Reno-Carson zone west of Highway 395. Should see more showery precipitation outside of these areas. As for snow amounts we could get up to a couple inches in the Western Nevada Valleys Tuesday...including Reno-Carson City-Minden...with 2 to 4 inches in the foothills west of Highway 395. For the Eastern Sierra could see anywhere from 3 to 6 inches from Western Lassen down through Tahoe and Mono County...up to 8 inches along the crest. If the forecast continues on this track...may see some winter statements later today.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: There is a bit more confidence in model solutions this weekend as the ECMWF has come closer in line with the GFS/GEFS/GEM which show trough Thursday night-Friday followed by ridging this weekend. One difference that remains is how fast to push the Friday system eastward as the GFS is more closed with feature and slower than the ECMWF to advance it eastward. The deterministic ECMWF is at the fast side of the envelope of solutions and thus the forecast was kept closer to the slower GFS. Highest POPS Thursday night-Friday were tapered from north-south Friday night and then dried out Saturday-Sunday as there is now good consensus for ridge. Temperatures near or slightly below normal Thursday-Friday are expected to warm some over the weekend although periods of mid-hi clouds may mitigate the potential a bit.

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