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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

Sunny
Today
Clear
Tonight
Sunny
Fri
Clear
Fri nt
Sunny
Sat
Mostly Clear
Sat nt
Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Sun
Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Sun nt
Sunny
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 Water Temperatures

Courtesy of UC Davis Meteorological Data Sites around Lake Tahoe

North Lake Tahoe Temperatures
05/12/08

Sunnyside USCG Station Tahoe Vista
43.14° F 45.18° F 53.69° F (5/8)

South Lake Tahoe Temperatures
05/08/08
(Data not regularly updated for South Shore)

Rubicon Bay Timber Cove
39.35 ° F (12/21) 52.21 ° F

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Caltrans Highway Information network: 1-800-427-7623 anywhere in CA
Lake Tahoe Hotline: (530) 542-4636 South Lake Tahoe Nevada Side
Nevada Department of Trans: (877) 687-6237 for I-80 West and Nevada Highways

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