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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
3:25 AM PDT - FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013

DAILY Temp ˚F/Precip% EVENING Temperature ˚F	Greater Lake Tahoe Area - Weather at a Glance
	Today		Tonight		Sat		Sat nt		Sun		Sun nt		Mon		Mon nt		Tue
BLUE CANYON 5,282 FT.	57˚	0%	45˚	0%	58˚	0%	45˚	0%	55˚	0%	43˚	0%	50˚	35%	43˚	55%	52˚	50%
TRUCKEE, CA 5,899 FT.	62˚	0%	28˚	0%	62˚	0%	34˚	0%	60˚	0%	32˚	0%	57˚	30%	34˚	25%	59˚	25%
TAHOE CITY 6,450 FT.	62˚	0%	31˚	0%	62˚	0%	35˚	0%	56˚	0%	33˚	0%	54˚	30%	34˚	30%	55˚	25%
SOUTH TAHOE 6,257 FT.	61˚	0%	34˚	0%	61˚	0%	35˚	0%	59˚	0%	35˚	0%	56˚	30%	37˚	30%	57˚	25%
LAKE TAHOE 8,000 FT.	51˚	0%	37˚	0%	51˚	0%	36˚	0%	49˚	0%	37˚	0%	47˚	30%	35˚	30%	48˚	30%
INCLINE VLG 7,568 FT.	59˚	0%	38˚	0%	59˚	0%	38˚	0%	54˚	0%	37˚	0%	51˚	20%	35˚	20%	53˚	20%
MARKLEEVILLE 5,357 FT.	68˚	0%	35˚	0%	68˚	0%	37˚	0%	66˚	0%	35˚	0%	63˚	30%	37˚	30%	64˚	25%
RENO, NV 4,480 FT.	72˚	0%	44˚	0%	72˚	0%	47˚	0%	70˚	0%	46˚	0%	69˚	10%	47˚	20%	69˚	20%

TODAY: Sunny. Highs 58 to 68. Light winds becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
TONIGHT: Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 58 to 68. Light winds becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 33. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 55 to 65. Southwest winds around 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 31 to 41.
MEMORIAL DAY: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 53 to 63.
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows 28 to 33. Highs 54 to 64.
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows 24 to 29. Highs 57 to 62.

SYNOPSIS (3:05 AM PDT)...LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BRINGING SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE AROUND THE LOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  NORTH OF SUSANVILLE AND GERLACH. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE ON MEMORIAL DAY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

SIERRA LAKE TAHOE FORECAST DISCUSSION: MAIN SHORT TERM FORECAST CHANGE WAS TO INCREASE POP SUNDAY NORTH OF SUSANVILLE AND GERLACH.  A TROUGH WILL LOITER OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS IT REMAINS BLOCKED BY A RIDGE OVER NORTHERN CANADA. FOR TODAY, NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA WILL BE UNDER DRY AND STABLE WESTERLY FLOW TO THE SOUTH OF THE UPPER LOW. THE FLOW WILL ALSO BRING IN MUCH WARMER AIR AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY WITH HIGHS JUMPING TO WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF AVERAGE. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MOISTURE WILL  BEGIN INCREASING (ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80) AHEAD OF AN UPPER DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PACIFIC. THIS WILL BRING  INCREASING CLOUDS AND A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTH OF SUSANVILLE AND GERLACH BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO OREGON AND FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN TOO DRY AND STABLE FOR  SHOWERS BUT THE THERMAL PACKING BETWEEN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL PRODUCE A BREEZY DAY. FOR AREAS NORTH OF  SUSANVILLE AND GERLACH, THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY/LIFT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AS THAT AREA WILL BE CLOSER TO THE CORE OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED JET STREAK FORCING.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: MADE ONLY A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STARTING TO DIVERGE A BIT MORE EARLY IN THE FORECAST. THE OPERATIONAL MODELS ALL START WITH A LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. MONDAY SPREADING PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BY TUESDAY MORNING THE ECMWF STARTS TO DEVELOP A SPLIT FLOW DROPPING THE MAIN LOW DOWN THE SPINE OF THE SIERRA. A FEW GEFS MEMBERS ARE  ALSO STARTING TO SHOW THIS SOLUTION WHILE THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND GEM ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE TROUGH. THE SPLIT WOULD RESULT IN LESS WIND OVER THE REGION AND ALSO A DECREASED CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NRN CWA WHILE THE GFS AND GEM WOULD SUPPORT A LITTLE MORE WIND AND THE BETTER POP  CHANCES OVER THE FAR NORTH. BY LATE WEDNESDAY THE GEM HAS A BROAD UPPER LOW OVER THE PAC NW WITH  ZONAL FLOW OVER OUR AREA WHILE THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH HAVE MORE OF A NW FLOW OVER THE REGION...BUT ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO THE TROUGH IN WESTERN CANADA AND THE GULF OF ALASKA TO MAINTAIN  MENTION OF VERY LOW POPS OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTY WARNING AREA. SOME RIDGING IS HINTED AT BY THURSDAY. WITH MODEL DISAGREEMENTS STILL FAIRLY PRONOUNCED AND THE GEFS  ENSEMBLE MEMBERS STARTING TO SHOW MORE SPREAD...AM NOT INCLINED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST.

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Commercial Lake Tahoe Weather Reports

• 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

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Lake Tahoe
Live Weather Cams

• Alpine Meadows
• Heavenly Valley
• Diamond Peak
• Northstar-at-Tahoe
• Tahoe City Yacht Club
• South Lake Tahoe

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