Incline Village Real Estate Culture Weekend Weather Update 3/11/2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tim Lampe your Real Estate "Go To" guy for 29 years. Hope this is usefull information for you to come on up to Tahoe. Ski and look at Lincline Village Homes..!!
March 10, 2011
A trough of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska will send a series of storms toward California and the Sierra Nevada over the next five days. At first the main energy from these systems will pass north of Tahoe. But later in the period the precipitation will sag further south, and by early next week we could get a significant snow storm.
This pattern is the result of what is known as an Omega-Rex block in the Gulf of Alaska. A cell of high pressure over the gulf is pushing storms south and toward California. That's potentially good for Tahoe, but the jet stream also needs to cooperate and bring those storms all the way here.
The first wave is due this morning or early this afternoon. This will be a fast-moving system without much of a Pacific moisture tap. Snow levels will be relatively high, probably around 6000 feet, and accumulations will be light. We'll probably see little more than a dusting below 7000 feet and maybe a few inches on the higher peaks.
Friday looks cloudy but fair before the second system moves in Saturday night. That one will be similar to today's system, perhaps even weaker. It does not look like much of a snow-producer for Tahoe as its track is going to take it mostly north of Interstate 80.
By Sunday night things should get a little more interesting. The forecast shows the jet stream beginning to sag south, and the storms starting to ride that stream closer to Tahoe. Sunday's storm won't be real wet, but its more southerly trajectory should increase the chance of rain and snow Sunday night into Monday.
Finally, if everything holds together, a real winter storm is fourth in line, for Tuesday night into Wednesday. It's a little early to count on that, but if it makes it to Tahoe that storm has the potential to produce significant accumulations of new snow.
A trough of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska will send a series of storms toward California and the Sierra Nevada over the next five days. At first the main energy from these systems will pass north of Tahoe. But later in the period the precipitation will sag further south, and by early next week we could get a significant snow storm.
This pattern is the result of what is known as an Omega-Rex block in the Gulf of Alaska. A cell of high pressure over the gulf is pushing storms south and toward California. That's potentially good for Tahoe, but the jet stream also needs to cooperate and bring those storms all the way here.
The first wave is due this morning or early this afternoon. This will be a fast-moving system without much of a Pacific moisture tap. Snow levels will be relatively high, probably around 6000 feet, and accumulations will be light. We'll probably see little more than a dusting below 7000 feet and maybe a few inches on the higher peaks.
Friday looks cloudy but fair before the second system moves in Saturday night. That one will be similar to today's system, perhaps even weaker. It does not look like much of a snow-producer for Tahoe as its track is going to take it mostly north of Interstate 80.
By Sunday night things should get a little more interesting. The forecast shows the jet stream beginning to sag south, and the storms starting to ride that stream closer to Tahoe. Sunday's storm won't be real wet, but its more southerly trajectory should increase the chance of rain and snow Sunday night into Monday.
Finally, if everything holds together, a real winter storm is fourth in line, for Tuesday night into Wednesday. It's a little early to count on that, but if it makes it to Tahoe that storm has the potential to produce significant accumulations of new snow.
