Weekend Weather Update. Tim Lampe Real Estate 4/1/2011
March 31, 2011
Tahoe's weekend is going to be preceded by a couple of balmy days today and Friday, as a ridge of high pressure allows temperatures to warm to 10 to 15 degrees above normal. With highs in the 80s in California's Central Valley, the mountains will see daytime highs in the 60s at lake level and the 50s at the mountain passes. And we probably won't see lows below the freeing point tonight or Friday.
By late Friday, however, winds should be picking up ahead of a trough of low pressure moving out of the Gulf of Alaska. This system seems certain to lower our temperatures and bring some cloud cover, with a good possibility of rain and high elevation snow by Saturday afternoon. Snow levels will start at or above 7000 feet.
Although the forecast models remained in conflict this morning, it does look like we have a decent chance for accumulating snow in the Tahoe region Saturday night and early Sunday morning before the storm moves east. Snow levels should drop to below 6000 feet as the front moves through.
Sunday should be partly cloudy as things begin to dry out, though a brisk north wind is likely behind the passing front. Monday looks dry with warmer temperatures.
Temperature forecasts:
Tahoe City:
Thursday 58
Friday 63
Saturday 49
Sunday 45
At 7000 feet:
Thursday 56
Friday 58
Saturday 43
Sunday 41
Tahoe Outdoors: Events
Join the Pacific Crest Trail Association and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for a special screening of National Geographic's "America's Wild Spaces" featuring the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. The screening will be at 6 pm Thursday March 31 at Explore Tahoe: An Urban Trailhead Visitor Center, 4114 Lake Tahoe Blvd in South Lake Tahoe.
MONTHLY WEATHER ALMANAC FOR MARCH
Low: 1 on March 1
Average temp: 31.3
Departure from norm: -4.6
Precipitation: 8.32 inches
Normal precip for the entire month: 4.43
Percent of normal for the month: 188 percent
Total snowfall: 66.5 inches
Low: 8 on March 1
Average temp: 33.9
Departure from norm: -.1
Precipitation (water content): 5.94
Normal precip for the month: 4.06 inches
Percent of normal for the entire month: 146 percent
Total snowfall: 44.1 inches
