We don’t normally cut and past an entire zone forecast to the blog but this is one of the most dramatic forecasts I have ever seen and I have been around through a lot of full moons. Read down through the forecast and especially notice the wind forecast on the ridges and the expected snow.
Based on projected precipitation based on computer models, the high country in the Sierra-Nevada range could get over 100 inches of snow from this storm. Here is that classic forecast:
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GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SOUTH LAKE TAHOE…TAHOE CITY…
TRUCKEE…MARKLEEVILLE…GLENBROOK…INCLINE VILLAGE
341 PM PST THU JAN 3 2008
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY…
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY…
.TONIGHT…VERY WINDY WITH SNOW AND RAIN. SNOW LEVEL 6500 FEET.
SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 3 INCHES…WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 7000
FEET. LOWS 31 TO 41. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
65 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 120 MPH INCREASING TO 140 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW. SNOW LEVEL 7500 FEET
LOWERING TO 6500 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 12 INCHES…WITH
15 TO 30 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. HIGHS 37 TO 47. SOUTHWEST WINDS
30 TO 45 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 145 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…WINDY. HEAVY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO
12 INCHES…WITH 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOWS 19 TO 29.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE EVENING.
RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 115 MPH.
.SATURDAY…WINDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS 20 TO 30. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 90
MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…WINDY WITH SNOW. LOWS 10 TO 20. SOUTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SNOW. HIGHS 18 TO 28.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS 7 TO 17.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
18 TO 28. LOWS 8 TO 18.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…BRISK. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW
AND RAIN. HIGHS 26 TO 36. LOWS 12 TO 22.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
SNOW. HIGHS 26 TO 36. LOWS 16 TO 26.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 24 TO
34.
