Latest System Moves Through Area

Truckee, CA..Overnight: Snow. Low around 28. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: Snow showers, mainly before 10am. High near 32. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: Scattered snow showers, mainly before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Thursday: A chance of rain showers. Snow level 6400 feet. Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 22.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
832 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

…COLDER WITH PERIODS OF SNOW AND RAIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…

.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE INLAND AND PUSH A COLD
FRONT AND INCREASED PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM LAKE
TAHOE NORTHWARD INTO LASSEN AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTIES.

CAZ072-NVZ002-071245-
/O.CON.KREV.WW.Y.0011.110307T0600Z-110307T1800Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SOUTH LAKE TAHOE…TRUCKEE…
INCLINE VILLAGE
832 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY.

* TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 4 AM MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES…WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE
7000 FEET.

* IMPACTS: EXPECT CHAIN CONTROLS AND TRAVEL DELAYS OVER MOST
HIGHWAYS AND PASSES AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS
WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS…WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST
DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND USE CAUTION. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.