A Wet Close To The Weekend Ahead

Tahoe City, CA…Overnight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Scattered showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 35. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: Rain. High near 49. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
528 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-051300-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
528 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA…
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT AND
BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW TO THE SIERRA.
PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY STAY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395
WITH MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE EAST. ROADWAYS THROUGH THE
EASTERN SIERRA INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395 FROM SUSANVILLE TO MAMMOTH
LAKES AS WELL AS ALL HIGHER PASSES THROUGH THE TAHOE BASIN WILL
REMAIN WET FROM THE RAIN. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR
NEAR THE MOUNT ROSE SUMMIT AND ON CARSON PASS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST ON SUNDAY AND ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW
FURTHER EAST WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. SNOW LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION
IMPACTS INCREASING FOR AREA PASSES AND ROADWAYS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY
THIS SYSTEM OVER ALL AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…AND
ACROSS THE BASIN AND RANGE MONDAY.

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING A RISE IN CREEKS AND
STREAMS ALTHOUGH FALLING SNOW LEVELS WILL HELP KEEP THESE CREEKS
AND STREAMS WITHIN THEIR BANKS. WHERE HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN
OCCUR…THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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