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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Another weak weather system is expected to bring very light snow showers to the Sierra and northeastern California along with increasing winds through Friday afternoon. Minor snow accumulations around a trace up to an inch will be possible by early Friday morning mainly north of Lake Tahoe and in upper elevations according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.
With this system comes with a Winter Weather Advisory Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Waves 2 to 3 feet with the highest along the northeastern shores.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - An incoming storm has been upgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory which is in effect for the Lake Tahoe Basin and Mono County from 4:00 a.m. Monday to 4:00 a.m. Tuesday. The rest of the storms forecast for the area have weakened though, with snowfall amounts greatly reduced.
A series of storms will affect the region starting Saturday night and going through next week. Overall potential impacts have trended lower that previously forecast, except for Monday which will feature strong winds and heavy mountain snows.
Tonight and early Sunday morning will see light snow showers from the Lake Tahoe region up into Northeast California. Snowfall should mainly be a dusting. However an inch of so of accumulation is possible for Sierra passes including Donner, Mt. Rose, Echo, Cedar, and Fredonyer which will result in slick roads according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There will be a few chances for precipitation as we wrap up 2020 and head into 2021, but at this point in time the systems on the horizon aren t looking like big snow makers.