forecast

A strong high pressure over the region will bring above normal temperatures to the Lake Tahoe Basin, eastern Sierra and Western Nevada through the middle of the week, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
High temperatures today through Monday could approach 20 degrees above normal for late April. Nighttime low temperatures could be 10 to 15 degrees above normal. High temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday should be around 10 degrees aboe normal before near-normal readings return late in the week.

The seasonal closure of dirt roads and trails to motor vehicles in the Eldorado National Forest has been extended for two weeks due to the recent storms and the weather forecast of intermittent sto...

Here is this week's fishing report covering rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is for the week of March 21-27.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and portions of Southern Oregon.

High pressure will continue to build over the region, with sunny skies and warm temperatures in the Lake Tahoe Basin today and Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. A strong cold front will move quickly across the region Tuesday, dropping temperatures up to 25 degrees compared to Monday. Winds will increase late Monday and Tuesday with gusts 40-55 mph in lower elevations, and ridge gusts in the Sierra exceeding 100 mph.

A strong cold front will move across eastern California and western Nevada tonight and early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service in Reno reports. A wind advisory is in effect beginning at 10 p.m. tonight.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is through Feb. 21.

Here is the fishing report through Jan. 31. The report covers rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.

The change in the weather has been a long time comin' and now it appears to have arrived, to rephrase an old Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song. Here's the latest from the National Weather Service in Reno:
A strong Pacific storm that has prompted a winter storm warning through 10 a.m. Saturday will affect the region tonight bringing heavy snow and gusty winds to the Sierra. The heaviest snowfall is expected to remain above 7,000 feet in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Snow will increase later tonight as the cold system moves through dropping between 2 to 4 inches an hour.

Officials reported this morning that the Washoe Drive Fire destroyed 26 homes, and has currently consumed 3,900 acres.
At a 9 a.m. press conference, officials reported the blaze is 50 percent contained, and that 700 firefighters are working to extinguish hot spots in advance of the high wind that are forecast for this afternoon.
There were 20 homes reported lost last night, but in the light of day, personnel working the fire were able to get a better count of the structures that burned.

The snow forecast to hit the Lake Tahoe region during the next few days is expected to give the Tahoe Fund's Plate for Powder program a boost along with Sierra ski resorts and businesses. Drivers who purchase a California or Nevada Tahoe vehicle license plate will receive two free ski lift or Nordic tickets to the resort of their choice. New Tahoe plates cost $50 in California and $61 in Nevada.

For those of us who have been waiting to transit from California to Nevada at Heavenly Mountain Resort, the wait is over. The crossover trial is now open. That in conjunction with the predicted natural sow heading our way is indeed good news. Like many I've been waiting to ski Heavenly until the crossover trial opened. Now I'm off to the slopes.

A major pattern change next week should finally bring snow to Lake Tahoe, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
In the photo illustration above, the first three images show the jet stream and large scale (synoptic) pattern changes forecast to take place over the Eastern Pacific Ocean next week. The persistent high pressure ridge that had kept most of the West Coast abnormally dry this winter is forecast to amplify and retrograde allowing the Sub-Tropical Jetstream to bring strong winter storms back to the Sierra. The fourth image shows a significant amount of moisture that should prompt the storms at the end of next week.

By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal. The winter that didn't come may be on its way. Hopefully, anyway. After a record-making spate of sunny, dry weather kept conditions bone dry through December ...

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With no snow and not even a chance of precipitation in the 10-day forecast, South Lake Tahoe is in for a blue Christmas. Businesses around town are concerned the lack of snow will impact the amo...

Behind the power of the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system, Heavenly Mountain Resort opened Stagecoach Express on Wednesday, Dec. 14, giving skiers and snowboarders top-to-bottom skiing and riding on the resort’s Nevada side.

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