There’s a good chance skiers and snowboarders heading to a Lake Tahoe ski resort later this week will be singing White Christmas.
A cold system is likely to result in heavy snowfall to the Lake Tahoe region by Friday. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), snow levels will start out high and then drop Friday and Saturday as cooler air moves into the Sierra Nevada behind the weather front.
Some much-needed snow will drop at low levels, which didn’t happen in the recent storms that hit Northern California. Heavy snow is expected down to the 3,000-feet elevation level by Friday night. There could be as much as 2 feet of snow by Christmas day.
Light snow showers are predicted in the mountains for Sunday, Christmas day.
Here’s a look at the weather through Tuesday, according to the NWS.
Wednesday night: Mostly clear. Light and variable wind.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind.
Thursday night: Snow likely after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy. Calm wind becoming south-southeast around 5 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy. Breezy, with a south-southeast wind 13 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
Friday night: Snow. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy.
Saturday night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy.
Christmas Day: Mostly sunny, with temperatures in the 40s.
Christmas night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy.
Monday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny.
Monday night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy.
