real deep snow

Topics



Links



tahoe skiing update

By ccrossen | February 6, 2010

andydeepfeb62010_1.jpg

Snow’s excellent right now in the right spots. Snowing most of the day Saturday, with a few inches of accumulation up high. Snow showers should continue into the early evening, then taper off. Temps are warmer than expected, but it’s still really nice fluffy snow. Backcountry powder is holding surprisingly well, spongy underneath, light on top. The higher you go, the better it gets. Resorts are skiing great as well. 6-8 inches yesterday, with more today… the system has split and we’re only getting a glancing blow, but we’ll take it. Nice to have the refresh. Bulk of the system is heading down south, and Mammoth/East Side should pick up another foot by tomorrow morning. Upcoming week looks unsettled, but no major snow for Tahoe as the systems will be shoved south, favoring the Mammoth area again – El Nino dynamics.

andydeepfeb62010_2.jpg

andydeepfeb62010_3.jpg

Topics: Skiing | No Comments »

snow update

By ccrossen | February 5, 2010

Stormed most of the morning along the upper reaches of the Crest, making for an amazing morning of skiing. Higher elevations received 6-10 last night. Mostly wind affected and dense, super-fast and fun. Snow stayed light and wintery all morning long. Down low temps were warm, almost no wind, no precip, an entirely different world all-together. Snow should stay nice for the weekend. Incoming storm looks like it’s going to dive south and nail Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, while we’ll only get a couple of inches or so. Next week is looking iffy for anything major. Stay tuned. Enjoy the snow while we have it.

Topics: Tahoe Snow Report | No Comments »

winter storm warning

By ccrossen | February 4, 2010

Powder returns. Winter storm warning in effect from this evening into tomorrow AM. Forecasts still looking at two feet by Sunday morning, depending on location and path of system. Tonight we should see 6-10 inches. It’s not going to take much snow to reload the slopes and make for an excellent powder day. Skiing is excellent right now, still wintery on many aspects, and the high winds today did a great job of buffing out many faces up high.


341 PM PST THU FEB 4 2010

…WINTER STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND…


A PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND STORM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AROUND 3500
FEET NORTH OF REDDING TO AROUND 5000 FEET IN THE SIERRA NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS MAY BE A LITTLE LOWER WITH THIS SECOND STORM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA INTO SATURDAY.

Topics: Tahoe Snow Report | No Comments »

stone soup sundays: truckee

By ccrossen | February 4, 2010


Soup…music…community

Stone Soup is open again every Sunday from Jan. 24 through March 14, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at The “Old Rec Center” in downtown Truckee, now the “Community Arts Center.” Free to everyone, Stone Soup, at its simplest, is a celebration of food and community. A group of dedicated volunteers initiated it last year as an attempt to help address the hunger and isolation in the community due to dramatic changes in the economy. They strived to create a space for “coming together,” where everyone was welcome to share food, friends, family, conversation, support, or just a bowl of soup with great bread and music. The kitchen is open again, volunteer-run, and operating as a project under the administrative umbrella of Project MANA and a partnership with the Truckee Donner Parks and Recreation District who provides use of the Community Arts Center. Help celebrate good food and great community. www.projectmana.org

Topics: Introduction | No Comments »

double-barreled storm

By ccrossen | February 4, 2010

p120i1220410.gif

Two systems on tap for the next few days. Not clear yet how much snow we’re going to get, but it looks like we could get up to two feet on the Crest by Sunday AM if the systems take a favorable Tahoe-track and don’t dig too far south. First system starts up this afternoon into this evening, bringing the first shot of snow to the mountains. Snow levels will be around 5,500-6,000′, dropping to 4,500′ Friday AM as the cold front moves in between the storms. Second system comes in Saturday morning with virtually no let up between systems and lasts into the evening. This storm will be colder and have much higher snow ratios. Again, the Reno and Sacramento NWS offices are forecasting much different scenarios. The Sacramento office has been bullish all week, calling for 1-3 feet. Reno is gradually coming around to a larger snow event, but still not that confident. We shall see; something’s going to fall. Temps look like they’re going to stay cold – highs in the low 30s Sunday and Monday – so the powder should last… Longer-range, it looks like we have the possibility of another shot Tuesday, but there is not much confidence in this system right now. It also looks like we’re going to have another blocking pattern setup for most of next week, though this will graudually break down and open the door for systems lining up in the Pacific. Beginning President’s Day weekend, we could see a return of large storms.

Per Reno NWS:

235 AM PST THU FEB 4 2010


DOUBLE BARRELED LOW IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST IMPULSE IS STARTING TO MOVE ONTO THE WEST COAST AS OF 10Z WITH LIGHT RADAR ECHOES ACROSS NORTHERN CA. PRECIPITATION FROM THIS FIRST WAVE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON…BECOMING MORE INTENSE OVERNIGHT. THE WARMER NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RAISE SNOW LEVELS TO 5500-6000 FEET. SNOW RATIOS WILL BE LOWER DUE TO THE WARMER AIR AND SO NOT AS MUCH ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. CURRENT FORECAST HAS NEAR ADVISORY AMOUNTS THROUGH THE SIERRA… ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHICH WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS BACK AROUND 4500 FEET. THIS WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE OF HAVING SNOW FALL THROUGH THE RENO AREA.WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE GUSTY…ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE SIERRA RIDGES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SECOND WAVE FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE BREAK EXPECTED IN THE SNOW ACROSS THE SIERRA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE COLDER WITH HIGHER SNOW RATIOS LIKELY RESULTING IN BETTER SNOW ACCUMULATION. THINK THAT WE WILL END UP NEEDING ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE SIERRA… THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS SYSTEM IS IF IT DIGS TOO FAR SOUTH…FOLLOWING THE TRACK OF THE JET…WE COULD BE INTO A SPLITTING SITUATION AND THE AREA COULD END UP SEEING VERY LITTLE PRECIP. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST MODEL RUNS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.


Per Sacramento NWS:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

432 AM PST THU FEB 4 2010


…WINTER STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE
THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND…
A PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND STORM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AROUND 3500 TO 4000 FEET NORTH OF REDDING TO AROUND 5000 FEET IN THE SIERRA NEVADA. UP TO 2 FEET OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA BY SATURDAY.

Topics: Tahoe Snow Report | No Comments »

« Previous Entries