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By ccrossen | February 25, 2010
Lots of avy activity out there right now. Keep your head on and look before you leap. See the SAC report for some interesting pit profiles and photo/vid of yesterday’s avy activity at some local spots - it’s a little hair-trigger out there right now in the loaded spots.
RIP CR; we’ve lost another great one. We ski because we love it, love the addiction, the adrenaline, and stoke, we love the people, places, and experiences … and these components reach and push many different levels. For those who do not understand this, there’s not much more to say. The mountains give and the mountains take; fortunately they give much more so that our hearts may endure.
Storm still targeting Tahoe. Looks like it may split on us though, lowering precip amounts.
Per TWD:
Models lost all agreement on tomorrow’s storm in the past 24 hours. GFS wants to tilt the storm giving it a South to North orientation as it comes onshore. We have seen this before where that causes two things, the storm to b warmer and for the storm to have less push over the crest into Tahoe. That scenario drops a foot above 7000 ft. with up to 18 inches on the crest. The NAM still wants to blast us with 18+ inches above 7000 ft. and over 2 ft. on the crest. I see snow levels coming up to lake level to start the storm but not as high as the NWS is saying, up to 7500 ft. That would definitely limit snowfall. Some models are also re-suggesting that the jetstream dives to our South splitting the storm. They had all lost this idea yesterday morning. Overall I’m going to go with 6-12 inches at lake level with 12-18 inches above 7000 ft., and 18-24 inches on the crest. Will definitely be watching today to try and get a much better handle on the storm by tomorrow morning. Snow should start falling by later tomorrow afternoon. Wednesday storm still on track to bring moderate amounts of snow with another storm possible the following weekend.
Topics: Skiing, Tahoe Snow Report |