Ten Feet Next Week???

Ten feet next week?

January 13, 2010 by Tahoe Loco
Filed under Weather Geek


WEDNESDAY JAN. 13 4:37 PM…The National Weather Service has just issued an advisory about the big change in the weather pattern we have been talking about here for a few days. They’re saying that snowfall amounts of 10 feet or more are possible over the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada next week. We’ve heard big numbers before, most recently in December, and they have a way of fizzling as the storms approach. But that is a really big number. It’s worth paying attention to. Here is the notice:

A very strong jet stream is making its way across the Pacific and
will transition interior northern California into a wetter weather
pattern next week. As a result… an extended period of much needed
significant precipitation is expected. A relatively weak storm moves
through Saturday… then much stronger and wetter systems will begin
Sunday and continue into next week. Although timing of individual
storms is difficult at this point… it looks like every 24 to 36
hours a system will move through. Rainfall totals by the end of next
week could exceed 5 to 10 inches in the lower elevations with snow
amounts of 10 feet or more possible over the higher Sierra
Nevada. Snow levels will generally be around 4000 to 5500 feet
but at times could drop into the foothills. There is also likely
to be periods of breezy to windy conditions and travel into the
mountains is likely to be impacted.