On Monday, the National Weather Service predicted snow accumulation of up to 12 inches (30 cm) in higher elevations around Lake Tahoe, with snow showers continuing on and off throughout the morning on Tuesday.
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People on the Kenai Peninsula can expect rain and snow late Sunday morning or early Sunday afternoon, with the most snowfall to the north of Clam Gulch.
“The cats have been uncaged!”
The system moving across California is bringing cool, wet weather to the lowlands and snow in the mountains.
“This is the third storm that’s rolled through and we’re in early November so this is fantastic”, said Michael Reitzell, president of the California Ski Industry Association. Lake Tahoe Basin is now under a Winter Weather Advisory from 4 p.m.to 8 a.m., “with the heaviest snow expected from from 7 p.m.to 4 a.m”.
Thunder clapped, lightning lit up the sky and rain poured steadily, forcing Bay Area residents to pinch themselves Monday morning.
Parts of Gilroy and Morgan Hill got soaked, with more than an inch of rain, the highest total in Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Alameda and San Mateo counties. 44 inches of rain and Castro Valley. 43 inches in the same 24-hour period.
Temperatures in the San Francisco Bay Area and central California are expected to dip into the 40s, and winds could reach 10 to 20 miles per hour.
The cold air is also setting in across the mountains, another good sign for the slopes – and an economy that depends largely on tourism. At Boreal Mountain Resort, for example, there was enough white stuff ten inches – to open a few runs from the top of the slopes.
Mt. Rose in Reno opened Wednesday, and like others in the industry, hopes to capitalize on the weather pattern expected to bring more rain and snow to California this year.
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“El Nio is coming”. Two locations, Heavenly and Northstar, will open early on November 14, he said in a statement.
