Wednesday October 30, 2024
ABC 10 —
People from Truckee to South Lake Tahoe will be gearing up for blustery conditions for trick or treating as Halloween nears.
A cold storm system is set to arrive from the Gulf of Alaska with decent moisture. A Weather Impact Alert was issued for Thursday and Friday in the Sierra for inches of snow at pass level and as much even one to two feet for the peaks and summits.
Could this early precipitation be a sign of a good snow season? As of now, it’s too soon to tell what winter has in store, but, for autumn, it’s a good start so far.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab at Soda Springs, near Donner Pass, is showing only 1.18 inches of snowfall so far this water year, but more snow may push it past the average of 3.15”.
The water year is from Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025. The average snowfall total for an entire water year is at 360.24”.