Snowfall Reports:

The wrap-around snow showers moved through Sunday evening dropping a final dusting up to 2 inches of new snow on the mountains. That was on top of the less-than-expected dusting to 2 inches from the snow showers Saturday night, bringing the storm totals to 0-3 inches on the mountains.

The final forecast from Friday morning was for 1-6 inches, so we picked up the low end of the forecast up to 1 inch less than forecast as the southerly flow did its dirty work. Here is my final forecaster report card for the season.

We now have 7 closed ski areas (one closing today) with all but two closing over the next two weekends.

Spring Settles In:

High pressure builds in over CA Monday through the weekend and into early next week. That is expected to bring milder temperatures.

Highs into the 50s for the lower elevations and 40s for the higher elevations on Monday. Then highs in the 50s to near 60 degrees at lake level are expected into early next week. 

We will keep an eye out for enough moisture to spark off an afternoon shower or two into early next week, but right now the forecast models show a well-below-average/dry pattern.

I believe this is the first morning all season that I woke up to a completely blank 10-day snowfall forecast for all of the Tahoe area ski resorts as the snowfall season is finally wrapping up.

During the last week of April, the long-range models still show some weak troughs trying to dig through CA. That could bring some colder air into the region. Not winter-time cold, but below average for the last week of April.

That could open the door to a few weak late-season systems as well, but maybe just enough moisture to touch off some afternoon showers over the mountains from afternoon heating. The long-range models show near-average precipitation for the last week of April, but the average isn't that high.

We'll keep an eye out for any organized systems that could possibly bring a better chance for some showers, and maybe a little mountain snow before the end of the month.

Stay tuned...BA

P.S. I'm on a Mon-Wed-Fri posting schedule for the 2nd half of April as we wrap up the snow season and all but two ski areas close by the 28th. 

I'll have all of the snowfall and precipitation stats for the season for you by the end of the month.

We look forward to getting back to forecasting again in the fall as we ramp up into the 2024-25 ski season!

Summer Weather: How To Use OpenSnow

As the snow begins to melt and summer conditions quickly take over, remember that you can use OpenSnow as your go-to weather app during the non-winter months.

Get started by going to...

1. Favorites > Weather
2. Location > Weather
3. Maps > Weather

Switch to using your "Summer" favorites list, check the "Weather" tab on both the Favorites screen and any location screen, and avoid poor air quality & incoming storms with our summer-focused map layers in the OpenSnow app.

You can also view the hourly forecast for the next 10 days for any location on Earth in OpenSnow.

1. Go to the "Maps" tab.
2. Tap anywhere or search for a city.
3. Tap "View Forecast".

View → Summer Forecasts