The "OFFICIAL" 08/09 Tahoe Conditions/Weather Tracking And What's Happening Thread

[powpig]

Borrowed a friend's Gold Pass and hit up the Heave today. Better than I expected, carvable and for the most part soft, only ice was in the afternoon after all the new snow got shralped away. Felt good to get out on the skis again and wake up the legs. May have to hit up the $40 deal later this week but sounds like this will be the end of the MTB season so may just go ride. Cold temps on the way means at the least it'll be round the clock snow-making. With some luck maybe Ma Nature will stop being so stubborn and let loose the moisture.

[dookeyXXX]

i could post pix of me hangin' in Cabo with 50 Cent...cuz i'm gangsta, gangsta like that...and i've been putting off posting the Dookey & Fiddy: No Snow In Cabo TR for far too long.

just sayin', y'know, for stoke's sake and all.

[powdork]

damn i'd love to pdork and i was considering it when u 1st mentioned it, buuuuut, its looking like my work is drying up for awhile so i gotta work while i still can. next week i'll prolly go back if u wanna return. methinks u will

that sure is a piss poor attitude. in these tough economic times, who knows when you will get another chance to blow off work?

[mc_roon]

Yeah, I'm sure that's one of them. I used to do it pretty often too, but since moving to SF it's been getting less frequent. Starting at Miyake. Probably NoLa too. Edit: The girls call it "Nine Holes" and do it every year in December. Pub golf, pub crawl. I've started calling it "Nine Whores." They think it's funny.

A bunch of SCU '04 girls (my GF included) and associated friends.

You're at Santa Clara now, right? I finished undergrad in '06.

oh pub golf, some good memories.

yep, im at SCU, graduate this spring.

[LightRanger]

Bump for updated NWS forecasts. And the PG&E email forecast that I get that says...

Snow on and off through the end of next week, and likely into the following. The NWS is now saying snow down to 500 feet in the Sacto foothills at times from Sunday to Tuesday, and a fat AK LP system sitting off the CA coast. And ALL the models say this, so fuck your anti-jinx.

[LightRanger]

Like I said above...

[s.p.c]

snow.



yuki.



Nieve.



nah. never going to happen.

[Ottime]

i've got the pre-heaves already.

anyone interested in mount emma tomorrow. i'll be leaving early in the am (not super early).

I'm heading up, but pretty sure I will hit the heave. I have the WM mid week tix to use up, and I like the idea of lift served prior to doing my Avy 1 class. Just nice easy relaxing lift serve.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

NOAA: COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE MAIN STORM TRACK FROM THE NORTH. FORECASTS ARE INDICATING THAT A SLOW MOVING STORM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COULD AFFECT THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA WITH PERIODS OF SNOW FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.


"Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[powdork]

Like I said above...

how did that picture get on photobucket?
fuckin' thieves.

http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/images/tgr/models.jpg

[LightRanger]

Dunno. I saw it on TTips a while back and thought it was funny and linked it in here.

[yippeekiyayMF]

actually i need to learn hot to read the 300 mb jet stream, the infared, and the water vapor charts better. anyone have a good link to brush up my skillz?

[Jim S]

Anybody up for kite skiing on Saturday?

Saturday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind 80 to 85 mph decreasing to between 45 and 50 mph. Winds could gust as high as 125 mph.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...x=126&map.y=84


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[LightRanger]

That's a lot of wind.

Sacramento office hinting at sub-tropical jet undercutting that ridge late next week. Pineapple upside-down cake anyone?

[BambooShoot]

models agree on at least a pretty good low pressure system moving through and spinning off some snow into tahoe... but the best part is that some models have the system parking off the northern california coastline and spinning several waves into the sierras. good stuff.

by the way, if ya'll dont subscribe to Tahoe Weather Geek, you should. Send am email to tahoeweathergeek@gmail.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

[Sutter]

That's a lot of wind.

Sacramento office hinting at sub-tropical jet undercutting that ridge late next week. Pineapple upside-down cake anyone?

I saw all the weather nerds on t-tips helping out in this department. I think I understand upside down pineapple cake on a weather-metaphor level......

[BSS]

NOAA (pinpointed on porcupine ridge) says gusts up to 145 mph.

Ouch.

[mmcpheet]

Bump for updated NWS forecasts. And the PG&E email forecast that I get that says...

Just curious, which email list are you on?

Forecast is up some to 3" precip for the 10 day with a snow line wavering between 1500-2500'. Will this be dust on dirt?

[powdork]

normally this is where we point out that at least the heavy wet glunk falling as rain at Lake level is making a great base.
i foresee many askidents and broked skis in the days ahead. not to mention stability issues in areas where this already a base.

[Jim S]

"base"?

bwah ha hah ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Truckee Joe]

No snow for tahoe, however things are looking up for other parts of the country.


Rare snow covers south Louisiana, Miss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/...KvLqDzC55s.aF4

[skier666]

I'm sooooooooo glad my first opportunity to ski is THIS Saturday and Sunday....its going to TeH 3piC

[Sutter]

I'm sooooooooo glad my first opportunity to ski is THIS Saturday and Sunday....its going to TeH 3piC

I smell a TR that includes lots of base gashes, sad faces and dirt carving. With a possible side section of sushi.

[mc_roon]

^^^you forgot coffee and music^^^

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I'm sooooooooo glad my first opportunity to ski is THIS Saturday and Sunday....its going to TeH 3piC

We might as well make it a long board day....what else are we going to do?