Carson City area weather: Snow possible on valley floor Tuesday, rain showers into weekend
UPDATE 4:17PM: The National Weather Service in Reno, which had said snow levels were expected to fall to the valley floors, changed their forecast model late Monday afternoon, lessening the chances for any snow spillover to the valley floors. There's still a chance, but it is less than originally forecasted Monday morning.
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The next round of storms moving into the region may actually be cold enough to bring snow showers down to the valley floors early Tuesday morning, including the Carson City and Reno areas, according to the National Weather Service.
The next wave is now pushing itself into the northern portions of California and Nevada. This will usher in a reinforcement of well below normal temperatures and bring scattered to numerous showers.
However, potential impacts to roads due to slick and snow-covered roads are expected to remain above about 5,500 to 6,000 feet in eastern California, and possibly into the Carson Range of far western Nevada, where precipitation is expected to be steadier late Monday night into Tuesday morning, according to the weather service.
For now, the forecast for Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton, Silver Springs and Lyon County areas calls for a 30 percent chance of scattered rain and snow showers late Monday into Tuesday morning. Then after Tuesday, temperatures will warm some but rain showers will linger into at least Friday and possibly into the weekend, according to the weather service.
The weather service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the greater Lake Tahoe area from midnight to 10 a.m. Tuesday. All road concerns should clear out by mid-morning Tuesday as the sun heats road surfaces. Tuesday night and Wednesday, wrap-around showers are expected as the upper low drops towards southern California and Nevada.
However, slick road conditions are not generally expected as copious cloud cover, slowly rising snow levels, and some wind holds up temperatures, especially in the Basin where the best shot of showers is expected during the late night and morning on Wednesday.
Cool, showery weather will continue through at least Memorial Day but snow levels are forecast to rise to around 7,000 to 8,000 feet by the middle of this week.
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