Changes in the Works...

This week is going to be quiet with the blocking high pressure off the coast. It does appear however that there are some changes coming to the pattern beginning next weekend.

The changes will start slow next weekend as the next shot of cold comes down from Canada. This time it looks as if the ridge of high pressure off the coast will shift Westward in the Pacific allowing this next storm to come down over the water.

The ridge will quickly move back in so this storm looks like it will become a cut-off low off the coast. When that happens the storm is cut-off from the main flow of the jetstream and from there it is hard to track where the storm will go. Right now it looks like the storm will come down far enough off the coast to miss Tahoe. We will have to watch where the storm eventually comes inland.

This is a good sign however to see the ridge moving and not just anchored off the coast blocking storms. As we go through next week there will be more storms that take aim at the Pacfic NW. That will bring the chance of some light snow here if the storms can come far enough South but nothing significant yet.

As we move into the week before Christmas around the 20th and beyond it looks more promising as the pattern across the Pacfic should become more zonal and storms will take a direct aim at the West Coast. Right now it looks like we could possibly see a return to a snowy pattern right before the Holidays. Stay tuned...BA