High Wind — Greater Lake Tahoe Area, Nevada

2025-01-08 · Greater Lake Tahoe Area, Nevada

Event narrative

A mesonet station (SLIDE) located 1.0 mile ESE of Mount Rose Summit, reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

Wider weather episode

The next system on the 6th and 7th Tuesday featured light shower chances across portions of the eastern Sierra and increased east to northeast winds. The next system arrived late Monday as a backdoor cold front that slid south through the area. East to northeast winds behind the front caused upslope flow east of the Sierra crests into the 7th with a 20-30% chance for some light snow showers in the Tahoe Basin area southward into Mono and Mineral counties. The northeast flow from this system was the primary impact with wind gusts upwards of 80+ mph across Sierra ridgetops that brought impacts to backcountry recreation and aviation interests across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1233257. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.