Rain tapers starting today. Showery weather for the short term.

It ain't over, till it is over.  Another wave moved through Santa Cruz last night and again this morning.  I think we are out of the thick of it, as this later one moves south.  Wrap around could still bring in showers, but mostly light in nature.  Light snow showers will effect the slopes south of Tahoe this afternoon.  While the cold air sticks around, things will not be quite as wet as the past few days.  But it won't exactly be dry.  Showery conditions persist through Tuesday morning, with each day looking more and more likely to stay dry, as the jet slowly shifts storms to our north.

By Wednesday we could be looking at mostly sun and warming weather.  Say breaking clouds and mid 60s.  The small ridge could keep us dry for several days,  but we are finally in the midst of winter.  Rainy weather likely to return before next Sunday.  Currently it looks like the storms should come back in Saturday evening, although this could shift several days in either direction depending on the strength of the ridge that builds in late Tuesday.  More on that later.

The big news was the heavy rain and snow last night.  Three to four feet of snow fell in the last 24 hours along the Sierra Crest near Tahoe.  This is simply the biggest snow event of the year.  Reports of stoke are coming back from the slopes.  But the really good news will come in the next few days as we see the reservoirs starting to fill up.  It will be interesting to see how the rest of the month fairs, and what the snowpack looks like on April 1st.  Even though we were at less than 30% before last week, we could be on par by months end.  That would be something.

So, in short, more drizzle for the rest of the weekend and to start out next week.  Things begin to break apart on Tuesday and Wednesday looks warm and sunny.  Mild and mostly sun through next Saturday when we see the chance of another storm moving in overnight.  More later.