Winter Stoke

Mountain waves are a good sign that the weather is coming on strong. They occur when high level winds are pushed up by orthographic obstructions (mountains) and go through a rebounding cycle. They push back down on the opposite side of the range as they are out of equilibrium, but go too far and are forced back up. Looks kind of like an ocean wave. Anyway, when the winds push up, moist air rises into a cooler region, thus a cloud forms. The clouds look like pancakes and stay in the same place.

El Nino SST Anamolies are curretly at +1deg C. Good news!! Also Tahoe area is predicted to have avergae to below average temps over the next couple months and above average precipitation. WOOO HOOO!!

But these are just scientific models and we have to wait to see what really happens. Anyway, there is a big low coming down from the Gulf of Alaska, with snow later this week. A couple inches but more exciting is snowlevel around 6000 feet. Bring it on.