Cold system brings snow to Tahoe

Updated: May 8 at 9:24am: It’s sunny now in South Lake Tahoe.

For those who have forgotten what falling snow looks like can just look outside their windows in South Lake Tahoe.

A deep area of low pressure is sitting over the Lake Tahoe Basin. It will be here through Monday.

Good thing flowers in Tahoe are resilient. Photo/LTN

The National Weather Service in Reno has some revealing figures about area temperatures:

High temps                  May 6                      May 8              May 9

South Lake Tahoe                  69                                46                       42

Truckee                                    68                                48                       42

Reno                                         81                                60                       53

Carson City                             75                                57                       50.

Snow is possible into Monday, with the sun coming out Tuesday – just in time for Caltrans to close Echo Summit on Wednesday.

The long-term forecast is that it will be raining in the basin while the cyclists on May 15 pedal around the lake 1.5 times in the Tour de California.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report