Clouds pour over the Carson Range on Friday night with a new burst of precipitation.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Concert goers at Minden Park reported hail fell during the Hot Buttered Rum performance on Friday night after a fairly sunny start.
There weren’t any road controls in Douglas County, but it was snowing at Lake Tahoe as Saturday opened to heavy cloud cover.
The snow stake camera at skiheavenly.com showed 10 inches of snow piling up on Friday, with a smidge more being added on Saturday morning.
Minden reported a tenth of an inch of precipitation on Friday while the Gardnerville Ranchos had a quarter inch.
Fish Springs added another fifth of an inch to its total of 3.64 inches for the water year.
The forecast today for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms 1-3 p.m. today with a high temperature of 58 degrees. The wind will be out of the north at 5-10 mph.
With tonight’s low forecast for 34 degrees in Minden, the danger of a freeze has passed for most of the Valley.
Sunny skies and highs in the mid-70s are expected by Monday with temperatures climbing toward the 80s by the beginning of Memorial Day weekend next week.
