NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for California for Tuesday.

4-8″ of snow are forecast above 7,000-feet.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE
  7000 FEET.
- NOAA Reno, NV today

Snow levels will drop to all valley floors with this storm by tomorrow evening.

* SNOW LEVELS: FALLING TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS TUESDAY EVENING.
- NOAA Reno, NV today

3 ski resorts are already open in CA/NV and Squaw Alpine will open on Wednesday.

Boreal ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA just saw 24″ of snow in the past 48 hours.

Boreal, Mammoth, and Mount Rose are the only 3 ski resorts currently open in CA/NV.

Squaw Alpine will open on Wednesday.

48 Snow Totals in California:

• Boreal = 24″
• Sugar Bowl = 16″
• Mt. Rose, NV = 11-16″
• Squaw Valley = 15″
• Mammoth = 1″

Snow is forecast in Tahoe all week.  

Up to 13″ of precipitation is forecast for far northern California this week.

Mt. Shasta is forecast to see up to 40″ of snow by Thanksgiving Day.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for CALIFORNIA:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
328 AM PST MON NOV 21 2016

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, TRUCKEE, STATELINE,
AND INCLINE VILLAGE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM
 PST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL START IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN TUESDAY
  EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 10 PM
  TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE
  7000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS: FALLING TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLICK, SNOW
  PACKED ROADS. CHAIN CONTROLS WILL BE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE
  SIERRA PASSES AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN.