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Strong gusty winds are expected to arrive ahead of a winter weather system by Thursday prompting the National Weather Service to issue a High Wind Warning for the Carson City region and a Winter Weather Advisory for Lake Tahoe and the Sierra.

Another winter storm is expected to impact the Sierra this Thursday with a slight possibility of snow showers for the Carson City region, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

After the wintry start to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, dry weather will prevail for the remainder of the weekend around Carson City, resulting in minimal weather-related travel impacts on major highways, according to the National Weather Service.

While not much in the way of snow happened overnight in Carson City, forecasters say a few snow showers may make their way off the lake. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Scattered snow showers are expected to continue on and off through the morning from Reno to Carson Valley. The snow showers are likely to become more numerous by mid day, potentially producing 1-2 inches of powdery snow, according to the National Weather Service.

A winter storm has begun to move into the region, bringing gusty winds to Carson City this Tuesday morning that will be followed by snow in the Sierra and down to the valley floor.

A winter storm will arrive in the Sierra and Carson City region beginning Tuesday, bringing wind, snow and very cold temperatures that could make travel difficult, according to the National Weather Service.

A very cold system is likely to impact the region Thanksgiving week bringing snow showers and a significant cool down, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

A low pressure system will produce strong gusty winds tonight and a wind advisory is in effect beginning early Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Snow is expected to arrive in the Sierra by Sunday morning, with rain and snow showers around Carson City by Sunday night.

A winter system is expected to drop into the Sierra and western Nevada Saturday night into Sunday bringing snow across the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to the National Weather Service.

UPDATE: As storms continue to drop feet of snow in the Sierra, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows are latest Tahoe ski resorts to announce early season starts.
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Lake Tahoe ski resorts Heavenly and Northstar will launch their 2015-16 ski and snowboard season this Saturday, six days ahead of schedule, thanks to recent winter storms. This is the earliest the resorts have opened since 2012, officials said.

Monday morning has arrived with rain showers in Carson City and snow in the Sierra. Forecasters have made some adjustments since Sunday, with the latest from the National Weather Service calling for temperatures to drop, with snow possible on the valley floor late in the afternoon and into Tuesday morning.

A weather system will move across the Lake Tahoe and Carson City region Sunday and Monday, with snow showers expected to drop to the valley floor by Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The Carson City region, Lake Tahoe and Sierra will likely see another blast of winter weather by the end of the weekend, with snow possible down to the valley floors, according to the National Weather Service.

Rain and a few snowflakes arrived today around Carson City, a nice welcome to the first Monday in November after near-perfect sunny skies for Nevada Day weekend.

The skies above show promise for a nice, pleasant Nevada Day welcome, with plenty of sunshine and warm weather. And that's good for the thousands of revelers headed into Carson City today and Friday to celebrate Nevada's statehood on Saturday. As we celebrate the Silver State, there's something else worth raising a cup to: The arrival of snow up in the Sierra by late Sunday into Monday.

Low pressure is moving into the Carson City region, with rain showers and high elevation snow in the Sierra expected through Wednesday, clearing by Thursday with mild weather through Nevada Day festivities, and then a stronger system pushing into the area late Sunday.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Oct. 21, 2015 and beyond.

A strong El Niño is predicted to help ease drought conditions in some, but not all of California. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center released their latest seasonal weather assessment on Thursday, and the news isn't very good for the Lake Tahoe Basin.

An area of low pressure is making its return to the region, bringing a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly south of Interstate 80 this afternoon, tonight and Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

A second system will phase with this first system over the weekend bringing chances for showers across all of the Sierra, northeast California, and northwest Nevada.

Here is this week's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for the week of Oct. 14, 2015 and beyond. As of Oct. 13, Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Oct. 7, 2015 and beyond.

There's a good chance Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton areas will see a nice soaking from a weather system moving into the region. The not-so-cold, cold front will provide rain showers with a chance for thunderstorms into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. The highest mountain peaks in the Sierra may get a dusting of snow, especially above 9,000 feet.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Sept. 30, 2015 and beyond. Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their reports have not been updated

Sky watchers take note: A total lunar eclipse will happen across the western U.S. Sunday evening, which coincides with the moon’s closest point to the Earth in its orbit, also known as the “super moon.”

The downside, however, is a large band of cirrus clouds is expected to spread across western Nevada Sunday night that may limit or obscure viewing of the eclipse, depending on the thickness of the cloud cover, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the first week of fall beginning Sept. 23, 2015 and beyond. Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included.

Gusty southwest winds will continue through Wednesday, bringing dangerous boating conditions at Lake Tahoe and Pyramid and areas of blowing dust elsewhere, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

The winds will also bring additional smoke from the Rough, Lumpkin, Valley, and Butte fires across the Sierra and northern Nevada.

The intensity of the smoke and air quality impacts will be dependent on how active the fires are burning. For air quality information go to airnow.gov.

Drifting smoke from fires in California is expected to worsen over the next several days as southwest to west winds increase and bring additional smoke into the Sierra and Western Nevada, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

With the Butte Fire growing to more than 64,000 acres Friday in nearby California foothill counties of Amador and Calaveras counties, fire danger throughout the entire region persists. And with near record high heat stretching into western Nevada through Saturday, the fire danger becomes dire.

Hot, near record temperatures are expected through Saturday across the Eastern Sierra and Western Nevada, according to the National Weather Service. Highs will near be in the mid 90s in Carson City to near 100 across Western Nevada valleys and the deserts of Northeast California.

A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said El Nino conditions would gradually weaken through the northern hemisphere spring after peaking in late fall or early winter.

The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center said the likelihood that El Nino conditions would persist through the northern hemisphere winter was about 95 percent, up from a more than 90 percent chance in last month's forecast.