IN THE AREA. NOW TO OUR WEATHER COVERAGE, STARTING WITH A LIVE LOOK OVER LAKE TAHOE TONIGHT. ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL THERE. QUIET NOW, BUT OUR METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN IS TRACKING MORE SNOW IN THE FORECAST. HEATHER, I KNOW IT’S A WEEK OUT, BUT COULD TAHOE MAYBE SEE A WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR? RIGHT. WELL, THE EXCITING PART IS IT IS A WEEK OUT, WHICH MEANS CHRISTMAS DAY IS NOW IN OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST FOR TAHOE. IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, THE ODDS OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ARE PRETTY HIGH. SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THEY ANALYZED DATA FROM 1991 ALL THE WAY TO 2020. SO 30 YEARS WORTH OF DATA TO FIND THE PERCENT CHANCE OF SEEING A WHITE CHRISTMAS. THAT’S AT LEAST A NEW INCH OF SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SO NOT JUST SNOW ON THE GROUND. ANYTHING YOU SEE HERE IN WHITE, THAT’S OVER A 90% CHANCE. AND OF COURSE, WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT? UP IN THE HIGH SIERRA? NOW THE NUMBERS GET A LITTLE FINICKY AS YOU GO DOWN INTO THE BOWL AROUND LAKE TAHOE, BUT THINK OF IT AS ANYWHERE FROM A 60 TO A 90% CHANCE OF SEEING AT LEAST A NEW INCH OF SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN TAHOE. SO THOSE ARE THE ODDS. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FORECAST SAY? WELL, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR MODELS ARE TELLING US HERE. WE’LL START WITH MONDAY. CHRISTMAS EVE IS ON TUESDAY. CHRISTMAS DAY IS ON WEDNESDAY. MONDAY IS A DRY DAY, BUT A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ON ITS WAY IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SO THIS IS 9 A.M. WIDESPREAD RAIN FOR THE VALLEY AND SNOW FALLING IN THE SIERRA. AT THIS POINT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT SNOW LEVEL WILL BE RIGHT AROUND LAKE LEVEL. THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY. ON TUESDAY, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SNOW FOR CHAIN CONTROLS OVER 80, 50 AND 88. SO IF YOU’RE TRYING TO GET TO TAHOE FOR CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS EVE IS NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT TRAVEL DAY. MONDAY AND ACTUALLY CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE, BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS 8 A.M. CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE SNOW IS DONE FALLING. THERE WILL BE FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM THE DAY BEFORE. BUT BY WHAT THIS IS SHOWING, TECHNICALLY THAT’S NOT A WHITE CHRISTMAS. I KNOW TECHNICALITIES. METEOROLOGY IS FULL OF THEM. EITHER WAY, IT’S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW UP THERE IN TAHOE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. WE’LL SEE A FEW CLOUDS AROUND ON CHRISTMAS DAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S. THE FOOTHILLS DRY ON CHRISTMAS AFTER RAIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S AND FOR THE VALLEY, A CHANCE AT SOME OF THAT FOG COMES BACK JUST BECAUSE WE’LL HAVE HAD SOME RAIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND WE’LL BE CALLING IN RUDOLPH THERE FOR SANTA ON TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVEN DAY FORECAST IN THE SIERRA A RAIN SNOW MIX ON SATURDAY, BUT A BETTER CHANCE OF JUST PLAIN OLD SNOW AROUND TAHOE ON TUESDAY FOR THE VALLEY, A WET D