Instant winter, just add snow

Last week Jeff Ledson, owner of Tahoe Workz Snow Removal in Incline Village, was dancing to the snow gods in hopes of any type of winter storm, and today he is praying to "make the snow stop!"

But don't misunderstand his cry for help, he agreed that "it is great to see that it looks like winter here in Tahoe."

"Early last week, I thought I was going to pack my machinery away for the winter because my lawn was showing, but since Thursday I have been doing nothing but plowing," Ledson said. "These systems have definitely brought in above average snow fall per storm. My clients think that I haven't been out doing my job because every time they look out there is another couple inches, but I have been out all day, everyday."

Meteorologist Wendell Hohmann of the National Weather Service in Reno, said after last nights storm, weather should be fairly quiet through the rest of the week.

A 20 percent chance of snow is on the horizon for tomorrow, and cold weather is expected for the weekend, he said.

More than three feet of snow fell at lake level since Sunday morning and another foot was expected to fall at lake level last night.

Diamond Peak reported 36 inches since Sunday morning, 18 inches over night on Tuesday morning.

Last Thursday, the Nevada Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) reported the snow water equivalent for the Tahoe Basin at a 38 percent average.

Yesterday snowpack was at a 60 percent average after the storms, hydrologist for the National Weather Service Gary Barbato said.