After record snowfall to jump-start winter in November, December has so far been high and dry in the Sierra Nevada, leaving Lake Tahoe ski resorts scrambling to make enough snow for skiers and snowboarders. Over the weekend, ski conditions were scrappy, if not icy, with rocks peeking up through the moguls like shark fins. That’s why people in Tahoe are hoping the storms beginning to show up in the forecast this week will come through. Two winter storms are forecast to brush through Lake Tahoe this week. The first is expected to arrive Wednesday and may deliver several inches of snow to the Sierra Nevada crest — just enough for the National Weather Service in Reno to call the storm an “appetizer.”

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