The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area, as well as Mono, Lassen, eastern Plumas, and eastern Sierra counties in Californi,a with 3 feet of snow

On Wednesday at 2:51 p.m. a winter storm warning was issued by the NWS Reno NV in effect until Thursday at 11 p.m. for Lake Tahoe.

A second round of winter weather this week lasts through late Friday for western Nevada and along I-80 to California.

Winds gusting up to 80 mph were predicted from the Canadian border to Texas, threatening blizzard conditions in colder northern areas and wildfire risk in warmer, drier areas to the south.

A powerful storm system that unleashed severe weather for millions of Americans from coast to coast this week is now taking aim at the nation’s midsection, bringing blizzard conditions to the northern Plains, thunderstorms and the threat of tornadoes to the Midwest and South and an elevated risk of wildfires to the southern Plains.