Heavenly begins to make snow

Heavenly Mountain Resort fired up its snowmaking guns on Tuesday — a sure sign ski season for most Lake Tahoe area resorts will be here soon. Boreal and Mammoth are already open on a limited basis.

Snow flurries have been coming down off and on at the lake today. The mountaintops are socked in with clouds, with natural white stuff coming down lightly.

Snowmaking begins Oct. 27 at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Photo/Heavenly

The high at the lake is supposed to be 39 in the basin today. The Weather Channel says with the wind chill, it feels like 8 degrees at South Lake Tahoe just before noon on Wednesday.

The mercury is expected to rise to the 50s on Thursday and be back to the mid-60s for the weekend.

However, overnight lows will be in the 20s for the next week. Those temps are good for the resorts that make snow.

Halloween is expected to be dry — something that seems to be rare in Tahoe.