The National Weather Service in Reno has extended the winter weather advisory for the greater Lake Tahoe area until 10am Nov. 22. A winter storm watch has been issued from Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon.

Moderate snow is expected overnight Sunday. Meteorologists are calling for snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches along and west of Highway 89 with 3 to 6 inches elsewhere.

Forecast -- Highway 89 about to be even whiter. Photo/Kathryn Reed

Winds will be from the southwest at 15 to 25mph, with gusts to 40mph.

The storm Monday night could bring another 1 to 2 feet at lake level.

This is on top of the more than 2 feet of snow that has already fallen at the lake, multiple feet in the higher elevations, and inches in the Reno-valley areas.

Expect the roads to be nasty as temperatures dip – possibly as low as 5 degrees Sunday night in Reno. The forecast for South Lake Tahoe shows Tuesday’s overnight low as zero. Although the sun will return Wednesday, the high is expected to be 21 degrees with an overnight low that night of 8 degrees.

— Kathryn Reed