As the flakes continue to fall in the Lake Tahoe Basin and berms left by snowplow drivers are chiseled away, there will be little time to let go of the shovel.

A couple more inches of snow are expected today, Tuesday will be drier, and Wednesday may bring 1 to 2 feet of snow. Snow is in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, too.

A snowboarder waits March 21 for a bus on Highway 50 in South Tahoe. Photo/Kathryn Reed

Here are snow totals from the NWS as of 10am March 21 for the last 24 hours:

• South Lake Tahoe – 21 inches

• Truckee – 18 inches

• Carson City – 2.5 inches

• Gardnerville – 4.5 inches.

This morning troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to and investigated nearly two dozen weather-related fender benders. From just after midnight until approximately 10 this morning, 23 accidents were reported on the highways in Northern Nevada.

Nineteen of the crashes were property damage only, with the remaining four events having some type of injuries sustained. Most of the injuries observed this morning were either self-reported or minor in nature.

Twenty-one of the accidents were reported in Washoe County, while only two took place in Douglas County.

Speed too fast for conditions was the primary cause in all of the unplanned events this morning.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report