South Lake Tahoe ski, snowboard and weather report for Wednesday

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Wednesday, December 23, 2015 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high of 33 and a low of 24. Today: A 10 percent chance of snow after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Heavenly - Packed Powder conditions. Winds could affect operations today. 83% of their terrain is now open which means 4000 acres, 14 lifts and 41 runs are open. No new snow in the last 24 hours. The base depth is 52". Lift status. A 10 percent chance of snow after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Very windy, with a northwest wind 35 to 40 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph.

Sierra-at-Tahoe - Packed Powder. Sierra will have groomed conditions on 29 of their 39 open runs. 10 lifts are open. Burton Progressive and Upper Snowshoe pipes are open. 0" of new snow in last 24 hours. Base depth is 46". Lift status. Scattered snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of snow after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Kirkwood - Packed Powder. 54% of the mountain is open with 1250 of 2300 acres, 8 of 15 lifts and 61 of 86 runs. Delayed opening on the backside lifts this morning. Ski Patrol will continue to work on snow safety for Chairs 3 & 4, The winds are pretty gusty over the ridge of Chair 4 so both are on wind hold. Trace new snow in the last 24 hours. Lift status. The base depth is 53". Scattered snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of snow after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. West northwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.