[email protected] While we bask in the recent abundant snowfall, meteorologists warn that these white winter wonderlands are disappearing. According to Cal Fire, California has had 283 wildfires since New Years Day. This is a trend that climate researchers say is the new normal with more exaggerated, intense, wet winter storms and dry summer months in the near future. Lake Tahoe’s annual Operation Sierra Storm, a national weather conference usually held at Stateline, was streamed online Monday from Hard Rock Lake Tahoe’s showroom. The conference featured experts from UCLA, California Department of Water Resources and California Tahoe Conservancy along with a keynote presentation by Al Roker from the NBC’s Today Show.