Where's Global Warming when You Need It?
The coldest weather in the west since 1951 (the early 50's were noted for winter cold) Mt. Wilson shown here picked up 20" of snow; there was snow in La Canada, and there was 3" of snow in Las Vegas. It was easy on the satellite to see where it was coming from -- a great sweep of continental air over a perfectly clear southeast Alaska, around the low pressure off of the western coast and directly into California. We got an undeserved snow day on Tuesday (could have been a 2-hour delay), and more delays yesterday. Santa Fe will have a white Christmas, though most of the snow around home is gone this evening. The storm spent its energy in California and Nevada and there wasn't much left for us today, though the winter forecasts had been up.