Volume 9 , Issue 49

Looking A Lot Like Christmas

It is beginning to look a lot like Winter and Christmas around these parts in Southwest Colorado. At least the higher elevations are receiving the much wanted winter snow for its skiers and snowboarders. This photo was taken in the valley South of Bayfield, Colorado as the horses graze in the pasture Saturday afternoon.

Last week we received 3/4-inch of that wet moisture here in the valley of southwest Colorado, while the ski resorts around here received around 3 feet of snow. This weekend began Friday with an Arctic front coming through here and spreading it's rain and snow throughout the San Juan mountains and other fronts to follow through Tuesday.

The winter resorts are loving it! It began Friday, December 7, 2007, here in the southwest colorado valley with rain while the higher San Juan Mountains and Rocky mountains were getting some of the white snowy stuff. The weather channel was predicting that another 1 to 3 feet of snow will fall in the higher elevations this weekend. By Friday, early afternoon around 2:30, our rain gauge measured another 3/4-inch of rain. We wokeup Saturday to a mixture of rain and graupel falling in the valley making for a rather muddy Saturday. Later in the morning it began snowing with big wet flakes, but nothing was sticking, except around Bayfield and higher up the mountains.

The Durango Herald reported this Saturday, "a mix of rain and snow continued to fall in Durango and environs Friday, with more moisture likely today. Chances for precipitation continue through Tuesday."

The Weather channel was showing possible icy mixture falling in northwestern Oklahoma this weekend. Let me know how this Arctic front turns out in your neck of the woods.

As to Christmas... we did get our christmas tree and decorations up this week as we were listening to our favorite christmas music and sending out our christmas cards. So.... I guess it is beginning to look a lot like christmas around here with the decorations and winter snow. Maybe some of that snow will stick overnight, into Sunday and through Tuesday... Maybe!
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