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What's the weather like where you are?
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The forecast is 56°F today and warming up to a balmy 63°F Christmas day. It's very non Christmas like weather but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone around these parts complaining.
We broke a record today! 1¼" of rain since midnight, at Long Beach Airport--and there's still ≈6 hours to go. 
The slow, steady rain we've been getting is so, so welcome. We're grateful for each and every drop.
The slow, steady rain we've been getting is so, so welcome. We're grateful for each and every drop.
*blushing*
It was 60°F at noon today here in Oz. I think I'll wear shorts and a t-shirt to my son's family gathering this afternoon.
Weather app says it's 67°, at the airport.
Thermometer on the porch says it's 78°, here.
No one lives at the airport anyway.
Thermometer on the porch says it's 78°, here.
No one lives at the airport anyway.
We're having record snowfall here in SoCal; our local mountains are gloriously snowy! The ski and snowboard resorts have already been open for weeks. Lots of happy people playing in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights.
It has caused traffic problems in some areas, though. Here are some pics from ≈70 miles north of me:
Some portions of Interstates 5 and 15 were closed due to black ice, and for awhile the CHP escorted vehicles, but now they're fully reopened. There's more on the way, though!
It has caused traffic problems in some areas, though. Here are some pics from ≈70 miles north of me:
Some portions of Interstates 5 and 15 were closed due to black ice, and for awhile the CHP escorted vehicles, but now they're fully reopened. There's more on the way, though!
i can't recall snow being this low in our mountains. it must be below 2,000 ft.....that is so crazy. it has been at least a decade or so, since the snow level has been this low. the foothills have been lightly dusted with snow as well.We're having record snowfall here in SoCal; our local mountains are gloriously snowy! The ski and snowboard resorts have already been open for weeks. Lots of happy people playing in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights.
it has been definitely beautiful to look at while i was driving around town today.
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I know! My helper and I were just talking about that. If it comes down a little lower...we'll have snow stories to tell! Like my mom's about the day it snowed in Pasadena. Stay tuned...
Snow capped mountains are simply majestic. I envy the eye candy. It's crummy here today. Temps are in the low forties with drizzle from gloomy skies. I've received .13 inches of moisture so far. Though I never thought I'd say it this year, we need the moisture.
Yes, they truly are. One of my favorite pre-illness things to do was bask in the 80+ degree weather, while gazing at the snow-capped mountains under a glorious blue sky.
You know, having grown up here, surrounded by mountains my entire life, I can't say I took them for granted because I really didn't. I have distinct memories of standing on the back steps, gazing at the mountains, and feeling such awe--and so small. But they were just there. It wasn't until I moved away and lived in flat places that I realized just how much they meant to me.
In Florida, it wasn't so bad, because it had its own beauty--white sand beaches, aqua- and turquoise-colored water--and its temperate weather (excluding its humidity!) and palm trees reminded me of home. But Dallas?
So flat, so ugly, so dead and brown and miserably cold in winter, so hot and miserably humid in summer. *SMH*Only Albuquerque gave me a taste of the majesty of beautiful, and snow-capped, mountains.
I'm glad I'm home.
It was a yearly relief from the hot and flat terrain to vacation in the mountains of Colorado. Aspen was a quaint little town with one grocery market much smaller than my house way back then. We camped up Independence Pass from Aspen each year. It was simply beautiful and mostly unmolested then. It's sad to say but the last time I was in that area, I believe it was 1970, It was commercialized and the public areas up the pass had been raped. The mountains were still beautiful. It takes more than man to diminish their power and grandeur. They should have left the pass a one lane gravel path.
It has been raining all morning which is all good. Temps are in the mid fifties so there is no threat of snow or ice. So far 1.18 inch has fallen at olbriar's place. 47.15 inches for the year so far. With an annual average of 34" I'm likely looking for an arid 2020.
There's something I think you and your family would really enjoy, @olbriar. It's the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
It's an amazing experience any time of year, but if you plan it just right, you can enjoy temperatures in the 80s down below then, in about 12 minutes, play in the snow at 8,500+ feet! And those are twelve of the most breathtaking minutes you'll ever spend.
Even the drive up there is fun and beautiful, as you wind and snake your way uphill. There's plenty to do and see at both ends of the tramway: museums, documentaries about its construction, restaurants, hiking, camping, gift shops, photography, taking in the expansive view--even the Salton Sea.
It's one of my very favorite things in life, and no one I've taken there has failed to be mesmerized. I think you'd love it.
It's an amazing experience any time of year, but if you plan it just right, you can enjoy temperatures in the 80s down below then, in about 12 minutes, play in the snow at 8,500+ feet! And those are twelve of the most breathtaking minutes you'll ever spend.
Even the drive up there is fun and beautiful, as you wind and snake your way uphill. There's plenty to do and see at both ends of the tramway: museums, documentaries about its construction, restaurants, hiking, camping, gift shops, photography, taking in the expansive view--even the Salton Sea.
It's one of my very favorite things in life, and no one I've taken there has failed to be mesmerized. I think you'd love it.
That does look like fun. With a daughter now living in Ca. I can see the tram happening at some point. Thanks
The only time I rode a lift it looked like this.
The only time I rode a lift it looked like this.
Ha ha, this is -nothing- like a ski lift.That does look like fun. With a daughter now living in Ca. I can see the tram happening at some point. Thanks
The only time I rode a lift it looked like this.
They're huge, round, rotating cars that hold...I don't know, maybe 50 people? Because they're continuously rotating, you're always going to have a view of all angles. There's no jockeying for position to get the best spot, because they're ALL the best spot!
It was your daughter I had in mind. It would be a great family experience. It has been for me, since childhood.
do they take dogs? that would be a fun adventure for me and my dog to take.There's something I think you and your family would really enjoy, @olbriar. It's the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
It's an amazing experience any time of year, but if you plan it just right, you can enjoy temperatures in the 80s down below then, in about 12 minutes, play in the snow at 8,500+ feet! And those are twelve of the most breathtaking minutes you'll ever spend.
Even the drive up there is fun and beautiful, as you wind and snake your way uphill. There's plenty to do and see at both ends of the tramway: museums, documentaries about its construction, restaurants, hiking, camping, gift shops, photography, taking in the expansive view--even the Salton Sea.
It's one of my very favorite things in life, and no one I've taken there has failed to be mesmerized. I think you'd love it.
Honestly, I don't know, but I can't recall ever seeing any dogs there. You're right, it would be fun...but my gut instinct is 'no.'
But there are many great places to go with your dog that don't involve trams.
Over here in my neck of the woods, go north on Santa Anita Ave--and don't stop until you run out of road; you're now in the parking lot at Chantry Flat. Be sure to stop in at the visitors' center, decide what you're in the mood for, waterfalls perhaps?, and go for it.
You and your dog will have a blast. Little Freddie loved our treks up into the mountains; this was in Azusa canyon:
Nice and sunny now. Freezing rain overnight. 1/4" - 1/2" forcast through Tuesday morning. If you read back in this thread you will see me repeatedly say I'll take 2' of snow over 0.1" of freezing rain. 
At least the starting time is after midnight so I can go out and pretreat the driveway with calcium cloride (pet safe ice melt) and hopefully stay ahead of it.
At least the starting time is after midnight so I can go out and pretreat the driveway with calcium cloride (pet safe ice melt) and hopefully stay ahead of it.
Dang, I hope you don't have any overhead services. Stay safe my friend.
Everything is overhead in New England (with the exception of the cities). Thankfully, temps stayed just above freezing and the ice line was a few miles north of me.
Beautiful weather in SC.
