Strong Cold Front Knocking on the Door, Pattern Change Around Christmas?
A well advertised, strong cold front is knocking at the door. Although this front does not have much moisture to work with, we believe that the Carson Range could pick up 3-12 inches of snow as the precip potential has increased. Our confidence is much higher with 3 inches than 12 inches. Here is a look at the peak of the storm which will be about 4:00 am Sunday morning: The clash of warm and cold air is giving us some hope of a surprise and this storm may squeeze a little more precip than the models are suggesting. After this storm passes, it is back to ridge city. Temperatures will slowly recover, but look for pretty deep valley inversions and crappy air quality next week. If you live in the mountains, it will be beautiful and the skiing up on Rose should be great as they have done a great job managing the snow and giving us pretty smooth, fast conditions. It seems as though every weather outlet has hopped on the dry winter bandwagon. Of course we have been talking about thi