Bill,
The only places near me with "White Christmases" would be in the San Bernardino & San Gabriel Mountains, The Cleveland National Forest, and on occasion the High Deserts [like where Nick lives].
We live in the basin, so snowfall around here is somewhat akin to the old statement:
Snowball's Chance In He..There has been a few freak storms which brought snow in our area - at levels of maybe 0.25" in patches.
Kind of the amount that you guys in Vermont, Maine, Colorado and upstate New York brush off the windshield!
Tuesday Morning [around 4:30 AM], the Temperature was down to 38 F. This morning it was 44 F at 4:30 AM.
Can't count on the accuracy of the E*Trade Billboard displaying this off the 605 freeway, but it was closely averaged with the other 100 Billboards in that certain 15 mile stretch, which display time and temperature [between I-5 and the 60, or the 60 and the 210].
:P.S. I just added the freeway references for those in this area to laugh about.
Winter storms around here normally bring us a gang load of rainfall from offshore born systems. These storms are usually accompanied by [somewhat] warm air, unless they are "Artic" storms [from Alaska / Aleutian Islands areas]- then they are really cold ones!
We get odd weather patterns here. When the Hurricanes come up from Equatorial zones and hang around Baja, we can get very unstable systems - from Heatwaves to Tornadoes.
Summers are normally the hottest from August to just before the Autuminal Equinox [September 21/22]. This is called "Indian Summer" and is normally a result of large Pacific Hurricanes.
The good thing about being on the "East" side of Pacific Storms is that they rarely hit land. Pacific Hurricanes are massive as compared to Atlantic ones, but they rarely run into highly populated areas like their Atlantic Sisters do.
We Southern Californians are such 'Weather Wusses" it must make everyone else sick from all the whining! When the roads get moist, people freak out!
OH NO!! It's Moist Outside!!!The TV News isn't any better either. My Wife and I still make jokes about the guy that reported being "Pelted with 4 to 5 raindrops" and was dead serious!
When it hails somewhere, people just come unglued! If it hails here, I grab something to use as a makeshift sled, then go "Hailsledding" down the grassy dugout parts of the Public Park nextdoor. Lasts a good 5 minutes, sometimes more. People are very puzzled by this odd sledding technique during such a "Tramatic Time"
My Goodness Man, There's Ice Falling From The Sky And Here You Are Playing In It!.
I'm just poking fun at our weather and trying to incorporate a little bit O' humor with it.
Scott SET