Bastten down the hatches here comes old man Winter

[Topcat]

We are supposed to get slammed this week-end and I hear it is going to be like that all over the U.S.
20" of rain in the mountains.

[anlauto]

At least you don't have to shovel it

[Brads70]

LOL ya real funny Mike. Rain? We had 12" of snow a few times in the pst couple weeks. I need it to stop for a week so I can get caught up work wise. 

[Topcat]

The last time it snowed in the bay area was 1976.

Old timers here still talk about it every once in a while.

[anlauto]

The last time it snowed in the bay area was 1976.

That is a direct result of Global Warming

[headejm]

I'm blaming the Republican Party! 

[303 Mopar]

-20 and 8" of snow here in Denver.

[HP_Cuda]

I remember that day, freaking amazing.

Never happened since.

The last time it snowed in the bay area was 1976.

Old timers here still talk about it every once in a while.

[Brads70]

-20 and 8" of snow here in Denver.

That Fahrenheit not Celsius.   THAT'S cold! Burrrr! Usually when it gets that cold it doesn't snow around here.

[Topcat]

Alaska and Canada take up 4 of the top coldest spots on Earth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/07/coldest-place-low-temperatures_n_4553727.html

Russia is still the coldest place on Earth.

I read before they have recorded temperatures of -100F with windchill added in Lapland territory.

[Cudakiller70]

We are supposed to get slammed this week-end and I hear it is going to be like that all over the U.S.
20" of rain in the mountains.

Weather people are calling it an "Atmospheric River" . Apparently this won't help our drought a whole lot we California don't have enough storage.
https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/california-atmospheric-river-sierra-snow-flood-forecast-jan2017

[Timbbuc2]

I really feel for yall, its 90 degrees in Central America

[Brads70]

The last time it snowed in the bay area was 1976.

Old timers here still talk about it every once in a while.

We had a real severe blizzard here that year also. Seems like a cycle.....

[HP_Cuda]

Doesn't make much sense that we don't try and recapture this excess rain for our almost fully depleted aquifers.

Thanks Gov Moonbeam!!!

[Topcat]

So we can send it all down south.