Stupid weather guessers. I went to a lot of trouble to prepare for the onslaught of snow, including stocking up on new batteries, bringing in much more firewood than usual, etc.
I get up this morning expecting to see a fresh blanket of snow and what do I see? Puddles. Small puddles. Not any snow, not even any evidence of significant precipitation.
Then I get this:
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-303 PM PST MON DEC 27 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO, CA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH.
A MUCH COLDER STORM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA IS FORECAST TO HIT THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET.
A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE COASTAL RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SHASTA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 FEET ARE LIKELY OVER THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA BY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE NEW YEARS HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH FURTHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
NEW YEARS HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY BIG STORM.
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A foot of snow on the coastal range? Whoa...
Maybe I shouldn't be griping about getting in all that extra firewood.
