Today was a wild weather day with heavy rain and high winds that started Sunday night and are just starting to wrap up now (Monday night). We currently have river flood warnings for several areas, with waters expected to continue to rise overnight. While it's highly unlikely that we'll see widespread delays tomorrow due to river flooding, some isolated schools could get a shortened school day.
Whenever we get heavy rain in the winter months, people always fantasize about how much snow would have fallen if had it been cold enough. The rain-to-snow ratio is typically 1 inch to 10-12 inches. But that ratio doesn't really tell the whole truth. If it had been cold enough for snow, the air would be much drier, which would have lowered the amount of liquid with this storm. Still, 18 inches would not have been out of the question if cold air was in place.
The rest of this post is a very Grinchy outlook, so turn away if you're better off not knowing.
As for a white Christmas, that's not happening around here. Thursday and Friday will feel like winter with temps hovering around freezing both days--ski areas will be able to recoup some of their losses--but we are expected to shoot up into the 40s again starting on Christmas Eve. Vacation week looks like most days will be well over freezing. Bah humbug.
El Nino winters--we're in one in a big way--typically produce late season snow. So, it could easily be another 4 weeks until we see a shift in the pattern and colder air gains a stronger footing over the US.
Happy holidays, and we hope we have better news soon!
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