Setting a Holiday Record

I think we hit 50F today and no snow in sight, another green Christmas in Southern Ontario Canada. With two large dogs, I'd take some white stuff over this mud....

Having our usual holiday roller coaster weather.  Last year was COLD, but this year we're already in the 60s at 0800.  Supposed to get rainy later today ahead of a cold front coming through Wednesday, but is kind of nice right now.

Might be 60 today around DC-MD 'burbs.  Happy Holidays, to all y'all -- as Lane might say.

We have almost no snow on the ground at Lake Tahoe. Last year at this time we have over 10 feet. LA and the NW have been getting all the precipitation. They had record rainfall in LA last week with over 15 inches in some places. So far this is a typical El Niño year. We could get 10 feet in the next storm and then it will rain and flood all the rivers. The Ski Resorts are partially open with some natural and man made snow.

Re Tahoe:

Only 32° and sunny today, but the little storm over the weekend blew out all the crud. It was 50° last week and I had the top down a couple of days.

LOTS of humidity and fog in the Northeast.  We drove through pea-soup fog last night returning from my sister's place.  Crawled along at 20mph because you couldn't see anything.  Got Twenty-Somethings driving back home to North Carolina today - Five people in a Kia Telluride named "Tallulah" but they should be home ahead of the storms.  It's a car full of Engineers - Bio-Med, Mechanical (2), a Civil and a Music Promoter who looks like Sasquatch but pretends to be an Engineer to keep up.

Like Calvin and Hobbs, we're an interesting family.

The PNW is not getting much snow either with ski resorts only partially open,  but this unusual start to the winter did allow for running Christmas morning errands - coffee run —in the speedy (chilly in the high 30s, the engine always runs and sounds soooo good when it’s cold outside), and family skiing afternoon in the high 20s.

wishing everyone a healthy, prosperous, and miles of smiles filled New Years.

Lake Washington in the AM:

Snoqualmie Pass in the PM:

cheers,

Luis

It was raining in Portland, so I drove up the Columbia River gorge until I found sunshine. Then I went on a mountianbike ride.  Merry Christmas!