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The endless chatter of weather.

Yup, all of `em! It's usually a great view when you top out on the Bush Hwy (Power Rd) at the canal. From there you can see almost all the spots you mentioned. I'm hoping Red Mountain even gets some!

We are trying to get stuff done around here before it hits. We just have a lot of wind and clouds so far, but I heard that over in Quemado, New Mexico, a village 50 miles east of Springerville, they are already getting a lot of snow. A few hours ago I noticed how black it looked over that direction. Meanwhile, we have occasional weak sunshine here, with mostly cloud cover.

I am hoping for cross country skiing by morning, though.

I'm no expert, but it looks like a dry line is sneaking in from the NW and we might not see much more snow around Flag. Seems to me that the overnight predictions are probably overly optimistic.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/WCIR3.html

Rain changed to snow here in Payson about 1 pm, and it's been coming down continuously since. There is about 6 to 8 inches on top of cars, 4 inches on the ground, so far.

Looks like about 18" on the webcams at Ft. Valley and Forest Lakes. Snowbowl reporting 24" and Sunrise checking in with 28". Looks like Sunrise will get more during the day. (Mt. Lemmon is "waiting for more snow to open")

Well, I am still here in Eagar, and it finally started coming down. So now we have around 4 or 5 inches at my house. It is blowing pretty hard, though, and also I don't think it is cold enough to stay very long. However, up in Greer, where I cross country ski, I suspect it is incredible. So, maybe tomorrow I will get a chance to go there. Right now, I wonder if the road is even open!

Cold with some snow on the ground here. Roads are very icy - several people spun out or slid around that I saw.

Nonsense, you're all smoking crack. It's sunny and warm here. Temps are in the 50s and rain melted Snowbowl's base and they were forced to close.

We have 9.5 inches of snow on the ground at our house.... don't know what is down in town we normally get a little bit more than the town..

Friggin cold in the valley. Wind is pretty gusty to. News says the low tonight is going to be in the 20's! Got to love gobal warming. Whats that?

We have a drift by our front porch you have to walk through to get to the cars. I think there is about 5 or more inches, but it is blowing all around, so there are all these deep spots everywhere. I went to the store, and although some of the streets had been plowed it was blowing drifts over what was plowed.

Meanwhile, the sun has been trying to come out for quite awhile. The cloud layer is very thin. I hope it calms down tomorrow so I can go find a place to ski.

Where's mine?

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1106 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010

GREATER PHOENIX AREA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...AND TEMPE
1106 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010

.NOW...
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WERE REPORTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION. ROADS WILL BE WET...WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS.

Just saw this too ... Falcon Field in Mesa weather status. That's a Moderate Snow Shower, 45°, dewpoint 21, humidity 39, and wind.

Mesa / Falcon Field 30 Dec 12:50 Mod Snow Shwr 45 21 39 WSW 12 G 25

No snow on the McDowells or Red Mtn. Four peaks looks very white, but I've seen it whiter, still can't see the top yet due to cloud cover. Just starting to get snow flurries in Fountain Hills. Very brief and intermittent. Storm rolling in from the north and E.

I can make out some snow along the Supes ridgeline, consistent with azpride's comment on the Snow in the Supes thread.

Yeah, we've had a light dusting up here, too. Not worth making the drive to ski Snowbowl this week. No sir, best to stay away.

Jim_H wrote:Yeah, we've had a light dusting up here, too. Not worth making the drive to ski Snowbowl this week. No sir, best to stay away.

That's right. Go instead to Sunrise, which just opened, and has more snow than Snowbowl, and help out the starving cowboys and Indians in the Redneck Alps (White Mtns.)

LOL. There's almost nobody at snowbowl today because nobody can get there. This weekend will be a different story.

And until Sunrise opens the other two mountains (they just opened all of Sunrise Mtn today) its not worth going there!

Move along folks, nothing to see here.. move along.

It sure is cold, though. It's only 12 and it's 341. I think we will get below zero tonight unless it is windy. The NWS is forecasting 8.

Here it is a bit too warm for all the snow that has fallen to actually remain, although we do have about 5 inches, it doesn't get any deeper despite the fact that snow is continuously falling. As I said before, I suspect that things are much different up in Greer right now! It is a lot higher, and colder, and it tends to get a lot more snow than this valley. You would think that this house of mine, sitting at 7100 feet, would be in a full snow area, but you really do have to go up to Alpine or Greer to see the really deep snow.