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The endless chatter of weather.

Thanks Jim. I'll check in again tomorrow. Class isn't until 6 pm Sunday. I had seen there is supposed to be another wave of it coming in on Sunday, though.

The 5 PM Flagstaff airport update gives 1.99" for the storm to this point. Though much of that was rain, it has never the less been a good wet storm with decent amounts of snow in town. Quite impressive given the dry period of the last month and a half. Might get a little more moisture as some showers come through over the next 24 hours, but the snow will be drier so I think it won't amount to much.

We're up to 2.23 inches in Flag at 755 pm. I could see us getting a few more inches out of the next line to come through and easily having a normal month for February with this one storm to credit. February's normal is 2.56 inches for Flagstaff. It's been all snow since just after noon, and it looks like I had around a foot at my apartment.

2.63 inches for the storm so far at Flag at 1pm. Snowbowl reports a total of 26 to 32 inches of snow, and the Snowslide Canyon Snotel reports 20 inches of new (settled) snow, with a depth of 58 inches and 3.2 inches of liquid. Pretty impressive storm. I'm getting light flurries, so we might have a little more to add to the total. If we could just do this again in March, we'd be OK this spring.

Liz, I expect you to have your evening class, and the main roads should be fine by tomorrow.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/ ... GZ&pil=PNS

Thanks Jim. I made it back a little while ago. The worst section of 89 was up on the rez between Bitter Springs and Gap, where I was driving on packed and very rough snow. When I got home I had to shovel my driveway for half an hour in order to get my car in there. You can't park on the street or you will get a ticket because you are in the way of the plow, (which rarely goes by my house anyway.)

I wonder what possessed me to move away from San Diego, or Hawaii, or Tucson? Guess I wanted the snow "experience!"

This snow is very wet. I am glad I have tomorrow off work. It will be icy in the early morning.

Perfect base for you to x-country ski, and for me to hike Humphrey tomorrow!

Yes, I do like the xc skiing. It will motivate me to finish up some homework early so I can get out there and ski.

Jim_H wrote:Perfect ...to hike Humphrey tomorrow!

Snowbowl reporting 44" storm total. I like!

We got 5 inches of snow at our house in Payson.

Spent the weekend at Dead Horse State Park, stayed in one of the cabins. Rained the entire time and snowed in Jerome when I visited on saturday. Was planning on taking one of the bikes to ride but changed trip plans and visited the communities. Hiked in the rain along the Verde, the marsh and the lagoons. Those herons are quite large and blend in with the reeds.

Looks like Flag's official total is 17.9 inches of snow, and 2.68" of water. To think just a couple of weeks ago I was talking with someone and we agreed that no more real storms would come our way this winter. Amazingly, we are above normal for the month's normal total. Though we are below normal for the calendar year, due to January being so dry, we are basically right on normal for the water year which began in October. This is because October, December, and February have been so "wet". I expect a dry finish with March and then April, which is usually not that wet anyway, but we'll see. It would be interesting if another good storm came in March. Preferably one like this, with a warm wet flow and rain at the start.

The snow on the Peaks is great. If you've been wanting to snowshoe them, get out there soon.

Tell you what. You drive my bus, I'll borrow your snowshoes.

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS
WEEKEND. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES.

keep 'em comin!

Since we're above normal already for this month, maybe this will keep up and we'll have a good March, too. Anyone want to go out on the Peaks this weekend during the storm? Maybe make the summit, but more than likely turn back around treeline?

I'm making a Friday ski trip. The only uphill exercise I'll be getting is with my butt on a chairlift. Luckily there's enough snow now for some nice tree skiing.

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Joe, do you get a lot of that?


http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=psr
Boing!

Here in the Bay Area the next storm system is expected to hit Thursday, and the snow level is forecast to possibly reach as low as sea-level by late Friday. That's going to be interesting.

That's the next big one, for you and us. I hope it keeps it's moisture flow and is another big dump. Forecast make it look like it could be.

I don't now if people are weather nerds like me, but here is a neat product that you can play with. If you set it to the departure from normal for the water year starting in October, you can see just how much below normal much of the Southwest is, especially Arizona and New Mexico. Basically, most of the water that has fallen into the decent areas came from the big December event. We would be in a different situation had that not happened.
http://water.weather.gov/precip/

I'll add that the San Juans look to be dry this winter. I think the Colorado Reservoirs will probably keep on dropping.