We're almost there

[jibmaster]

The first snow is starting to show up in the Coast Range!

North Yolla Bolly and South Yolla Bolly

[QuiverQueen]

Well, it's, um, a start.

Yay winter!

[revloren]

Is that real time satellite imagery?

[jibmaster]

No, it's a computer model generated from snow sensors
put onto Google Earth.
Here:

http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/earth/

This is the real time satellite imagery.
Only useful on a clear day.

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/imagery.php?op=fire&fireID=ca-north-000

[bergbryce]

Are you sure that white stuff isn't some post harvest related atmospheric condition?

[jibmaster]

On more than one occasion, I've skied through the remains of tall, dead shrubbery...


One particular time I ran into the owner of said stubs of shrubbery later that day.
Down on the main road. Turns out I had been camping on his property.
Told him what I was doing - way cool dude. Invited me to his house where he lives with his gorgeous wife
-off the grid, making electricity from the creek.

[aqua toque]

...where he lives with his gorgeous wife
-off the grid, making electricity from the creek.

Some guys have all the luck.



ha, I call first use of chargrined emo ^

[stinkymonday]

No, it's a computer model generated from snow sensors
put onto Google Earth.

That is strangely cool. Thanks for the link.

[jibmaster]

"The longer range forecast models are in fair agreement that things will be changing after about
November 10th and Northern California will be in a wet early winter type weather pattern."

http://www.northstateweather.com/

[Hindfoot]

"The longer range forecast models are in fair agreement that things will be changing after about
November 10th and Northern California will be in a wet early winter type weather pattern."

http://www.northstateweather.com/

That's encouraging for those of us in this Northern CA area where the snow line seems to be moving higher every year with what seem to be increasingly warm winters. The only plus for this situation is that in some cases roads are staying open longer for better access to the higher country where the snow persists.

[jibmaster]

Well, here we go again.
Snow is on the way!

Yolla Bolly jibbin' a few years ago, looking out over Redding.