White Christmas, anyone?

Anyone else having a white Christmas? I don't know if the snow that is coming down like crazy right now outside is going to be around tomorrow (probably - it'll be brown and gross though) but we're definitely having a white Christmas Eve. According to the NOAA west Texas has a <5% chance of a white Christmas based on probability. Well there you go, we've beat the odds. Luckily, I don't have to go out but once a day in the morning to check on my in hospital patients. Other than that, it's all sweatpants, warm fires, cuddling with the cats and puppy and cooking in the kitchen.

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The forecast expects flurries in the Texas Hill Country, I am right on the edge of that. We'll see. Right now I am in sweats with two lazy Schnauzers and one manx who seems to think she is starving. :) Perfect day for me too!

At this time, the streets are dry with some icy patches left from previous snowfalls for last 2 months.

That's ok...we can bike around to get our last minute groceries for meals. Today will be a couple of degrees above freezing.

I'm sure it will snow in our area in a week or so. Then the warm chinook winds melt off and dry air sucks it up dry. Very different from northeastern North America, where the snow slush/ice would stick around for ages.

Only if by white you mean blinding sunshine. Christmas just isn't the same in the summer... On the bright side (pun intended), I had a lovely two-hour ride this morning, before the day heated up. :)

Merry Christmas, every one!

We had snow this morning, but it has mostly melted away with a high of 38 today. Tomorrow there's a 30% chance of snow showers. I'm quite fine without snow. I'm not a fan of it, but I know it's good for the Great Lakes and keeping them a good level.

Woke up to a light dusting and the rising sun melted it away. We have flurries in the forecast today and tomorrow so maybe we'll see another light dusting for a sorta white Christmas. I'm not traveling too far so the weather won't be a problem today or tomorrow.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! Happy holiday to those who don't.

It's supposed to be close to 50 degrees tomorrow, so no snow for us. It's pretty rare for us to get snow (that sticks) in December anyway. Too far south.

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Originally Posted by Owlie

It's supposed to be close to 50 degrees tomorrow, so no snow for us. It's pretty rare for us to get snow (that sticks) in December anyway. Too far south.

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By this time last winter we had already received around 10 inches of snow. This year, we've had less than an inch...I will take it. My evil plan of skipping real winter appears to be working...which means it will likely hit Superbowl week since that is here...

I'm planning a Christmas Day ride so... No snow in the forecast!!!

like, the sky is white??? :-) lots of clouds here but even if it tried, it's too warm for snow.

How the streets are, at least in the downtown core. At our favourite bakery to pick up our Christmas Eve cake. (I have no idea what it is. He pre-ordered this) It's sitting on top of his bike rack. Notice the shovel inside the bakery. We hope there will be snow in the Rocky Mountains, 120 km. north of us in 2 wks. now. http://cyclewriteblog.files.wordpres...2011bridge.jpg I think there is snow now. We did have a choice to go there but it's much more expensive there during Christmas.

We got 12+ inches on Thursday in CO that is still hanging around but quickly melting in the sunny, 40 degree weather we're currently having. I was hoping to get a ride in on Monday but we'll see if it's melted enough to get out. The next three days are to be mid-40's so if not Monday, maybe Tuesday since I have the day off.

Happy Holidays to all on TE! And, happy riding if you are lucky enough to get out. :)

There was a bit of snow yesterday morning, but it is all melted away. :( It is nice and cold tho, so that makes it a bit more Christmasie.





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No snow here and none predicted in the foreseeable future.

We're having an abnormally warm winter. No snow (and no freezing temperatures) in our immediate forecast. It's odd.

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We got 12+ inches on Thursday in CO that is still hanging around but quickly melting in the sunny, 40 degree weather we're currently having. I was hoping to get a ride in on Monday but we'll see if it's melted enough to get out. The next three days are to be mid-40's so if not Monday, maybe Tuesday since I have the day off.

Happy Holidays to all on TE! And, happy riding if you are lucky enough to get out. :)

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Not melting fast enough in my neighborhood. Roads are still solid white :( I understand that it's not worth it to plow EVERYTHING but some salt or something would be nice. I had to try three different roads last night just to find a flat enough part of the hill to get out of the neighborhood!

Had a fun run in Greenwood Village this morning on some snow and ice-covered trails, though. Lots of snowmen. Really big snowmen :)

Nope, too warm here for snow. Was in the 70's the last two days and 50's today and tomorrow. I do miss the white Christmases I grew up with in Ohio.

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We're having an abnormally warm winter. No snow (and no freezing temperatures) in our immediate forecast. It's odd.

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I've been watching the NC temps, and it's crazy how warm it's been there! Just when we wanted to rub in our warm winter here in Belize... :D Last year we spent Christmas at Ocean Isle Beach and had snow, but this year it's in the 50s and 60s nearly every day in NC. What gives? :confused:

Looks like a high of 80 or so here tomorrow. The sand is white, but that's about it! :D

Merry Christmas!

That always seems to happen to us when we travel to escape the weather. We went to San Diego at Christmastime a few years ago and it ended up being as warm at home in Kansas as it was out in CA.

We were in the forties and dry today, which isn't unusual for this time of year. Western Kansas is still melting off a foot or so of snowfall from a few days ago, so it varies a lot in a short distance. And then my son is here from Minnesota and he's barely seen any snow yet, which is very unusual up there. It's really been strange.

I remember on Christmas we went to Disney World (I was in High School), of course that was the year it snowed in Florida, go figure.

The year we went to Miami during this time of year, it didn't get higher than 60. Most of the time it was 52 and windy.
And one of the times we went back to Phx to visit in December, we were at the airport getting our rental car when I saw little white flakes coming down. I had never seen it snow in the Valley the whole time I lived there, but it snowed when I went there on vacation!

It's 50 degrees here today with sunshine. No white Christmas for us this year but I'm hoping to get a Christmas day bike ride in. That's something I've never done before!

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It's 50 degrees here today with sunshine. No white Christmas for us this year but I'm hoping to get a Christmas day bike ride in. That's something I've never done before!

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It is 43 degrees here and tons of sunshine...and wind gusts of 20+ mph so I won't be riding today. No real time to do so anyway. Certainly makes all of my driving today far more pleasant than last Christmas!

I washed some white laundry and hung it outside in the sun, and I'm also planning to clean some bathroom fixtures, so yah-- it's a white Christmas.

Oh--I also need to make some mayo, and it is white too!

White Christmas :)

Great picture Anelia! No trace of snow out here.