This will be an abbreviated update, due to the fact that like most of you, I have no electricity, and the batteries on my devices are just about sucked dry.
It has been a pretty foul third day of Tibetan Losar, with high winds, thunder/lightning, numerous periods of rain showers, and then a very fast and dramatic switch-over to snow at 5:40pm -- about 6-10 hours later than expected. We had a quick two inches of snow across most of town this evening, in about an hour and a half, and right now there is a mix of rain and wet snow in progress.
Additional accumulations of snow are quite likely overnight, though our temps are still not dropping much below about 34ºF (1ºC), which means that the melting and dripping commences just as soon as the accumulations occur.
This system will hang around through much of tomorrow (Fri) as well, so let's stay prepared for cold, wet and snowy weather... and hope that the power/light/electricity returns soon.
It has been a pretty foul third day of Tibetan Losar, with high winds, thunder/lightning, numerous periods of rain showers, and then a very fast and dramatic switch-over to snow at 5:40pm -- about 6-10 hours later than expected. We had a quick two inches of snow across most of town this evening, in about an hour and a half, and right now there is a mix of rain and wet snow in progress.
Additional accumulations of snow are quite likely overnight, though our temps are still not dropping much below about 34ºF (1ºC), which means that the melting and dripping commences just as soon as the accumulations occur.
This system will hang around through much of tomorrow (Fri) as well, so let's stay prepared for cold, wet and snowy weather... and hope that the power/light/electricity returns soon.
