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here comes winter...

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The winter started with a big bang and then petered out.  We went from endless dryness to a sudden major winter storm before Thanksgiving and then a pattern of one&off weak storms piling the snow up to near seasonal norms. And here we go again.  Pre-Thanksgiving I am all hunkered down.  Our first real winter storm is approaching.  With over 24" of snow predicted in the next 24 hours along with low temps in the 20s... it'll be a sudden shift from clear, sunny, 70F+ temps which we've had for the last 8+ weeks.   Ahhhh.... California. Since WinSol is 20 miles (as the ravens fly) from South Lake Tahoe, I usually look at west shore weather reports. This morning, the snow whisperer (Brian Allegreto) said this VERY cold and huge snow maker was a typical start to Tahoe winters - WinSol looks the same - from zero to hero: And so it begins... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This morning I