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12-10-2008, 06:25 AM
There's some cold, wet weather headed our way this weekend, and here's a hint where it's coming from: Right now, Sarah Palin can see it from her front porch.
There could be snow in them thar hills this weekend
There's some cold, wet weather headed our way this weekend, and here's a hint where it's coming from: Right now, Sarah Palin can see it from her front porch.
A cold air mass is barreling toward Silicon Valley from Alaska, and though you probably won't need to break out your snow machine like the First Dude, there should be a mantle of white on Mount Hamilton by Sunday. The National Weather Service doesn't expect more than a dusting, but it should be enough to get everyone thinking about a white Christmas.
"For sure, Mount Hamilton will get some snow out of this," said Ryan Walbrun, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service center in Monterey. But with snow levels descending only to 3,000 feet, what most of us will get this weekend when we look up at the snow-capped peak is a face full of wet.
The forecast is for a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers Saturday and Sunday, but it may all add up to only a quarter-inch of precipitation. That's literally a drop in the bucket. San Jose's rainfall total for the year is 1.52 inches, just 44 percent of what used to be considered "normal." Last year at this time, the city was at just 59 percent of normal, so parched seems to be the new normal.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11176129
There could be snow in them thar hills this weekend
There's some cold, wet weather headed our way this weekend, and here's a hint where it's coming from: Right now, Sarah Palin can see it from her front porch.
A cold air mass is barreling toward Silicon Valley from Alaska, and though you probably won't need to break out your snow machine like the First Dude, there should be a mantle of white on Mount Hamilton by Sunday. The National Weather Service doesn't expect more than a dusting, but it should be enough to get everyone thinking about a white Christmas.
"For sure, Mount Hamilton will get some snow out of this," said Ryan Walbrun, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service center in Monterey. But with snow levels descending only to 3,000 feet, what most of us will get this weekend when we look up at the snow-capped peak is a face full of wet.
The forecast is for a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers Saturday and Sunday, but it may all add up to only a quarter-inch of precipitation. That's literally a drop in the bucket. San Jose's rainfall total for the year is 1.52 inches, just 44 percent of what used to be considered "normal." Last year at this time, the city was at just 59 percent of normal, so parched seems to be the new normal.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11176129