Winter? I'd Be Happy With Fall.

The temperature has been in the mid 70's this week. Tomorrow there will be a drop of about 20 degrees. We even have a watch/warning from the National Weather Service.

645 AM MST WED NOV 21 2007...STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TONIGHT......WINTRY WEATHER AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON THIS WEEKEND...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH STRONG EAST WINDS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS WHERE GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. A COOL AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALSO MEAN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND LOWER-ELEVATION SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. INCREASING CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND LOWLAND RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE TOES OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. YET ANOTHER COLD BLAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OVER THE BORDERLAND. THE RESULT WILL BE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THUS FAR IN THE SEASON...STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER 40S IN THE LOWLANDS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...LOWLAND RAINSHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW BEFORE TURNING OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.
OVERALL...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WHERE ISOLATED 12 INCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE SEEN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWLANDS AT THIS TIME.

Cool. Literally. I like cold weather. But snow? I'm not holding my breath.