A most welcome break from the Saturday deluge and no complaints in the weather department Monday. High temperatures are running some 10 degrees above average for December.
It’s a good thing Santa’s sleigh is equipped for non-covered ground (always wheels) as our Christmas Eve will be wet, not white. But nevertheless, Santa will arrive on time just fine. We will enjoy yet another green Christmas, not like the white one six years ago.
Winter Solstice arrived, so the longest night has passed. After the holidays we’ll notice the longer hours of daylight.
We didn’t get as much warm rain in the higher elevations as predicted, so Mount Hood will be running limited ski operations over the holidays. Their gift will be more snow on Christmas Eve, maybe lingering into Christmas Day, and a little more in the days following. Snow levels will drop, and many at higher elevations will enjoy a white Christmas.