The weather has behaved pretty much as we discussed last week with low snow levels and scattered showers. Some of the showers were all snow, depending on where you were over the weekend. Our friends in the higher elevations around the county saw brief snow falling enough to whiten the ground.
We thought the cold low-pressure system would sit off our coast and spin bands of moisture our way. That occurred but the center of the coldest air remained off the coast and as of Monday afternoon, it was still lingering a bit toward the west for all of us in the county to get snow. Our coastal beaches had snow showers and, of course, at higher elevations. Ski areas received a nice amount of dry powder snow.
Today, the low remains spinning off our coast and showers were expected to be scattered and too warm during daylight hours to get much in the form of snow. There was enough of an onshore flow of air to keep us overcast at night, eliminating the icy roads that could have formed widespread. This is still an ever-changing situation, so stay tuned to the latest forecasts as it may have changed since I wrote my column Monday afternoon.
The idea is that the low will start to slip southward today and as it does, I think some of its energy will concentrate into a wider band of moisture and Wednesday could bring us a widespread light snowfall. Again, these pesky upper-level low pressure systems are tricky to forecast their exact track of movement. Computer forecast models try but nature has a mind of its own at times.
