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Merry Christmas to all from the Wasatch Weather Weenies.
Apparently most of you have been naughty not nice because Santa delivered quite the lump of coal for Christmas. Warmth and high snow levels materialized as anticipated last night. It was a real soaker even at 9600 feet where Alta-Collins picked up only an inch of snow from 1.01" of water indicating a good deal of rainfall during the period.
My memory is hazy this morning but I can't recall a mid-winter rain event of that magnitude at that elevation this time of year. I do recall storms that started with a bit of rain or produced some with mist and rime due to a lack of ice nucleating particles in clouds, but a full inch of water with little snow at 9600 feet in December or January I suspect is pretty unusual. That said, I'm working off memory here and leave it to you to dig into the data to see what you find.
Meanwhile, it's 8:00 AM and 55°F at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Skip the sleigh ride today and take the mountain bike out instead.
https://benvandenbos.substack.com/p/december-25-2025?r=39meat&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
ReplyDeleteSomething to read while it rains!! Thought it was worth a share.
Merry Christmas Jim!!!
ReplyDeleteI had thought the prayer was too much, but since you mentioned it, figured it won't hurt
WE MUST PRAY for MORE SNOW, LESS WIND, LOWER WETBULBZERO and VERY MANY!!!!!! ICE NUCLEATING PARTICLES!!!.
I confess I have been naughty and have not been praying for VERY MANY!!! ICE NUCLEATING PARTICLES.
But now that Santa has delivered me lumps of coal, I will be continuously praying for VERY MANY!!! ICE NUCLEATING PARTICLES.
You've been saying Christmas's like today are in our future and I've been hoping otherwise.
Thanks again for all you do, this wonderful blog, the absolutely critical weather.utah.edu, keep up the good work, HAPPY NEW YEAR
And NEVER FORGET to PRAY for MORE SNOW, LESS WIND, LOWER WETBULBZERO and VERY MANY !!!!! ICE NUCLEATING PARTICLES!!!!