Weather Transition

Today was one of those really strange weather days. It was really sunny and pretty (although a bit chilly) this morning into early afternoon. Then the wind picked up and clouds started to move in. By this evening it was cold and rainy, and not too far north and west of here, there has been snow down as low as 600 feet!! Now, for those of you who live in what we might euphamistically call "snow country," I realize that a little snow at that elevation is no bit whup, but for we Californians, any snow near the coast... especially in March... is worth noticing. True, true... if we want real snow we have to go to the Sierras... and they had 4+ feet of the white stuff in the ski areas over last weekend... but any snow around here will be fun.

It's supposed to be pretty cold throughout the bay area (lows 20s and 30s, highs 40s to 50) for the next several days... with rain and chances for snow. Me... I'm hoping to wake up one morning and see snow on Mount Diablo... or maybe even on some of the hills between here and there. Now that would be really cool Here's a shot from 2001.

Continuing to think transition, in a only few weeks, it will stop raining altogether for this season, the green in the hills will peak, things will slowly dry out, the hills will turn that California golden brown color, and by the late summer or early fall we'll be worrying about fires. The hills that look like this right now...

will soon look like this...

Now, that's not all bad... just life out west.

For now, I guess I'll enjoy the cold and rain... looking forward to soon being out on my bike and planting that vegetable garden.