We Are Finally Getting Our First Snowfall And It's Sticking! Yeah!

Not really, it snowed like crazy here in Las Vegas yesterday. The mountains around us got lots of snow. I work close to the mountains so it was snowing pretty hard at my work. A couple weeks ago it was still 80 degrees.

I'm in Kansas City and it's snowing here too! We've only had one snow and it was like a week ago or so, but didn't really last long. Monday we got a much bigger snow, probably 2½ inches or so. Still not much for us and it's starting WAY later than it used to! I remember we used to start getting flurries in September or October and by Halloween it was always borderline FREEZING! This year, I was at an outdoor concert in a halter dress that came to about the knee and was actually WARM! We hardly ever had a white Christmas, because it would always HAPPEN to warm up by the 23rd, but it was never this warm this late into December! As I said originally, it's snowing now and the weather is anything BUT warm. Last week it was in the 60's though and felt great! If it could always be like 65 - 70 degrees outside... that'd be perfect. :)

Hi neighbor, yes it's finally arrived. We are getting less here in the city than your getting but it's nice to finally see some snow. Weather has been crazy last few days huh? LOL

well i dont mind snow and all, especially when it is around christmas! but i walk with a cane and have really bad knees, but i still have to get to work (i work 3 days a week/4 hours a day) and if there is too much snow, it makes it hard as i have to take the bus to work!

I can visualize the beautiful scenery you are describing. The rain of snow must be like white cotton-buds falling from above instead of the rain as we are having here. My place is a tropical country and it is hot and wet throughout the year. So never experience winter before. It must be real cold there now and everyone must be wearing thick cloths. How long do you normally have snow?

I am jealous you so much,I'm living in South of China,and here never snows!I have never see the snow since I was born,of course It doesn't count the snow I see in the film.I think it must be funny to play with snow and start a snow fight....have a good time and Happy New year .....

well good for you because we have only gotten a dusting of snow this year iam hoping we get some snow soon.but it,really cold outside though well enjoy your snow and merry christmas

Our weather is normal and strange where I live, in south Texas. We have had to cover our plants once so far then it warmed up. The past two nights it has been in the 30's and by saturday it will be in high 70's to low 80's then another cold spell close to freezing by sunday morning. It is typical for down here. Enjoy your snow.

good for you Opal.....you must be getting the stuff that came through here yesterday. are you going to make a snowman???

We have had a little unusual weather here in Ohio as well. We were 52 on Monday morning and by Monday night it was 16 BRRRRRR lol We have had a lot of freezing rain but last evening we had our fist snow fall of more than a half inch. I hope our weather goes back to normal but I would like to have snow for Christmas

Hi Opal ! I has been a long dream of mine to touch and experience snow. Looks like fun to me, I was thinking of making snowballs and running out with my buddies,lol. I am in the other side of the world, though we havent much of a snow but heavy drop of rain is now being seen which is quite normal around here during these time of the year. Merry Christmas dear friend .

Let it snow! Let it snow!! Let it snow!!! It's cold over here and it's starting to feel like Holiday weather but then again, yesterday, you knew we had the everchanging weather system. Please make a snow angel for me, Opal!

You've brought back so many memories by this posting. I remember walking to school in the snow. My eldest sister would make the pathway and my middle sister would hold onto the belt of the oldest sister. I would be behind at the baby sister holding onto my middle sisters coat. The snow was fine for a few days but I hated it when it became slushy. I was always cold as we had coal fires in our house and it was never warm enough. My adopted country is warm and I enjoy the warmth. The wearher allover the world is now strange. Last year we had a hurricane in December which had never happened before. Blessings

Wow. I live in the L.A. area and it was only 42 degrees here yesterday. Our house is in the foothills and we had a huge rainstorm yesterday. When I got up this morning and looked outside, the mountains were loaded with snow. So beautiful. Rain was a welcome sight for us. We've had significant shortages of rainfall for the last five years. Without the rain, everything dries out so much that when we go through fire season, everything goes up like a tinderbox.

It has been a long time since the idea of snow falling made me happy. I was raised in the snow belt and could barely wait to grow up and move awaya to the land of palm trees and high temperatures. We have had a few more overcast days than usual but it has been warm so far. I think we were at 60F this afternoon.

Hi Opal, well here in the UK it has been fairly mild, where I live it has been raining last week this week it is dry and cold with the sun shining at times, but we have been warned that there will be a snow blast from the Antartic, so we have that yet to come...hugs littleowl

Snow Opal? What's that? Contrary to Christmas cards etc, the English (at least in the south) white Christmas is something of a myth. We get the odd flake and very occasionally an inch or so. But proper snow? I can remember 1963, that was heavy and I think we had some again when I was 12, so that was 1970. 1976 was quite heavy. Otherwise I can't remember a very heavy fall of snow anywhere that amounted to more than an inch or two. Not what you would call heavy anyway. Some parts of England do get more, and other parts of Britain a lot more, Scotland especially. But down here it rarely lasts too long.

Hi Opal, I'm in NJ so I got pretty similar weather to what you had. On Monday I was outside with no jacket on, not even a sweater. On Tuesday, the temperature dropped 30 degrees, and some sleet in the morning changed to snow by afternoon, and it fell until nighttime. It was only amounted to a couple of inches, though. Then the rain got rid of a lot of it.

congrats..i cant wait til we get a little snow. we have gotten so much rain..i want SNOW.. it would be really nice this season

I am about an hour's drive north of Toronto so I am about a hundred or so miles north of you. We have had snow for over a month and all the ski hills are open in central Ontario, Horshoe Valley and Collingwood are all still open in spite of the few days mild spell we had. It is snowing again today and have had several inches that had to be blown out of the driveway. I think in all total we have had a couple of feet of snow already. I usually have a good stock of food in the house in the winter time just in case there is a snow storm. The only thing I worry about is the hydro (electricity) going off, while the furnace is natural gas, it still works with hydro for the thermostat and fan blower.