Its snowing in the Bay area. Snowed in San Jose,

[caligirl]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2006/03/11/WEATHER.TMP

San Jose, Twin Peaks in san Francisco and Santa Crua Mountains. Hwy 17 from San Jose to Santa Cruz closed for snow 2 inches today, 8 traffic accidents for two inch snow fall, well it is California.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. That's a great picture...

The little joys of Global Warming.

[Flabbergasted]

2. It snowed in Portland yesterday, and for a few minutes today

I wonder how long it has been since we've had snow in mid march?

[caligirl]

4. A lady in Berkeley interviewed by the news here said 30 years.

She said it was a couple inches and traffic had to be stopped, right in front of her house.

[Flabbergasted]

5. So 3 times a decade, or two to three times in your life by contemp standar

[slaveplanet]

11. 1976

there was enough to make snowballs and snowmen on the peninsula.

[astroBspacedog]

35. I Remember 1976

I was living in Castro Valley on the East Bay. One morning ,while walking my dog, I noticed some snow flakes falling out of the sky. I didn't think much of it because I was in the hills and it's not uncommon for the East Bay hills to get dusted every now and then. So I left to attend some classes I was taking at Chabot College. As I got closer to the bay I noticed all the roof tops were white and it was absolutely surreal.
Today, as I look out my window it's snowing pretty hard and I have almost four feet in my yard. But, then again, -- I'm in Ketchum Idaho.;-)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. We got a lot out here in Tigard...

Well, half an inch anyway, overnight. Thursday morning it turned to snow/rain for the rest of the day. This afternoon, lots of sunshine, but it's freaking cold out there tonight.

[anitar1]

27. Quite awhile--at least 4 years since we have seen snow in Eugene.

It snowed a bit yesteday--beautiful big flakes but did not stick. When I awakened this morning, we had 2 inches on the ground. Maybe more tonight.

[Der Blaue Engel]

3. Walking home tonight I saw "snow" on the parked cars on my SF street

It was probably hail turned to slush, but it had been at least an hour since the hailstorm, and the ice on the cars looked just like piles of snow. Freaking weird.

[caligirl]

6. We had snow on Mission Peak this morning too, none lower though.

Think it will go to 500 feet tonight or tomorrow. Hard to imagine snow in the city, thats interesting.

[zalinda]

7. And, it's going to be 66 here in lovely Syracuse NY tomorrow

[caligirl]

8. OUCH! that hurts. 42 and dropping in San Francisco and 66 in

Syracuse?

[zalinda]

28. Yeah, this has been a weird winter

my poor rose bush has tried twice this winter to put out new growth, and today will probably be a third time. It's going to be in the 50's the next few days and then dropping again to the 30's. I don't think we have had the snow average we usually do. The past couple of years it stayed in the 50's until December.

zalinda

[Pirate Smile]

33. It is supposed to be 66 today in Iowa also. It is already 51 degrees.

Freaky weather all winter long - no doubt about it.

[kevinbgoode]

34. 72 today in southern Illinois

I have to dig out shortsleeves!

[Habibi]

36. 61 here in beeyootiful Rachacha tomorrow.

Sunny and 55 today. We've had barely any snow this season.

[XemaSab]

9. It snowed today in Redding

The Northern and Central California get-together is in Sacramento on APRIL 1st!

PM me to be added to the list!

[Steve A Play]

10. We had some light hail today just north of Santa Cruz

and heavy lightning and thunder storms right now.

Latest doppler radar loop. http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?num=6&delay=15&scale=1&noclutter=0&ID=MUX&type=N0R&lat=37.14729309&lon=-122.12923431&label=Boulder+Creek,+CA

[caligirl]

13. clouds are going right over our area, we had thunder once this evening.

I expect to get up early and see snow on the hills, but the weather guys said it could go down to the bay level.

[Steve A Play]

17. National Weather Service has just issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning

in effect for Santa Cruz County effective from 10:23 PM until 4:23 AM Saturday! They simultaneously issued a snow alert until 4:00 PM Saturday for our area. :crazy:

Nice light show at the moment but I should probably shut down my computer since we have no lightning arrestors on our power lines here. This is only the third or fourth time I can remember actually seeing lightning here in the fifteen years I've lived in this house! I kind of miss it since I moved here from central Florida where we used to get thunderstorms on an average of 110 days a year.

[caligirl]

19. ps, thanks for that info,, my son is at UCSC.

[fed-up]

12. Somewhere I have a pic of snow in San Bruno when I was 3, 1961-a couple of

inches came down and covered everything.

Cold here in Chico, but no snow yet...

[CabalPowered]

14. How coincidental. I just finished watching Crash.

If you haven't seen it, rent it. Better yet, buy it. It's worth it.

[caligirl]

15. Our sons asked us to watch it, we were very moved by it.

[gristy]

16. Snow? Wishful thinking I think... That's hail. The link says as much.

[caligirl]

18. On the news tonight, 5 pm ch 11 they showed snow falling by the tech

center downtown, it was snowing in downtown San Jose, Santa cruz mountain was reported to have snow today as well. The chron didn't have pictures of those areas.

[Steve A Play]

22. I know the difference between hail and snow

and it SNOWED in San Jose today! Cal Trans and the CHP shut down Highway 17 this afternoon due to heavy SNOW and the 9 accidents it caused in just under an hour. You can listen to the Fire Dispatch calls on line in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties at this link if you don't believe it. We've had three Emergency Broadcast System alerts in the last half hour on the TV and radio. Top story on the 11:00 PM news is the several inches of snow on Hwy 17 and 6" of hail in Soquel! DAMN!

http://www.firedispatch.com/

[Newsjock]

20. I-280 on the Peninsula closed due to snow!

From Caltrans:
I 280

IS CLOSED TO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AT THE JCT OF SR 92 (SAN MATEO CO)
- DUE TO HEAVY SNOW - A DETOUR IS AVAILABLE

In all my years, I've never ever ever seen that.

On edit: Oh, here's a story about it:
http://www.nbc11.com/weather/7876453/detail.html

... The California Highway Patrol also shut down Interstate Highway 280 in San Mateo County because of hazardous weather conditions, according to a CHP spokeswoman.

The spokeswoman said northbound I-280 is closed between Edgewood Road and state Highway 92 because of conditions including heavy hail, snow and poor visibility.

She said authorities are discussing whether to also shut down the southbound lanes.

[caligirl]

21. thanks for the update. Wonder if any weather guys are trying to get there.

news starts in a few minutes.

[salin]

29. In five years

in the 90s I never saw a snow flake on the Penninsula.

I have seen the clouds come down on that stretch of 280 to make visibility limited - but never to the degree being described. Wow.

[buddysmellgood]

24. Only 8! You're doing great. Every year in Wisconsin, it snows, and people

crash like they've never driven in it before. We just drove hours north to catch the last of the snow so we could cross country ski. Our neighbors had a California kid here in Wisconsin for the last few weeks. He was beside himself playing on the backyard luge. Snow in the backyard was completely foreign to him. Great fun. Enjoy.

[alittlelark]

25. Here in Los Altos, in the hills, it's sleet/rain

You need a flashlight to tell that there are crystals in it.... wow.

[sandnsea]

26. Oregon coast snow this afternoon

Very weird. We had a very warm winter, I don't know where this cold snap came from. We had hail first, then snow a while later. Then sunshine. What a weird day.

[Hubert Flottz]

30. GLOBAL WARMING?

NOPE Bush says it's not a problem and Gawd tells Bush every fhart that's let!

[Minnesota Libra]

31. It didn't snow, you know it didn't snow, idiot boy will say.........

....there's nothing to global warming and a few people just had a terrible case of dandruff. :sarcasm:

[Sapphire Blue]

32. Beginning to look more & more like 'The Day After Tomorrow'

[smirkymonkey]

37. That is a great picture!