We Love The Stars Too Fondly

No snow. Not unexpected in the end.

However, when the rain was starting to taper off I noticed that it had gotten a little bit sunny. I scrambled to check.

Never saw the full rainbow, must have been some cloud blocking the middle part above us and back behind us. But I got the two ends.

Individually they were nice and bright.

It was however, COLD. Never even got into the 40’s, and the wind was howling.

After this latest storm, I can assume that Mt San Antonio is well covered in snow – all of the roads heading up there are closed, so that’s your first sign. I haven’t been able to see the mountain in the last three or four days due to all of the clouds.

What I could see today were the mountains to the east. Mt Butler was well covered, way off in the distance, but we’ve seen that before.

What was new, this being the coldest storm so far since we’ve moved in, was the snow on The Pinnacles just at the east end of Victor Valley.

The Pinnacles go up to 5,646 feet and we, out in the valley floor, are at about 3,585 feet, so with the snow line being about a third of the way down, I’m guessing it’s at about 4,100 to 4,200 feet.

Even some of the peaks and ridges off to the side of The Pinnacles had some snow on their tops.

We’re at 34°F now, and all mention of flurries or snow has disappeared from tomorrow’s forecast, so while there may be more snow up on the peaks, I have doubts that we’ll get any down here on the valley floor. I’ll be watching, but I think this snow storm crapped out for us.

I’ll still be waiting…

Between yesterday’s downpours and todays, there were a few minutes this morning with partial clearing, some blue skies and sunshine, two squirrels back in the yard, light showers overhead, and a tiny little sliver of rainbow. I ran outside with my phone, spooking the squirrels. (Sorry, guys!)

I missed. All of the elements (Sun, rain, alignment) were all still there, along with a howling wind, but the colors that had been there ten seconds earlier were gone and never returned.

The clouds, however, were spectacular!

I guess that was the prize for getting out there right at that moment. A half hour later (and all afternoon) it’s been grey, windy, and wet.

The forecast for some snow flurries keeps getting pushed back and getting to be less and less likely, but I’ve got my new snow shovel at the ready, just in case!

The rain has paused for the moment but there was a single odd-looking, weirdly illuminated cloud off over the horizon.

Normally on a longer exposure photo with my iPhone I would rest it on top of the backyard wall, but that wall isn’t cinder block, it’s that pre-fabricated vinyl stuff and with the wind howling it was moving all over the place. In addition, it’s cold, as cold as I’ve seen it here in the almost seven months we’ve been here. 38°F and falling.

There’s still a slim chance of some snow on Thursday they say – I’m skeptical, but in a secretly child-like hopeful way!

(Image from Wunderground app)