Here in San Diego we have had some serious winter storms. For those of you have never been to San Diego and think we have sunshine 24/7/365, that’s not true. We DO have seasons. The difference between seasons is more subtle. On average the temperature changes as expected in each season, but the temperature swings are not as large as in Chicago for example. And it also depends on how close you are to the coast. If you are inland from the coast about 25 miles or so, it can get to 100 degrees in the summer, but can be below freezing in the winter. Here is an interesting link that provides some history of snow in San Diego.
When we get a winter storm in San Diego, the air is cold, and it’s usually really really windy, and it usually rains like crazy, often for hours, and it often turns into hail (typically the size of peas), and flooding is likely. When the wind is blowing, the rain can be going sideways. If the rain turns to hail, sometimes there is so much hail, it LOOKS like it snowed.
When we have a winter storm, it almost always blows east, so the California mountains get a LOT of snow, and also Arizona and Colorado and Utah. My son lives in Flagstaff Arizona. (Flagstaff AZ is at 7000 feet and the Grand Canyon is just up the road about an hours drive.) This is a picture of what it looks like from my son’s back porch. This is from the storm that was raining on us in San Diego the day before.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Please keep me and my family and friends in your prayers. I will do the same for you. For any who is reading this who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, or celebrates a different holiday, or doesn’t celebrate at this time of year, I ask for your prayers and/or your good will.
Kelly