Yesterday afternoon courtesy of our local news my son who got very excited, comes trotting down stairs "MOM!! It's going to snow in Roseville!" He tells me there was a Winter Storm alert for all of Placer and Sacramento counties. I just smiled at him thinking he must have heard wrong. ( can you tell, I don't usually watch the weather news) I flipped the TV switch and what do you know - he is telling no lie! The snow was suppose to fall throughout the County early Monday morning after rainfall and a decrease of temperature.
(The last time Placer and Sacramento County was covered in snow was a little over 7 years ago. To be exact - it happened in January 28, 2002 according to records. I happen to be in San Jose, CA and in transition to move to the Placer County so we didn't get to experience the fun of "snow coming down." I don't even think the snow made an appearance in Roseville back then. I heard the last time it snowed in Roseville, it was well over 30 years ago.)
I must say I was as excited as my son. I decided to wait for the snow to fall. The rain was pouring all over Roseville. By 1 AM and feeling the temperature outside (I didn't think a temperature of 38 degrees was enough to produce snow), I headed upstairs to go to bed pretty disappointed. Five minutes later, my husband who had just arrived from work popped his head into the room and said, "You gotta look at this" and proceeded to open my window. "It is snowing in Roseville!" Of course it was too dark for me to see through the window...
(For those people where a regular dose of snow is more of nuisance than anything, this is a welcoming surprise to a lot of Californians. Once in a blue moon is ALWAYS good in my book. Whenever we need a fix of snow, it usually involves an hour and half drive up to Tahoe or Nevada areas.)
Out of excitement, I ran downstairs flung open the front door and "WOW!" was the word that came out of my mouth. Snowflakes coming down all over Roseville - I had to take a pause to just admire the beauty! My son (bless his heart) woke up after my little calming experience because his "silly mom" was screaming where's my camera? I gotta take a picture of this!! Where's my video? MUST TAKE VIDEO!! And it is 1:08 AM in the morning. My son heads outside out of amazement and romps around to catch the snowflakes. The pictures you see are pictures from the front and back of our home as the snow falls. The snow increased as the early sun morning approaches. I stayed up long enough to take a few pictures and hoped that the grounds would be covered with snow when I wake up.
Just my luck, my kids were able to indulge the sight of snow up on the roof top and grounds on their way to school. My granddaughter even had enough to build a "gramma and granddaughter" set of snow people for me before heading to school. By the time I got around to looking outside, the snow has turned to water :-(
PLEASE MR SNOW...LET IT SNOW AGAIN!
Would love to see your snow pictures from YOU if you are in the Placer or Sacramento areas.
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