Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
205 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008

...EXTREMELY RARE SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...

AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND COLD...
NORTHERLY...LOW LEVEL AIR HAS PRODUCED A RARE SNOWSTORM ACROSS THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOHAVE DESERT...INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY. THIS SNOWSTORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE LAS
VEGAS VALLEY AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY AT MOST LOCATIONS
INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS STRIP. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY WHERE TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST.

THE SNOW BEGAN TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT LAS VEGAS
SINCE 1979...WHEN 7.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED AT MCCARRAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS EXTREMELY LIMITED IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY
AND THE EFFECTS FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES QUICKLY REBOUND IN MANY INSTANCES FOLLOWING SNOW IN THE
LOWER DESERTS. THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE ON THURSDAY...AS THE
TEMPERATURE WILL NOT CLIMB OUT OF THE 30S.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS...ABOVE 2000 FEET...SNOWFALL OF 6
TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS PLEASE SEE THE
LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING /RNOWSWVEF/.


Just talked to Dad as well, he said they shut down the airport indefinitely.
We don't have snow machines in town to shovel the runways with so they had to close
down the whole airport. Crazy, crazy!
Will post pictures in a bit.