Let's look at the December 30th GFS snow forecast centered on the San Francisco Bay area. ❄️❄️❄️
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Many of those places haven't had snow since February 5, 1976. (Not that they'll necessarily get any next week...)
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There was snow in the foothills down to ~800 ft in the early 90’s. And apparently in 2019.
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Replying to @3athalete @Climatologist49
From Palo Alto or Mountain View, I remember seeing snowcaps visible on the hills to the east quite a few times, and once (I think December 7, 2009) on the hills to the west.

Dec 23, 2021 · 9:45 PM UTC
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