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Snow and wind until last week. Now we will have our 2 weeks of Spring, meaning that the temperature will range from the 30's to the 70's. Still getting a little rain on occasion, but it's warmed up enough that there isn't snow.

How long you've been living in Flagstaff. man ?

I gave up the Pacific Northwest 19 years ago, just so I could cash in on the warmer climate
of central Arizona.

It's going to be hard to escape from the wind. "You can run, but you can't hide !"

The traffic flowing around the Las Vegas area seems to be "smoother," but they got wind
over there, too!

And the Big CA is going broke, so ya don't want to move over there.

I've always wanted to live in southern Utah. Perhaps my dream will not be carried off by the wind ???

I talked to the wind .. and the wind did not hear.

Very very green. Flowers everywhere, many birds singing, and the good smell of foliage and earth! Rain about twice a week, and temps ranging from 40s to 70s. Its a good warm up for the summer!

All I can say is its May, in SoCal, and were still skiing

Hotoven wrote:Very very green. Flowers everywhere, many birds singing, and the good smell of foliage and earth! Rain about twice a week, and temps ranging from 40s to 70s. Its a good warm up for the summer!

Sounds a lot like the description here in the nothwest! With a bit more rain, sporadic this time of year though, as you can definitely feel the transition from one season to the next.
Sunny and beautiful this morning, with the birds singing. Now, raining and windy as a front hits.
Still, very nice.

Unbelievable. The flowers are stunning. We had two huge blizzards back to back in February and I think the water must have soaked deeply into the soil, because the plants are spectacular looking...

Our allergies are unbelievable too!!!!

Spring and Fall? I have to travel to see those.

On the Palmer Divide, we have winter and summer. Spring might exist some years, but...it goes by so quickly I don't notice it.

studmuffin451 wrote:The wind definitely does not care about anything. Maybe its really bad this year due to the El Nino and the troughs moving south later than normal. The NWS is referring to this up coming week as having unseasonably strong lows, so perhaps this is just an especially bad year for it. The wind at lower elevations doesn't seem so bad. Maybe its because it is warmer lower down? I don't think the wind is as strong on the down low. The big thing with the wind is that it seems to always be associated with a cool down, and like a slap in the face it is almost always sunny. So it ruins a day that looks good from the window.

So, not sure if I understand.

You cannot completely escape from the wind. It's always there ...

You must be referring to the "stronger gusts" felt in Arizona, south of the Grand Canyon ???

Yes, that has to do with the natural weather conditions. A lot of the storms coming in from
the Pacific Ocean have been "ravaging" UTAH this year. When that happens, ALL of Arizona
feels the effects in the form of the same old rotten gusty winds.

I've always heard "Springtime in the Rockies" was best.

Ever think about moving to southwestern Colorado? Just a thought ...

(Hey, spring has definitely arrived in northern Utah! You just have to wait for a break in
the storms to have a peek.)

Usually about 70 with a minor breeze. It does get a bit foggy or gray in the morning though ("June" gloom). Most definitely nothing to complain about. September is my favorite month here. Only wind we ever get is a few days here and there around October when the Santa Ana's blow.

sarah.simon wrote:Spring and Fall? I have to travel to see those.

On the Palmer Divide, we have winter and summer. Spring might exist some years, but...it goes by so quickly I don't notice it.

QUICK! RUN TO THE WINDOW! This is it.

It's been pretty cool so far this year in Vegas; even today, when it was 88F in town, it was quite pleasant at 6300' in Red Rock. When it gets hot, I head to the Spring Mountains, 45 minutes away.



(6 days ago in the Spring Mountains)

butitsadryheat wrote:

MoapaPk wrote:It's been pretty cool so far this year in Vegas; even today, when it was 88F in town, it was quite pleasant at 6300' in Red Rock. When it gets hot, I head to the Spring Mountains, 45 minutes away.



(6 days ago in the Spring Mountains)

Wow. For being the month of May, that's impressive. Nice.

I thought it was extremely impressive from the plane, but apparently some Las Vegas
residents are completely unimpressed as compared to the amount of snowfall the
Spring Mountains had in 2005.

I was chasing rattlesnakes at the time, and couldn't be there to partake in the cold stuff.

lcarreau wrote:I thought it was extremely impressive from the plane, but apparently some Las Vegas
residents are completely unimpressed as compared to the amount of snowfall the
Spring Mountains had in 2005.

I was chasing rattlesnakes at the time, and couldn't be there to partake in the cold stuff.

I think you are missing the logic. It's not that unusual an amount of snow for early May, especially for a N-facing slope.

May 21, 2006, a dry year:
http://hwstock.org/chas6a/html/P5210018.htm