The anticipated snowstorm is still a week away and the forecast will be fine-tuned and updated many times between now and then, and certainly there is no guarantee snow will full, but this is our 'early warning' to be prepared to deal with cold weather and possibly snow while engaged in Christmas travel.

Please pay heed to their statement that some areas may experience white-out blizzard conditions and watch for updates on which areas will be hardest-hit. No one wants to get caught out in a blizzard on their way to or from Grandma's house.

So, everyone, are you dreaming of a white Christmas or hoping the snow will stay away?

Dawn

My garden is mostly kaput now, though some of the plants that froze on the night that we went down to 12 degrees already are putting out new growth. I think they'll freeze often enough, including this week, to prevent that new growth from doing anything. We still have butterflies fluttering around, including Red Admirals, and I wish it would stay warm for them.

I'm carefully watching the fire weather and wind forecasts for tomorrow, and will post a reminder about them on their own thread in the morning. Seeing the words 'dust, extreme fire danger and high wind" pop up anywhere in our forecasts for anyone in this area is never a good thing. Tomorrow could get bad for anyone in the area where the fire danger is most extreme, which currently looks like it will be southwestern OK and western North Texas.

You know it is winter time when we have talk of potential snow, high winds, blowing dust and extreme fire danger. Of course, it gives us more to talk about in the garden's off-season.