It’s after midnight, I can’t sleep because of shoulder pains, and I was checking the web (thanks, wireless networks!) There was a little star next to the weather forecast for SLT, which usually indicates severe weather alert. I clicked, and to my surprise, this is what I found:

RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA SUNDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 7000 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT
SNOW MOVES INTO THE SIERRA. BY SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL WILL
BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FAST
MOVING SYSTEM PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO
NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA TO 6500 FEET IN MONO COUNTY
BY MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR
MORE ARE EXPECTED.

Hooray!!!!
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