Crestline Soaring Society

At 7 AM on Jan 12 the wind is about 5 MPH out of the North and here on the South side of Little Mountain, about 5 miles SE of the LZ, it's snowing. Light granules, 2-3mm, drifting down from the North. Temperature is 30F. No accumulation on the ground, but it's starting to persist on surfaces. In the NWS Forecast Discussion yesterday the forecaster had speculated that we might see snow levels dip to 900 MSL. The SBD airport (Norton AFB) is at 1000 MSL; LZ is 1700 MSL.

Snow in Berdoo: Snow in San Bernardino, about 1200 MSL, sort of sticking to surfaces. 12 Jan 07, 07:00.

A little after 7:30 AM the snow became classic flakes and was dropping and swirling and collecting on roofs and walls. Then the mountains appeared as the North wind pushed the clouds away.

Rob McKenzie reports there was 1/2" of snow on the LZ. At around 10:30 the snow on Marshall was still just below the top edge of the bluffs behind the Ranch.

Snow on Marshall: Cell-phone snap of Marshall at about 10:30 on 12 Jan 07. There had been 1/2" of snow on the LZ.