New Years Eve Report.

Winter blooms near the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.

Happy New Years everyone.  2011 ends under clear skies.  Great for any fireworks displays you may want to attend.  They will be firing off the lights tonight at Kirkwood around 7pm, after a torch light parade down one steep and icy man made groomer.  This year started off very wet, and we saw winter last through early June.  Spring never really came around.  Summer wore off a little early, but fall stuck around through the end of its calendar run.  2012 looks to start off with some fall like weather.  We did see some flurries last evening at elevation.  It was nice, at least, to see some snow fall from the sky, even if it did not accumulate.


Plan for another week or two of fall like weather.  That is great for those of us down on the coast.  Mid 60s and sun will be the name of the game.  But don't go thinking we won't have a winter.  Even a bad year in these parts equates to 200 plus inches of snow and we have only see 30 so far.  So rain and snow is in our future as we swing into the new year.  Good chance we see the wet season start in two weeks, and when it does, we could see several weeks of wet weather.  Good money is on a wet February, with things drying out a bit by mid March.  Spring could come early, but know that winter will come.  In the meantime, go walk the beach.  It is awesome out there.