Hey, It Snows In The Desert

From the National Weather Service:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
237 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2014

...RARE LOW ELEVATION SNOW NEW YEAR`S EVE INTO NEW YEAR`S DAY...

.A COLD AND SOMEWHAT MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN ACROSS
THE MOJAVE DESERT BETWEEN NEW YEAR`S EVE INTO NEW YEAR`S DAY. WITH
SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE MOVING INTO IT...SNOW WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET.

CAZ523>525-NVZ016-020>022-291230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...
SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
237 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
  TUESDAY NIGHT...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO
  WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO NEW
  YEAR`S DAY. SNOW COULD BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST IN THE LAS VEGAS
  VALLEY ON NEW YEAR`S EVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START BETWEEN 2500 AND
  3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST
  AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
  ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS
  LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY
  MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO
And in my neck of the woods:
 TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING
  TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE GREATEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO NEW
  YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF.

* SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER
  TO AROUND 2000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 3500 FEET WITH 4 TO
  8 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI
  MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION
  BANDS SET UP OVER THEM.
Well, we didn't have a white Christmas, we could very well have a white New Years.
I love climate change, even though it is a fraud.