The sun was shining brightly on 9" of fresh snow during a brief break in the storm yesterday afternoon. We're down at close to 5000 feet in elevation, but about 40 miles south up at 8400 feet in Bodie, they apparently received about 2 feet.
You can see slush floating on the surface of the water. We had the lake freeze for nearly three weeks last year, and if temperatures drop we may see a repeat of that this year.
Unfortunately it would take 9 more storms like this one to simply catch up to the normal amount of precipitation we normally have by this date, so our drought is far from over. I was determined to do a little fishing before that happened, so I went to the shore, but the slush was too thick to get a lure through. So I tried wading around to create enough of an opening to take a few casts. It didn't really work, so I guess I'll have to wait for warmer weather.
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A brief break in the snow storm yesterday afternoon.
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Charming photo
Great shot
it's a magnificent photo ,thank you Jeff .
fantastic image
Stunning, a Beautiful share, thank u
GHT
What a peacefully serene shot. Hoping that things turn around in your area and the drought situation lessens.
Gorgeous
We got a little rain here at the beach 🙂
Topaz lake by freezing itself it freezes the heart of spectators
+Lori Carey Is everyone OK? Did you have to put a sweater on? Call FEMA!
Great shot. Not to far from Topaz myself. Yes we need a lot more storm like this.
hehe +Jeff Sullivan you know here in OC they say that water belongs in bottles! I'm sure there were quite a few traffic accidents during the light sprinkle!
Where is this place ? ? ? ?
Nice job beautiful thank you Sullivan
It was needed
love it
Beautiful shot!
Nostalgic view
azul sobre azul….preciosa foto
Very nice photo.
Lovely scene
Nermin
Looks nice
+Lori Carey funny Lori…couldn't pass that up huh…hahah
nice
Calming.
muy bello!
Amazing photo Jeff ….pity the fish were not biting….lovely colours….
We are to get snow tonight. 😉
Sexy garl
And you've captured it beautifully +Jeff Sullivan
like maracaibo
Excellent work ! 🙂
I re-share your great work with the +ShowYourBestWork Theme (BrittaRogge) . Thank you very much for sharing this beauty +Jeff Sullivan
Lindo
Started when I grew planted rooted
You need the water!
magnific !!!!!
Cool picture
Maybe some of that will drizzle down here to the bay area. Beautiful photo!
nice picture..
What a beautiful hue!
AWESOME!
Superb view
Driving home, I was admiring the pile of clouds above the Sierra, say from about Sonora Pass north to Carson Pass…there abouts. At 5pm Friday, on the CBS Doppler it's moving south down the range along the mid/upper-elevation western slope, from W of Lake Tahoe as far as Yosemite.
Nice "winter" photo, +Jeff Sullivan !!!
CBS13 just noted we'd need SEVENTY of these light rain storms to reach "normal."
Maybe we should ask all our friends back east to send us the precipitation "our" storms gave them?! (they can keep the sub-zero cold, though)
Omgosh
Hey. Hey +Jeff Sullivan . now that more snow that I had this year.
superb place
You know one thing I always liked that like place
Sweet composition. Nice contrast, shapes and mirroring. The trees in the middle gives it a sense of scale.
Awesome
Nice
Cool nice
I'm in Seattle and I'm am really worried for California and how its going to effect the west coast. This was a wonderful post. Beautiful picture with great information. Thank you.☺
Fun Riding a Snow Machine on and sum sledding to 🙂
Send to uk please
Nice picture
Awesome!
Exquisite photo
Beautiful Nevada … my current home state.
Awesome!
gracias por compartir estas hermosos lugares
Great shot
Magnificent
Nice…natures glory…..
Makes me miss New England that is beautiful
Winter, sure +Sherry Charron Cannon Mountain was a blast for skiing, but I don't miss spring "mud season" in new Hampshire (we had cabin with a long dirt driveway)!
Well I am in Charlotte NC and we are about to get recked by a winter storm
my work has already closed for Wed. I can't get away from the snow storms
lol.
Sherry L Charron
Charlotte NC 28212
704-614-7016 Cell
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Nice pic..