Snow advisory.... sweet, dude!

This is from the weekend before last, the day after our first winter storm. It's taken from the summit of the 6,146 foot Strawberry Peak off the Angeles Crest Highway. I went up there with the plan to snowshoe, but I left too early in the day, before plows or sunshine had knocked the ice off the highway. Driving by a nasty motorcycle accident and enduring a couple of slight slippages on my part was enough to convince me to stay at lower elevations and hike. I think right now, all those snowy peaks have got to be blanketed in much deeper powder, and with another two snowfalls scheduled this week, I am excited about the snowshoeing prospects for this weekend.

And I'm not the only one.... on the Angeles National Forest home page, there is a daily weather forecast from the national weather service, someone seems to have let out how they felt about the snow fall. Look at the last word in the forecast... all it needs is an exclamation point (!).

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY.
PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...WITH SNOW LEVELS HOVERING
AROUND 6500 FEET THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS
ABOVE 7000 FEET. MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ALTHOUGH
CONTINUED SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING.
THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WILL
OCCUR IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTY. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

SWEET