Voyager

It's definitely been a colder than normal winter this year out here. I posted a photo from a golf course in Buckeye AZ in the CPA forum where they had a dusting of snow Monday morning. Buckeye is about 15 to 20 miles west of Phoenix and is considered part of the metro area.

^ I did that...

Northbound I-17 looking toward the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff.

Not much to add other than I was really hoping early on that this was going to be a good snow for you guys. It sucks that it doesn't look as good as it once did. Side note, I go to Flagstaff today, so I get to see the mountains of snow up in the mountains. At least it's not falling from the sky and travel should be decent.

Yeah really. The whole nation seemed to flip. Warm northeast, cold southwest.

Almost... Buckeye is about 10 miles southwest of where I live.

Nope...lol But I wouldn't have to go far. It snowed in some low elevations yesterday just 50 miles from Phoenix. In fact, in Buckeye, just west of town along I-10, there were flurries.

Most of the rest of the forum as well...lol

I was laughing so hard that the guy unloading my truck paused and looked at me...

Nope...lol

Oh boy. Glad I'm not there running water to Sunbury.

The cold air is in place, just not the right place. It was 31 this morning in my backyard, and there's still frost anywhere the sun hasn't hit yet.

Just saw CTP's Facebook post this morning, and they're starting to honk at a good possibility for a plowable event for much of the region midweek. And thanks for the responses to my dilemma post. I don't have anyone to actually talk to about it, so putting it out here, and having you guys respond, helps. Much appreciated!

Sorry to derail the thread, but I need to talk candidly, and this is the one social media outlet where my wife can't see what I say... It's looking more and more like I'm going to be going through the Big D, and not Dallas. Despite my mom's need for assistance with daily life, my wife will NOT consider moving out here to Arizona, and has said there's no use in continuing the marriage. Now, some could say I should move my mom back to PA, but it just doesn't seem feasible. First, I don't know if she could handle the stress of such a big endeavor in her rather fragile state. She has severe COPD, and in the past was brought back from death during a cardiac arrest. We'd have to sell this house and our house in PA, and try to find a ranch home somewhere. With that in mind, my mom&dad took out a reverse mortgage years ago, so we'd get only 50% of the sale of the AZ home. Out of that, there's moving costs, multiple air trips to relocate cars, and probably a short term nursing home until everything was finalized. It would probably take all of us broke doing that. Really, it's best for my mom to stay here where her doctors all know her condition and her medical needs. There's much more, including weather, where the cold impedes her breathing capability. Her lungs work at 20% and as such is on 24/7 oxygen. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. She'd struggle mightily back there. On top of that, and the real reason I'm out in AZ, is her macular degeneration. In the photo, she is at stage D, so I am her eyes, her transportation, and her cook and housecleaner. There is no way I can stick her in a nursing home, go back to PA, and basically abandon her out here. How do you do that and say, "ok mom, here you go. Have a nice life..."? I can't do that. So, I guess I needed to vent a bit, and see what you guys think. Am I right? Am I wrong? Am I the evil ogre my wife is trying to make me out to be? If anyone cares to respond, please DM me so we don't clutter up the thread over my dilemma.

There's lots of unique and interesting names out here. Some Native American derived, some for other reasons. One of my dad's favorites was Bloody Basin Road north of Phoenix. Then there's Tonto Basin, the towns of Crown King, Globe, Bagdad, Gila Bend and a town in the Tohono O'Odham (I joke that they're Irish indians) reservation called Why.

Meanwhile, here in the (usually) warm desert southwest...

I was born and raised in Bethlehem, ended up in Tamaqua, and now I'm in Phoenix. I like it much better here, but as you said, the weather in Tamaqua was interesting to say the least. Hazleton was better for anyone who loved snow as we did dance on the rain snow line. Many times, it would rain in Tamaqua, but just a few hundred feet higher and five miles away, they'd be plowing snow. Sometimes it looked like it does out here. Snow on the mountains around town, but a wet, brown backyard for me.

lol...seems like it.

I'm wondering how much our cold weather in Phoenix is affecting you guys. Out temps are going to be -10 departure until at least mid next week. I'm thinking that until we warm, you guys are going to struggle to get any snow.

I figured out why it won't snow back there. You guys are posting so much that you're warming the low and mid level layers...

Same in Tamaqua.

Hopefully you all get to partake of this soon. This is my niece's street in Flagstaff this morning. Official NWS measurement was 35.7 inches for the entire event.

That's exactly what's going on out here in Phoenix right now. 50's for the next week despite clear, sunny skies. For here, that's 10 degrees below average.

Only 5 degrees colder than me and we have full on, brilliant sunshine here...