First Snow Advisory Of This Summer

The first snow advisory of the season in the lower 48 is up in Montana, in Glacier National Park (A very beautiful park).

From the weather service: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY

NIGHT TO NOON MDT THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR

SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON

THURSDAY.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER

ELEVATIONS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE

EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET.


http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Winter Weather Advisory

This is actually good news for Las Vegas. We get most of our drinking water from Lake Mead, who gets most of it's water from snow melt from the Rockies. If the Rockies get a lot of snow, like last year, we could see Lake Mead rise another 30-40 feet next year and be pretty close to normal. We may not need to spend billions on piping water from Northern Nevada or building a third intake pipe at the Lake.

Let the snow begin