This should be our last clear day before a chance for some wintry precipitation on Friday when it appears the mountains will even get some light, but much needed, snow. It doesn’t appear that much more than 1-3 inches will be falling, but its certainly better than nothing. As of this morning, though, no new
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Happy Thursday! More patchy fog can be expected throughout the morning today, but conditions should clear up by this afternoon to another mostly sunny day with slightly above average temperatures. This should be our last clear day before a chance for some wintry precipitation on Friday when it appears the mountains will even get some
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