Catchup post (preparing for a New Year's Resolution to start blogging again..):
Maybe I just jumped to the conclusion that warmer temps would mean less snow. But, so far that is not the case. There was no snow at all until after Thanksgiving. But then, on December 9th we got hit with about 15 inches of wet, heavy stuff. 
It weighted down the white cedars and covered everything with a white blanket. branches bowed down on nearly every tree, the pond aerator had a hard time keeping a spot open, and we had to turn on the small heater. It was beautiful at first for sure. The Pagoda Dogwood is particularly nice with its structure outline by the contrast between branches and the snow.
The thick blanket may well keep the frost shallow this year, especially if we don't get a total melt down before really cold weather.
And, looking now at the NOAA site about El Niño predictions, I find that around here for the next month or so we have "equal chances" of above and below normal temps and precipitation. So far this year we've certainly had a mix of warm, cold, dry, wet. What might come next?
Today, on Christmas, it is raining and 37 degrees in Green Bay where I'm staying with my Dad. Supposed to get cold tonight, and the rain will likely change to snow before its all over.
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The blogging New Years resolution was mine last year :) Brian says we could never live in Seattle or Portland, because cold rain is much worse than snow.
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