George Harrison's third studio album "All Things Must Pass" accurately describes the shelf-life of our amazing run with a brilliantly extended Autumn. But ya know, it's mid October, and things change fast around here. In fact, after a streak of record setting high temperatures a shift in the weather pattern brought the hammer down this week, ushering in the first significant October storm, delivering about 6" of snow. But snow depths are elevation dependent and just the high country is blanketed with a thin coat of white paint. Looks like a false start for the minute, but the upcoming winter season is right around the corner... it'll be here before you know it!

Here's the big picture... high pressure camps out overhead, delivering warmer, dry weather this week, and that'll help to evaporate our thin layer of early season snow. In other words, all but the highest shady slopes will melt back to their fall coat of brown... which, this early in the season is a good thing! Peering into the weather forecast crystal ball, other than a little dip in temperatures this weekend, it looks pretty quiet on the weather front.