Old Man Winter has returned to Colorado after a mild weekend. An impressive fog bank rolling into the city at 15-20mph signaled the sign that the latest front was coming in. Temps dropped quickly as sleet and freezing rain began to fall. Light amounts of the frozen precip fell through the night and had changed to light snow early this morning. Snow will become heavier tonight leading to another 2 to 4 inches by Wednesday evening which will aid in our trek for the record of most consecutive days with snow on the ground. We're sitting on 55 thus far. However, another shot of Spring is due for the weekend which will certainly aid in ridding of the newly fallen snow.
This Spring-like weather will return just in time for this weekend's
Storm Chaser Convention. The conference kicks off Friday evening with the ice-breaker. Saturday is slated to be full of talks and such before the video night. Sunday is a training day with our local NWS office giving their expert spotter training in the afternoon. The big news being talked about right now is Baron's release of information pertaining to a software upgrade due. Not much is known beyond that, so those of us using the software in chasing are holding our breaths to hear what this latest upgrade will entail and when it will be released. Not many out-of-state chaser buddies of mine are coming out for this event, so my thoughts are on a smaller turn-out from those further out and mainly locals attending.
My Nikon D70s should arrive sometime Friday, which means I should have it to play with at the conference. Cameta Camera shipped it out yesterday and UPS is showing an arrival date of Friday. I'm very excited. I'll likely wait to head off to the hotel until that package arrives and load it up with me for the weekend. I also ordered a Lowepro Computer/Camera backpack which I'll use to transport not only the camera, but my laptop as well as camcorders. It doesn't have a tracking number, but it left this morning, so I'm hopeful for some luck for it to arrive on the same UPS truck Friday.
Beyond that, pretty quiet all-in-all. Just looking forward to an SDS relieving weekend with some pals. Oughta be a good conference! If die-hards weren't counting down to the season yet, they sure will be after this weekend.
