As I left my office this afternoon I walked to my car through light rain.

I knew that I would have a difficult commute home as it had been raining throughout the afternoon.

As I headed out to the highway I noticed that the raindrops on my windshield looked a little different. It brought back memories of rain turning to snow.

The traffic was heavy as I headed toward the Altamont. As I approched the base of the Altamont the rain turned into sleet.

As I started up the Altamont I saw traces of snow along the side of the road.

As I continued on there was more snow.

At the top of the Altamont Pass you could see snow up on the hills.

Here you can see that there was a bit more snow fall up at the top. It had stopped snowing, but earlier when it was falling it had really slowed traffic down.

As I started to descend the Altamont, this was one of the last places where there was snow along the road.

Further along there was a place where I could look back at the Livermore Hills and the peaks were all covered with snow.

This is a rare event to have snow this low on the Altamont Pass. I have only seen it a couple times before.

I am sure that I will have a scenic drive tomorrow with the snow covered hills.

Steven