Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount Hamilton, and (any minute now) Mount Tam. It's also blanketing the eerie Santa Cruz Mountains, resulting in the closure of Highway 9. It looks like many of you will have to take Highway 17. If you dare.

Oh, and be sure to check out the Examiner story on today's snowfall, as well as their questionable and uncensored, barely-legal images of wintertime frolicking, for more on the story. (11 and 16? Come now.)

According to the Gate, "residents should bundle up...highs will hover around 50 degrees today and lows will drop into the upper 30s overnight, with some inland valleys even chillier." This is exciting news. Having experience the snow live and in person a fistful of times, what should we expect? What should be do? Buy snow shoes? A sled? Mittens? A Muff?

Altered image credit: AP Photo / Chad Lundquist (Chad, you devil, you.)