AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Ice forms on plants as a snow-covered SUV drives along Highway 330 near Big Bear Lake, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
Santa Fe, N.M.
AP Photo/Peter Olson
In this photo provided by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, a state police officer monitors traffic as it moves slowly on Interstate 25 north of Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. New Mexico Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson said visibility along the interstate was limited Tuesday morning due to strong wind and blowing snow.
AP Photo/Nick Ut
The San Gabriel mountains are capped with snow behind the "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Monday's dawn-to-dusk rainfall had raised fears in Southern California foothill communities that flooding and mud flows could surge out of vast areas burned bare by wildfires, but the cold storm left a dusting of snow across the mountains north and east of Los Angeles instead of unleashing downpours.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
AP Photo/Jeffrey D. Allred
Ryan Boyd chains his commercial truck before entering Little Cottonwood Canyon during the morning snow storm in Salt Lake County, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
Parleys Canyon, Utah
AP Photo/Jeffrey D. Allred
Commuters on Interstate 215 near Parleys Canyon sit in stalled traffic during the morning snow storm in Salt Lake County, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The Utah Highway Patrol said there were 76 accidents involving property damage in Salt Lake and Utah counties between midnight and 10 a.m.
Arrowbear Lake, Calif.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Joseph Mospan, 57, shovels snow in front of his home in Arrowbear Lake, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
Reno, Nev.
AP/Reno Gazette, Andy Barron
University of Nevada Reno student David Tidwell slides down a hill on the UNR campus as his friends watch on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Over a foot of snow has fallen from the storm that started early Monday morning. All public schools and the university were closed because of the weather.
Reno, Nev.
AP/Reno Gazette, Andy Barron
Studens walk through the snow-covered campus of the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Over a foot of snow has fallen from the storm that started early Monday morning.
Reno, Nev.
AP/Reno Gazette, Andy Barron
Ducks sit on a frozen pond on the snow-covered campus of the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
Reno, Nev.
AP/Reno Gazette, Andy Barron
A student walks through a snow-covered parking lot on the University of Nevada campus in Reno, Nev., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Over a foot of snow has fallen from the storm that started early Monday morning.
Berkeley, Calif.
AP Photo/Dino Vournas
Horses in Tilden Regional Park found their grazing area covered with snow as a cold Arctic storm blanketed the Oakland-Berkeley hills with several inches, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif.
Berkeley, Calif.
AP Photo/Dino Vournas
Torists along Grizzly Peak Blvd. drive past snow-covered landscape after a cold Arctic storm blanketed the Oakland-Berkeley hills area with several inches of snow, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif.
Berkeley, Calif.
CBS
Carlos Belasco of Livermore stopped along Grizzly Peak Blvd. on the snow-covered ridge to admire the view of the Bay, San Francisco and the East Bay after a cold Arctic storm blanketed the Oakland-Berkeley hills with several inches, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif.
San Jose, Calif.
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
A Western Bluebird is perched on a mound of snow after a snowstorm on Mt. Hamilton in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
Running Springs, Calif.
AP Photo/Mark Zaleski
Jake Runyan, 9, and Frank Gee of Georges Tree Service play around in the snow storm in front of the Running Springs Post Office in Running Springs, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
San Jose, Calif.
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Deer walk on a hillside after a snowstorm on Mt. Hamilton in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
Flagstaff, Ariz.
AP/Arizona Daily Sun, Jake Bacon
Traffic crawls along the northbound lanes of Interstate 17 in near white-out conditions, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, just south of Flagstaff, Ariz. The National Weather Service issued a rare blizzard warning for the mountains of northern Arizona through noon Tuesday.
San Jose, Calif.
AP Photo/Dino Vournas
Snow covers telescopes on Mt. Hamilton's observatory in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A rare dusting of snow has fallen over the hills east of San Francisco Bay and in the Central Valley as residents brace for freezing temperatures this week.
