Fickle spring in the mountains

     We experienced an early and warm spring with some record breaking temperatures, rain, thunderstorms, all the weather we expect in mid to late May and June.  About a week ago, there was a series of near freezing nights, that we would expect at this time a year, but the daytime temperatures were still in the upper 60's, 70's, even 80.
     Midweek after a beautiful and warm morning, we had a series of strong thunderstorms rush through the area and now on Monday morning after a dreary rainy weekend, we have howling winds and mountain snow showers like mid winter. It is currently snowing hard enough to not see the ridge south of us, though nothing is sticking on surfaces. The oddities of spring in the mountains, greening fields, leaves nearly all out, dogwoods in bloom and snow falling.