A final shot of winter on the way?

Just as I'm writing a story about the bloom. Here is the warning from the National Weather Service:

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...

.A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH INTERIOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK BRINGING PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST
STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 2500 FEET IN SHASTA
COUNTY TO AROUND 4000 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA EARLY
TUESDAY...GRADUALLY RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET NORTH OF REDDING
AND ABOVE 6500 FEET IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK BRINGING CONTINUED PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. SNOW
LEVELS MAY LOWER INTO THE FOOTHILL ELEVATIONS BY NEXT WEEKEND.

CAZ063-122315-
/O.EXT.KSTO.WS.W.0005.120313T0600Z-120314T0000Z/
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
207 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4500 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3
FEET POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 4500 FEET.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LATE MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE:

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. DIFFICULT BACK
COUNTRY TRAVELING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL DELAYS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

AccuWeather shows persistent cold rainfall and low snow levels in Northern California over the next two weeks, but the U.S. Climate Prediction Center sees the chances of above-average precipitation as diminishing by a month out and later in the spring.