Winter's opening act makes way for rain

–Misty Zornaki photo

One of the first snow flakes of the season poses for a photo shoot on a Halloween pumpkin.

After some weekend sunshine, Whitman County residents will not be seeing much sun for a couple of weeks.

The first snow of the season fell on the county last weekend, coming in all size flakes from small to deluxe Christmas-edition size. The NRCS precipitation gauge in Colfax measured .39 inches from that snow fall. There was a brief dry spell before rain was predicted to come back Wednesday evening.

As of Tuesday, the Pullman Airport had measured 0.52 inches for November, almost a t...