Unseasonably dry weather impacts more than just the early ski season

As the Christmas carol goes, it's beginning to look a lot like ... well ... not exactly Christmas.

Or at least not a wintery December, as Niwot has yet to see any significant snow accumulation this season.. That, along with unseasonably warm temperatures, has residents wondering if winter will ever show up.

And while Colorado's warm weather and dry conditions could easily change at the drop of a h...