Soon after sunset yesterday, the winds from the north-northwest picked up and howled up the slope here at the Aerie. Continuing snow flurries accompanied the winds but little seemed to accumulate as the flakes were traveling horizontally.
I pulled the plug on the Hawaii-Georgia game at half time (it seemed the merciful thing to do) and went to bed. As I lay there the "shoosh" of snow flakes against the window pane could barely be heard against the background of the muffled roar of the wind in the trees.
As expected from a wind coming out of the north-northwest, the temperatures dropped through the night and registered a mere 13 degrees this morning. While the wind has abated somewhat, the temperatures will not rise much in the next day or two. I just hope there will be no snow at the Aerie until at least January 7. We're heading to Toronto tomorrow for the International Bowl and I don't relish the idea of returning to a ton snow in the driveway.
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