Yet another snowy morning at the Aerie

For the second consecutive day I got to the weather.com page and check the radar to find there's pretty much a blank screen all around ...except for one small blue dot located along Armenia Mountain. I can confirm that it is snowing beneath that blue dot. I can also confirm that the freakin' thing hasn't moved over the last hour and a half. (When I put it in motion it just pulses like a beating heart.) Looks like another inch or two of uplifting snow. ("Uplifting" has nothing to do with how it makes you feel, believe me. It's when moist air from the lakes blows south and hits the ridge. It then rises and--voila--condensation takes place. Since it's only 13 degrees at 7 AM, that means snow.)

This is slightly ridiculous but still much, much better than some of those towns on the shores of Ontario, Erie or Huron. Terry saw a report on TV news this morning that Fulton, NY (northwest of Syracuse along Lake Ontario) had gotten 52 inches of snow in the last few days. And was expecting more. Since she is just under 60 inches tall on a good day, she found this less than amusing.

Winds are still coming out of the north-northwest but their velocity is way down. The windmills are slowly, slowly turning and the snow flakes are drifting horizontally slowly enough that you can follow individual flakes with your eye.