After a breezy day yesterday capped by about a half inch of very fine powdery snow, we're enjoying a lovely day here at the Aerie that could best be classified as "the calm before the storm." It's cold (high of 22 degrees and morning low of just 8) but quite still (absolutely no wind for most of the day) so we get what the thermometer says we got. The sun was out for most of the day and disappeared behind the thickening clouds well past mid afternoon.
The weather guys are saying there's snow on the way, however. How much is still in question. One forecaster says 3 to 6 another says 4 to 8 is a possibility. All agree that it will start late this evening--around 9 PM--and continue through the night and Saturday's morning hours.
In preparation, I took some time yesterday to replenish the stack of firewood in the garage. Today, I went down to fill the Tundra's gas tank and refilled one can with regular gas for the snow thrower and another with diesel for the tractor should those beasts be needed.
Earlier in the week we had about 2 inches of snow which was blown and drifted hither and yon. In spots it was nearly 4 inches deep and in others it was blown away enough to expose the larger stones in the gravel driveway. I went out and shoveled it anyway since the temperatures this week have been consistently below freezing. Once the snow was removed, the sun did warm the gravel enough to cause the rest to melt. That or the dry air caused it to sublimate. Whatever. It disappeared so last night's half inch--and the attendant drift--is all that's out there.
No plans to go anywhere tomorrow as we wait the end of the snowfall to begin our cleanup.
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Our forecast isn't that far from yours. The subzero temps are supposed to leave, as we look for highs in the upper teens with more snow moving in.
That said, I wouldn't mind a little bit of sunlight strong enough to feel; ours is pretty, but doesn't produce any noticeable warming.
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