As the snow finished falling this morning, Terry baked up a batch of scones for breakfast. Nothing like warm scones spread with cold, melting butter and accompanied by a glass of cold milk.
I can believe we dodged the heaviest of the stuff. This was a narrow (about 150 miles wide) band of precipitation that streamed in from the west from Chicago and through Pennsylvania before hooking northward at the coast. Originally we in the Northern Tier were to be pretty close to the center of this stream but it shifted south and we ended up on the northern shore. Still, we have about 4 inches of very fine, very light, white powder on the ground. With the southward shift, the temperature remained cold enough (mid teens) that the flakes stayed very, very small.
Being as it's only 4 inches deep--and very light and powdery to boot--I'll be firing up the snow thrower instead of the tractor. At least initially. There's no breeze to speak of so blowing the snow where I want without getting a face full in return shouldn't be a problem.
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Temps are supposed to rise into the 40s this week with some rain in the middle of the week. If I can get the snow down close to the bare minimum, it should disappear from the driveway. Again.
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We're sorta hoping for the sky to clear before dark. The solar storm of a day ago should hit the Earth tonight and there's a possibility of the Aurora being visible even this far south. Being on the northwest side of the hill with a 20+ mile view has some benefits and we're hoping to cash in on this one.
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Well, I've recycled by second (or was it fourth?) cup of coffee. Guess it's time to put on the boots and get to work.
2 comments:
I hope you're able to see the aurora. It's supposed to cloud up, here, which seems to happen consistently each time we're notified of such an event.
Our chances of seeing the light show are growing slim as our clouds haven't left and there's no breeze to speak of to force their hand.
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