Brrrr!

Beautifully clear morning at the Aerie. A bit chilly at 1 degree F but the sun will warm things up nicely to...oh...around 15 degrees today before the clouds roll in and we get another 2-4 inches of snow overnight. (That's on top of the 1-2 we got yesterday afternoon.) This new clipper coming through is a very narrow band and a slip to the north or south and/or a slow down in its progress could mean the difference between absolutely nothing and as much as 4 or 6 inches. The temps will be dropping for the next two days and the "high" tomorrow may be in the single digits. (It will be positive, but not above 10 degrees.) Let's not talk about the overnight lows.

Meanwhile, up at the Bolt Hole there's a weatherunderground station a few miles to the west and about 300 feet lower in elevation. It typically records temperatures that are three to five degrees warmer than at the Bolt Hole. Today it is registering a temperature of minus 8.4 degrees at 8 AM as the mercury has been falling since midnight.