The Lion roared!

Posted on by Ian C.

They got this snow storm pretty well correct (which I guess they should, predicting yesterday when the storm was already active further south!); at 7am there was light snow falling and not much on the ground – but it kept on falling:

By about 11am, I went out to take some pictures and measurements (the ruler here shows 9″). We had to exit via the back, and clear the snow before we could open the front! Lots of back breaking work needed to dig out the cars – and right now, it’s snowing once again (they say another inch or two is coming!)

Top up

Posted on by Ian C.

More like “doors closed, engine off, staying indoors” actually … Winter returned with a vengeance today, dumping snow all up the East Coast from as far down as Georgia(!), to Maine. Here in Gloucester, we got 8″-9″, hard to tell because it came with hefty winds that did some drifting …

And guess what – it’s just started snowing again! They say another inch or so is coming 😦

In Like A Lion

Posted on by Ian C.

The saying goes “March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb“, and today’s weather forecast suggests the first part of that phrase is coming true …
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Local TV channel WHDH reports“heavy snow through the morning commute. Becoming lighter by late morning/early afternoon. Patchy light snow continues through the day. 10-15″ likely with this storm in many places” – as you can see in the map above, Gloucester is in the 10″-14″ area.
Right now, Sunday morning, light flakes have begun – but this is nothing compared to what is coming, apparently.

Also right now, live on WHDH they’re saying that we’ve have 55″ of snow SO FAR this year in Boston, that’s 21″ ABOVE the average for the same time period – it definitely seemed like a snowy winter, and there’s the proof! They’re also saying that tomorrows storm will exceed the normal average for the whole of March! Oh goody 😉

UPDATE:
The “vanguard” snow of this morning is turning in to quite the storm on it’s own – we saw one car backwards & smashed on our shopping trip this morning! Looks not good for the main snow due later tonight / tomorrow 😦