Weather

The weather people are having a hard time predicting the weather at the moment, but they are convinced we will have snow tonight – maybe two feet or more! The previous biggest snow Margaret & I have ever seen was about two feet on April 1, 1997.
It has been snowing all day today – but this is nothing to do with the winter storm on its way from mid-west USA; todays snow is “ocean effect” where cold winds blowing over the ocean pick up moisture from the ocean and dump it on the coast. So far I think we have about four inches so far, but this ocean effect snow is very light and fluffy – like soap flakes! Easy to clear; we will see what is out there in the morning … meanwhile, we watch the snow fall outside the window:

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This years winter so far is much less cold than last year – which means more snow! Yesterday we had a couple of inches, nothing serious, then last night more snow; today eventually turned to sleet then rain, threatening overnight ice-ing although it is too warm outside for that at the moment.

I took a pic last night of the christmas lights & snow on the deck, and this morning, a pic of the snow covered back garden:

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