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Assorted pics I either forgot to upload or uploaded to Twitpic but not here.


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We got about an inch of snow Friday night.  Saturday morning when we headed out to do our weekly shopping, the ground was completely white.  The high temperature for the day was near freezing, and the sky was hazy all afternoon.  But by the time we got home that evening, the snow had completely melted.

We really don't need any more precipitation.  ( Read more... )

So much for any hope of getting my car out of the garage ( Read more... )

The weather is finally starting to warm.  It's up into the 40's and there are patches of bare ground beginning to appear.  It's still well below freezing at night (it got down to about 10°F last night), so things are starting to get rather icy.  The forecast calls for temps to get into the 50's by Monday, but the Climate Prediction Center is ( Read more... )

Yesterday I heard the roar of a crop duster in the distance.  I couldn't figure out what it was, because there aren't any crops around here this time of year, and most of the fields have a foot or so of snow in them ( Read more... )

I haven't really been outside since the last snow storm, which allegedly dropped just 4 inches.  This morning, I was woken up by my roommate who needed my help opening the gate because someone was here with a snow blower-equipped tractor ( Read more... )

-17.9°F (-27.7°C) this morning.

-13.9°F (-25.5°C) this morning.  Just a few degrees warmer than the coldest temperature I've ever recorded, which was -15.5°F (-26.4°C)  in January 2007.  We had an inch or so of snow this evening ( Read more... )

It finally stopped snowing this morning.  Can't really tell how much snow we got because it drifted so badly.  There are patches where you can still see the grass peeking out, and other areas deep enough to drown a Great Dane.  Nearest NWS spotter reported 15 inches.

The mysterious stranger with the plow came around again, but although our front ( Read more... )