snow diary

Yesterday's predicted "blizzard" never made it to our latitude, so we only received four inches of snow.

Total snowfall this month is 5 inches; total snowfall for the winter season is 25 inches; still not much for a winter in these parts.

more snow lies

I woke up at 5:15 AM after the garbage men were finished rattling our garbage cans. I figured I should get up and go out to rescue the cans and recycling bucket before they get lost in the blizzard. I was surprised that nary a drop of precipitation had fallen yet despite the predictions that the snow should start around 3 AM.

Last night, K1GF was saying that the air was very dry and that the air would have to be saturated before snow would begin falling, so that is why the radar shows precipitation, but none was hitting the ground because it was evaporating in the dry air. When he said that last night, I thought that (1) the snow is going to start later and (2) the accumulation will be on the low side. So far, I am half-right.

It started snowing here at 7 AM and it is a very light snow. Gil Simmons, the morning weather guy on WTNH, is now calling for 8 to 12 inches vs K1GF's 8- to 14-inch prediction last night. Scott Haney over on WTIC is calling for 6 to 12 inches.

snow lies

The local talking heads are making much to do about tomorrow's snowstorm. You would think it never snowed in Connecticut before and that we are all just a bunch of bozos who just got off the bus and don't know how to handle the white stuff.

NWS and K1GF are predicting 8 to 14 inches of snow. If I had to bet on it, I would go with the low side of the prediction. I'll let you know who is right after the fact.

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snow diary

Light snowfall overnight deposited about one inch of white precipitation.

Total snowfall this month is 1 inch; total snowfall for the winter season is 21 inches; still not much for a winter in these parts.