Jan 03 2008
It’s tough to tell from this angle, but the mound of snow in the parking lot next door to us is almost as tall as that Volkswagen. And it’s only January 3! We’re gonna run out of room to put the stuff pretty soon. See a couple more shots from my kitchen window in this Flickr photoset.
Jan 03 2008
I just returned from walking the dog this morning. It was not a pleasant walk. Mother nature reminded us that it is, indeed, winter. The temperature is a chilly 3° F, with a wind chill of around -13° F. The high today is supposed to be a balmy 14° F, and then the overnight low is supposed to drop below 0°. Oh, and did I mention that, after the melting during Christmas week, we returned to Maine on December 30th and were greeted by an 8″ storm that night and another 8-10″ New Year’s Day to put the total on the ground back up into the 2½-3 foot range? Yeah, it’s definitely winter up here!
Dec 31 2007
She and I are finally back from our 1300 mile journey to see family and friends for the holidays. We’re tired, the car is tired, and we’re glad to be home, but it was great to see everyone. We’re getting ready to have friends over for some football, some food, and some celebrating of the coming year, so I just wanted to write a quick post to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I’ll have some more time to post tomorrow, especially with yet another snow storm on its way. There was a good deal of melting while we were gone, but we got 8″ or so after we got back last night, and another good-sized storm is on its heals. Good thing I picked up a new shovel last week!
Dec 21 2007
With Wednesday and Thursday’s storm adding another 6-7″, our pre-winter snowfall total reached the 2½ foot mark. Yes, that’s right, we got well over 2 feet before winter even started this year. Amusingly enough, with winter officially upon us now, the weather is supposed to warm up. We’re forecast to get above freezing for the first time in a while tomorrow and some of the white stuff might melt. It’s even supposed to be in the low-to-mid 40s on Sunday! Of course, it’s currently 15° F, so we’ll see what happens.
Everyone I’ve talked to around Portland is shocked at how much snow we’ve gotten so far. According to a report on WGME 13 the other day, we’d had 0.4″ of snow at this time last year. So we’ve gotten about 60 times more snow than last year. Yikes! I wonder what winter is going to bring…
Dec 19 2007
Wow. I just checked weather.com to see what the rest of the week looks like and lo and behold, the National Weather Service has this to report:
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY.
EXPECT A STORM TOTAL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON… WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION BY EVENING RUSH HOUR. SNOW WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT…GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AT TIMES…MORE SO OVER THE ISLANDS.
Another 4 to 7 inches? It’s not even winter yet!