Well, as predicted, SE Wisconsin has caught a clip off the chin from that massive storm out to the southwest. Initial forecasts were for up to an inch of snow that would not stick and would melt upon hitting the ground, followed by up to an inch or so of rain tomorrow.
WRONG!
We had bits of tiny snow flurries off and on all morning, but nothing to speak of; the ground was wet, that was all. And then about 3 p.m., BAM! The flakes were coming down, large, fast and furious, and they piled up in less than half an hour. So much for the forecasters being accurate, at least on this call, although they were right about the snow coming after all. It's still snowing out now, but much finer flakes. There is about an inch already piled up outside. Tomorrow will be above freezing by several degrees, though, if the forecast is correct, so this won't last. Thank goodness. I jumped the gun because we had a 70 degrees plus day on Monday, and even yesterday was nice enough to be able to sit outside and enjoy some reading for awhile in the sunshine, although it was getting windy - a sign of the approaching storm front.
I took some pics. I sure hope this is the LAST of snow for this year, please Mother Nature!
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| Just catching the beginnings of the storm - it hadn't been snowing more than 20 minutes or so when this photo was taken, so you can see how fast it accumulated! That's one of my chubby little squirrel buddies munching on a hazelnut, sort of wet and straggly looking, sitting under my Shezebo where she's out of the snow. |
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| Lots of snow piled up quickly in the yard not sheltered by tree branches. Can you see the squirrel tracks in the snow on the patio, and all the nut shells piled up just since last evening's and this morning's feedings? They pile up fast! |
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This is the view to the southwest out of my front door. Yikes!
The view from the door that leads to the kitchen of the driveway. The trees are all coated with white sticky snow
and are so pretty! My poor irises! I cleaned the beds out Saturday and now they're unprotected from the snow.
They really popped up a lot during the two day stretch of nice weather we had on Monday and yesterday!
Looking toward the southeast, the trees are covered in snow frosting. Look at those flakes coming down!
The rest of the week will be in the high 30s/low 40s and gloomy. This snow will melt away quickly enough, but winter isn't ready to give up its grip here yet. UGH!
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We got another late season snow fall - but this time we dodged a bullet. The forecast on Saturday April 27 called for as much as 8" of wet heavy slushy snow in our area, depending upon how much - if any - lake effect snow we would get. But all depended upon where the front hit. As it happened, the forecast was revised at least twice by the National Weather Service and they still got it somewhat wrong; the storm ended up starting around 3 p.m. not 10 a.m. as originally forecast, and not 12 noon as revised. The bulk of the front slid further south of us and even spared Chicago from getting more than 2 1/2" of snowfall. We got about an inch to 1 1/2" here. Since Sunday dawned sunny and clear (but cold and still), the snow melted and once the temperature rose above 34 or so the snow melted quickly; it was almost all gone by noon and totally gone by the end of the day. You would never know it had snowed here at all!
It looks like all my perennials sending up shoots and budding shrubs survived without any damage. WHEW! But my heat is still turned on, for pete's sake! It's almost May Day and my furnace is still going!
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