BRRR

[PonyGirl]

Kinda hard to be in the mood for Dickens with the following weather warning:


...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY.

THIS COMPLEX STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY, AND MAY EVEN MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK AND THE CATSKILLS. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL HELP TO HOLD DOWN SNOWFALL TOTALS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES, WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN TUG HILL PLATEAU, WHERE LESS OF A MIX IS EXPECTED. SNOW TOTALS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF NEW YORK, THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CATSKILLS, SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...HOWEVER THE FAVORED LAKE EFFECT SNOW AREAS MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM DEVELOPING LAKE SNOW BANDS.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM AND PRECIPITATION TYPES.

Current conditions as of 6:54 am EDT

Fair
Feels Like: 5° Barometer: 30.54 in and rising
Humidity: 67%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dewpoint: -2°
Wind: Calm
Sunrise: 7:30 am
Sunset: 4:32 pm
5°High: 23° Low: 21°

[harveydales]

Brrr, I don't like the sound of that freezing rain! Are you doing a Dickens this week end? Take care!

[Debbie]

I dunno, sounds like Christmas Carol weather to me

Be sure to stay bundled warm

[PonyGirl]

I could not feel below my ankles (I had to look to see if I had feet) nor could I feel from my wrist on (I just know I have hands with working fingers)

Not doing it tomarrow as the blizzard it here. I am watching the snow.......

[Debbie]

Now that's a wise choice. Besides, if its a blizzard, no one should be out in it...you, horses, nor passengers

Sit at home with a warm bit of cocoa and try to find your extremities Anne

[PonyGirl]

Well. The roads here are terrible. I had to dig my truck out of the snow. (Have to go to work as it is a 24 hours place) There was snow up to my thigh. There was a 1 1/2 inch of ice on the widows of the truck. Can't wait to go to the barn in the morning.

[harveydales]

Blimey, that's real dedication to get to work in conditions like that. I can't see many UK workers struggling through snow like that. This country tends to grind to a halt if we have 2 cm of snow! Do take care though............

[Debbie]

Yeah, well a lot of places in the US, you don't show up for work they fire you. No work = no money. Not a lot of choice.

Its amazing what hot water can do to rid the ice, but you need to put salt down to help with the ice reforming. If nothing else, the salt granuales give a bit of traction as the stuff refreezes. It doesn't work at all in the colder temps (like the teens) but it certainly helps in 20s and 30s weather.

Did the plows at least get your road?? And you've got 4x right? Pretty sure you'd have to in snow that deep. Stay safe

[harleydales]

That is REAL snow!!

[harveydales]

I saw some film of NY state on the TV news yesterday. As Jane says, tht is REAL snow!