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It is raining hard this afternoon with a powerful southeast wind that is blowing right on the house. Our two plus feet of soft fluffy snow is shrinking back into a harder and thinner layer. The big worry with a storm like this is flooding both local when a culvert is full of ice and snow so it can’t pass all of the water. But also in the rivers where ice has formed, with the warmer temperatures and added water that ice can break up and pile together to form ice dams. Hopefully none of that happens but it is a concern at the moment.

Just in from a long walk around the neighborhood. It is cold today but not too, high of twenty degrees Fahrenheit. A breeze out of the North at about fifteen miles per hour and brilliant sunshine blocked by only a few wispy clouds. It has been a while since we have had fresh snow and the stories in the snow are really showing up!

The wind shifted with a bang a little after noon today and we had a not too cold but windy afternoon. The skies were crystal clear and very blue. I always write about the clear winter skies but this time I’ll let a picture tell the story.