J Paul Gordon

Love it--a week of cold and the ground white, and we still have that beautiful winter light. Perfect. 30F, Light snow an inch plus. Grass is covered.

So the original 3-5 we were being called for seems to be correct. Maybe 6 if we're lucky. OK with that, ground white with a waning moon during a frigid snap. It should be our best hit so far. We got 4" last Saturday, but that's gone now. Could be a lot worse, the way this winter has been running. BOX still has us at 8"

Is this because of rapidly falling temps? I guess I've been under the assumption that the storm will begin tomorrow afternoon with temps near 40 and that most of the sifnificant stuff will be over well before dawn. What I haven't been able to figure from the past few pages is how fast the temp drops and how much precip falls after it goes below freezing. It looks like a significant amount will fall after it gets colder. So, everything depends on the location of the storm which could be anywhere from over Providence to out to sea.

OK 2-4; 3-5 IMBY. Just what they've been saying all along. As long as the ground is white for the cold spell, I'm fine. I was afraid of a rain to dry slot. Not expecting 8-12+ like some folks are dreaming.

NWS has winter storm watch up for us now. 4-8 followed by intense cold. I'll take it.

We're located at the north end of Wachusset reservoir on the Lancaster line about five miles west of 495 Bolton exit. Looking at the maps it seems that we do pretty well. It certainly looks like we might be on the higher end of 3-5. Does this storm go from rain to snow or snow to rain in my area?

The ground will be white here after it's over. Whether a trace or 6 inches depends. But it's going to be damn cold afterward no matter what.

4 inches plus here. High 30, low 25. Snowed lightly all day. Still coming down. We finally got a break here in Clinton.

Anything in the Clinton, Lancaster, Bolton area? We have a thin coating from the other day.

more like 10 thousand years of mosttly grain and plants (agricultural revolution). Meat was rare and expensive for most of the urban and non-land owning rural populations until the twentieth century. Then came the processed food revolution. That's where the real problems started. Now we have high fat, hight carbs, and SUGAR up the wazoo. (I think I'm starting to channel RFK Jr.) High of 54, low so far 35. Late October weather. Dewpoint is 40.

3 days of 32 or below for highs this month so far. I've seen worse for the whole month (2018?) and that was in Worcester. We (Clinton) tend a couple of degrees higher than the airport, pretty similar to where I was living in town, though. With a 3 or 4 more subfreezing days, we wont be in the worst for lack of cold days. Snowfall here was lousy, though. While others got 4-8", we got less than an inch (subisdence?). Anyhow, Christmas is coming snow or no snow and the winter light is quite lovely on the bare ground and trees. Sometimes you just have to open your eyes to what you have versus what you want. (End of philosophy 101 lesson).

Seriously bummed. 60 air and dews will wipe out the two inch pile of snow at the end of my driveway.

We usually do. Just far enough north, west, (and often east as well). But not this time, east side of the hills was not good.

We were in an absolute snow hole. My sister in law in Sturbridge got 8." We got maybe an inch here. Snowed all night into the morning, but lighter than light. There are still pitiful little patches here and there because it's been cold. Drove down to Sutton on the RI line and they had complete cover (though thin). It was pretty though. Glad you got a decent amount. Look's post card pretty out there.

34/19 here.