squall line came through silently—last time there were house-shaking gusts and phones going off. visibility dropped to 1/4-1/2 mile vis, so moderately heavy snow. everything is white again for now.
well that was entertaining.
and from a person who said he wanted to be a met major but changed because he learned he was supposed to take a bunch of courses in things like oceanography and chemistry and he was mad because he wanted to take "weather" courses.
growing up in CT we always shoveled a path to the grill after every snowstorm and my dad set up an umbrella somehow so he could grill while it was snowing.
still a snow/sleet mix. i can hear some quiet pinging on the window but it's nothing like what some of you are describing. the snow is blowing around in the slight breeze, too.