Well.. it’s definitely not *winter* yet. Not quite cold enough to be *winter* and besides this is a very heavy wet snow which we would usually have in the springtime. We usually get some type of snow event right around Halloween which is still a couple of weeks away. I’m hoping this will clear up and bring a nice Indian Summer!

Here’s what the local TV’s weatherman is reporting:

WINTER STORM WARNING
10-10-08

SATURDAY: ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY… THE LONG DURATION WINTER STORM THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTING THE REGION SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL GENERATE A PERIOD OF EVEN HEAVIER SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS BEING SUPPORTED BY ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT… RAPID SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED CONTINUING INTO EARLY SUNDAY!

FRIDAY: Heavy wet snow will likely result in downed tree limbs and power lines, as well as create difficult to impossible travel.

Conditions across the region through the weekend: Snow will fall through the day Friday with accumulations around 3 inches. Snow will then continue, heavy at times, through the weekend with the heaviest snow expected Saturday night through early Sunday. Snow accumulations of 1 to 2 feet can be expected by the time the snow tapers off Sunday night.

A winter storm warning means significant amounts of snow are expected. Gusty winds are also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible.

I guess they were right. Take a look at the interstate conditions this morning when we were heading into Nathan’s soccer game!
Josh’s football game was cancelled today. We were quite surprised since we were under the impression that they didn’t cancel football for snow! Josh was really bummed because he was actually looking forward to playing in the snow!. CRAZY BOY!We were prepared to watch the game. We had hand warmers, blankets, hot chocolate, etc. I was happy to get an extra 3-4 hours back in my day! We went shopping for all of the things I had to pick up for the Seder our co-op is having on Monday. After this event, I shouldn’t have any big things to plan until Christmas so I hope to have some time to blog our first 9 weeks of school here pretty soon!