Thursday, February 14, 2008

SNOW!!

What a crazy 24 hours it has been?! First it was heavy rain, then warm temperatures, then colder temps, then snow! Salisbury and Wallops Island both broke records yesterday with rainfall totals, 1.71" and 1.45" respectively. Salisbury's current drought in 2008 was cut in more than half just by yesterday's rain! Hooray farmers!
Now onto the snow... Salisbury officially got 1.5" and Cambridge only received a trace. I'm hoping more official snow reports come in this afternoon.
Here's my personal twist on snow...I woke up at 2 am and looked outside and it wasn't snowing. I got ready for work, left the house shortly before 3 am and discovered that in that short time, my car, the sidewalk, the roads, everything was covered by about 1/4" of snow! It was a wet, heavy snow that made my drive to work anything but easy...it also didn't help that no salt/sand and no plow trucks were out to clean the roads!
Well now we can all relax and enjoy the sunshine today! It's still cold outside and the NW winds make it feel even colder, but at least the sun's out. Temps will warm up for Friday and then cool right back down for Saturday. Then get ready for more rain Sunday night into Monday morning.
As a side note, any water left on the roads will refreeze tonight possibly making Friday morning's commute just as bad as today's. We'll have to keep an eye on how much of it evaporates first though. Maybe salt will even be put on the roads for tonight...

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