snow

A spring snow!

donkleiner — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:36:39 -0400

It is snowing hard this morning with large fluffy flakes of wet snow that fall like feathers. The good news is that it is not especially cold and with the warm weather of the last few days many spots are warm enough to melt the snow on contact. I’m sure it will cool off as the snow gets going and the forecast is for 3 or 4 inches with a return to winter temperatures once the storm goes by. We had enjoyed a few nice early spring days this week with sun and the gradual warm up we need.

Snowing again this morning

donkleiner — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:37:01 -0400

It is not supposed to amount to much, only a few inches or so. I have been talking with folks that are looking or book fishing trips next month and it is hard to even think fishing with the snow falling. I spoke at the Norway Public Library as part of their Oxford Hills Reads Program on Monday evening with some general guidelines on what to do if you should find yourself lost in the woods.

Winter is back

donkleiner — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:23:58 -0500

After two of weeks of fairly warm weather where it looked like the snow might even disappear. Winter has returned, in fact we are in the middle of a very snowy stretch of whether. We had snow on Wednesday Thursday and Friday and it is snowing again this morning. None of these events have put down big accumulations but we seem to get five or six inches almost every time. The last couple of storms have been light and fluffy snow with little wind so everything is covered.

Winter Wonderland

donkleiner — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:30:58 -0500

December was a very snowy month here and January seems to be following the same theme. Without going through each storm of the last couple of weeks there is nearly three feet of snow on the ground this morning. Most of it is soft and fluffy not able to hold up even my widest snowshoes. I snow shoed for a while yesterday and sank down at least a foot even with the snowshoes on but it was great to be out. Only Woody the golden retriever tagged along but even he tired quickly in the deep snow. Interestingly he sank up to his chest even in my tracks.

6 Degrees and Snowing Hard

donkleiner — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:16:11 -0500

Our stretch of winter continues. This morning it is snowing pretty hard with a temperature of 6 and a stiff northeast wind. The forecast calls for it to change to sleet and possibly even freezing rain tonight before it ends. A morning inside with a second pot of coffeee and a fire in the fireplace. We are scheduled to attend the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Magic of Christmas performance this afternoon. They may cancel the event but if not we may be making the trek in the snow!

First Snowstorm of the Winter

donkleiner — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:39:29 -0500

This morning there can be no doubt that winter is here. I woke up at 5 a.m. with only a little snow on the ground but it was snowing steadily. By the time Argy and I went for a walk there were three or 4 inches. By late morning there is every bit of 6 inches. The current forecast calls for 12 to 18 inches of snow before this all winds down tomorrow. The wind is very strong out of the northeast out over the water but we are protected by the hill just to our east and do not get much drifting or the wind chill.