Joe we had a hint of Spring here in Western Colorado today. We went to the creck again for a swim. It got to 55° after being below freezing 99% of the time since early December.

Joe, it was 85 today in Marathon. Guess it's spring there - the flowers are blooming, but they always are.

Gary

here we go again now....

Round three - another 1 to 3 inches of global warming tonight - we really need that. My daughter just left, got a couple yards up the driveway and that was it - solid ice from today's melting snow. Old dad had to trudge out to the shed, get a bucket of sand, then gingerly walk on the icy sidewalk to where she was stuck, spread sand over the ice and she was able to get out of the driveway. Damned winter is gonna kill this old fart!

Gary

More to come: Seems like winter will never end and the ice age beginneth.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

There's the low down in North Carolina and the track it's going to take over the next 6-12 hours (red curve). As it travels from the Outer Banks, NC area to the region just SE of New England, it will rapidly strengthen. As this occurs, the line of freezing (white line) will move SE and offshore making it cold enough for everyone to snow and stick. Until then (which shouldn't occur until afternoon), the line of freezing cuts through NJ and will be working it's way SE. This is why the SE lighter blue and pink regions on my map from last night have less accumulations. I wouldn't expect areas along/SE of I-95 to go over to snow until later today though. This thing hasn't even started yet besides some light initial front-running precipitation. Be safe!

It has been snowing here for the past hour - my house is right on the white line, and today's job is on the line as well, just a bit farther northeast.

Gary

so glad my weathermen are on the job ... don't know how I'd ever get the scoop without them!

Yep...forecasts are okay, and we have two of the best, but I like finding out what the weather is like by looking out the window...sort of a minute by minute update.

Ian

yea just like the colonists did many years ago...especially when your out on the road and get caught in a blizzard unknowingly..