A Weather Surprise

With Easter approaching on Sunday and April showers around the corner, one would expect warm weather and sunshine to be controlling the weather front. This is especially true, after the rather mild winter we had this year. When we moved here last summer we were told to prepare ourselves for the heavy snows in winter. A small ski slope is just on the other side of the mountain. The result was just a few inches lasting a couple of days.

The last few days the weather has again gotten very cold. On Wednesday and Thurday morning we woke to snow flurries. It covered the grass, but the streets and sidewalks were just wet. This morning we woke up to this surprise:

At the time I took this picture, we already had five inches of snow. In the following two and one-half hours we got another two inches. I think I shoveled more snow today than I did for the whole winter.

The snow is only falling at altitudes above 1,000 feet (we are at almost two thousand feet) above sea level. The temperatures will not go above freezing until either Saturday night or Sunday. At least we are getting a chance to catch up on the winter we missed. Hopefully the tulip bulbs and other flowers with survive the cold the weather and snow.