Morning on Saturn

View from the Driveway, Friday Morning, 3/8/2013

Looks are deceiving this morning. At first glance out the window, the world appears to be buried in snow. But when when you walk out into it, you realize there's no more than an inch on the ground here in Amherst. It just looks deeper. The flakes are big, the snow is wet, and everything has been blanketed in a layer of white. The "Winter Weather Advisory" of yesterday has given way  to a "Winter Storm Warning," something I learned last night somewhere around 2 am when Jim Cantore's phone call came in from "Notify by The Weather Channel." (Note to self: adjust the Notify settings.) The projected snowfall amounts have been slowly but steadily inching up over the last two days, now standing at 4-8 inches. I'd expect to be on the lower end of that spectrum around here. After all, it's been snowing all night, and we only have an inch on the ground. Still, Saturn is not done yet. Our area's Winter Storm Warning is in effect through 1 pm today. The temperature currently stands at an even 30.0 F, with the snow falling lightly. I want to walk down to Puffer's Pond, but work calls and the snow will have to wait. It won't wait for long, of course. Tomorrow the temperature climbs to almost 50 degrees, with sun. Spring is knocking, no matter what it looks like outside right now.