Champlain on Ice - and tonight's brutal cold

Champlain on Ice (aka Frozen Lake Champlain)
Photo by Melanie Goodman
Burlington, VT - 2/2015

Yes, it's still snowing, and even more, blowing out there this morning, but around here the main weather story for tonight into Monday morning will be the bitter cold and dangerously low wind chills. Air temperatures will be 25-30 degrees below normal, with wind chills of -20 to -30 F across much of the area, and as low as -30 to -40 F at higher elevations of Western MA. This is dangerous cold, with frostbite to exposed flesh occurring very quickly.

By the way, thanks to Head in the Clouds Amherst friend, Melanie Goodman, for sending us this photo - I've dubbed it "Champlain on Ice," (although it really should be "Ice on Champlain" - or simply "Frozen Lake Champlain") - taken last week in Burlington, Vermont. We do love getting photos/videos, so please keep them coming. Check out our "Through the Lens" page for more seasonal photos and videos from our readers and regular contributors.

In the meantime, I'm on the lookout right now for a frosty video of this morning's blowing snow in Amherst, particularly as I really, really don't want to go outside and risk freezing my hands off to get the video myself!