Friday, 9:30 am: It’s still snowing, but again, that’s Maine. Since yesterday we’ve had a just a few inches of snow fall; and for our location in the Saint John Valley, relatively mild temperatures, currently 27 degrees Fahrenheit (F.). I think any chance for a brutally cold winter is rapidly waning. Even our snow stake is still only about 24 inches. Last year at this time it measured about 36 to 38 inches of accumulated snow. A loaded logging truck just went by our house turning vanishing wildlife habitat into dollars.

Yesterday while enroute to a dental appointment in New Brunswick my wife and I saw an auto accident on the Trans-Canada Highway near Grand Falls. Apparently a car reared-ended a semi-truck/trailer. The car’s front-end and passenger compartment were smashed and twisted so much we thought, how could the driver could survive? Luckily he had a seat belt on, and his airbag deployed. The driver was standing on the side of the road calling the RCMP on his cell phone, apparently unhurt. That was one lucky motorist.

As for today, I’ll be going outside soon to fire up our snowblower and clear our driveway and paths around our house. There is just enough snow I can’t ignore it. If I wait too long the snow will start to thaw and turn into slush and then it is impossible to clear. I was hoping for a laid-back day. I guess that weather had other ideas for me.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 27 degrees (F.)

Barometer: 29.62 and steady

Humidity: 70%

Wind: N at 5 mph and variable

Visibility: > 3 mi. and overcast - lightly snowing

Precipitation: ca. 2-3 inches of snow

Since midnight:

Low temp: 23.5 degrees (F.) at 5:32 am

High wind: 10 mph at 3:05 am