Friday, 8:30 am: Another storm is on its way this afternoon and evening. We are supposed to get several inches of snow, somewhere in the range of 8 to 10 inches. With that weather threat in mind we’re off to town this morning to do our weekend shopping early, before ice and snow coat the roads. My ability to drive on icy roads can be a real eye-opener and a bit too thrilling.

Just a few days ago, on January 30th, our high temperature was 40° [F.]. Snow was melting everywhere. Since then everything has refroze and is very slippery. We even saw our neighbor skiing down our road. Our other neighbor packed up his van and headed to Florida. And we got our snowblower back and in good working order after a needed repair in Madawaska.

At the moment the hardest part is to get motivated, get dressed and drive into town. Our Winter Storm Watch will be turning into a Winter Storm Warning, which means I can’t procrastinate much longer and need to get moving. Let’s see, did I cover everything I wanted to include in this blog; probably not. Any additional comments and observations will need to be included in my next effort.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 0° [F.]

Barometer: 30.790 & rising slowly

Humidity: 71%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: ca. 3 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: -6.2° [F.]

High wind: 6 mph at 12:02 am