Now It Can Snow

We are all moved in. We have food in the house. It has gotten REALLY COLD outside, earlier than for quite a few years. Tomorrow it is supposed to SNOW! Winter Storm Warnings are up:

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

NOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

This, too, is one of the earliest snow storms in a number of years. Actually, it's about average- but the past few winters haven't been "average."

So here we are, with a beautiful view and a snow storm coming.

(P.S. I will believe it when I see it however. In many normal storm situations it is not the BIG storms they predict that become the BIG storms we get. This is one of those pmPilgrim Maxims of the Weather. But don't bet your house on it.)