It's Garbage Day!
5.2 degrees and clear.
Whatever had been forecast for overnight has, obviously, been delayed, but March's "Lion" is en route.
I'll put the precipitation forecast at the bottom of the blog - it's not due until tonight!
According to AccuWeather, we're going to have a fairly nice - 'tho brisk - day.WKTV meteorologist Matt Lanza sums up February: "Snowfall Total: 73.0"
Normal: 18.8" Yeah...we smashed the all-time February and all-time monthly snowfall records to shreds. The previous Feb record was 40.6" in 1972. The previous all-time record was 59.0" in 1890.
February will be a memorable month for a long, long time. Thank goodness, it's over. :)"
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Updating from yesterday: the clock does seem to be running, but it's either an hour and a few minutes slow ---or, almost eleven hours fast.
The Waterville DPW spent a great deal of yesterday trucking snow away from the sides of Berrill Avenue. It' s really a two-way street again!
The State was carring out the same routine southward along Route 12. There were single-lane traffic delays, throughout the day, reminding me of last Summer.
The bad news of the day - for me - hit me as I was in "Dicksville," driving towards Deansboro, and saw smoke billowing.
There aren't that many wonderful old barns left, and now there's one less.(One person told me that it was a "controlled burn.")
From this morning's O-D:
An eleven-officer task force has been assigned to the Michelle Hutchings case.
also: Madison Central School has readjusted its schedule to make up for Snow Days.
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And now for the Forecast.
Thursday: Increasing clouds with light snow developing late in the evening. High 33
Thursday Night: Cloudy with light snow before midnight. An icy mix of sleet/freezing rain possible after midnight. Ice accumulations possible. Low 27
Friday: Cloudy with rain south of Rt.20; an icy mix of sleet/freezing rain in the Mohawk Valley, with snow north of the Thruway. Snow accumulations likely north of Thruway, with ice accumulation possible for the Mohawk Valley. High 34 Low 28
