Today, the NWS had a winter storm warning out for the St. Louis metro area, predicting snowfalls from 4-7 inches, and we had about 4 inches at our house. All the K-12 schools announced their closings on the 10:00 p.m. news last night. The snow stopped around 3:00 p.m., the sun came out, and the temperature shot up to 46 degrees. The melting has begun.
The snow looks like a soft cushion on the lawn chairs. In spite of that, no one is sitting in them.
Finally! After three years, I had a chance to use my new snowblower for a snowblower-worthy event. The snow was melting almost as fast as I was clearing it, but I had to play with my new (?) toy.
The weird part? This is so early for snow in St. Louis that the trees still have most of their fall-colored leaves.