It's Been One Week

... since the big snow and there's still plenty left on the ground. Despite forecasts that "tomorrow" would be high 30s and sunny, it hasn't happened. We even got a little more snow on Saturday and about half an inch yesterday. I think Seattle got hit harder than we did this time.

Monday was the first day since the snow that the temperature got above freezing but it was overcast, and once the sun set the temperatures dropped below again. Yesterday the high was only 32. Today is really the first good melting day. It was 33 when I woke up and got as high as 39 (!) and is still 34 as I write. I found out that one of our friends nearby has a weather station in his yard so I'm able to get very accurate historical data for our house.

Our driveway which gets sun is down to a thin layer and the trees are all snowfree. Where I shoveled the deck, it's actually dry. But the shady parts of the deck still have a couple inches of snow and our "grass" is all white. The forecast is more snow tomorrow though Friday is supposed to be rainy and should wash away what's left. In 14 years here I've never seen snow stick around this long.

Thankfully, the roads are all fine though it's a bit dicey between our cul-de-sac and the main road.