Snow Day

Oh well...it happens every year in our neck of the woods.  We get a few warm-ish days, get outside with our rakes and wheelbarrows, and start to make plans for spring when---BAM!!!!  Snowstorm!!

Reports on the CBC weather site state that the snowfall started around 5:30 am today.  As of 4:30 pm, St. John's airport reported accumulation of 37 cm of snowfall with northerly winds gusting at times to 104 km/hour.  Definitely a stay inside kind of day.

I had the day off due to the storm 

I made cookies, did laundry, started a new book, drank some wine and had a nap-----What an awesome day!!!  I also took a few pictures from the various warm and cozy vantage points inside my house. Looking down to our back garden this morning, it's hard to imagine the grapes and tomatoes that we grow during the summer in that little greenhouse.

 
All the windows on the front of our house are completely iced up...

 At times today, it was not possible to see to the end of the front yard.....

No birds singing in my trees today..

Oh well...here's the CBC forecast for tonight and tomorrow....  

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT

Tonight

Snow at times heavy
Low: -2°

Thursday

Chance of showers or drizzle
High: 1° P.O.P. 60%

Summary

Wed Apr 20, 16 at 4:00 PM NDT

Tonight

Snow at times heavy ending overnight then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Blowing snow over exposed areas this evening. Amount 10 to 15 cm except 5 cm along the southern shore. Wind north 60 km/h gusting to 80 except gusting to 100 along parts of the coast this evening. Wind becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 near midnight. Temperature steady near minus 2.

Thursday

Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers or drizzle late in the afternoon. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light in the morning. High plus 1. UV index 4 or moderate.

Thursday night

Cloudy. Periods of freezing rain beginning in the evening then changing to periods of rain after midnight. Fog patches developing in the evening. Rainfall amount 2 to 4 mm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h in the evening then northeast 30 gusting to 50 overnight. Low zero with temperature rising to plus 2 by morning.

Cheers

:)