The snowplow guy arrived at 3 p.m. One of the few times I wish he had waited longer to plow me out. While it had stopped snowing by that time the wind was still blowing at 20 m/p/h gusting to 40. I could see snow curtains being blown across the fields and that made me concerned that the driveway might drift shut again. We'd received 8" of snow so there was plenty to blow around. Fortunately, when Whip and I took our nightly constitutional, the wind had calmed somewhat and the driveway was still open. From the plow guy's tire tracks, he'd had issues getting traction in multiple places. The roadbed was pretty sloppy. Road Weight Bans had started on Monday (i.e. the frost was going out so the ground was spongy) and it had rained most of Tuesday before it became cold enough for snow. Looks like the next few days will be above freezing during the day and drop below freezing at night. That means two things: (1) since the frost is going out of the ground, this snow melt will be absorbed instead of sloughing off into ponds and streams; and (2) it's maple syrup gathering time.
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