Snow Covered Dormant garden February 2nd.

Snow showers continued overnight and lasted into middle to late parts of the day, We had some pretty healthy snowfall totals for a weak system like the one that just past. It was bit more then I had forecasted for our area, but accumulations were still on the light side, Ranging from 1-3 inches across Polk, Barron, St Croix and Dunn Counties, Some spots in the north just as Northern Burnett and Washburn counties only got a dusting. as the sun was shining through the clouds and snow today, you could again noticed it has more strength, even though highs today were well below 32.F The barn roof in the picture above was 100% covered this morning! I recorded a high of 22.F

Fresh Front Yard snow cover February 2nd.

while reading Josh’s blog( Oshkosh,WI weather blog) I got an idea, that I should take continuous pictures of my front yard to compare here at my blog! Today we got 2 inches of new fresh fluffy snow, this snow was very light and dry, it only had a water content of 0.04! The new snowfall accumulation made for a total snow cover now standing at 8.50″ once again. With water content of 1.84″ Snow cover here is very hard and crusty, just like Josh’s snow pack, it is so hard that you can walk on it without falling through, and I had to require the use of a shovel to measure the total snow depth! This new snow accumulation did really freshen up our snow pack though.