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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Weather Thread

It snowed lightly all day yesterday but nothing was really sticking. When I woke up this morning, we had about 2" on the grass... the roads and sidewalks near us were still warm enough that nothing was sticking there yet.

It's nearly 2:00 pm here now and it's very sunny but temps are still below 30 ºF so there's still quite a bit of snow left on the ground. Also, our oldest refused to take her jacket with her when I dropped her off at school this morning so she's gonna be nice and cold on her walk home!

My in-laws were supposed to head down this was for a doctor appointment this morning and then lunch with us but the expressway was closed for like an 8 mile stretch (right at what's probably the longest stretch between exits on that expressway in Michigan) so they rescheduled. Areas to the NE of us got a bit more snow but it was also really windy and colder so a section of the expressway was iced over and a semi-truck jackknifed or rolled over or something blocking all lanes.

When my FIL called to tell us they weren't coming down he seemed surprised that schools down here weren't closed for the day. I guess a lot of them up their way are closed or on a delayed start.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
It snowed lightly all day yesterday but nothing was really sticking. When I woke up this morning, we had about 2" on the grass... the roads and sidewalks near us were still warm enough that nothing was sticking there yet.

It's nearly 2:00 pm here now and it's very sunny but temps are still below 30 ºF so there's still quite a bit of snow left on the ground. Also, our oldest refused to take her jacket with her when I dropped her off at school this morning so she's gonna be nice and cold on her walk home...
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Our daughter normally takes a quite out-of-the-way route when walking home so that she can walk with a friend of hers. I decided to take a look and track her phone just now - she got out of school at 2:50 and and by 2:55 she was already almost all the way home. It must have been cold enough that she decided to come straight home. Maybe that will be a catalyst for her to start taking her jacket (and maybe even a hat and gloves!) with her to school in the mornings.

Probably not though... she's pretty stubborn.
 
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