The winds in this storm blew all day, creating snow drifts and clearing lawns and roads - in places. Part of our lawn was clear, part was covered in a 2-3 foot drift. There was a drift along both sides of the cars that was almost as tall as the car - as you can see here, also in between the cars. The drift also covers several bushes. This picture was taken while a mild wind was blowing. The gusts created blizzard-like viewing, white pictures. We chose not to leave the house very much.
..there was snow that had covered everything. (This was early in the storm.) By the time the winds had blown through, this bench was clear again. I'll post more pictures the next few days.
This is today's weather in one picture - blue sky, puffy clouds, gray clouds, hail mixed with snow on the ground, wet road from rain. The saying about Washington weather is 'if you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes and it'll change.' Definitely came true today.
Today was a variable weather day in Forks. You can see the rows of marching clouds. This was taken toward the northeast - the direction the clouds were heading as they marched by. We would have clouds, blue sky, clouds, blue sky, VERY DARK clouds, blue sky... I love days like this. If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes; it'll change. We were outside working on the last stages of painting the house, so kept praying for clouds only, no rain. We didn't see rain today, surprisingly for Forks, and thankfully for today. We did get the painting on the house done. Hoorah!