I would almost swear yesterday's weather forecasts indicated sunshine and 50 to 60 degree temperatures here today, but that sure wasn't what we had for weather. There was rain this morning and temperature was around 40. As I plinked away on the computer or yacked on the phone, I was watching the outdoor temperature drop. In an hour or so, it dropped into the area of 32 to 34 degrees. I could not longer here
the dripping rain. Turned around to see white.
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Big soppy wet flakes splattered on sidewalk leaving an inch wide splat until snow started to pile up to about a couple inches deep.
Wind started blowing from west. Snowed and blew hard for some minutes. Cars were covered.
Then it stopped and now a few hours later, the sun is shining and almost all that snow is gone. A few puddles and only a few small patches of white still in shaded areas. Meadowlarks are singing again.
South Dakota weather sure enough provides variety even if there isn't much else to spice up life around here. No wonder we talk about the weather....and already also the mosquitos. A little sunshine makes the world look brighter and compliments of daylight savings time, we will have another hour of the sunshine..well sort of.
**Stay tuned even if there isn't much politics in the pure white driven snow..or much pure as the driven snow in politics---Doug Wiken
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