Currently -5 with a WSW wind of 14 mph making it feel like -25 degrees. Dew Point -12, Humidity 73%, Barometer 30.03 & rising, Visibility 4 mi., Sunrise 7:59am, Sunset 5:51 pm. 40% chance of snow. Windy, blowing snow, bitter cold. High 1, W winds around 20 mph.

Cold tonight. -2, 40% chance of more snow. W winds 10 -20 mph.

Winter Storm Warning continues in effect until Thursday afternoon. Brutal cold to continue.

We’re hearing rumors of big changes in temperature readings by this weekend, but it’s just getting there that’s a challenge. Basically, everything in my little corner of the world has closed. Schools – even those that hardly ever close – have been closed for 3 days, probably will be closed tomorrow, too. Mail and package deliveries halted, most offices closed. My advice to everyone is that if it isn’t absolutely necessary for you to be out and about, don’t be.

Too much snow out there for me to shovel, so I waded out to the spot where I feed the critters and swept as much of a square away as I could (that square is getting smaller by the day) and made my offering for helping to keep the creatures unfortunate enough to have to live out there alive. Measured another 3″ of new snow, making it about 14″ on the ground. But keep in mind, that isn’t totally accurate. Between being packed down and blown around, I’m fairly certain a lot more than that has fallen in the past few days. And the cold is unbearable. Brutal.