Ugh, ugh, ugh. I used to love snow, now I can’t stand it. Yes, we are expecting anywhere between three to 12 inches. I’m right on the line where it could be either. I vote for three. If I didn’t have to worry about my mother, I’d just curl up and enjoy it. Looks like Shasta is ready for a good time!

Where are you located? I live in eastern part of OH and they're saying 3 to 6 inches. I'd prefer none. ☺

gadgets, I'm in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley. The heaviest snow is supposed to be a bit north and the up toward the coast from us ... Dedtired, it's so much easier to enjoy snow when there is no pressing need to go out in it -- good luck with your mother!

Shasta is adorable! ♥

We had about an inch Monday & 4 inches Tuesday. More expected Friday.

Nickel_kg - I hope your Shasta is not as ornery as my last chocolate lab. He was a typical alpha male and we butted heads often. Never had any trouble with the 2 black labs we've had over the years.

Here in the Kansas City area I counted 279 flakes yesterday as the storm passed us to the south. No snow showing on the 15 day forecast.

It sounds like some are going to get hit hard back east. Good luck to everyone and I hope it melts quickly!

What an adorable chocolate pup! She is going to have a blast in the snow!

Temps will be in the 50's today, so no snow here. It's expected Northwest of us. Maybe some snow showers in Richmond but I think the snow will begin in Washington, D.C. on up. Dodged a bullet here, but as you said, it's not a problem if there's no pressing need to go out in it. One of the pluses of getting old (there's really not many!) :-)))

Rain and cooler temperatures today so local mountains will be getting snow and there is a snow warning for the mountain passes east of here and north into Whistler.

Two hours in, and our lawn is white with just the tallest grass peaking through, like a man's beard a day after shaving. Icy pellets are mixing with the flakes, yuck. Heavy wet ice is so much harder to shovel, does so much more damage to trees and power lines.

Cold and dry here north of Chicago. Temps staying only a few degrees north and south of freezing. I just saw LoneJack's 279 flakes -- here for a second, then gone. Glad not to have a Westie to walk anymore, although short legs make for shorter walks than your big dogs.

Chisue, my husband says our flakes are convectional, coming up from the lake, and not technically coming from the storm system except for the air. We just had a nice walk in it.

No snow here in the sunny (cold day) south.

Our snow (near Philadelphia) just started falling with 6 to 12 inches expected today through tonight. The forecast is for heavy snow with strong, gusty winds and power outages.

Bpath -- So...a *benign* Lake Effect Snow today! haha (I don't know if these were Jack's flakes; they weren't here long enough to grill 'em.) Hope you saw the City's pretty Christmas Lights video online yesterday.

Chisue, thanks for the reminder to watch! I’ve never watched the tree go up before, wow! On our walk I saw lights in our park (I think I could paddle up the creek to you!) and commented to DH that it was nice of them to do lights in the parks this year, but I’m so rarely out at night to see them! And our park is completely surrounded by dead-end streets, a few homes, and trees, you have to be IN the little parking lot to see the lights.

Oh, that face. Those eyes!! Shasta is a real beauty and looks like plenty of personality to boot!! What a cutie!!

Now I can relax and enjoy the snow. My son decided to stay at my mother’s house because he has things he wants to work on over there. I am finally putting the ornaments on the tree! Here is my flamingo-mometer to measure the depth of the snow. This was about an hour ago. Deeper now. It’s coming down like gangbusters.

Love the snow-mingo, what a clever way to track snow depth! Just for fun, pic's of snow-zoomies in the backyard. Shasta and her friend Lucy:

we are right smack in the middle of the bright pink 14-20" swath. 😮

katlan - wow! My back aches for whoever has to shovel that much heavy, wet snow.

I hope the storm doesn't knock the power out for too long.

Losing power is the worst! We have 2 generators now that we can hook together to pretty much keep all the necessities going if needed.

Katlan, that's a bit much at one time, hope you're ready for it!

Speaking of preparing for snow, we were in the grocery yesterday and there was plenty of bread, milk, and paper products. It wasn't very crowded, either. Used to be any mention of snow in the forecast and people panic-shopped. Are more people already stocked up, due to Covid? (Sadly, we passed the elementary school and there was a long line of cars, people picking up free breakfast and lunches for their kids for the next couple days. Sobering to see that hunger is such a problem, even in my own town.)

Shasta and Lucy look like they're having such fun! I just might come over and have a cup of hot chocolate and watch the two of them with you. DS just sent pictures of his back yard. He lives in Pittsburgh suburbs. Pretty to look at especially when it's someone else's problem.

I'm in NE PA, where they're calling for 18-24". This should make my daughter and her family happy--skiers all--but I am less enthusiastic. A lot less enthusiastic. In fact, I'll echo Dedtired's "ugh, ugh, ugh."

Temp is in the teens. My phone and tablets are charging. I just turned my Subaru around so it's facing out of the carport. This morning I put some effort into removing the previous snow and thick ice underneath from my Caprice's huge windshield and rear window so my son can move it out of the way after work. (I'd move it myself except I don't know where he wants it--it's going on his property.) I removed some of today's snow from it after that and will have to do it again. The snow is falling quickly.

Alisande, my car is facing out of the carport, too. So funny watching me drive in reverse. I stink at that.

Flamingo-mometer update.

We are on the fringe of the 14-20 storm. It's been snowing since noon and already there are many inches on the ground. Today's hike is not going to happen because roads are very hazardous and so not even a town walk will happen tonight. it's 19 now , snowing and blowing, and my daughter said STAY IN!!

WOW - you guys all stay save and stay home.

12-18 and possibly 24" of snow predicted here starting in a few hours.

Long Island, they’re saying 8-14 inches. We’ll see. It started an hour or two ago. My wife asked me to clean out the garage so that her car fits. Ha. I got enough stowed away to prove that there’s too much left for any hope. I can’t blame her for the timing, she’s been saying it for months.

I’m most concerned about my mom shoveling. I made her promise she won’t. She promised. But I know her, that means she’ll hire out the driveway but doesn’t mean she won’t first shovel out a path to the end of the driveway, to get her NYT. I’ll try to get over there early in the morning.

The snow has just started falling. Supposed to get really wild and woolly here tonight with 2-3" of snowfall an hour. Yikes!

Here in the mid area among Lakes Huron, St. Clair, Erie and Ontario - no snow yet, but some forecast, less, I think, than referred to above.

@nickel, what does Shasta have her front paws sitting on - a snowblower?

And, when an ice storm damages trees and power lines, one doesn't see pelletized clumps on the broken wires or branches, but smooth surfaces in their shapes. It's rain that falls on those cold items, then freezes with a smooth surface in their shape, I think.

I agree that moving that wet stuff causes one not only to breathe more heavily, but to get tired sooner!

ole (grumpy?) joyful

Here's the view outside - only about 4 inches but the snow is heavy and wet and is compressing as it lands. We probably won't get as much as the forecasters predicted but it does look like it's turning into sleet.

Unfortunately for now, it turned to sleet but they said it will be back to snow at 9.

Yes, I can hear the sleet on the window and the winds picking up. Brrr.

Here in Northern Virginia outside DC, we had a dusting this morning and then it turned to sleet. DH is out now giving Sam his last walk for the night and no more yard time either. I hope the sleet has stopped since I can't go to bed until Sam is dry. He sleeps on the bed and no way do I want a wet or even damp pup on the down duvet (always covered with a sheet over the duvet cover, but still...).

I wish we were getting the snow some of you are getting. I love snow. Always have.

ETA: Ded, I am going to find something like your flamingo! What a fun way to measure the snow.

It is pretty but I don't like snow anymore either. My dog Chewie loves it and will sit in it for hours if allowed.

Joyful, that's a lawnchair that Shasta is rearing up on. One person in the neighborhood has a snowblower. He must have been happy to have enough snow to actually use it -- he cleared a path on the sidewalk all the way to the main avenue, on both sides of our street!

We had a few blasts of ice pellets, but you're right -- the pellets bounced off things, didn't cling to tree limbs or wires, so we were lucky.

Hope the rest of the coast gets to dig out today, without incident.

Final report from the flamingo-mometer. Hoping the kid with the snowblower shows up soon.

No snow here today, just a few flurries, but we have snow left over from last week. (SE Wisconsin). The ski hills are running snow making machines.

We got around nine/ ten inches. It's very pretty but will hamper my hike in the woods for several days.

I feel like we dodged a bullet, we ended up with between 8-10" and DH has the driveway plowed out already. Best part, didn't lose power!

That IS the best thing, not losing power. It didn't get too windy here and the snow wasn't that heavy I guess.

We got about 15" and we lost power this a.m. It's still out. Finally got internet back. Trees came down and snapped a pole...

Glad your power was restored Annie. I remember last year when it was out for days.

Isn't this the cutest little snow plow? The landscaper who clears our community's driveways and sidewalks brought this out today. It's just the right size for a sidewalk.