Welcome back! Aside from the fact that it makes sense to close early given the forecast, I was going to say that people don't have their "snow legs" yet....those first snows tend to really wreak havoc on the roads, then it gets better for successive snows.
Had some sleet mix in here for a bit, helped to whiten up the driveway, mainly snow now. Not quite half an inch so far, temp. is down to 29.8, DP still 22F
Earlier a couple of times the wind picked up (before it started snowing) and I thought I heard sleet, but was leaves rustling in the trees that still have some, lol.
Ok, thanks. Just got under the edge of the yellows here and so far it's still all snow, larger flakes now and verging on moderate. Getting a dusting on mulch and cars.
Fwiw going back to last winter and the Euro's inconsistencies leading up to an event, it was usually pretty well dialed in by 24 hours before. Still probably at the high end though.
27F was the low here, 1st at or below freezing of the season. Temp. was 31F at 6 pm and didn't get back to 32F until 9 am this morning, a long 1st freeze! Currently 38F.
Made it down to 34.7F here last night, cooler than expected. Right now 47F and sunny, a beautiful day! Forgot about the time change last night until I saw how light out it was at 6:30 am.