This is a very early real winter storm for the start of our fourth winter living here. We may not get as much snow as predicted since it seems to be lighter now as the day goes by, but the clouds are by no means gone. We will just have to wait and see.
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Snow sliding down the front of the solar panels.
Barely above freezing, the snow slides easily down the slope of the solar panels. But even without a snow cover on the panels, the cloud cover is so thick that it will not produce much power today.
We decided to stay at home instead of making a trip into town which we had planned. We’ll give the other drivers a couple of days to get used to the idea of snow on the roads. It tends to freak them out.