Winter Is Here

Astronomically, winter starts on December 21. In terms of the weather conditions, though, winter started with the early-season snow last week and the ice storm this week. And it looks like winter is going to get into full swing with a significant snowfall in the forecast for this weekend. The current official forecasts call for 5-7 inches of snow in Topeka. That will certainly make things wintry. Of course, I'm supposed to be helping family move to town Saturday morning. Could be a bit difficult if the snow falls as predicted. We shall see. Accurately forecasting snow accumulation is quite difficult. Still, it will be nice to have snow this time around instead of ice. Perhaps it will even linger for a week and give us a "White Christmas."