Observations for Monday, January 31st, 2011

To say the least, today proved to be quite...wintery.  As I walked through campus today, it certainly proved to be a chore.  Snow flurries persisted throughout the day, and were still significant when I went out to do my observations tonight.  Since it was snowing so much, there was significant cloud cover, and it was difficult to even see the sun peeking through.  By my estimates, the wind seemed to be blowing from the north, and after further consultation from my favorite weather website, www.weather.com, I was only slightly off, with winds blowing NE at 8mph.  My favorite weather website (I'll put a link in the "links" section of my blog), also said it was 17 degrees.  I would have to estimate that the snow we are getting tonight will likely continue throughout tomorrow, probably fading out tomorrow evening.