The Deck is Clean

     For what seems like the first time so far this winter, the deck is clean.  Relatively clean I should say.  There is still some snow on the railings and it isn’t as though there aren’t places that still have a few clumps, but the majority of the walking surface is free of snow.  Will it last?  Somehow I don’t think snow, I mean so.

UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
835 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

…WINTER STORM SHAPING UP FOR THE WEEKEND…

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN
THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOW
AMOUNTS…POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES…ARE EXPECTED FOR
AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR… GENERALLY IN THE THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE FROM THE TWIN PORTS REGION OF DULUTH
AND SUPERIOR…NORTHEAST TO SILVER BAY…FINLAND…LUTSEN…AND
GRAND MARAIS. AMOUNTS ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY BE
AFFECTED BY A LAYER OF DRY AIR SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. IF THE DRY
AIR IS PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM…ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LESS
SIGNIFICANT.

THE SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES SUNDAY
NIGHT.