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We finally had snow! Yesterday evening the temperature dropped into the tongue-freezing-to-metal-pipe range, the winds picked up, and the sky became overcast. And did I mention that ForecastFox showed freezing rain on the 1-day forecast? Late that night, out walking with Mindy, I felt small pieces of precipitation hitting my face — it didn’t feel like rain. By midnight or so, I could hear a gentle white noise from outside, a prickling, pattering sound. Sort of like rain, but each impact had a more precise yet less bursty quality. It’s a sound that immediately brings back the feel of snow.

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