Shhhhhh, Can You Hear It?

If you're really quiet you can actually hear the snow melting today.  You think I'm kidding?  I'm not.  The last few days have been unusually warm and spring-like for March, so the 18 or so inches of snow that piled up after the last storm are disappearing.  You can hear it dripping from rooftops.  On the grass, it makes more of a crunching sound as it falls in on itself.

In shady areas, it's melting more slowly.  The wood pile on the side of my garage, for example, doesn't get much sun until late in the day so it looks like this:

The walkway at the bottom of the porch steps, though, has been getting sun since about 7:30 this morning.  I sat on the steps for a while and actually watched the grass appear.  It was just a little slower than watching time lapse photography.  I took these pictures over the span of about an hour.  Look at the edge of the snow line.  You can see how it has melted from picture to picture.

I don't think the thermometer is entirely accurate because you have to take into account the heat that the pavers absorb from the sun.  They are quite warm to the touch (or to my shoeless feet) and that heat radiates upward.  Even so, I'd say it's definitely in the low 60's this afternoon.

If it gets any warmer, I may be tempted to flop out in a lounge chair and get a tan.

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

Willoughby