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5PM and snowing quite hard here in northern Mass. I just got back from a walk in it (couldn't resist) and now I am thawing out. The air temperature is still only 8 degrees above zero - unusually cold temperature for a snowstorm. This is making for a very dry, powdery snow.

In fact, when it was first starting, the pavement was so cold that the snowflakes would shatter into pieces upon hitting it. Normally when a snowstorm starts, the first flakes melt when they hit pavement and it doesn't start sticking (on pavement) until after it's been snowing hard for a while. But not this storm. I think we are going to preserve every flake.

During my walk, it went from a very light snow to a steadily falling snow. During the last leg of my walk, all I heard was the "scrunching" sound of my boots on the pavement. No cars are out there and everybody looks to be indoors except for me, the neighborhood nut case. It looks like we picked up a half inch within the last 45 minutes easy. Of course, this snow is in its very initial stage. The heaviest portion is due to move in around 9PM tonight.

I will have reports throughout the night. The blizzard is now underway here in northern Massachusetts!