The eaves on the west side of my house have a row of impressive-looking icicles that I expect will come crashing down on my driveway over the next few hours. Though the temperature hasn't crested freezing yet, it's gone up slowly since midnight at my house and a bit more rapidly elsewhere nearby.
It's possible that my outdoor thermometer isn't responding to changes in temperature as quickly as it should, as you can probably guess. It's in a box on this table:
As of this morning, 33.6% of the continental US has snow cover, which makes the snow cover map look a lot more like late January than early December:
A meme going around claims this is the most snow cover we've had since 2005, but I couldn't confirm that claim. It's still quite a bit above normal for this time of year, though.
Another effect of all the moisture in the air this week is that the lowest forecast sky cover is 33% on Sunday afternoon—when it will be, if we're lucky, -12°C. Lovely.
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