Winter Storm

Much like a lot of the US, we are suffering from some bad weather.  Today we are under a wind advisory - and there is heavy snow and blizzard conditions on the mountain passes.  But, to be honest, it hasn't appeared to be a particularly windy day.  And this highlights the very poor quality of weather forecasting here.  We also have a potential winter storm coming in on Friday.  But there seems to be a major lack of confidence on what kind of impact this winter storm will have.  Before the weekend, I was prepared to have to stock up on food with the potential to be snowed in for a week.  As of today, the forecast is a lot kinder - 1 to 3 inches of snow on Friday night and another 1 to 3 inches on Saturday.  Both days are accompanied by some bitterly cold temperatures (-9 Celsius overnight).  But that's it.  Well at least until the forecast changes again.