I would have thought, living in Canada, that I'd have seen more snow before now this winter. A couple of weeks ago someone described the weather as "unseasonably warm for this time of year"...it was all of five degrees. We've had a couple of snowfalls of a couple of inches that have hung around for quite a long time due to the low temperatures at this time of year; this week saw a real plunge in the temperatures such that on wednesday morning it was -16C (with a windchill of -23C) when I set off to walk to work. That's cold enough to make your nasal hair freeze. But, to my knowledge, there was no snow forecast last night. But the climate of Calgary is an erratic one due to the close proximity of the Rocky Mountains which are about an hour's drive away. And so I wake up this morning to see the following scene from the windows of Beige Towers. Up to fifteen cm expected today. I'm glad it's happened today rather than two weeks from now, seeing as that's when I fly home and a cancelled/severely delayed flight would not be quite such good news when there would only be another two days to make alternative arrangements to get home in time for Christmas...!
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