Spring?

   Yesterday, March 20th, marked the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, as the sun crossed the equator at 04:29 Saskatchewan time. But in Yorkton and other parts of the area you'd be hard pressed to believe it.

   That was taken from a window at our radio station just after 11:00 A.M yesterday morning. And if you can't see much, there's a very good reason for it. We had what could best be termed a mini-blizzard. It didn't last long, only 15 to 20 minutes, but it did bring heavy snow, wind gusts to 70 km/h and (as you can see) reduced visibility.
   It should be noted that up until then, it had been sunny. What was behind it all? A spokesman at the weather office says it was a small, thin, but very strong band of precipitation rolled over.
   On the back-side of the storm, falling temperatures. It was 5 C Sunday, and hovering around -4 early yesterday before taking a nose-dive. As of 06:00 Tuesday morning, it was -16 C here, but -27 in some areas.
   For comparison purposes, here's a picture taken out the same window about a year ago.

   Hopefully, yesterday's storm was winter's last gasp. I'm more than ready for milder temperatures and sunnier days.

TTFN