TN> It is FINALLY more like winter here. Now the temperature is -13C
  TN> with snow falling.
 
SH> That sounds like Green Bay weather.  Too bad that it did not do the
Packers
SH> much good.

Green Bay isn't that far from here (possible 150km northwest). However, the
weather is often quite different.  It isn't the distance that makes the
difference; there is a very large body of water (lake Michigan) between us.

Weather moves from the west to the east, across the lake.  The lake is
warmer than land for most of the winter. Thus cold, fry air moves from the
east shore (Green Bay), across the lake, to Michigan. As it does, the
warmer (less cold?) water of the lake slightly raises temperatures but also
raises the humidity quite a bit.

Once the weather reaches the western shore, the colder land causes all the
humidity to condense and fall as snow.  Our winter temperatures are
slightly warmer but our snowfall is much greater than in Green Bay.

I guess I can accept the current -13C temperature for winter. At least it
isn't above the freezing point.

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