Photo Kaimi Rose Lum Cattails receive a light flouring of snow.
Slideshow Kaimi Rose Lum From birds looking for snow-covered seeds and otter tracks at Audubon to stacks of much needed firewood, the year’s first snow dusted everything with white.
The first snowfall of the new year was like a guest that overstayed its welcome earlier this week when clouds stalled over the Outer Cape and kept churning out fat white flakes into the early evening, well past the storm’s predicted exit time at noon. Several inches of the “ocean effect” snow were on the ground by 1 p.m., and a snow advisory was issued for motorists by the National Weather Service.
Those who had no complaint about the snow overstaying its welcome probably included students at Nauset Regional High School, who were let out of school early at 1:30 p.m. A shortage of traffic on Route 6 made for idle times at one local gas station, where a worker entertained himself by hopping into his vehicle and “blowing donuts” in the snow-covered parking lot.
At the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, woodsy bowers were coated in white and life was blissfully quiet, except for some excitement among the staff over the otter tracks seen on the Silver Spring Trail earlier in the day.
The freezing temperatures – which hovered around the mid-teens – were hard on fingers and toes but helped keep the snow light and fluffy. More icy cold followed with temperatures slowly warming over the weekend.
Jan 3rd, 2008
