Bitter and clear in the small hours. The air fell through the single digits and kept going, near 8° below zero by 8am with a wind off the peaks that made it feel colder than the number. Stars all the way down to dawn. Then toward eleven the cloud rolled in and the sky went white. The afternoon was the warm part, near 16° at its best, though warm is a stretch. Snow began after dark, light at first and thickening, with the cold holding.