Raw and wet in the small hours, a cold rain falling and the air feeling near 28°F with only a light wind. Then the snow came. It began around 8am and thickened by the hour, the wind rising behind it until the gusts were strong enough to stop a person walking, and the cold fell fast all afternoon to near 13° by dusk. White and roaring. The evening sank to near 4° with the snow still driving through the dark.