Some parts of town may get a few more flurries later Thursday, the National Weather Service says. While we wait to see if that forecast is true, we're wondering, did you build a snowman after the last storm? Do you have pictures from that, or from any snowman you built in the past? We'd love to have your pictures and any tips you might have for building the best snowman, or snow-woman, ever!
The first step towards building a great snowman? Make sure you have the right kind of snow. It needs to be wet snow, packing snow. Here are some more snowman building tips from e-How.com.
When it comes to decorating and dressing your new creation, you can never go wrong with a corncob pipe and a button nose, but you can be creative too. Mackenzie and Reagan Larson, pictured with this story, went with a carrot nose, a hat and buttons for decorations. Here are some more decorating ideas, also from e-How.com. Lipstick, licorice, you can even make a snow-woman who looks your favorite celebrity!
Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service:
North Madison, Killingworth, Durham, Middlefield and areas north:
Thursday: A chance of rain and flurries before 3pm, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming southeast between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday night: Rain. Areas of fog. Low around 39. Southeast wind between 9 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 51. South wind 9 to 16 mph becoming northwest. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind between 8 and 17 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind between 5 and 11 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.
Forecast for Madison Shoreline and Clinton:
Thursday: A chance of rain and flurries before 3pm, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming southeast between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night: Rain. Areas of fog. Low around 40. Southeast wind between 9 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 53. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind between 8 and 18 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West wind between 5 and 11 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.
