Biggest Snowstorm in nearly four years hits Monroe
Friday rolled around and I woke up around 7am and saw the first flakes falling and the fun had just began. I took a gander at the radar and saw all the moisture streaming up our way. By 11AM we had nearly three inches of snow on the ground and from that point forward I knew my prediction of 9-14 inches was well intact. That whole day I had my face in the computer tracking every component of this storm. I saw everything coming together for a wild Friday night into Saturday morning. That night I slept on the couch in the family room with the radar going and the local weather forum up and running. I took 1-2 catnaps and then woke up to see what was happening. By that morning the climax of the storm had arrived with heavy wind driven snows with 1-2 inch per hour rates. I was heaven by about 7AM-8AM Saturday morning watching some of the heaviest snow I have seen in my life. The storm slowly wrapped up around 3PM Saturday afternoon and in the end we had 14.5 inches of snow on the ground only a half-inch above my prediction. I did well! Later that day I was ready go out and evaluate the scene across Monroe. So I took a drive and it was simply beautiful outside with the sun peaking through the clouds and all the roads covered in snow. I saw snow drifts over six feet and boy was that a site to see. The March Superstorm of 2008 is now over and major melting has taken places over the past few days soon this storm will be a memory but a memory that we all will share with kids, grandkids.