The morning after...

What a beautiful sight to wake up to! Everything is covered in a sea of white. My daughters had their warm weather gear and boots on before 7:00am this morning to "get the paper." Yeah right!

My final snowfall total was 3.8", though I suspect from surrounding readings that this is a little low, likely due to placement of the snowboard (which was the best I have but not ideal) and the wind that continuosly blew through the event and overnight.

Here are some readings from around the metro area, as reported by the NWS:

5 W Marianna, Lee County, AR       9.8 inches (HIGHEST TOTAL REPORTED)
NWS Memphis, Shelby County         7.2 inches
Atoka, Tipton County               6.5 inches
7 WNW Munford, Tipton County       6.5 inches
Ellendale, Shelby County           5.8 inches
4 E downtown, Shelby County        5.5 inches
3 E Southaven, DeSoto County       5.5 inches
2 SE Olive Branch, DeSoto County   5.5 inches
Memphis Airport, Shelby County     5.4 inches*** (OFFICIAL READING)
Germantown, Shelby County          4.9 inches
5 SW Olive Branch, DeSoto County   4.0 inches
3 N Bartlett, Shelby County        3.8 inches (MY TOTAL)
Earle, Crittenden County           3.5 inches
Hickory Withe, Fayette County      3.0 inches
4 W Brownsville, Haywood County    3.0 inches
Lakeland, Shelby County            3.0 inches
Byhalia, Marshall County           3.0 inches

And now a couple of pics we took this morning:

Finally, a satellite image from this morning that shows the snow cover over the area, heaviest in East Arkansas: