First (real) snow of the winter

Well it finally snowed here in omaha today. It had snowed before this winter but nothing more than a dusting. In fact before today, New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX had had more snow this year than Omaha had! It was a nice fluffy snow that fell lightly most of the morning into mid afternoon. Luckily there was no wind so not much blowing occurred and that was a good thing too because it was only in the lower teens today for a high. About 2"-2.5" of snow fell around town today, but there were some 5" reports in NW Iowa. I love snow, but hate driving around town in it, especially here in a large city that has so much traffic, and thus many more moron drivers out there! This Thursday/Friday is looking real interesting. There could be a major icing event somewhere in the midwest including Omaha, with destructive ice amounts over 1/2" possible. Then on Thursday night, the precip should change over to snow with several inches possible and very strong winds. We'll see what happens, as there is some question to where the freezing line will set up.