Cold air has finally moved in (coldest since last March 2011) w/ strong cold frontal passage FROPA ( last Thursday 12/8/11, wind gusts to near 50 mph at 5 am, as low pressure explodes along straddling front right over us, giving us 2 to 3 inch rainfall Wed. night 12/7/11, and an inch of snow here at 4 am Thursday early am (half a foot of heavy wet snow out in the Taconics of eastern NY and northern Berkshires of MA), as the storm quickly moves on by up to the Canadian maritime provinces to our NE). It's been such a warm fall (warmest ever in Boston since records have been kept (1872); 3rd warmest, 2nd snowiest for Worcester (where record-keeping began in 1892)), there's only a light skim of ice on even the smallest ponds at Rutland State Park (RSP). That will change over the next week (morning lows the next few mornings will be down to the teens). Sunset ride, clear, air temp 31 F, dew pt 14 F, winds SW 7 mph.