I just got the yardstick out and ventured outside. It's COLD (20F, add in windchill and it's closer to 6F), SNOWING, and WINDY (13 mph, with gusts to 30 mph). The official measure at my house is 16" on the back patio and about 15" on the front drive and it's just not stopping. Once again the weathermen were wrong - they estimated 8-12" - just usually they are wrong in the other direction. We actually reached BLIZZARD conditions in Connecticut.