The 5 inches ( ~12.7 cm) of snow from the day after Christmas is all but gone thanks to above freezing temperatures the last two days. However the winds today are ridiculous. Just seconds after I took this shot, a gust of 51 MPH wind knocked the trash tote over and halfway up my driveway. Wind gusts today are predicted to reach in excess of 60 mph. I hope and pray they are wrong. Temperatures will also be dropping with some snow off the lake as well.