The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly on a heavy snow pack, but it was cold and the wind was blowing.
At its peak more than 20, 000 homes across Northern Ireland were affected as a result of heavy snow and high winds on Friday.
At its peak more than 2, 500 homes across Northern Ireland were affected as a result of heavy snow and high winds on Friday.
BBC: Belfast City Airport runway temporarily closed due to snow
Engineers worked through the night and morning as more than 2, 500 homes across Northern Ireland were affected as a result of heavy snow and high winds.
Referee Kenny Clark called off the St Johnstone versus Hibernian game at McDiarmid Park after a heavy fall of snow which made visibility poor and the pitch virtually unplayable.
In the central Missouri town of Columbia, TV station KOMU was briefly evacuated Sunday morning because of high winds and a heavy buildup of snow on the broadcast tower next to the building.
At one point Friday night, for instance, Connecticut's emergency management agency warned on Twitter that "a wide ban of extremely heavy snow" was moving through the central and eastern parts of the Nutmeg State, dropping snow at a staggering rate of 4 to 5 inches an hour.
Shovel small amounts of snow at a time, especially if the snow is heavy and water-laden.
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The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for heavy snow across the west country on Friday.
"Following a winter of wind and heavy snow disrupting sporting fixtures and with spring in the air, we thought all our troubles were over, " says BBC Wales' head of sport, Geoff Williams.
He also said a "spin-off" storm was expected to create heavy snow in New England, and could push Boston to a February record.
But as most of the heavy snow tapered off, a travel ban across Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts was lifted at 4 p.m.
Dodds would have been eligible for a debut at McDiarmid Park, but heavy snow in Perth meant the game joining Dundee's home game with Kilmarnock and Motherwell's match at Aberdeen on the postponed list.
The air vents to their home had been blocked by heavy snow and exhaust fumes from a power generator engulfed the ground floor.
Firefighters said the flooding was caused by a mixture of heavy rain and rising temperatures thawing snow and ice, and have warned people to listen to forecasts.
Wintry weather wiped out Sunday's series finale in Minnesota, and heavy snow that hit Denver forced a pair of postponements this week and a frosty doubleheader on Tuesday.
Earlier heavy snow and ice continues to be a problem on many of Somerset's roads.
Gloucestershire Police said a number of roads have been closed due to heavy snow and officers are urging drivers not to make unnecessary journeys.
Heavy snow is falling in Wales, where a rare Met Office red warning for severe disruption has been issued.
The man, wearing a black overcoat, approached the bus purposefully in heavy morning snow as soldiers were boarding, set down his umbrella and went under the chassis as if to fix something, according to a witness.
It was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the wedding of the Winter King and Queen that I came to be in the Hague last week, walking through heavy snow past the Mauritshuis to the grand opening of a glorious exhibition of 17th Century paintings of the couple and their family.
Heavy snow is moving into west and mid Wales, bringing a spate of road crashes in hazardous driving conditions.
BBC: Wales snow: Hazardous road conditions as snow moves west
Ice has been a problem in many parts of the UK over the Christmas period after heavy snow and sub zero temperatures.
Heavy snow made handling difficult and Little missed another chance with a penalty before making no mistake from 45 metres after half an hour.
In Maryland, Michael Pugh donned a wool coat, knit cap, waterproof pants and heavy boots to trudge more than a mile through four inches of wet snow to his bank in downtown Hagerstown, about 70 miles west of Baltimore.
It follows a warning earlier this week for eastern parts of Wales, but the snow was not as heavy as expected.
The county council has also put a number of agricultural contractors on standby to clear more remote rural roads in the event of heavy snow.
Heavy snow and ice brought down power lines in Kintyre on Friday, which blacked out a huge area, including Arran, over the weekend.
Avalanches during the spring aren't rare, he said, noting that there's a secondary peak of landslides during this time because the Northwest still sees heavy storms, which can include snow.
In the Texas Panhandle, wind gusts up to 75 mph and heavy snow had made all roads impassable and created whiteout conditions, said Paul Braun, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation.
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