Michele Scarlata looked out his window at the evidence of just how windy it is this afternoon.

Today's the fifth anniversary of the start of the Winter that Never Ended, the winter that got, for a bit, boomers to shut up about the Blizzard of '78, the blizzard that the normally taciturn National Weather Service introduced by declaring "HERE WE GO" and "ITS BOMBOGENESIS BABY!" Read more.

WHDH's Steve Cooper always goes into snow battle prepared with snacks, but as Tim shows us tonight up in Andover, he seemed prepared for 2015-level snowfall: He pulled a sled loaded with Ding Dongs and Twinkies.

As of 6:45 p.m., Eversource reported 2,997 customers without power in Boston. Jacob Oppenheim reports a good number of those are in the South End:

Kinda eerie and beautiful in the snowstorm.

Roving UHub photographer Mary Ellen captured a couple of folks who set up hammocks by Leverett Pond in Olmsted Park to enjoy the day today.

Fans of cold, bitter snow, though, may only have to wait until the end of the week to be back in their element.

Pete shows us the sunshine that followed the squall that flaked up Boston for a bit this afternoon.

"Never change, East Boston," Chris comments on this Hoth-like scene in his neighborhood.

Jonathan, meanwhile, shows us how one Boston-area driver struggled to keep up with the white onslaught - by pretending it just wasn't there: Read more.

While Dorchester Bay was rolling across Morrissey Boulevard, Jamaica Pond was disappearing into the fog, as a roving UHub photographer discovered this afternoon.

Rick Macomber took in the view of Gas House Beach in Marblehead after some snow.