As forecast, the snow started about 5 a.m. Tuesday and heavy flakes kept falling faster and faster to the point where it was accumulating at close to 3 inches an hour. Windshield wipers had trouble keeping up, as did snow plows. Fortunately winds did not pickup as initially forecast and temperatures hovered near freezing making for a heavy slushy mush. The scene is from Bellman Avenue in Conimicut. (Warwick Beacon photo)