Is it winter yet?!?!?

50's here after this monsoon of a rainstorm passes.

sportbikerider78 said:

50's here after this monsoon of a rainstorm passes.

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Well we have no snow to speak of yet but the cold is arriving this weekend. Around -8 in places overnight plus wind chill, the good news is they are the only negative temps in the forecast through March 1st ( at this time ).

bob

warno said:

Send me about 30 inches of that with just a little wind. I've always wanted to open the back door to a wall of snow. I don't know why but sometime in my life I want that.

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Should have been here a few weeks ago. I had never experienced that in over 35 years here, but this was the year!

English BoB said:

Well we have no snow to speak of yet but the cold is arriving this weekend. Around -8 in places overnight plus wind chill, the good news is they are the only negative temps in the forecast through March 1st ( at this time ).

bob

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We're approaching -28 right now, and same for the weekend. Old man winter just stopping by to kick el niño in the cajones...

1 F this morning. Forecast for the weekend

Sat 15 high, -8 low winds gusting to 30 40 for a -25 -30 wind chill
Sun 10 high, -5 low

Saturday. High of 0F..cold as -12F.

Cranking through some wood now!

Ok, so it got cold last night. At 6:30am, my thermometer was at -38C or -38F, pretty much the same thing. It has warmed up to -32C right now. Supposed to be more of the same for the next couple of days.

kinetic711 said:

Ok, so it got cold last night. At 6:30am, my thermometer was at -38C or -38F, pretty much the same thing. It has warmed up to -32C right now. Supposed to be more of the same for the next couple of days.

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Sh#%@t that's cold!

I don't know what the temperature is here right now (3-4F this AM). The morning clouds are gone, bright blue sky, and the wind has picked up out of the NW; very dry. I filled the wheel barrow with wood for the house and have replenished the wood box in my shop and it's about time to toss in a few more splits. Days like these make me glad to have a wood stove; so too the resident animals who are never far from it.

I went down to the water on Friday night with the pup (out doing her business before crashing, the usual routine) - the water beyond the ice mounds had a bit of a roll to it, slushy ice on top, splashing against the edge of the mounds and the spray was turning into fog in the frigid night air- never saw anything quite like it before out here. Usually Superior is iced over as far as the eye can see, but we still have open water this year where I am. Environment Canada extreme weather alert posted windchills down to -45 for Northern Ontario, I would say we were not far off here. So glad this cold snap is only a few days, getting milder starting tomorrow.

Milder today, but when I woke up yesterday it was -28F here south of Syracuse. That is cold.

I ran the oil boiler just for the hell of it to keep the water moving. And it was nice to get the rooms farthest away from the wood stove warm.

Went from something like -16 degrees F to 52 degrees within 24 hours -- what a wild rollercoaster ride the last few days have been weather-wise.

As a side note, my warmth loving wife loves it . . . me, who was hoping to get another snowmobile ride in this year . . . not so much.

Yeah - 55 degrees with 55 mph winds last night! Yikes.

You can almost see March from here...

I took a couple of breaks from my shop task du jour to take our Replacement Idiot out for romps this morning (he's such fun). Yesterday was considerably warmer and there has been considerable, and much welcome melting. The helpmeet was out at 2AM yesterday morning to push the snow blower around the driveway, clearing 4" of snow before it became completely water sodden (he rocks!). I spent yesterday and today breaking up iced tire tracks and we have a pretty clear driveway as I type. I marvelled that the slider to the porch (enclosed by clear plastic "curtains") was left open most of the day. The Pride was in hog heaven... easy access to OUT and IN... the thing they love most (takes the pressure off cat box duty). No wind issues here in Maine's banana belt.

It's still winter, though. Of that I have no illusion. And I'm hoping for 1-2 storms that may offer Jake a few more sled rides and a couple of mutual laughs with the lady of his house.

I almost got stuck in the mud on my driveway today. No joke.

begreen said:

Lot's of rain here too. Every month since October is a record setter. Currently we are in yet another atmospheric riverfest.

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Looking forward to a great weekend, 50's sunny both days. All of last week's snow gone. That's all folks!