yep. that much bad weather is never good. be safe Jeff! batten down the hatches!
subdood,
wasnât it you who said a few days ago that in the 10 or 14 day forecast it was supposed to not get down to 32 at all?
Shows the long-range forecasts arenât too goodâŚtomorrow itâs only supposed to get to 32 for a HIGH!
Boy, a few days, how the forecast changes! (I call it missing their calling.)
I donât remember saying that, but it is supposed to be below freezing maybe the next few nights, with maybe up to 3in of snow by tomorrow night. But, we are then in for a gradual warmup and more rain (hate it). Itâs been dreary and rainy here the last couple days.
It is currently 81 degrees with 73% humidity. Winds are about 20 mph. It feels quite pleasant, to be honest.
25 inches? holy catsâŚ
Calling for up to 8 inches around here SundayâŚhope its only half that.
Looking ahead hereâŚlate next week could push the coldest air of the year so far into this areaâŚ
It got nasty last nightâŚthe bottom dropped out on the barometric pressure, and right around 10:15 the wind started howling, followed by the rainâŚoddly enough, that one storm was worse than our entire hurricane seasonâŚpower flickered and went out for a few minutesâŚIf youâve never experienced it, itâs scary as hell when you hear the wind screaming around the house in the pitch darkâŚWe were fortunate and didnât lose any treesâŚHad there been more rain it might have been a different story, we got about .70 inchesâŚ
Realized Iâm going to need to relocate my weather stationâŚThroughout the storm, wind speed never got above 20mph and I know for sure some of the gusts were well north of 50âŚI think the anemometer needs to be a lot higher than it isâŚ
Anyway, this gives you a good idea of the temp dropâŚwent down 17 degrees in 45 minutesâŚ
Yep, 3 inches snow in Madison countyâŚmeasured it on some evergreen shrubbery 4 feet off the ground. On the ground or pavement, much less as it melted from the bottom. Whatâs it like in the Carter/Boyd county area?
We got about 3in here, all schools in this area are closed, including my wifeâs employer MSU. It started in about 1am, and is still flurrying some. This is the biggest snow here in three years.
I havenât been outside yet, will try to get some pics. Our driveway is somewhat clear, but lots of snow on the grass and trees. From what I can see, the road is clear. Itâs about 31, so if the sun comes out, Iâd expect some to melt.
Our cats, who are less than a year old, arenât liking the snow. They really want in, which we did let them come in for some treats. But, back outside they go.
Some pics from my outing today, after we had got about 3 inches of snow this morning.
My feline escort. This was their first big snow, donât think they cared for it, but still followed me everywhere
Triple Crown blackberry row by the barn. A bunch of canes on a double wire trellis. Huge four year old pear behind the row
View down below the house looking south
Juliet cherry in foreground, smaller Romeo in back
My four UArk blackberry varieties languishing in the snow, need to trellis them up.
Some apples and pluots below the barn
Old chicken coop and outhouse, currently unoccupied
Three year old Blushingstar peach
Snow covered old barn
One of my four year old Grimes Golden apple trees, with investigating cats
View looking down the hill toward the old house and huge pine tree
Early morning view down the drive
A balmy -16 at 7:40 a.m.
-10f here. its a cold cleanup day. had to bring the wife to work because of the 4ft. drifts in the driveway from yesterdays 2ft. snowfall. thank God for 4wd and good tires! was a wicked whiteout blizzard last night. my daughter in law had to sleep at her work at the hospital as the road home was closed because the DOT couldnât keep up with the drifting.
wowâŚwe sat in the mid 20Fs most of the night and have no slide back down to 22FâŚa dusting of snow here tooâŚsome clearing now.
Still showing a good storm incomingâŚ6 to 8 inches.
The gfs has really flipped long range⌠much more mild look. No subzero temps now next week.
Plenty of sub zero temps here next week. It does look like weâll miss the snow tomorrow though, so that doesnât hurt my feelings.
I donât want any⌠I like that we almost got rid of what we had. Just when it was safe to wash the car.
I ordered some seeds so hope they get here quick⌠iâm a little behindâŚprobably doesnât matter when its snowing in May
Just returned from Florida vacation yesterday to this mess of snow and ICE. Wish I had taken pictures this morningâŚit was really pretty. Unfortunately the ice took down a lot of our orchard deer fenceâŚthatâll be fun repairing over the coming days.
Still a good 18" on the ground here, but after the one day warm up last weekend it is now crusted pretty hard.
Has this been a ânormalâ winter for yâall so far? Last year was some historic cold, but this one seems a bit more tame. Still a month or so to go, tho.
Different climate here of course, but our coldest nights have been around the low teens, compared to a couple nights near zero last year. We had our biggest snow in three years yesterday, but it was only 3in or so. But, it has been very rainy too, which seems to be the norm.
Weâve been pretty average so far. Nothing like last year as far as cold goes. I think weâre behind last year on snowfall as fell. We are above average for snow though. Thatâs been pretty typical the last number of winters. About average temps and above average snow. I believe 2 of our coldest winters on record have occurred since 2012.