Weather.

[Bird]

ErnieB, even though you're farther south, my weather isn't a great deal different. 34 to 38 all day Christmas Day with light rain, and 30 to 32 yesterday with rain (only totalled about 2.25" in the two days), and so far today started at 27 and has only warmed up to 28 degrees. When you're accustomed to about a 20 degree variation from low to high each day, this is certainly different. At least we didn't get the ice and volume of rain a lot of the state's gotten.

Bird

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Looks like the low pressure has been down graded,but you know as well the weather can't change at anytime up in these parts during winter, /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gifand that jet stream is the key.

Those Canada high pressures have keep the temps down for sure,also the winds...well looks like I have extra raking to do this spring. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Heck when I went to bed at 11pm it was -1 and at 5:30am it was 14 above and now 23 degress....<font color=red>HEAT<font color=red><font color=black>wave.
To be honest I'm more than itchy to get some tractor time,and if this storm comes thru I won't be bugging you guys here....oh no maybe I'm getting cabin fever...better have another coffee. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Take care up there and stay warm.


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[DFB]

Just got the updated forceast for the weekend. This is what they said "WORST CASE SCENARIO UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW-BEST CASE A COMPLETE MISS". I think they need a new weather man.

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Yep another 50/50 on guessing the weather around these parts.

Kinda amaze me that they will tell 4 or 5 days in advance,but when the time comes...well 50/50.

I wonder do weatherman also women carry insurance. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[ERNIEB]

Bird, after last summer, I never ever thought I would be complaining about rain, but it seems like we just keep getting enough to keep the ground muddy. Almost a month of this now, and it's getting a little weary.
I'm sure it gives our Northern friends a chuckle, but our last two Winters have been so mild, these temps in the 30's are really getting to me. At least we haven't had much in the way of frozen precip. But it's still early. I'm almost willing to bet we get snow down here before this Winter is over.

Ernie
"I deem it necessary for Texas to be ready to meat an army of eight or ten thousand strong in May next." Eli Mercer (in a letter to Henry Smith Dec,1835)

 

[Bird]

ErnieB, this weather is crazy, ain't it? I just looked out and found 28 degrees and nearly an inch of snow on everything; and with a forecast of sunny and high of 47 today?? We'll see whether the weathermen guessed right or not. And you're tired of rain?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Our "normal" rainfall is 30-35" per year. In 1999, I got 20.7" and now for 2000, I've already gotten over 43" (that's more than any single calendar year in the 6 years I've owned this place). Trouble is that it was all early in the Spring and now in the Winter; almost none in the Summer./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Bird

 

[ERNIEB]

Bird, you must have caught the tail end of that system that gave Oklahoma so much trouble, and is now moving east. I guess what I'm really tired of is working in the mud. The other day I was dumping near a tank, where a landowner was trying to build up the dam. Even with both axles engaged, I had a heck of a time getting out of there. Then there was the job site where I was dragging mud out on a state maintained highway/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif/w3tcompact/icons/frown.gifAnd of course, trying to keep the truck clean. Yea, I'm ready for some sunshine.

Ernie
"I deem it necessary for Texas to be ready to meat an army of eight or ten thousand strong in May next." Eli Mercer (in a letter to Henry Smith Dec,1835)

 

[Thomas]

Bird,
You folks have had some tough weather conditions this year.
Spring time you needed rain than flooding started,than the drought which set recorders,now this winter weather mix bag and you still have 4 days until the new year.

Hope mother nature so more mercy next year for you folks.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Thomas,
I really like your "Weather" thread, maybe, maybe Muhammad will re-think adding this as a topic./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Since weather history isn't that exciting (except to global warming scientists) he could NUKE the thread once a week.
As is, it works for me, gives a touch of reality to what I see on the tube.

 

[Bird]

Thomas, it's certainly been different this year; too wet in the Spring, too hot and dry in the Summer (with a grasshopper plague), and now too wet and cold. I don't like it; however, since I'm mostly retired and can stay in and drink my coffee most of the time when I want to, it's really just been a very minor inconvenience for me personally compared to what a lot of the country has been going through. When I find a place where the temperature stays between 45 and 65F year round, sun shines every day, rains at night, and no strong winds, I'm gonna move there./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird