What is your weather today?

[Rick H]

Well the "Ice Man" came. He made a mess of a lot of area power lines. So far I still have power but have to figure out how to get in my car to make an appointment at 9 am. We have about 1/4" of ice on everything. Temps hovering at 32 deg. +/- and a light drizzle. Light NE winds. Supposed to get in the 40's this afternoon.

 

[L Ross]

We did not dodge the Ice Man entirely but he most just grazed us. I shoveled a path down to the area where we feed our wild birds just now and the small amount of snow we got, (less than 2"), is very crusty on top. I cannot see any glaze on the tree branches and that was what I feared the most. 27° and that has not varied by more than a degree one way or the other for 24 hours.

 

[Cadillac Jeff]

We just got snow, looks like 3 in or so, not been out yet....20 degrees

 

[Glaciers]

Snow here is supposed to start about now, hasn’t started yet, but, it’s coming. 6“ to 10” predicted.

 

[Winelover]

Keep that white crap up north. Forty six degrees, currently and partly cloudy. NW @ 8mph...........so only going to get in to the mid 50's. Going out back and try some proven AR-10 loads (crimped) in the 308 bolt..............for lack of anything better to do.

 

[JonB]

well so far, we got almost as much snow as they predicted. I ended up canceling my 9am Chiro appt this morning. An hour ago, the neighbor attempted to drive through the unplowed alley with his one year old 4x4 Chev Colorado, he got it stuck right in front of my off-street parking spot where my RAV4 is parked. So I couldn't get out if I wanted to give it a try...of course I would have plowed the alley with my ATV, but that's parked next to the RAV4, so it is blocked in as well. So, I will enjoy being inside, as this storm passes. The City ran the plow through the streets a few hours ago, but the streets have filled in some, I think it's done snowing? but the wind is blowing around the 10+ inches of snow that fell overnight.

 

[RicinYakima]

Other than the dusting yesterday, no snow, but 9* and 20+ MPH wind blowing from the north and east. Might get to mid-20s today but the wind is going to last till tomorrow.

 

[L Ross]

Got out to plow just before noon. There is enough ice crust in the couple of inches of snow to prevent me from successfully back dragging the plow blade to pull snow away from the shed garage doors and the upper driveway back door to the house. I had to bust it up first plowing forward before I could pull it out and away. Otherwise the blade just rode up and over the crusty snow. I have down pressure on the front end loader arms, but the Western 8 ft. plow pivots at the mount so only the weight of the plow holds it down.

 

[Glaciers]

Snow hit with a vengeance. Karyn took a 3 day teaching job last month and of course today is the first day. So I’m driving Miss Dasiy, when I dropped her off I asked if they have sleeping bags to loan at the school.. got the stink eye for that one.
Driving home conditions were bad and getting worse. Very close to a white out. Parked the Tundra and plugged in the Dodge. Twice the weight and skinny tires. Chains up easier too. Just need to transfer the winter gear bags, shovel, and tow chain and straps. Karyn informed me that not picking her up is not an option I should consider.

 

[glassparman]

Starting the come down now here in Mojave. There is a mountain in that background.

 

[smokeywolf]

glassparman, be sure and look into homeowers insurance rates in the area of OK you are considering. Oklahoma was a possible for us, but homeowners ins. rates were awfully high and it just didn't tick all the boxes that north AR did.

 

[glassparman]

Smokey, I'm already doing high rates here what with Cali earthquake coverage and the fact I'm in a manufactured home on acreage. Can't get much worse I suppose.

 

[fiver]

i got no idea if it's snowing or not.
the wind is whipping, the thermo on the front porch is stuck somewhere near zero, can't really tell it's mostly covered in snow and at a 45* angle.
the one out back [shrug?] it may still be in my yard... dunno.

the wind chill is about a 30-35F drop below whatever the temp is [4-5? above? maybe]

 

[Glaciers]

I hate wind in cold country

 

[CZ93X62]

A lot of sleet here last night and today. It has started to drift and isn't melting, though it's above freezing (40* right now. The fun has just begun.

 

[obssd1958]

Headed for Rexburg, from Boise, at somewhere around 3 in the morning, because I have to be there by 9 AM, and it's a 4.5 hour drive on GOOD roads. It's been snowin' and blowin' off and on around here since yesterday. No real accumulations though. I'm hoping that by driving in the middle of the night, I'll miss all of the idjits. I can handle the slick crappy roads - it's the one's who can't that worry me!

 

[dannyd]

92 in Northeast Florida today.

 

[fiver]

be damn careful Don.
that wind is wicked, 84 is gonna be a serious handful.
they closed 80 from border to border in Wyoming yesterday.

 

[obssd1958]

Thanks fiver. We'll take it easy. They don't pay me for my trouble, if I don't make it there!
Leaving here in about 15 minutes.

 

[L Ross]

Looks like the Chicken Little let's make weather the news folks stubbed their toes again. Our 5" to 15" with 3/10's" of icing with 40 mph winds and power outages never materialized. We got 2" of crusty snow albeit with with a few hundredths of and inch of mist thrown in, modest winds, zero drifting, lights never even flickered. Sue and I are very grateful. We brought extra water in the house, the wood box was full and there's only about 6 months worth of home canned goodies on the shelves and in the root cellar. We made pork quesadillas for Supper two nights with canned pork loin as it was.

At 5:30 am the temp is about 5° with zero wind. I went out to feed the birds that I am certain will be desperately hungry after a long cold night of roosting all fluffed up against the chill. Without any wind it feels nicer than it did when I was plowing yesterday at 29° with a brisk NW breeze of maybe 10mph.

Our 29 gallons of sap is inside my unheated casting shed and is almost certainly frozen and thus safely stored until we resume syrup making. We had to bring the 5 gallon jugs into the house last Spring to thaw after one of these little meteorological setbacks.