rachels.haven's Journal

[farmerjan]

Yeah, we are in line for anywhere from 6-12" starting tonight.....

It got down to 10 last night too so the ground is really cold and hard so anything we get will stick. We still have some white from Thursday morning....it's been cold and windy the last couple of days. Today wasn';t windy and the sun was out but the ground is cold.

 

[Bruce]

Aw poop, somebody summoned the snow. I'm not in the mood for 13"+ of it.

You can keep that stuff for yourself!

Looks like we might get a bit under 2.5" on Tuesday. Of course the last time Mr NOAA called for 1" we got 5 or 6. Then he called for 4" and we got less than 1.

 

[rachels.haven]

This weekend is also the one weekend it goes down to the single digits every night with heavy wind. As soon as it gets warmer tonight then we get the snow. So I guess bring on the wind burn Iowa style, followed by wet New England snow and higher temps. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get this cold again this winter.

 

[Ridgetop]

BRRRRRRRRRR!

To think I wore my long undies in Texas and moaned about 21-35 degree temps on the way there and back. Two states to cross off my wish list except in the summer! Our Texas trip was a tropical interlude for you guys!

 

[Bruce]

Looks like you are sharing more with us than I want Rachel! It was -11°F this morning.
We are looking at a 80-90% chance of 4" or more, 40% chance of 8" or more. Looks like you are 70-80% chance of 8" or more, 40-50% of 12" or more. It could be worse, parts of PA have a 30-50% chance of 18" or more.

Hunker down!

 

[rachels.haven]

You bet cha to the hunkering down. I put away all the feed that was in my garage parking spot (and van) and I'm ready now to pull the car in and shut the door and no more going out until it's all done.

Bruce, you were colder than us. No envy is coming from me in your direction. I don't think we broke the single digit negatives this week/weekend. One of the kids' teachers was reporting negative nine on Thursday (could have been Wednesday or Friday, I suppose). But I didn't see it.

 

[Bruce]

Well we are farther north so we should be colder right? Usually the coldest time of year for us is the last week of January and the first week of February. All in all I'd say we've been warmer than usual so far this winter since this is the first time it got down to negative double digits. In years past it wasn't unusual for us to go down to -20°F several times and stay below 0°F for several days in a row.

No, I am NOT complaining that is seems to be less cold this year!

 

[Baymule]

No. Nope. Uh-uh. Don't even want to know what that kind of cold feels like.

 

[rachels.haven]

Yeah, me neither. I already did that in Iowa (although they get sandy cold snow and those temps), so you're tougher than I am, Bruce. Michigan spoiled me (and now even warmer Massachusetts). I still feel it's stupid when it goes into the single digits or sub zeros. Too cold.

 

[farmerjan]

We got 6-7 inches in most places. It is about 30 but still cloudy so no melting yet. Had some misty like snow yesterday after the bulk of the snow. Pretty but cold. Maybe tomorrow it will get sunnier and start to melt. You deal. Not that bad out really,