Jeepers Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 It's 38 degrees here today. I was out running some errands and it felt a lot warmer. Not sure why that was. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 was a nice day outside today. Roof repairs were done..... thanks to radical winds the other evening. Quote Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 77 here today. Supposed to get down to 60 tonight. Then cooler for a few days. It's enough to give one whiplash! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Bouncing aroung here in temps. Warm days and cool nights...we usually have this for October and November. But...it makes nice for working outside at the homestead house...ie...hauling leaves to garden area and hopefully, get the game camera's up and running. I'm still hanging the laundry in the emclosed back porch though, don't have to worry about any surprise weather changes. I just leave them on the hangers (I put everything on hangers...2 pairs of socks to a hanger...etc.) and when they're dry into the house they go to be put away. Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Turn a wrong turn leaving Carlsbad, NM, yesterday (or, rather, I forgot to tell hubby to turn because he asked me where we were eating dinner and I started looking for places I could eat). Ended up going straight down to Van Horn, TX, hitting the edge of the Guadalupe National Forest. Hubby commented that there were lots more bugs out than is usual for this time of year. I don't know if they'd had a hard freeze yet, but I bet it's coming. Yesterday's high was 62. Today's is 66. Wednesday's is 51, and Thursday's is 39. Our lows are scheduled to hit 22 on Friday, but they'll be below freezing from Wednesday to Sunday. ETA: Allergies seem worse this year (especially in Abilene). I'm arguing against a pending sinus infection (which I always get this time of year). Edited January 3, 2017 by TheCG Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The storm that came through brought several days of off and on rain, much needed, and cooler temperatures. Forecast is calling for freeze warnings the end of this week. Today, this morning, it is in the 40's to low 50's, clear skies and warming up. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 So far holding at sunny 20 degrees. Been dipping way down to single digits for nite lows. That is supposed to be changing late tonite as Canada lends up some of their frigid air. But we're on the border so ....who knows. High in altitude usually means we get COLDER. MtRider ....some nasty rumor about 3-7" of snow Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I spoke too soon yesterday. Clear skies lasted a couple of hours early in the morning, then turned cloudy the rest of the day. The same thing seems to be happening today. Low 50's and so humid there is dew on everything. Feels so wonderful, we do not get much humidity. I am concerned tho. My pomegranate tree is beginning to bud already. Winter is not over, cold/freezing weather is forecasted. Hoping that does not kill it. Maybe it will make it stronger. Quote Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Supposed to be 36 for a high Friday and 71 next Wednesday. Whiplash and coughs! Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 It smells so different with humidity too, huh Annarchy? Today was formerly sunny and mild. Progressively darkening. Not just increasing clouds but the clouds are dark blue! Ominous feeling. It's possible we won't get the brunt of this weather system. Well, we'll probably be one of the COLDEST places around by tomorrow night. But I hope we don't get much snow. I greatly fear subzero temperatures. So dangerous that you just canNOT make any mistakes. But snow is just a killer now that we're older. Auugh! Bags of pellets....check! Back up Buddy Heater and propane bottles ...check! 2.5 vehicles in running condition in case we'd have to EVAC [if lost electric, we'd have not-enough heat].....check! Water poured in case....check! Dog food/cat food/horse-goat-duck food/straw layered thick..... check! People supplies .....check! MtRider Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Ack! This IMPENDING DOOM is a named Winter Storm.....Helena. https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/wintry-storm-helena-west-south-snow-ice-forecast Snowfall amounts will be measured in multiple feet in the Sierra of California, and well over a foot is likely through early Friday in the Wasatch and Rockies of Colorado and far southern Wyoming. Adjacent low elevations of the Great Basin are likely to pick up at least 3 inches of snow. Oh-no-they-did-NOT-predict-THAT! Y'all in Nashville, Atlanta and Raleigh ...and other parts south ...... .....are you watching this storm? Cuz those cities are named in this site. The Jet Stream is dipping waaaaay low for this one, folks. Everyone needs to keep an eye on Winter Storm HELENA. MtRider ....had my eye on this for days now and ...predictions are getting worse! Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Going to be seeing a lot of these pretties real soon! https://www.standeyo.com/NEWS/17_Pics_of_Day/170104.pic.of.day.html MtRider .....God's amazing, huh? Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 It finally got cold here. Hope it stays that way now so the temp won't be fluctuating. It kills the arthritis in my neck which sets off other aches and pains. Not that I like the cold. It's just the back and forth that gets me. It's 17 degrees here now with flurries. Quote Link to comment
pauline Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Mt rider you should be getting it soon it is dropping down from Northern Utah to more central now and heading into Colorado as the night continues hope you are all bundled up and stay warm Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Yeah....we're just dipping below zero now at 11:30pm. Snow blowing around in circles. Looks like feathers. MtRider ....It's coming..... Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 We're supposed to go below freezing by 8pm. I plan to be in the house with no plans to leave it tomorrow by then. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Brrrrrrr, that sounds cold. I took a close up pic of MIL's hedge with snow and icicles, last year, and have it as my desktop. It makes me think of you all. It is lightly overcast this morning, in the 50's. Looks like heavy clouds over the distant mountains to the north. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Snowed last night, got about an inch. It's still flurrying but I don't think it's going to amount to much. It's supposed to get colder, and in our area if it gets too far below 30, it's usually too cold to snow. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Woke to sunshine.....a tear in the clouds. It didn't last. That produced our HIGH .....2 degrees ABOVE. It's 4pm and 8 degrees BELOW. Working on the 4th inch of snow.....so that's not as bad as it could have been. Course it's still snowing....... MtRider ....not fun to do WINTER STORMS when one of us is sick.....DH can't do half of what he normally does...so I'm doing more. Quote Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Our high today of 37 was at 8 AM. Supposed to sleet and get down to 21 tonight. 70 on Wednesday. This is Southwest Missisippi! Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Yesterday was 2 ABOVE due to a splash of sunshine. Low last nite that we saw was 22 BELOW But we have blue skies, sunshine and thermometer is climbing up to 17 ABOVE at 11am. Due to the severe cold, the furnace ran all nite despite leaving the pellet stove running too. Always stirs the dust and gives me a WHOPPER of a headache. OW! Just getting it to fade slowly down now. If I turned suddenly, I'd get DIZZY and feel like throwing up. Just another reason to hate subzero weather. MtRider Good Riddance to that weather! Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Our high is 27 today. Left a faucet dripping and the cabinets open in the one place where water is up against the outside of the house. I went to the grocery store just a bit ago. They had, yet again, left their sprinklers on when it was freezing. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) It's only 5 2 degrees here. I need to go start the lawn mower tomorrow. I started it on Jan. 1st. and all was well. I want to keep it that way too. Hope everyone stays as warm and snuggly as this pile full of puppies. Edited January 7, 2017 by Jeepers Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 We got up to 17 today. It was 7 when we let Abby-girl out for her morning business. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Aaaand we're in the SUBZEROS again. MINUS 15 at 9:30pm..... Took me nearly all day to shake the affects of the headache. Now we'll have the furnace going all nite again tonite. Costs in propane and ....my poor head! Blech! Hope this is the last frigid cold nite for a while. On an odd note.....DH found the ducks had laid TWO eggs during this COLD.COLD.COLD night. First ones they've laid for 2 months....and they begin on a subzero nite??? Of course they'd stepped and cracked one. The other one froze solid in the cold ---- the eggs crack length-wise if they completely freeze. Not around the middle as when we crack eggs for breakfast. Anyway...contaminated and can't use. But..... ....we will have fresh eggs again soon. Store eggs are pale and fragile and .....not fresh. MtRider ...hope y'all are surviving your turn with Winter Storm Helena. Quote Link to comment
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