Lots of those boots can be seen walking around here in montana. I have several pair of good old pack boots with the removable liners for cold work. The cheap rubber ones are mainly so I don't track chicken poop in the house.
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The sun came out for about 5 minutes today. Then more heavy snow settled back in.
I think sunday was the first cold day of this winter -10c, not real cold until yesterday - -20 C an then last night - 30 C , about 6 inches of snow and little wind, sounds like paradise compared to the south and the other side of the rock pile (Clem)
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Currently 13 degrees. It was warmer earlier. We are on our way down to really cold weather for a few days.
The wind changed to the north 
, 75° today!! Its over, hell winter begins!! Wind advisory from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow! 40's tomorrow! Saturday the artic front comes!! Bring on the single digit temps and possible Sunday ice storm!! Very prepared, but not happy!
, 75° today!! Its over, hell winter begins!! Wind advisory from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow! 40's tomorrow! Saturday the artic front comes!! Bring on the single digit temps and possible Sunday ice storm!! Very prepared, but not happy!
I haven't seen that in years - caused by pressure if I remember correctly - err or incorrectly and it's a lucky guess.We had strange clouds over us today too. Never seen ones like them before:
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I think the hole is where a UFO punched thru.
I was just thinkin' you should be getting good and snowed in and with no other options might pop in and say howdy
I think we are supposed to have a low of 4 tonight and a high of 3 tomorrow - yep you read that right.
I saw strange clouds tues and wed. High level winds were screaming by. The clouds are sort of like sand under fast moving water. Makes the ripples on the sand close together. There’s definitely a ripple pattern in the clouds I saw, very closely spaced ripples.
Patch’s picture shows it (below). They are horizontal and high up. Tuesday I saw much lower storms clouds being whipped by wind. They stood like vertical rectangles with swirls, looked like an alligators back. Yep, strange clouds indeed. I ended up with about 3 inches of rain on tuesday’s event.
It’s 59 degrees on my porch at the moment. 80 degrees in the house. My heat is off but I baked another pie.
Supposed to have tornadoes tomorrow… I have fuel issues with both my generators. Seems stored fuel goes bad in about a month. I poured out gas on the ground today and had trouble getting it to burn. Got 35g in the shop that I might have to dump. I heard at the oil company in town the feds changed the formulas for gasoline, other people having the same issue as me. Don’t know it that's true, sounded plausible.
Dreading the cold monday. I have to have a generator running for the folks.
Patch’s picture shows it (below). They are horizontal and high up. Tuesday I saw much lower storms clouds being whipped by wind. They stood like vertical rectangles with swirls, looked like an alligators back. Yep, strange clouds indeed. I ended up with about 3 inches of rain on tuesday’s event.
It’s 59 degrees on my porch at the moment. 80 degrees in the house. My heat is off but I baked another pie.
Supposed to have tornadoes tomorrow… I have fuel issues with both my generators. Seems stored fuel goes bad in about a month. I poured out gas on the ground today and had trouble getting it to burn. Got 35g in the shop that I might have to dump. I heard at the oil company in town the feds changed the formulas for gasoline, other people having the same issue as me. Don’t know it that's true, sounded plausible.
Dreading the cold monday. I have to have a generator running for the folks.
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Just took the Aussie out for a walk. Computer says it was 8 degrees when we left, now it is 7 degrees. Phone says it is 11 degrees. Either way, it is a little cold. Aussie wants to go for walks to do her business, will not do it in the yard like all the other dogs. Looks like I will be have a few brisk walks this weekend and wearing two pairs of pants.
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It's been snowing almost non stop for a couple days now. Right now the wind is really blowing hard and its still snowing. The wind is coming out of the west, which our house faces west, and it's blowing snow through the cracks around the windows in to the house. Not sure what the wind speed is but its about as high as I've ever seen it here before. There's no question that we're snowed in now, just don't know for how long. I'll assess the road condition tomorrow. They're calling for up to an additional 20 inches of snow by Saturday and 45 mph winds.
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34F clear.
Very windy out of the north, 27° @ 4:30am! Winds will calm down later and upper 40's for the high. It's snowing just to my north and west right now, won't amount to anything. Tomorrow is artic air day, snow Sunday night and Monday!
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@Mountain trapper y’all don’t put any plastic around your windows for winter weather? I’ve got one I keep plastic on. When we’ve got serious cold I put towels or light blankets or sheets up to the windows, definitely helps keep the warm in, cold out.
See @Pearl ’s weather for similar to mine. Last night was pleasant out! 50s!
Everybody, be safe.
See @Pearl ’s weather for similar to mine. Last night was pleasant out! 50s!
Everybody, be safe.
Storms are a couple hrs away, be here before noon. 56 degrees at 8am. Baro has leveled off at 29.37, this storm is going to have a little kick. No tornadoes so far today!
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-37 C here this morning, definitely going thru some firewood this week
It's warming up here. -38C/-36F. In a few days, it is projected to be -25C/-13F.
LadyLocust, I missed your post about the trees. Nothing will save fruit trees and bushes at -45C. The cold tolerance ends at -40 and that is mostly bunk as well. This is not a fruit growing area, but I thought I would give it a try with some Russian varieties.
On another note, my lilacs that I dug up and brought in because they are small and broke dormancy, are blooming.
LadyLocust, I missed your post about the trees. Nothing will save fruit trees and bushes at -45C. The cold tolerance ends at -40 and that is mostly bunk as well. This is not a fruit growing area, but I thought I would give it a try with some Russian varieties.
On another note, my lilacs that I dug up and brought in because they are small and broke dormancy, are blooming.
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I think that is Pearl's "round #3" that missed us today.
90% chance of rain today, not happening, updated to 0%
.Edit: You just gotta change that Baro to millibars!
Thunderstorms and fairly heavy rain rolling thru
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Well, hey, it'd cold here, but not like Clem cold.
It's going down to negative 2 tonight. At 16 right now...the highest it'll get today. Should just go get the turkey run tarped.
It's going down to negative 2 tonight. At 16 right now...the highest it'll get today. Should just go get the turkey run tarped.
Cold with a chance of snow.
Wind chill to -6°.
Wind chill to -6°.
My next round is ice and snow! Not sure how far I can send that!I think that is Pearl's "round #3" that missed us today.
90% chance of rain today, not happening, updated to 0%
Edit: You just gotta change that Baro to millibars!
we have some apple trees that are those special variety and so far have stayed alive down to -38F. The super hardy cherry trees grow but the extra cold weather kills the trunk and branches. We have one that grew back some branches this summer so we will see...
the high temp was around -20F today. I was prepping another load for the freeze drier so I just sat the full trays on the back porch and they chilled right down. I put a pan of soup out to cool down and left it too long.......solid clam chowder.
the high temp was around -20F today. I was prepping another load for the freeze drier so I just sat the full trays on the back porch and they chilled right down. I put a pan of soup out to cool down and left it too long.......solid clam chowder.
At 9:50 on Friday night it's 72 degrees.
Supposed to be in the low 30's by Monday morning.
Supposed to be in the low 30's by Monday morning.
48 was our high. Rain moved out, clear and very starry tonight. It'll be cold by morning
Great minds think alike. I have been pre freezing loads of stuff for the freeze dryer outside. I messed up the first batch of pans. 8x8 s. I put them out warm and they froze to the shelves. I had to loosen them up with the heat gun.
