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Only a dusting of snow, but a hard frost, which makes everything look pretty in the morning sunlight. It also hardens the ground; which will be mud again next week under the dogs and thanks to the heavy rain they are projecting we will get next week :rolleyes: enjoying the blue sky while we can
 
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Two bomb cyclones and atmospheric rivers in one week? It may seem hard to believe, but Mother Nature has the gloves off and will continue to hurl potent storms with gusty winds, big rain and high country snow toward the Pacific Coast states through this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.


The next bomb cyclone from later Thursday to Friday will not be as intense as Tuesday's powerhouse storm. The powerful storm will make more of a glancing blow from south to north just off the coasts of Northern California, Oregon and Washington, but it will still be close enough and strong enough to bring impacts from wind, rain and snow. :

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A bomb cyclone is a storm that strengthens so fast that the central atmospheric pressure plunges 0.71 of an inch (24 millibars) or more in 24 hours or less. The central pressure in Tuesday's bomb cyclone fell a whopping 1.71 inches (58 mb), or more than double the intensity criteria. The "bombing out," or rapid intensification, is important because the faster the pressure drops in a storm, the faster new air must rush in to take the missing air's place. This movement of air is the wind.


Strong winds from Tuesday night's intense storm knocked down a tree that killed one woman and cut the power to 600,000 utility customers in western Washington alone.


"The track of the new bomb cyclone will be such as to direct the strongest winds right along the coasts of Washington and northern Oregon, rather than throughout the Interstate 5 corridor and Cascades," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk said.

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Keep those Fingers Crossed... 🤞
 
Here in central montana just on the east side of the rockies we have had a few sprinkles of rain and snow but nothing to amount to much. the mountains to the west are looking white which is great for the watershed.
down to low double digits or single digits at night and then a pleasant 30 to 40F in the day.....great weather for the deer and elk hunters.
 
Well, so far, we've not had anything worse than a study rain, but when I saw the weather coming out of the Aleutians that formed this cyclone bomb I think back to 1949-50 blizzard which took place from Washington to the Northwest states, that was wild and then in the early 1960's, when I was stationed at Mc Cord AFB in Tacoma, Washington, there was the Columbus Day wind storm, winds strong enough to strip paint off of a canopy on the back of the pickup we were using to pick up ground support equipment from around the C-124 Globemaster cargo planes and they were all running their engines facing the prevailing wind, I'm pretty sure those two storms also started in the Aleutians as well. I will say this, this is the most rain we've had for many years as we've been in a long drought period, the first day of this storm also brought our first snow, but as of yesterday the snow at our elevation melted away, still some in the higher elevations.
 
the sky seems to have lost it's cohesion, the white part of it seems to be falling, and chicken little wasn't paying attention and got eaten by cats.
 
Our temps are already plunging!
...
(I'll have some 'good news' to share in a couple days)
I think it is starting!!!:dancing:
The "Magic Month".😀
(when neither the A/C or heater runs.)
Why do I care?
I'm the one that pays the power bill.:)
A bill less than $99?
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We have 10 months when the A/C runs and 2 months that the heater runs, with the magic month in between them.
I know you're gonna say: "that's 13 months!gaah".
Well, in 2 of those months, the A/C and heater 'tag-team' taking turns running each day.
The magic month fortunately takes place before our awesome heater starts running each day, sending the bill into the sky. :oops:
Neither one ran, at all, again today! :woo hoo:
 
I think it is starting!!!:dancing:
The "Magic Month".😀
(when neither the A/C or heater runs.)
Why do I care?
I'm the one that pays the power bill.:)
A bill less than $99?
emo12-gif.64838

We have 10 months when the A/C runs and 2 months that the heater runs, with the magic month in between them.
I know you're gonna say: "that's 13 months!gaah".
Well, 2 of those months, the A/C and heater 'tag-team' taking turns running each day.
The magic month fortunately takes place before our awesome heater starts running each day, sending the bill into the sky. :oops:
Neither one ran, at all, again today! :woo hoo:
I have magic winter! Wood stove only for heat!
 
I have magic winter! Wood stove only for heat!
I have become spoiled.
I did my years wrestling with firewood, and I ain't chainsawing no more.:(
Our awesome heater tosses out kilowatts of heat, and it don't have to run very long!
Keeps the temp within one degree, so we are always comfortable.:D
...of course, I have to have a drink before opening that bill that comes in February, but I am ok.:drink buddy:
 

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