January 2014 Weather, closer to spring.

A big Happy New Year to everyone.

-11º at 11PM

Happy New Years!!!!

30's

21 degrees , nice 38 degrees for later today
Winter weather advisory in effect until 7pm Thursday

Coldest weather in 2 yrs moving in this week; single digit highs, below zero lows ..
CG; can have the weather back ,, it got here .. lol ?

Happy New Years day ..
and Parades Too !!!


This message was edited Jan 1, 2014 7:54 AM

Happy New Year, gang!

According to the newspaper, this has been the driest year since 1877. (That's 18, not 19.) If we would get a good rain here, it would warm up in the Midwest and East. It nearly always works that way.

Currently 42F . They're calling for a high of 78F. You'll see it all on the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game.

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Partly cloudy

-8°F

Feels like -20

37 here with snow coming tomorrow.

Happy New Year.

During the storms we had from Sunday thru Tuesday one area 2 miles above Hilo had 20+ inches of rain. Hilo had 11 inches. Hilo airport broke a one day rain record going back to 1951.
We are 18 miles up slope from Hilo and had 2 inches. The storms just sat over Hilo town and the coast road for two days. Nice day today with southerly winds bringing VOG to our area. More heavy rain forecast for Friday and again Sunday or Monday. 70f at 10am.
25 foot Surf on the North Shore of Oahu undermining 10 homes which are slowly coming apart and falling into the ocean

It's a nice day today.I think it got up to the 50's today.Tomorrow it drops back down to the 40's for the high.Here we go again with the weather dropping.

-3º all day. Overcast.

High today was 25 at noon or so and has been steadily dropping since. It's currently 17 and we have a good couple inches of snow on ground already.

Temp has dropped to 14 since I started writing that. lol

It's 56 now.Tonight will be 40.It will not get to much warmer then the 40's tomorrow.

Only -2º an actual warm-up.

Winnipeg (and many other places in Saskatchewan and Manitoba) were colder than the surface of Mars (at it's daily high): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

and I believe that cold is now on the move......

18 degrees 3 degree wind chill
16 MPH NNE WIND .

Winter Weather Advisory ,,; still snowing ,,,,

It's a cold one out today.The wind is blowing big time out.C--O--L--D!!!!

Currently 48F. They're calling for a high of 79F. Did you really want to hear that? To tell you the truth, I'd gladly take lower temps if they'd bring rain, but you knew that. We've had less than an inch of rain since last spring.

70's , 80's are good , !!! I'll take em !!!
Really Kelli ; if we had about half of each others weather ?, Goldilocks could be the fourth season .. just right ..lol
Snowstorm , possible blizzard for Sunday here .. I am not looking forward to that ... Below zero temperatures Saturday through next week .. . Record type ,, like -14 possible .. ouch !!!

You all 'Have a nice warm time there ,,, Not any wonder why the population drops around these parts during winter ,,,,

Some you could do a nice warm photo or two ? it has a better effect ...lol

Nice warm photos from Mission La Purisima, in Lompoc. Taken last week.

AH ,! BIG !!! (Sigh !!!) ^_^

As a few before , Luv the Spanish influence .. Especially that rare old Sun !!! Difficult to find around here,, with the eye ...

16 degrees , Zero chill , currently

My mom used to have something on the refrigerator that said something to the effect, "If wind of winter come, can spring be far behind?"

that saying is a lie (at least for up here) Kelli. :'(

One true here " " if snow comes and stays" more than 5 to 7 days " Than more is on the way"

Lunch time !!! Time to go shovel some of this goop ,,(snow)

My saying is, "If you can hear the train, it isn't going to rain." We've been hearing a lot of train.

Might be a tornado, though.

A balmy -7º here. It is sunny though.

And no wind!

At least tornadoes come with rain, not that I want one, though.

Oooooooooooh Bernie....

from my met friend in East Grand Forks, MN (and ND):

.Dangerous Winter Weather Expected Late This Week Into Early Next
Week...

Several Episodes Of Hazardous Winter Weather Are Expected Late Tonight
Through Early Next Week. Strong Southerly Winds Will Develop
Later Tonight Into Friday Morning Causing Areas Of Blowing And
Drifting Snow...with The Strongest Winds In The Northern Red River Valley.

In Addition...low Pressure Will Track From Alberta Into
Northeastern North Dakota By Late Friday Afternoon Then Across
Northern Minnesota Friday Night. 1 To 2 Inches Of Snow Will Fall
In Southern Canada And Extreme Northeastern North Dakota With
Around 3 Inches Likely In The Roseau-baudette Areas Of Far
Northern Minnesota.

A Cold Front Will Drop South Behind The System Through The Area
Friday Evening And Expect A Period Of Gusty North Winds In The 25
To 40 Mph Range Causing A Period Of Blowing Snow And Reduced
Visibility. There Could Also Be A Brief Period Of Sleet Or Light
Freezing Rain In Southeastern North Dakota With The Frontal
Passage.

Dangerously Cold Arctic Air Is Expected For The Weekend Into
Early Next Week. Life Threatening Wind Chills Of 40 Below To 60
Below Zero Are Expected Sunday Into Monday.


NOTE WHAT HE POSTED IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH!!!

It's in the 40's,but feels like the 30's.Well winter has set in.Next week is going to be freezing cold as well.

Kelli,i can handle 100 degree weather any day over the cold.

SPRING CAN'T GET HERE FAST ENOUGH!!!!

Third time with this but ;
Comes in ; "Man , am I tired of shoveling snow !!! "
Granny replies ,, "Yes dear "! "But look how pretty my evergreens look" ! ^_^

Last pic , drive ready to be shoveled a third time ,,, more snow to come ,, 5 to 8 inches light snow still falling ,, 12 to 14 inches possible as of yet !!!
3 degrees , blowing snow currently ...
You realize 14 inches of snow , at -14 below zero is not being looked forward to...
However ,, surface bugs beware !!! your on .....

We may not have the snow,but it takes place of the leaves.I have already rake the leaves once.It needs it again.I can handle raking the leaves,because I start to sweat once I start doing it.Not when that wind is blowing 90 to nothing.

southgal ;Vegetation Hurricane


Lilypon , them old 40 degree basements with a little heater start looking pretty darn good ,, about the zero time ..
Don't they , lol
Well it won't make Mars , night side high here ,, but good luck ,,, brrrrrrr that is too, too ,cold !!!

Juhur,i am closer to the Texas line then i am to New Orleans.

It's 39 now with a wind chill of 34.Tonights low is 25.Tomorrow in the 40's.

I feel for the ones that is going through Winter Storm Hercules!!!

Does any one every put chains on their wheels for traction during winter where it stays bad?

We did on one of our old trucks that is 2 wheel drive. But all the ones that are licensed now are 4 wheel drive except for my mom's car which isn't but doesn't need chains either. Frankly if it's just snow and not ice we get plenty of traction and we curse the graders when they come down our road because they mess it up. lol

High around 13 and sunny and now around 9 and dropping. More snow on Saturday and again next week.

In the mountains around here, chains are required if it snows. I put chains on a car one time. I don't know how a person does it without getting dirty. It was worth it to see the sequoias in the snow, though. Wish I had a digital picture to show you but that was way back in the days of film.

-17º now.
Going lower. Monday & Tuesday colder yet.

No chains here. We do put them on our tractor for plowing snow.
Back in the 60's Minnesota had studded tires. They worked to good. They were wearing out the asphalt so the state outlawed them.

I had those tires on my last truck. I loved em!! lol.

That's great that y'all don't have to use chains on the cars and trucks.