Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Mags]

39' and cloudy this morning. Maybe 50' later.

[Vaquero]

Mostly Cloudy, 34°F, Humidity 75%
Wind Speed SE 8 mph
Barometer 30.04 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.
Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Once again Randy, nice shot. You are a true artiste.

Hey buddy, I can't take credit for that one. Swiped it from one of the Henry fb pages.

RP

[Vaquero]

Good morning, 61° and around 70 later, says showers in the area. As luck would have it, the grandson smacked a nice doe before I left for work yesterday morning. A little story is in the what did you get/see thread.
Also, we finished a small job yesterday so I'll be off til after the first.

Another from Henry’s page...

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RP

[cooperhawk]

Fair, 28°F, Humidity 93%
Wind Speed W 5 mph
Barometer 30.09 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Carol has the flu, BAD, I think Christmas Dinner is a bust.

[Sir Henry]

Fair, 28°F, Humidity 93%
Wind Speed W 5 mph
Barometer 30.09 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Carol has the flu, BAD, I think Christmas Dinner is a bust.

Bummer. Take good care of her.

[Vaquero]

Sorry to see that, coop. I've heard that there is a pretty bad strain of it going around. Hope she back to normal soon.

RP

[Mags]

42 and cloudy this morning. Rain expected all day. Maybe 46' later. High wind warning for tomorrow.

[Hatchdog]

Sympathies to Mrs. Coop, the national news is reporting this year’s flu is a bad one. We had our shots in October but I understand this strain may not be stopped by the vaccine but should be slowed…..

31 and overcast this morning but a dry day is expected. Then more rain/snow coming in tomorrow. I see on the news California is having one of those atmospheric rivers we experienced the last couple of weeks. Lots of flooding and mud slides. Hoping for the best. Spoke with my grandson in LA yesterday and he didn’t mention any issues at home.

With today’s dry day I’m planning on doing my third final cleanup of the yard. All the windstorms have dumped lots of pine needles that the dogs keep dragging in on their feet. Hope this one is really the FINAL one.

[JEBar]

Carol has the flu, BAD, I think Christmas Dinner is a bust.

sorry to hear about your wife's flue .... hopefully she will be able to get over it quickly

53 at 12:30PM .... forecasted high 64 with it falling to an overnight low of 46 .... we've already delivered gifts to the home of our oldest son where we will be spending Christmas .... following that, a stop at Walmart for meds and groceries .... Walmart was a zoo .... extremely busy and we were glad to get out of there and back home .... in a couple of ours we plan to tow our camper to where we will be over Christmas

[cooperhawk]

Got her home and she's sleeping which the Doc said is the best thing to do.
Also went and got a prescription for Tamiflu which the Doc also says is good stuff.

After I got back I went to the neighbor's sheep ranch and got her Christmas present. Six lamb
chops and two packs of ground lamb. I grew up raising sheep and lost any taste for it but she
loves it, so, Merry Christmas next time she opens the freezer.

The Emergency Room was swamped with sick folks. I guess this is a bad one.

[markiver54]

Got her home and she's sleeping which the Doc said is the best thing to do.
Also went and got a prescription for Tamiflu which the Doc also says is good stuff.

After I got back I went to the neighbor's sheep ranch and got her Christmas present. Six lamb
chops and two packs of ground lamb. I grew up raising sheep and lost any taste for it but she
loves it, so, Merry Christmas next time she opens the freezer.

The Emergency Room was swamped with sick folks. I guess this is a bad one.

Best wishes for the Mrs. Coop.

[Mags]

Got her home and she's sleeping which the Doc said is the best thing to do.
Also went and got a prescription for Tamiflu which the Doc also says is good stuff.

After I got back I went to the neighbor's sheep ranch and got her Christmas present. Six lamb
chops and two packs of ground lamb. I grew up raising sheep and lost any taste for it but she
loves it, so, Merry Christmas next time she opens the freezer.

The Emergency Room was swamped with sick folks. I guess this is a bad one.

Hopefully the sleep and Tamiflu will knock it down real quick. Take care of yourself too.

[JEBar]

46 at 8AM on its way to a forecasted high of 71 later today .... not toooo bad for Christmas Eve .... overnight low predicted to drop to 40 .... no rain in the near future .... later today we plan to travel (4 miles) to our oldest son's home where our family gathers for Christmas

[Vaquero]

Good morning and a Happy Christmas Eve to all.

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RP

[cooperhawk]

Fair,25°F, Humidity 86%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 30.17 in
Dewpoint 21°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.
Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

[Hatchdog]

Woke up this morning at 4:00 am to a blaring CO2 detector. No problem thankfully but it’s 10 years old as are all the detectors so at the end of the life. I’ve been thinking about the fact they are 10 years old and needed replacing. Should have done it before my sleep was interrupted .

37 this morning but at least I was able to get the stove going early. Nice and toasty in the house. More rain overnight and more expected today. We’ve gone from parched to soggy. High today in the low 40’s. Cold returns after Christmas with lows closer to 20 and highs in the low 30’s, more typical for this time of the year.

Pretty quiet Christmas Eve planned. We are going to load up the dogs and take a drive around Deer Park and look at Christmas lights. Tomorrow my son is coming over for prime rib, again a very quiet Christmas. California family is staying home this year.

[Mags]

43' with rain this morning. Supposed to have high winds throughout the day. Maybe 50' later.

[cooperhawk]

Fog/Mist, 27°F, Humidity 100%
Wind Speed NE 3 mph
Barometer 30.15 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 2.50 mi
Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
A slight chance of drizzle or freezing rain between 1pm and 5pm.
East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Carol is getting better. She made dinner last evening and watched TV with me of a while.
The Doctor told us this flu epidemic is epic.

[Ernie]

37º and sunny. Most of the snow is gone for now. The rest of December is supposed to be mild. Have a standing rib roast in the oven and will stop at my niece's home this afternoon to give my sister her gift.
My bird feeders have been swamped for weeks including 9 turkey hens last Saturday and for the last 2 days it has been just a couple of birds. Not hearing them in the morning like I used to. Not seeing hawks or other predators. Weird.
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Christmas.

[Hatchdog]

37 this Christmas morning with more rain overnight but dry now. We could see the upper 40’s today, pretty incredible for this time of the year. A few more days of the mild temps and then lows in the 20’s.

There is a big fruit orchard community just outside of Spokane and one of the shops puts together unbaked pies and they are available at the local grocery store. My wife decided not to do a homemade pie for today so I picked up one of the frozen pies. It’s in the oven now and is starting to give off a wonderful aroma. Next in the oven is a standing rib roast. I do the low slow roast, searing it on the griddle first then in a 200 temp oven for probably four hours or so (7.5 lbs) This method helps keep the doneness consistent from edge to edge. Mmmmmm Son is coming over later for dinner and I picked up a new bottle of Buffalo Trace whiskey to enjoy.


BTW, I got a peek at Santa last night and he was wearing shorts, a tank top and flip flops.