Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[cooperhawk]

Mostly Cloudy, 30°F, Humidity 86%
Wind Speed W 7 mph
Barometer 29.46 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Snow showers, temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm.
Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Most folks don't know about the "Driftless Area". We live just on the edge of it. If I
go a few miles east there are riles of debris. Those glaciers had a lot of power.
I have several extremely large boulders that decorate my garden and at the end of the drive.

[Hatchdog]

31 this morning with an expected high around 34. Another gloomy foggy day with the sun visible only to those who travel up into the mountains to recreate. It’s pretty cool to be up in the bright sun looking down on the foggy valleys which looks like a big ocean. Another foggy day tomorrow and then maybe some sun breaks on Sunday and beyond.

Not much planned for today other than indoor tasks. We are finding that our Medicare Advantage Plan we have from United Health Care took a huge drop in coverage this year. We’re looking at different plans within UHC and later this year when all those annoying health care advertisements start up we’ll be looking at a possible change. Grrrrrrrrr

[Redthies]

We had a beautiful day yesterday, but a hard frost last night. Supposed to hit 43 today. You should move north an hour Hatch. I have to say, I’m enjoying this “Global Warmimg” or whatever it is.

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^^^

Huh? Move north to avoid winter, I like it!

I too am enjoying these temps and not plowing snow.

[Mags]

Supposedly 37' this morning. But, right here it had to be colder - we had frost. Looking like a sunny day and 53' later. Speaking of glacier debris. Well drilling in the area indicates we're sitting on top of about 100ft of silt scraped from the Washington scab lands and deposited here during the Missoula floods. Several boulders in the area dropped from icebergs from Canada floating in the floods.

[Sir Henry]

^^^^^^^^^

Huh? Move north to avoid winter, I like it!

I too am enjoying these temps and not plowing snow.

Not me. I love plowing and shoveling snow. I might not if I had to work a regular job.

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[dave77]

^^^^^^^^^

Huh? Move north to avoid winter, I like it!

I too am enjoying these temps and not plowing snow.

We had a beautiful day yesterday, but a hard frost last night. Supposed to hit 43 today. You should move north an hour Hatch. I have to say, I’m enjoying this “Global Warmimg” or whatever it is.

I'm also enjoying the warmer temps here, we had about a week of mid-20 lows but it's mostly been lows of 30's and highs in the 40's. I am concerned about the lack of snow up in the mountains, my irrigation water is from a mountain snow fed creek. Last year we barely made it through the summer and I believe there is currently less snow pack than last year. Hopefully we'll get more snow in February and March.

[cooperhawk]

Speaking of glacier debris. Well drilling in the area indicates we're sitting on top of about 100ft of silt scraped from the Washington scab lands and deposited here during the Missoula floods. Several boulders in the area dropped from icebergs from Canada floating in the floods.

The Driftless areas are where the glaciers never entered. Instead there are undulating hills that were created by glacial runoff.

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We are in Dakota County and the glaciers seemed to end here where we live. We have huge stones all over the place. We also live on the north slope of a limestone ridge, (which is covered with soil and vegetation), and our lake has been cut through the ridge from north to south, probably by runoff water. Now it is spring fed.

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[Mags]

Missoula Flood Maps.
The Ice dams that broke were near Sand Point, Idaho.

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Tualatin Valley is left side of Portland in this map.
The colored lines are hiking trails.

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[cooperhawk]

Light Snow, 9°F, Humidity 85%
Wind Speed NW 12 mph
Barometer 29.96 in
Dewpoint 5°F
Visibility 2.50 mi
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 11.
Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Snow likely, mainly before 10am.
I'm staying inside where it's warm today.
Funny, when I was a bit younger on a day like this I'd go out and burn brush or
even go shooting. What was I thinking?

[Sir Henry]

Mostly Cloudy, 30°F, Humidity 86%
Wind Speed W 7 mph
Barometer 29.46 in
Dewpoint 27°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Snow showers, temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm.
Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Most folks don't know about the "Driftless Area". We live just on the edge of it. If I
go a few miles east there are riles of debris. Those glaciers had a lot of power.
I have several extremely large boulders that decorate my garden and at the end of the drive.

Those big boulders are called erratic rocks. Washington State has some in the middle of wheat fields as big as a house. They look odd like they don’t belong there. Builders call them leverrites as in leave her right there.

[Hatchdog]

Here’s a pic of Sir Henry’s leverrites bolders. This was taken in central Washington when my wife and I took a trip to explore the results of the Great Flood Mags spoke of.

Today it’s 31 again, seems to the the go to tempature right now. Yesterday we didn’t get out of the gloom and my wife and I spent a good part of the day researching the changes in our Medicare Advantage Plan. Last night I realized I didn’t even get dressed and was still wearing my comfy’s that I put on in the morning.

More of the same today but I promise to get dressed. I do have some cleanup put away tasks from my burning otherwise I plan to watch the two playoff games and Gonzaga basketball airs at the same time as the Seahawks game so the Zags will be recorded.

Flood strewn bolders near Ephrata WA. You can see why they are called leverrites, leave them right there and let cattle graze in between them.

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[CT_Shooter]

Here’s a pic of Sir Henry’s leverrites bolders. This was taken in central Washington when my wife and I took a trip to explore the results of the Great Flood Mags spoke of.
Flood strewn bolders near Ephrata WA. You can see why they are called leverrites, leave them right there and let cattle graze in between them.

Really interesting geology. Thanks for talking this up and sharing pics.

[brm4450]

Kind of fresh outside this morning: -2 & windchill of -16. Expected high of 11, the low was -4 overnight. Gonna be cold the next few days! Everyone have a great day & weekend!

[Mags]

33' and frosty sunny this morning. Maybe 49' later.

[JEBar]

53 at 1PM Sat Jan 17th .... 7MPH wind with 15MPH gust .... anticipated high 55 before falling back to an overnight low of 39 .... overnight subfreezing nights for the following 9 consecutive days .... for tomorrow, "Periods of rain changing to a couple of hours of snow in the morning, accumulating a coating to an inch; colder with considerable cloudiness" .... because the word "snow" is in the forecast, the customary run on gas stations and grocery stores is in full swing .... we've already hauled two loads to the dump .... 4-wheel drive vehicles parked headed out the driveway

[Mags]

Water depth over Portland was estimated at 400'

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[Sir Henry]

Here’s a pic of Sir Henry’s leverrites bolders. This was taken in central Washington when my wife and I took a trip to explore the results of the Great Flood Mags spoke of.

Today it’s 31 again, seems to the the go to tempature right now. Yesterday we didn’t get out of the gloom and my wife and I spent a good part of the day researching the changes in our Medicare Advantage Plan. Last night I realized I didn’t even get dressed and was still wearing my comfy’s that I put on in the morning.

More of the same today but I promise to get dressed. I do have some cleanup put away tasks from my burning otherwise I plan to watch the two playoff games and Gonzaga basketball airs at the same time as the Seahawks game so the Zags will be recorded.

Flood strewn bolders near Ephrata WA. You can see why they are called leverrites, leave them right there and let cattle graze in between them.


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[Sir Henry]

I’m looking at the next 10 day forecast and the lowest low will be -27F and the lowest high will be -13F. I enjoy the snow however I can do without the cold.

[cooperhawk]

Overcast, 0°F, Humidity 78%
Wind Speed S 3 mph
Barometer 29.89 in
Dewpoint -6°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Patchy blowing snow after 4pm. High near 15.
Blustery, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Snow, mainly before 3pm.
Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
So we are to journey into Minneapolis today to meet the youngest daughter and her family at a restaurant for our
Grandson" twelfth birthday. I'm really not too keen on driving in there, but..................