Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Sir Henry]

Sir Henry, the pic looking up your driveway to the house with the ruts in the snow is both beautiful and ugly. Beautiful view but ugly snow to plow. (Yep, I know you see beauty in both ) Until a few years ago I felt exactly as you, come on snow pile up! Even tho I’m several years younger I am changing over to %$&* snow!

Speaking of snow, yesterday we ended up with 5” around my place. A little less on the concrete and lawn areas due to retained heat from warm days in the recent past. I just used a shovel around my place but did put the blade on the Ranger to plow my neighbors place. He’s out of town but I wanted to make it look inhabited.

32 this morning with sunny skies forecast. That’s great as today it the annual St Paddy’s parade in Spokane. It’s a big deal with lots of partying happening in the downtown bars afterwards.

Most of the long time locals tell me I’m crazy. I am now prepared to just sit this one out for a few days. With the ground blizzard it would be fruitless to try and plow as it would fill right up again. I’ve seen absolutely no traffic but that is normal. On a busy day I might see a dozen vehicles.

It’s going to snow all day followed by higher wind. The temperature is not bad at 22F.

[daytime dave]

25 F here. Cloudy. It should be above freezing here soon today.
Coffee in plain Jane this morning.
Nothing special on tap, around the house things.

Hope your day is good.

[brm4450]

Woke up to a blizzard warning, both interstates are closed, Mass here was cancelled, wind starting to blow here.
Low: 5
High: 24
Currently: 12
Feels Like: -15
Everyone have a great Sunday!

[Hatchdog]

Thinking about you guys, BRM and Sir Henry and your weather. But I take comfort in the fact you know how to deal with it.

Here it’s a chilly 20 but the sunrise is very orange. That’s encouraging as the high today should be 41 or so. Then warming up all week with some nice springtime temps in the 60’s.

Not much planned for today. I may continue my firewood splitting. Very happy I am able to get this early start as this wood is very green and wet. A typical hot dry summer should get the moisture out. I stack it loosely to allow good air flow.

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[JEBar]

60 at 10AM under a clear Carolina Blue Sky .... rain/thunderstorms on tap for this afternoon .... today's forecasted high is 74, falling back to an overnight low of 63 .... only thing on today's to do list is to haul trash .... have been enjoying watching the ACC basketball tourni .... now that its over on to March Madness .... also following the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying .... looking forward to today's game between the US team and New Zealand

[cooperhawk]

Lakeville, MN,
Snow, 27°F,Humidity 93%
Wind Speed N 17 G 31 mph
Barometer 29.75 in
Visibility 1.00 mi
Snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 1pm. High near 30.
Windy, with a north wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
The storm has hit. My cameras show about 8 to 10 inches already.

Casa Grande, AZ
Clear, 61°F, Humidity 23%
Wind Speed NE 4 MPH
Barometer 29.97 in
Sunny, with a high near 87.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Another nice day but a brutal heat wave will arrive Thursday with temps over 100 degrees.
We're out of here on Friday.

[Sir Henry]

Visibility is down to 300 yards I believe this is an official blizzard and I’m enjoying every second of it. We have already received 10.5” on top of the 8” two days ago.

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[Mags]

Didn't see the predicted snow flakes. Anyway, 38' and overcast. Drying out. No rain expected today. Maybe 51' later.

[dave77]

Looks like you have some french doors, you could possibly get stuck in the house if all your doors had screen doors that opened out.

[Sir Henry]

I just opened my front door to find a wall of snow. I’ve been opening it about once an hour and shoving the snow. This is the worst drifting I’ve seen in the four years I’ve lived here.

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[Sir Henry]

I’m still up or getting up to keep the door clear of snow so I can open it. The two feet of snow we received is getting blown around in the 40 mph wind. The snow is up to the eaves on the garage. Then 50 feet away is bare ground.

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[Sir Henry]

I almost slept too long and had a hard time opening my door. It’s going to be a tight fit squeezing out. I did put the shovel within reach.

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[Sir Henry]

The snow on the west side is even deeper against the storm door.

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I took the storm door off the front door which I don’t use. I can at least always open the house door to the inside to exit in an emergency. Also because of the wind direction this one doesn’t get blocked.

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[Sir Henry]

I can at least open my door.

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[cooperhawk]

Lakeville, MN,
Fair and Breezy, 9°F, Humidity 66%
Wind Speed NW 24 G 30 mph
Barometer 30.02 in
Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -10.
Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Our friend is keeping our home plowed out but the snow is very deep.
I wish I could capture my Simpli Safe Camera pictures to show you.


Casa Grande, AZ
Clear, 57°F, Humidity 26%
Wind Speed N 0 MPH
Barometer 29.97 in
Sunny, with a high near 87.
Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
The week looks OK until Thursday afternoon when it's forecast to be 100 degrees.
Then Friday they say 104. We're out of here then.

[Mags]

40' with a little drizzle. Supposed to start clearing up late morning and have sun this afternoon. Maybe 68' then.

[brm4450]

Bright & Sunny morning but quite frigid.
Low: -3
High: 21
Currently: 10
Everyone have a great day!

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^^^
Looks exactly like what I’ve been seeing on the news this morning. Yuk for you, BRM and all who are getting hammered by this storm.


Here it’s 32 and overcast. We got another skiff of snow overnight. Doubt we will see much in the way of temperature increase. Good day for me to hit the woodshed and split more wood for next season.

[Hatchdog]

Lakeville, MN,
Fair and Breezy, 9°F, Humidity 66%
Wind Speed NW 24 G 30 mph
Barometer 30.02 in
Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -10.
Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Our friend is keeping our home plowed out but the snow is very deep.
I wish I could capture my Simpli Safe Camera pictures to show you.


Casa Grande, AZ
Clear, 57°F, Humidity 26%
Wind Speed N 0 MPH
Barometer 29.97 in
Sunny, with a high near 87.
Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
The week looks OK until Thursday afternoon when it's forecast to be 100 degrees.
Then Friday they say 104. We're out of here then.

Your home could use a couple of hours of that 104 degree heat.

[cooperhawk]

Here's a shot of our home taken from my shop. It's about ten degrees and windy.
I have several cameras that surveil the property.

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