How's The Weather By You?

We had "Oklahoma Dust Bowl" wind for nearly 24 straight hours on Thursday. It's the first time I have EVER heard dirt hit the house and windows. I was afraid to look at that side of the house but we only have a few shingles missing in the same spot that always loses them ---no matter how good we staple them down:apathy:<--- apathetic because we're on our second square of shingles, replacing a few here and there in the nine years we've lived here.

I was at the barn a lot of the time and there were moments when the whole barn rattle. Also apathetic about that because it's happened before. The horses didn't even stop eating hay this time. They just look at me, I shrug my shoulders and say "Pray as usual" and they go back to eating - lol lol

A dead tree on the other side of the backyard boundary fence blew down. It's a big one but it's the neighbor's tree and thankfully blew in their direction. Nothing but woods, so no big deal to anyone and happily we don't have to fix the fence - lol lol

We had a decent warmup, with no wind, Saturday and it's going to be very nice today. I think Monday, we're supposed to be warm but get rain. We're still about an inch behind on rain in my area, so it will be welcome as long as it doesn't turn to ice. I am plenty ok with driving in feet of snow but I do not like driving on ice; not even on a snowmobile.
 
Yeah, driving on ice is the worst! I remember visiting my sister in Texas around New Years, and there was an ice storm there. When she drove me to the airport, it was like a skating rink the whole way. And those people there, even if they own an SUV or truck, it's 2-wheel drive. :eek: We've been having sun and temps in the high 40s, but they say 12 degrees and snow on Christmas eve, so we'll have a white one.
 
Its been seasonal here lately and for the next while..
Sunny with the occasional flurry.. No accumulation..
Temperature in the day is -8 to -6c...
Temperature at night is -15 to -20c ......
 
That's good to hear, you already had quite a bit of snow. Like you said, it's better a little at a time, breaks in between.
 
Steve, if I remember correctly, your air is a lot more dry than when I lived on the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. Our picture should have been beside "bone chilling cold" because the damp air went right thru you, during those times we had temps like yours.

I could handle that much cold if the air is dry --- for a short time --- living with that all winter needs to stay a distant memory - lol lol It's a big part of why I wanted to move further south for retirement - lollol

It's pouring rain, which my area needs. The temps will make to 55 (13C) today but it's going to be cloudy and damp - sort of like being back on the OH/PA border - lol lol lol We are not dealing with the weather Ozarkgal has to put up with; I think most of that misery will stay slightly above us.
 
Wow..woke up to 6-8 inches of snow this am. As I mentioned in another thread, we had to drive to Little Rock yesterday to the airport. They had a storm warning with blizzard conditions for our area starting at noon. We were vasillating whether we should try to make or put my brother up in a motel by the airport. We decided to brave it and go. With heavy jackets, extra
blankets, a bare necessity overnight kit, thermos of hot chocolate, extra dog food, dogs bundled up in their waterproof bomber jackets and one grumpy, bah humbug husband, we started out. Made it almost to LR before it started heavily raining, temp at 32°. The plane was only 20 minutes late. As we left the airport, the rain was turning to ice and the truck antenna looked like a giant icecicle.

Things didn't start to get really bad until we got towards Batesville, which is normally an hour drive from the house. The roads started to ice and that's where you start to get into steep, winding roads. There was just enough traffic to keep the road from total ice. We met a snow plow coming down the hill in the opposite direction and I swear he was going 70 mph. That was scary, wondering if he was going to make the curve:upset:?? From about this point on there were several cars that had slid off the road. We finally made it to our turn off on the highway an immediately started fishtailing a couple of times, I was in the back seat, trying to control my bodily functions, hugging the pups and back seat driving.. We made it the next 4 miles to our road without further incident, and was never so glad to see that big vapor light in our pasture shining from down the road like a beacon announcing our safe arrival!

It was a 2 drink night, a big bowl of spicy chipotle chili and cornbread, then off to bed for the storm weary travellers....
another excellent adventure!
 
Thanks for the update Ozarkgal, was thinking about you when I was watching the weather on TV. So glad you made it back home in one piece, gives a fresh meaning to 'home sweet home'! You made me laugh with the backseat driving while hugging the pups...can definitely relate! :p You got more snow than us, we just had around 3 inches, but cold frigid temps.
 
Wowzer, OzarkGal, glad you made it home safe and sound. It's great to hear from you as the Nashville stations have been talking about the tornadoes that came thru AL. Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel is at one site as I write this.

We missed all that stuff but the weather is still Butt Fugly out there. It is sleeting/windy and RAW outside. Wind chill has us down in the mid-20's; gusts up to 20 MPH maybe more at times.

My horses have only been out a couple hours (all of them wearing waterproof coats), they are so miserable everyone of them wants back in the barn. I still have to clean stalls from last night, so I figure I'll be cleaning stalls around them, since the second I make eye contact with anybody, I lose:beaten:

My Fella with the healing ligaments looks like a horse Michelin Man with his coat and leg wraps. The torn ligaments are a long story and farrier-induced. I will be keeping his legs wrapped at least until next summer because they have to stay warm. He's wrapped 24/7 and changed twice daily; I should be skinny as a broom handle but that ain't the case.
 
Sad how some areas of the world are in drought conditions, and you have such excessive rain and flooding. :( Wishing the best for all in the Glastonbury section of England.
 
Between the flooding, sleet, wind, snow and everything in between, it sounds like just about everyone is experiencing some extreme weather recently. We are looking at rain and sleet starting tonight and through tomorrow. We still aren't able to get up our road from the Christmas snow yet.

LOL..TWH..I can so relate to managing horses in bad weather. Blankets on, blankets off, making sure they're not sweating underneath, bandages for those who stock up, switching stalls or putting them in the barn aisle while cleaning stalls. Monitoring "output" due to lack of exercise, hot bran mashes for those who need it, wheeling carts of muck through the snow to the pile..(didn't have the luxury of a tractor on my own place), hauling water when the automatics freeze up, and so on. It make me tired thinking of it! It is truly a labor of love.:love_heart:

KnightofAlbion...Flooding is such a scary thing. I hope you are not directly in the path of any property damage or danger. We have a creek about 40 feet from our back door and when we bought this place we excavated it three times within 6 months to help make sure it doesn't spill over into the yard as we found out happens after we bought the house. When we get 2-3 inches of rain at once, the creek turns into a raging river you could go white water rafting on.
 
It has turned a bit cool around here..
As I write this post at just after 4:30am, it is -22c ....
The high for today is -12c but sunny which makes for a lovely day to go for a walk...
 
Very mild at -2c and just a bit of snow falling with a very light wind from the west...

Snowmobilers have been having a ball of a time lately.. Enough has fallen for them to enjoy the sport.....
 
As I write this post, it is a lovely -29c ... Yes, you are reading correctly..
The temperature has dropped drastically for the next few days which we need very badly.. The extreme cold will actually save many lives..
We have already lost a few people (about 5) because of the lack of extreme cold.. Just yesterday, one young boy died because of lack of extreme cold..

The problem is they go out on their snowmobiles and cross the open waters that haven't frozen thick enough.. They go through the thin ice and .......... good-bye ...
This extreme cold will freeze the waterways thick enough to cross safely........
 
In those conditions, people must be smart when it comes to ice and waters. So many folks die falling through the ice to rescue their dogs, etc. without the extreme weight of a snowmobile. Very few, if any, can survive those icy waters.
 
I have seen some Fell-Thru-The-Ice rescues on TV.

There isn't enough money to get me out on the ice <----clucking and doing the Chicken Dance here:playful:

Steve, from a safety standpoint, I'm glad you're so cold. Hopefully you don't have the wind to go with that??? Geez:cower: How's your Pupper doing by now?

We've had rain, more rain and more rain with some spittin' snow mixed in. It's been England cold/damp/cloudy for well over a week in my area. Thankfully this property has excellent natural drainage so, while there's mud, there's very little and we will dry out in 48 hours once the rain stops.

We sit at the second highest elevation point in the county; if we ever go under water, there's no point trying to leave - lol lol

Today is supposed to be a few degrees above freezing but the sun is supposed to be out - we'll see - lol By the end of the week we are supposed to be in the 50's (12.7C).
 
R. Zimm said:
73.2 F at 6:52 pm

This is a cold snap so it will get down to 64 F tonight! OMG, how will we survive?
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TWH..
My pooch (Pomeranian) is doing GREAT !!! She loves the winter and especially the snow.. The cold doesn't seem to bother at all.. Yesterday in that cold, my wife took her for a walk.. Naturally we have a winter coat for her but she simply didn't want to come in after a 30 minuit walk..
She does eat snow and loves to chew on small ice the size of an apricot pit.. Clean snow of course, not yello snow !!!

The problems we had last week are all over.. She is 100% ......
One thing I do hope she outgrows (she is 8 months) is the fact she has to go potty (pee) about every hour if not sooner..She asks to go out and every time she makes.....
At night, she is put in her crate and is in there for about 9 or 10 hours without any complaints, but during the day, every hour if not sooner she asks to go out......
 
Steve, that is terrific news!

Hope your weather stays suitable for walking the Little Tyke:cool:

This morning's local weather trivia was the fact that 2012 was the second warmest year on record for the Nashville/Middle Tennessee area. The warmest year on record, for us, was in the 1920's.

Somehow I missed this (probably selective-lollol) but we had a day where the actual temp was 109 degrees (42.7C). That must've been the day the "feels like" shot up to 112 :uncomfortableness::uncomfortableness:

Yesterday (Thursday) the weather folks absolutely missed the mark. It never got above freezing, the sun never came out, and the air was "bone-chilling cold". I might just as well have been back on the OH/PA border.

This morning we have freezing fog so that means black ice in places but they promised us sunshine by late morning and we will reach a balmy 44 degrees (6.6C). We'll see - lol lol
 
After reading everyone's posts on their weather, I am almost ashamed to say that it is beautiful, warm and Sunny here. For the week they are predicting highs in the upper 70's to low 80's. Unusual for us in January, but I am loving it!
 

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