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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 01, 2019, 04:24:35 AM
Probably difficult to predict out your way with the lake effect in the mix. ;D

Snowing here and a little breezy. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 01, 2019, 07:01:08 AM
Bare ground and 36° here this morning!   :snowball:

We're hoping that this isn't a sign of what's to come, Sugaring Season is just around the corner.

Heck, they're already tapping in Northern Vermont! 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 01, 2019, 08:00:15 AM
14 below 35 below wind chill :new_year:  :snowball: :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 01, 2019, 09:02:36 AM
Maybe 3 inches of snow. I could make a young one mighty happy with a snowman this morning. 34°
Off and on sun. More off. :(  A warm sun would melt the snow we got. Well settle it down some more.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 01, 2019, 09:13:13 AM
64 here now, rain all day yesterday, overcast today, rain tomorrow....
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 01, 2019, 09:51:15 AM
2" of rain overnight, 49F here now (!?) and and wind gusts up to 45. yay. Anybody know if rice grows in colder climes?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 01, 2019, 11:38:48 AM
I believe they have actually grown some in Vermont
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 01, 2019, 12:29:51 PM
Quote from: Southside logger on January 01, 2019, 11:38:48 AM
I believe they have actually grown some in Vermont
I should look into that then, My front lawn has parts that have't touched air in months.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 01, 2019, 02:24:39 PM
Had 5" and it stopped snowing so cleaned the drive way. I now see some more snow falling, probably won't be much to it. Around 30F, and no rain yet.  :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 01, 2019, 02:31:07 PM
53° and windy. Hung my laundry out this morning, and a bunch of it blew off, and fell in standing water  :bangshead:  I have my long sleeve shirts tied on the cords with their sleeves. I don't usually care if my wash ends up on the ground, but it's too wet for that this year. I need to hunt down some clothespins. I know I've got some around here somewhere.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 01, 2019, 04:54:40 PM
Wind came up, and began clearing. Can't complain too much. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 01, 2019, 07:25:17 PM
72 degrees .  Very humid and muggy.  AC in the lumber room is on :). 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 02, 2019, 04:45:49 AM
 :D :D

Well it's -3F here this morning. Cleaned the flu. But, it was pretty clean anyway just some powder soot. But I go through the monthly check list. ;D  Fire's on, nice and toasty. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 02, 2019, 10:35:40 AM
-6° here this morning with a brisk wind. After today its supposed to start warming back UP into the mid/upper 30s. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 02, 2019, 10:45:07 AM
Icey blue view of Mount Katahdin today from the crow's nest. :) 8)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/MountKatahdin-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 03, 2019, 07:08:09 AM
31.8F here this morning with a dusting of snow and some flurries moving through. Supposed to hit 40 today. Then clear until Saturday with a chance of.... nah, I can't even say it.   >:(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 03, 2019, 07:15:08 AM
It was 26° here this morning at 6:00, and we got about 4 inches of snow since about 9:00 last night with a little snow still falling!

Good to see the ground covered again!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on January 03, 2019, 07:22:41 AM
Chuck, how is the snowmobiling up there? anything good yet?

I really need to register my sled and actually get some miles on it this year.

edit: I just read the last line.... Guess not :(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 03, 2019, 08:27:51 AM
Nice picture of the Mt.I betcha I looked right at ya back in 1979. :D
Snow here,2 inches,so far.

Edit....
One hour later and stopped snowing. No sun yet,but I can see some blue sky. 16°
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 03, 2019, 08:29:16 AM
Snow today before day break and still going on, suppose to be snow tomorrow and again Saturday night. Not suppose to add up to much. It was -8 this morning, then jumped to 8 above in 2 hours.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 03, 2019, 10:21:22 AM
Well we got 4 inches. BUT no rain so far. :o  Seem like it snows,warms up and rains. A nice fluffy snow at 16°.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 03, 2019, 03:03:57 PM
Ditto for Mr. C.  Wet snow, more wet snow. ~ 4" with plenty of stupid drivers out.
They forget "Mo" : even with snow tires and 4WD, Mr Mo won't prevent slipping and sliding.
Never dismiss stupidity on the road. :o
(Mo = momentum )
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 03, 2019, 04:42:33 PM
Snow ended here before dark and the DOT plow came along about then. 3" I think
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 03, 2019, 06:56:56 PM
Snowmobiling doesn't exist in this immediate area!

We have gotten about 5-6 inches of snow at this time!

Still a little bit falling!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on January 03, 2019, 07:19:03 PM
Still warm for Jan .into the 20's at night high 40's day time .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: dgdrls on January 03, 2019, 07:29:51 PM
Quote from: Chuck White on January 03, 2019, 06:56:56 PM
Snowmobiling doesn't exist in this immediate area!

We have gotten about 5-6 inches of snow at this time!

Still a little bit falling!
Chuck, any snow you had in your neck of the wood is melting into the Oswegatchie or Grass river.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20727/USGS.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546561740)


SwampD that's a dandy view!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on January 03, 2019, 09:49:24 PM
Rain, rain and then more rain here in the deep south.  Banjo
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 04, 2019, 01:04:21 AM
Started out the am at 5° then by noon it was 36° and rain, now it's 1am and still 37°. Crazy roller coaster weather that's for sure.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 04, 2019, 04:02:31 AM
12F above this morning, suppose to be a mild stretch in the 30's.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 04, 2019, 07:04:07 AM
The snow moved in before daylight. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 04, 2019, 04:51:50 PM
Past couple days have been mostly rain free, though I think it may have misted a couple nights ago. Just to show I haven't been forgotten, it's supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. Wouldn't want to go a week without rain or anything. That's crazy talk! Been warm; mid forties. This whole winter has been an extended fall. If it were August, it would be amazing, but I like winter when it's winter. Not looking good so far.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 04, 2019, 04:59:30 PM
Snow ended before noon, all cleaned up for another round Saturday night into Sunday. We had barely 3" here in the 2 systems.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 04, 2019, 05:02:21 PM
I wouldn't want to race across a field here just yet on a ski doo. You could still hit a hard piece of dirt from a furrow plow or a terrace ditch and go airborne. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 04, 2019, 08:42:47 PM
Moving hay to the cows I am actually pushing water uphill with the Lull tires - the stuff has no place to go and of course it rained all day again today.  
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 05, 2019, 04:40:25 AM
28F this morning, going to be a mild one. Gotta cut back on the firewood in feed. :) ;D

Maybe we missed January and February, hit mid March in mid stride. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 05, 2019, 06:03:04 AM
I have 15°. That is cold to the ones on tv talking about the weather. :)
But suppose to warm up to almost 40° and rain.
But you right about mid March. Maybe we had January temps back in November. :D The next 7 days don't show any temps in the singles numbers at all. :o  I am sure there are some coming. But if something don't happen pretty quick,we might of missed the only time it gets in the double digits is with a minus sign beside it for a whole week. Yes,it will dip down for a day or two,but I doubt for a week or two straight. But should not of been that cold in Novemeber either. Have not seen that for years. Guess we'll all know when May gets here. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on January 05, 2019, 07:07:26 AM
Finally it's not raining here today . 43 this morning and heading to upper 50's, but we'll bump almost 70 tomorrow.  Hopefully the ground will dry out a little, everything is muddy right now. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 05, 2019, 08:18:06 AM
34 at daybreak and light rain. Heavy rain now and supposed to continue off and on all day with a high of 40. I won't get anything done in the woods today, so for the next best thing I have a couple of logs loaded up to bring up to another FF member so we can meet for the first time. Maybe do a little property tour and see what he has tucked away in his 40 acres :). In a couple of weeks, maybe we can do it in reverse. Maybe I can pick up my splitter on the way home too.
 Looking at my front lawn, the 2019 rice paddy looks in good shape for planting with 3-4 inches of standing water. I don't want to know what my skid road looks like, why ruin my morning? Hopefully tomorrow I can put the roof deck on my shed at the mill then get it tightened up. I am still planning on some shop days during the cold weather because I know it is coming. Not gonna let theses mild temps fool me again.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on January 05, 2019, 10:39:09 AM
74 days till spring.....
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: coxy on January 05, 2019, 01:59:55 PM
going to put in an order for duck and geese feathers to keep dry any one want to split the order with me 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 05, 2019, 06:30:29 PM
Well, it's going to drop here Monday night.  ;D :D :D I was afraid winter would be over too quick, all them weeks of my life gone by and nothing getting done. Goodness. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 05, 2019, 07:08:00 PM
Was drizzling a good bit of the day. Took a nap, and it was sunning a bit when I woke up. ~50°. Hoping to get some wood cut tomorrow. My nemesis, muddy buried wood is waiting. Two more cuts, and I can call it done. Hoping my echo with an old poulan bar & chain can handle it.

This season's been disappointing. I love the dark days, and cold weather. Christmas came and went, the days are getting longer, and I still haven't gotten winter. Walking the aisles of the stores, the Christmas stuff is disheveled, and on clearance. Doesn't feel like it ever came. Just rain, and endless fall. I never put my winter bouquet up in my truck; a sprig of holly with berries. I have one for every season but spring. Spring stuff's too delicate. Bull thistle for summer, a (usually oak)leaf cluster for fall, and holly for winter. Sigh...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 06, 2019, 07:05:53 AM
Just hung my laundry outside. Smells like spring. Hopefully it stays out of the puddles this week.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 06, 2019, 07:54:56 AM
I just watched the weather report on CNN, and it looks like we have some snow accumulation coming in from the Upper Mid-West.

They are saying that we should be ready to receive over a foot coming off the end of Lake Ontario and extending all the way into interior New England by Monday night!   
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 06, 2019, 08:58:33 AM
Been a flurry here since day break, but nothing to add up. 28F this morning. Good day to make some bread. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 06, 2019, 09:14:23 AM
Has not rained for almost 36 hours now, if this keeps up my boots might not make the "sloop" sound when walking everywhere..... oh the horror, the horror.   ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 06, 2019, 11:28:54 AM
Felled a 20" DBH ash yesterday onto 2" of wet wet snow. Silly thing actually went where I said with wedges and a bore.
33 F today and light sun to haul the butts in. Any ideas on how to keep dry hands handling snowy wood ? The waterproof gloves are too thin, the warmer ones not waterproof and too thick for pickups.  More "horrors". :-[
Big snow coming Tuesday at last. :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 06, 2019, 11:50:44 AM
Kinda here in Central Maine,I have almost 40°. And I have no idea why I am inside on the FF. ;D I should be outside playing in the woods.
Yes,something is coming in.
Them City Weather People will talk the storm up. Them are the same ones that stand by the freeway and talk about how bad the storm is because they lowered the speed limit to 35 mph and I can see the black top on the road. ::)  :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on January 06, 2019, 02:17:44 PM
We're right at 70 here today. The puddles have about dried up, but there's still a squish when you walk across the yard..but no rain forecasted for the work week. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 06, 2019, 02:51:25 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on January 06, 2019, 11:50:44 AM
Kinda here in Central Maine,I have almost 40°. And I have no idea why I am inside on the FF. ;D I should be outside playing in the woods.
Yes,something is coming in.
Them City Weather People will talk the storm up. Them are the same ones that stand by the freeway and talk about how bad the storm is because they lowered the speed limit to 35 mph and I can see the black top on the road. ::)  :D
About like Shapiro in Presque Isle, arms all over the map and spitting on himself and telling us a big wind is coming to. Meanwhile, barely a 10 mph wind. Weather inflators. They give that guy more air time than the sports announcer. Pour Cloukey can say more in 4 minutes than Shapiro will give ya in 15. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: trapper on January 06, 2019, 05:33:37 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 06, 2019, 11:28:54 AM
Felled a 20" DBH ash yesterday onto 2" of wet wet snow. Silly thing actually went where I said with wedges and a bore.
33 F today and light sun to haul the butts in. Any ideas on how to keep dry hands handling snowy wood ? The waterproof gloves are too thin, the warmer ones not waterproof and too thick for pickups.  More "horrors". :-[
Big snow coming Tuesday at last. :snowball:

Use your name  A pulphook  Keeps your hands dry and dont have to bend over so far to pick up the wood.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 06, 2019, 05:55:23 PM
Dry day today WOOOHOOOO! Yeah it spritzed some and flurried some but who cares, and unusually warm too. I was working on the shed roof down at the mill and happened to glance at the thermometer I had tucked in the corner, it read about 42. I worked in a sweatshirt all day, and finally got the roof decked and covered in a plastic sheet until I get some roofing on it. Temps should be moderate all week, teens at night and 30's during the day. I'll take it, I call this normal. Snow is forecast for 'sometime between Monday night and Friday', which means they don't know but ti will probably snow at some point, not that we have a good guess as to how much either. I'll have a better idea when I see what is laying on the ground and will deal with it then. For today, it was a good one and I got a lot done. I count each day like that as a blessing.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 06, 2019, 06:15:35 PM
Quote from: Southside logger on January 06, 2019, 09:14:23 AM
Has not rained for almost 36 hours now, if this keeps up my boots might not make the "sloop" sound when walking everywhere..... oh the horror, the horror.   ;D
I would be concerned that the leather might start cracking, but I guess you thought of this already. What to do?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 06, 2019, 06:23:19 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 06, 2019, 11:28:54 AM
Felled a 20" DBH ash yesterday onto 2" of wet wet snow. Silly thing actually went where I said with wedges and a bore.
33 F today and light sun to haul the butts in. Any ideas on how to keep dry hands handling snowy wood ? The waterproof gloves are too thin, the warmer ones not waterproof and too thick for pickups.  
Hey @Pulphook (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41166) 
Seriously, years ago, I 'discovered' when washing fire trucks in mid-winter that diving gloves are great for wet work in cold temps. i came up short one day and only had the gloves in my water rescue bag. (Think 'wet suit'.) They worked like a charm and I always used them after that. The problem with woods work is that the bark can be very rough on theses gloves and they won't last too very long. But boy, on those bad days, they make a difference. i never thought of throwing some leather plain work gloves over the top of them, maybe I should try that. I do keep them in the crummy for when I really need them.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 06, 2019, 09:43:58 PM
I have Shara Long walking in front of the map.  ;D  She was talking about the wind at 6:15pm. It was blowing at that time. She said the wind chill will be a cold one. Down in the minus singles numbers. Sometimes she says it will be cold at 20°. ::) 
Still no singles number for 2-3 days in a row. I see some single numbers coming in the mornings,but high noon 20's or high teens. Not bad for January temps.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 06, 2019, 09:50:35 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 06, 2019, 06:15:35 PM
Quote from: Southside logger on January 06, 2019, 09:14:23 AM
Has not rained for almost 36 hours now, if this keeps up my boots might not make the "sloop" sound when walking everywhere..... oh the horror, the horror.   ;D
I would be concerned that the leather might start cracking, but I guess you thought of this already. What to do?
Leather??  I have been living in Muck Boots since October, just keep alternating pairs and put them on the boot dryer at night. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 07, 2019, 04:21:36 AM
4F this morning with that wind'a howling.  Lots of wood on the morning fire. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 07, 2019, 06:11:45 AM
Ditto here Downeast....too D cold with windchills. Where is AlGore ?
We're close to 3 cords thru the 2 stoves already and it's only the beginning of Winter.
My diving gloves WITH leather over---great idea ! Please send a bill ? ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 07, 2019, 06:56:28 AM
Calm and Cold here this morning, almost dead still, clear sky's and -6°F

Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 07, 2019, 07:30:16 AM
16, clear sky, no wind, red sunrise. Squall predicted for evening, minor snow overnight. Warming tomorrow again. Sounds like winter may be moving in this week and setting up shop next Monday. We will see.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 07, 2019, 08:17:37 AM
She was right,singles numbers,6°. Glad to see the wind stopped.
I think today's high is in the 20's.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: petefrom bearswamp on January 07, 2019, 08:43:34 AM
6" yesterday, 7 degrees this AM.
Calling for winds 40 to 50 mph tonight then warm and rain changing back to snow and colder late week
Well we will see how the guessers have done.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 07, 2019, 12:54:00 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on January 07, 2019, 08:17:37 AM
She was right,singles numbers,6°. Glad to see the wind stopped.
I think today's high is in the 20's.
At noon it was just 6F here, won't be more than 10F suspect for the high here, cold wind but not as strong now.

I can see them snow clouds moving this way from the west.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 07, 2019, 01:33:36 PM
Neoprene gloves will definitely keep your hands warm. I used to wear them whitewater paddling, sometimes at below freezing temps, and I never had cold hands. Not all that comfortable though, and it's easy to overheat. I'd only wear them if I needed them.

Overcast today, and never hit 40° which is nice. Sleeting now, which isn't so nice  :^/
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 07, 2019, 08:25:54 PM
Wind was howling last night as it warmed up and rained, then sometime before sun up cooled back off and 4" of heavy snow accumulated. Then by 9am it was raining and rained on and off all day. Now it's supposed to drop into the single digits, just when I thought things couldn't get more slippery. All the side roads are like skating rinks and even with good snow tires traveling is a challenge.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 08, 2019, 04:12:22 AM
2F this morning, no snow yet. Can see Oakfield windmill lights 35 miles away. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on January 08, 2019, 05:16:40 AM
Todays weather. Only hit around 25C, but took the kids to the beach anyway. As you can see the crowds were huge.  :D 

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10460/49864267_10155723249882441_8467799547601485824_o.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546941609)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10460/49344509_10155723249927441_1725315953673109504_o.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546941885)

No idea who's dog this is, seemed to be waiting for someone who was surfing, but she was friendly enough. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 08, 2019, 05:45:39 AM
Looks like fun. It reminds me when I went to the beach in the northeast of here in 2006. It was late in September and the beach was closed to swimming by then. But, the water is shallow there for a long way out so the water is 70 degrees. It's a provincial owned beach so don't have to worry about getting some beach owner all worked up walking across his sand. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 08, 2019, 06:16:51 AM
I have 14° and a fine snow is coming down. Will let you know how much when it all stops.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 08, 2019, 10:46:55 AM
Has not stopped here.
Getting too warm ( ~ 32 F ) for snow....we don't want rain.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 08, 2019, 01:00:40 PM
Ianab I too went to the beach today. Lol. Well theres 75' of shore ice then 10' waves and 50mph winds with a temp of 20°F and sideways snow so I just opened the door on the sauna and looked at the beach. Not safe or smart to go out there. Ha
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190108_125732.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546970257)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190108_130211.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546970688)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190108_130941.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1546970994)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 08, 2019, 10:30:29 PM
Well it snowed. 2-3 inches. And now it's raining. I think someone has moved me about 30-40 miles South. I use to work about 30 miles South. Rain was common thing after a snowstorm,but not 30 miles North in Chesterville. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on January 08, 2019, 10:41:17 PM
40 now ,wood stove full of hickory about to run me out .Supposed to drop to about 25 by dawn .Cooling more the rest of the week .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: PineNut on January 09, 2019, 01:14:39 PM

Our daffodils have leaves 12 to 18 inches long. I think they are about to bloom as I noticed a bud on one of them yesterday.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 09, 2019, 01:23:55 PM
What a mess! This had been the worst storm so far. A wet and I do mean wet snow. Adding up too. Was raining in the early morning than changed over to a wet heavy snow.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 09, 2019, 04:31:56 PM
Never did much all day here, then the wind came and blew in a white out blizzard. Still below freezing so not a sticky snow here. And since the wind died down and the snowing does not look all that severe, can see 1/2 a mile.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 09, 2019, 05:57:51 PM
Snow Downeast is gone with mid 30's light drizzle. The 1 mile road to paved is one D solid sheet of ice. Tires over snow make ice ( principle of XC skiing for you non Nordic people ). Even with non studded winter tires on the old Subaru this was one hairy ride out to not brake, not go too fast, not too slow on the hills. This is ice combat.
So, we broke down and called Earl to sand the road...done. He complained that he had to use over a yard of sand. Earl is our friend.,,,bill will be coming.
Now as Cfarm says " cold is coming tomorrow."
But we will never go to Florida ( God's burial ground ). I spent too much time at Camp Elgin (Pensacola)  way back: heat, snakes, bugs, wet, mean DI's.

Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 09, 2019, 06:16:12 PM
Cool today, and there was light rain/snow showers. Not cool enough I didn't get overheated at work, and the precipitation ticked me off. I had some stuff I wanted to get done, and my gear's gotten delicate with age, and shouldn't get wet. Also, drippy water from the sky's *really* getting old. I want some winter, and snow would be dandy. Calling for some over the weekend, but I'm not getting my hopes up. My yard's still a swamp  :^(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 09, 2019, 06:55:30 PM
It's been snowing off-and-on all day today, we now have around 5-7 inches of new snow, and the forecasters are calling for "up to 14 inches" by the time it ends!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 09, 2019, 07:05:49 PM
6-8 inches of snow so far and still coming down. Wind finially settled down but it was howling earlier. Some drifts are 3 to 5 foot tall.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 09, 2019, 08:15:09 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 09, 2019, 05:57:51 PM
you non Nordic people
Non Nordic people down here are un-glaciated people.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 09, 2019, 09:19:36 PM
Hard to believe I am saying this, but I am enjoying (relatively) this weather. We are placed between the guys in the northeast getting clobbered with snow and cold and ice, the guys to the south with those ridiculous warm temps and rain, and the guys to the west who are also either getting clobbered with snow or rain (north vs. south). Here we have no idea what kind of weather we are having, temps in the teens one week, then snow, then warm, then rain, then 5 minutes of sun, then mix it up again. Getting work done on the weekends is a challenge and I have this shed I am trying to build down by the sawmill before 'the winter comes'. I started in on 11/2 and it should have been 3 weekends (nice to have a plan). Still at it, back injury, cold/virus, snow, ice, etc have all conspired against me. Once the snow sets in I am done and can't get my mule down there. I am to the point of being near done, still have to make a door, finish the fascia, put roll roofing on, fit/hang the door and sheath it. No power down there but a generator. I have taken to pre-cutting stuff in my shop in the evenings and getting it queued up to work like mad during the few hours of daylight on the weekend. It's gonna be cold this weekend and maybe snow Sunday. SO it's weird that even though it's not great weather, I feel more fortunate than most. I gotta get this thing done, get my gear stored for the winter, and close up the mill properly.
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 10, 2019, 02:46:53 AM
Looks like we have around 6 inches fall since about 8:00, and still falling!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 10, 2019, 04:10:38 AM
I don't know what we got here yet, but no fire on because it is still mid 70's in the house and wood has not been added since 6:00 pm last night. And that was two slabs of red pine. That burns pretty hot and heavier wood than spruce. The heat is right up there with maple as far as I can tell. I have been burning pine, spruce, aspen, birch, apple, basswood, and cedar for the most part out of yard trees, got 6-1/2 cords right there. Could have been a lot more if I wanted to bust up some knotty pasture spruce. So far the heat feels just as hot as maple heat. :D Flu stays as clean as a whistle, only  a little powder soot at the elbow and some at the top. But I burn hot fires, not smothered ones. Plus two stage burn in the furnace and good dry wood to. ;D  22F outside this morning. One of them snow clean up days. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 10, 2019, 08:35:50 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 09, 2019, 09:19:36 PM
Hard to believe I am saying this, but I am enjoying (relatively) this weather. We are placed between the guys in the northeast getting clobbered with snow and cold and ice, the guys to the south with those ridiculous warm temps and rain, and the guys to the west who are also either getting clobbered with snow or rain (north vs. south). Here we have no idea what kind of weather we are having, temps in the teens one week, then snow, then warm, then rain, then 5 minutes of sun, then mix it up again. Getting work done on the weekends is a challenge and I have this shed I am trying to build down by the sawmill before 'the winter comes'. I started in on 11/2 and it should have been 3 weekends (nice to have a plan). Still at it, back injury, cold/virus, snow, ice, etc have all conspired against me. Once the snow sets in I am done and can't get my mule down there. I am to the point of being near done, still have to make a door, finish the fascia, put roll roofing on, fit/hang the door and sheath it. No power down there but a generator. I have taken to pre-cutting stuff in my shop in the evenings and getting it queued up to work like mad during the few hours of daylight on the weekend. It's gonna be cold this weekend and maybe snow Sunday. SO it's weird that even though it's not great weather, I feel more fortunate than most. I gotta get this thing done, get my gear stored for the winter, and close up the mill properly.
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Neat outhouse with skylight !
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 09:04:49 AM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 10, 2019, 08:35:50 AM

Neat outhouse with skylight !
Actually I thought about putting in a skylight, but I am cheap and didn't have anything around surplus that would do the job. Maybe in the spring I will find something. This photo is a bit short of where it sits now, the roof is fully decked except for 2 end boards I have to rip, and I have it covered in plastic with a classic tarp door :). The frame of the door sits in my shop ready to fit and square up, all the roll roofing is pre-cut, now I just need a couple more days, but it is supposed to be pretty cold this weekend with low wind chills. Just keep pluggin', right?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on January 10, 2019, 09:32:30 AM
It's in the 20's as predicted.Burning hickory which coals up better than ash but not as good as oak .If it gets and stays in the teens I'll get into the oak .As much as they carry on about it I'm not so certain one produces any more heat than the other including hard maple .It's a matter of opinion besides you just burn whatever you have,they all produce heat . :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 10, 2019, 09:51:34 AM
Plow came twice this morning, second trip with more sand. Last year the roads was a disaster around here all rutted up and plowed with blade 3" off the road surface. Maybe someone learned something since last winter. :D :D Maybe they took money form pension funds this year to finance the road cleaning. Now wouldn't they squawk. ;) I know they do it in some states and boy do they have a nest of hornets now. :D  Look at Kentucky teachers and firemen.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 10, 2019, 09:57:53 AM
Out in Oregon they would plow the same way, leave an inch or so on the road, but just to make it interesting they would also plow into the center of the road rather than the ditch so you would have a rock solid, foot tall, wall of ice as a center divider - makes for some fun left turns!!  
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 10, 2019, 11:56:40 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 09:04:49 AMActually I thought about putting in a skylight, but I am cheap and didn't have anything around surplus that would do the job. Maybe in the spring I will find something.
https://phys.org/news/2011-09-bottle-brighten-millions-poor-homes.html
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 10, 2019, 01:52:02 PM
Been without internet for more than 24 hours. Than we lost power,wonder why with all that wet snow. I called the power comapny,it's all done by a computer and there was not even 6000 in the state,well CMP,that did not have power. :o  Only 600 in my area. Lucky,lucky. That storm was a mess. Worst one yet. Snow and ice and an inch of water all mixed in. Maybe 6 inches of snow,with both storm,back to back.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 02:49:10 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 10, 2019, 11:56:40 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 09:04:49 AMActually I thought about putting in a skylight, but I am cheap and didn't have anything around surplus that would do the job. Maybe in the spring I will find something.
https://phys.org/news/2011-09-bottle-brighten-millions-poor-homes.html
Cool Idea! I am going to give this some thought. Of course it will freeze, so I have to figure for that too.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 10, 2019, 03:35:05 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 02:49:10 PM


Cool Idea! I am going to give this some thought. Of course it will freeze, so I have to figure for that too.
Maybe rubbing alcohol or cheap vodka would work.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 10, 2019, 04:19:21 PM
Where you cutting the 1/2 moon ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 04:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 10, 2019, 04:19:21 PM
Where you cutting the 1/2 moon ?
It's NOT an outhouse :-[ :D :D :D :D :D :laugh:! There is no hole in the floor. It will be 'mouse tight' and the closest thing it will have in common to an outhouse is that I will have a stool or chair to sit and think upon (and nothing more than that), and perhaps consume some adult beverage at the end of the day. I do plan on putting a small camp stove on a shelf to make coffee, add some 12v lights with a solar cell for battery charging power. I'll make a more permanent mount for the generator on the outside back wall so it is covered and easy to open up and use. I might even throw in a small compressor for blowing off the sawdust, but I hate hearing the generator run. Mostly, it's there to store the chains, cables, cant hooks, oil, gas, blades, hand tools, etc and keep them dry. Secondarily is to provide a small work bench to fix stuff out of the weather. Of course I may put a kero heater in there this weekend just because the windchill is supposed to be pretty low. I might add a small potable water jug for the warmer months (for coffee) and might as well take one of the old coolers down there for cold drinks. Like I said, it's just a shed. (But maybe I should have made it a little bigger?) Is was designed as a learning project for me to see what was involved in running the mill making lumber and building something with said lumber. It taught me a lot about why a good board is so important, stress in trees and how that translates to the building, and a ton of other things. Kind of a trail by fire. I figure if I failed I could always make it into a 6 hole outhouse.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Southside on January 10, 2019, 08:21:38 PM
Ya know you could have just bought your outhouse from @POSTON WIDEHEAD (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=14625) for $300 and saved a lot of work.  :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 08:50:45 PM
Quote from: Southside logger on January 10, 2019, 08:21:38 PM
Ya know you could have just bought your outhouse from @POSTON WIDEHEAD (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=14625) for $300 and saved a lot of work.  :D
How much tool storage does it have?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 10, 2019, 08:58:06 PM
It depends on the number of SGU's that you can spend. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 10, 2019, 09:16:21 PM
Quote from: WDH on January 10, 2019, 08:58:06 PM
It depends on the number of SGU's that you can spend.
I think I might regret this but: What's an SGU?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 11, 2019, 04:50:15 AM
$$ southern goat units ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 11, 2019, 07:13:04 AM
We ended up with a foot of snow, as it got colder the snow stopped falling and we now have -2°F.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 11, 2019, 07:45:53 AM
One Standard Goat Unit = $300
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 11, 2019, 07:52:55 AM
SGU is also in the Forestry Forum Dictionary. It's on the Menu bar,the one that starts out with Home Help Search. Go to Extras,a drop down will appear and Forestry Forum Dictionary is there.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 11, 2019, 08:07:01 AM
No need for TLA's....just say it. Simple to spell it out.
Don't know a "TLA" ? ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 11, 2019, 10:27:49 AM
Yeah, I knew I would be sorry I asked about the SGU, didn't think it would be in the dictionary. You guys are thorough. I will not ask what a TLA is. My vocabulary is about at max verbosity anyway. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: PC-Urban-Sawyer on January 11, 2019, 11:50:07 AM
Careful running that heater inside, carbon monoxide will sneak up on ya...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 11, 2019, 12:30:46 PM
Quote from: PC-Urban-Sawyer on January 11, 2019, 11:50:07 AM
Careful running that heater inside, carbon monoxide will sneak up on ya...
:D :D :D :D :D :D You have no way of knowing this, but with no door yet and all the openings between board edges because it is bowed and twisted, there is no way a person could possibly get in trouble in there right now. When the battens are on and the door done, maybe it will be a different deal. :laugh: Yes, I know the dangers and I really don't like using that kero heater because of the oder and some small smoke, but when it is really cold, well, I can tolerate it a little. It is just to step in for a few minutes to warm my feet and ears. Thanks for watching out for me though.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 11, 2019, 05:39:47 PM
OK, I give...."TLA" used too often in high tech-- "Three Letter Accronym" .
It's pretentious and maybe snooty to make so-called insiders think they're above it all.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 11, 2019, 08:38:39 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 11, 2019, 05:39:47 PM
OK, I give...."TLA" used too often in high tech-- "Three Letter Accronym" .
It's pretentious and maybe snooty to make so-called insiders think they're above it all.
Well I suppose I heard that one years ago and forgot it. I supposedly work int eh high tech world (their term, not mine). The only one I use routinely is RTFM and only under my breath these days, apparently nobody appreciates cutting sarcasm anymore more and now they get offended, file a complaint with HR, go for counseling to deal with the stress, hire a lawyer and put in a claim for disability based on PTSD. I am getting too old.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 11, 2019, 09:05:20 PM
4 above. The wind is bringing that down to -8. Feels it too.
Wood pellets are selling at the store. I betcha we sold a ton in an hour. That would be 50 bags.
Had one guy come in with a fancy city sweat shirt. He bought 4 bags. Told him I would be right out,I have to get my coat on. He said it wasn't cold out and I could tell he meant it. Not cold for him. Come out of car,walk 20 feet into the store and load up the car and get back into his car. I didn't bother to tell him,but in the last 2 hours,1½ hours was spent outside loading customers. ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 11, 2019, 09:30:05 PM
Yup, I feel like winter is finally beginning to take hold. Got home from work tonight ad threw a full load in the stove, ain't done that in a long while. It was 22 out then. Put on the insulated overalls and did a little work and measuring down at the mill until it got too dark to read my tape. 9:30 now and it's 16 and dropping, time for another load in the stove then off to bed. Wanna get an early start in the morning because it's gonna be cold and I will lose a bunch of time to warming up as I work. It sucks to get old. The good news is, clear weather looking ahead over the next 6 days or so. As long as there's no heavy snow I can keep working.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 12, 2019, 05:38:00 AM
Quote from: thecfarm on January 11, 2019, 09:05:20 PM
I didn't bother to tell him,but in the last 2 hours,1½ hours was spent outside loading customers. ::)
Gotta talk to the boss to hire some young blood to tote them bags. ;D Me, personally,  I've lugged enough potato sacks, including 100 lb ones, to do me 3 life times. Always was glad when the truck doors was closed up and leaving the yard. :D These days, I'm only lugging firewood and maybe a few sticks of sawn lumber into the shop just to keep in practice. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 12, 2019, 06:18:03 AM
2° and a high of 15. At least we will see some double digits.
In all fairness to the young blood,when we wait on a customer that is our customer until they leave with the product they bought. Them wood pellets bags are only 40 pounds,but it is still cold outside. No matter what someone says. :D And I am the boss. The same rules apply to the young blood as it does for me. Some of the young blood is great,some not so great.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 12, 2019, 05:20:15 PM
Still 18 this morning and barely a breeze. not bad. no real sun sun, but I'll take it. It hit about 25 or so today. Still it was slow going in the cold. Half of me frozen, the other half sweating. I was pooped by 4pm. Did a little more work in the shop to pre-cut for tomorrow. Minor progress was made.
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I am never ever doing anther 12 pitch roof again.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 13, 2019, 06:29:46 AM
-5 right now,at 6:30 in the morning. High noon up to 20.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 13, 2019, 06:34:55 AM
-2F this fine morning. Yesterday it got no higher than 10F here, I suspect same today. And that wind. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 13, 2019, 08:08:55 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 12, 2019, 05:20:15 PM
Still 18 this morning and barely a breeze. not bad. no real sun sun, but I'll take it. It hit about 25 or so today. Still it was slow going in the cold. Half of me frozen, the other half sweating. I was pooped by 4pm. Did a little more work in the shop to pre-cut for tomorrow. Minor progress was made.
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I am never ever doing anther 12 pitch roof again.
Pitch works for snow. Still think it makes a super outhouse ;D
Plans for the 1/2 moon cutout are online if you xchange your mind OG.
Bare hard ground here makes for easier firewood harvesting. Just have to figure a way to get the saws started with this weak shoulder in the single temps now . Ideas ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 13, 2019, 08:45:56 AM
15F this morning, not jumping to get out there, but I must after I do a fuel run. Gotta get this thing (which will never be an outhouse) closed.
 I got nuthin' for ya Pulp, try learning left handed (please leave the chain brake on), or start and run it a bit in the barn before going out, or get a saw with spring assist start?
 AT least we have no wind again today (so far). :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 13, 2019, 08:48:39 AM
Our coldest temp so far this Winter, at 6:00 AM we had -18°F and now it's still -16°.

This is good "stay inside" weather!     bon_fire     popcorn_smiley
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 13, 2019, 08:54:30 AM
Snow! First snow of the season, and it's 26°. Perfect day  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 13, 2019, 05:23:44 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on January 13, 2019, 08:45:56 AM
15F this morning, not jumping to get out there, but I must after I do a fuel run. Gotta get this thing (which will never be an outhouse) closed.
I got nuthin' for ya Pulp, try learning left handed (please leave the chain brake on), or start and run it a bit in the barn before going out, or get a saw with spring assist start?
AT least we have no wind again today (so far). :)
The 261 is "Elastostart" with decompress. It's supposed to be easier than my old big saws.
Always start with the brake on, up a tree or on the ground. The CLP and GOL D.I.'s drilled that into us; tough instructors.
I'm trying the left hand pull, but it's weak. :-[ These 'new' saws need "quick hard pulls to start" ( my buddies the arborists ).
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 13, 2019, 06:57:59 PM
Well it never really got hot today, barely hit 32 depending on which device you trust (most said 25). I did work up quite a sweat doing the roofing work, mostly because I thought I was gonna break my neck working without a roof ladder. I got it done, finished the door and put a latch on it. I am ready for winter to come now, I can deal with the battens and trim when ever. i can make some storage shelves inside regardless of weather now. Looks like a cold week coming (low of 8 tonight) for us. maybe winter has arrived. Glad I have this closed up because working in the cold really burns a lot of calories quick.
 Pulp I hope you managed through the day with your bum shoulder. No, I am not cutting a crescent moon in the door. It's and out BUILDING, not an out HOUSE. :D It probably could use a window, but that will wait for spring.
 Maybe now I can work on some fun stuff, like getting a saw back in my hands. But they say there may be snow at the end of the week. We shall see, I am ready, sort of.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 14, 2019, 04:13:37 AM
-4F this morning stars and no wind. Fire's on, coffee in hand. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 14, 2019, 06:39:43 AM
Almost the same here.-8F morning stars and no wind. Fire's on,coffee in hand. High noon mid 20's
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 14, 2019, 06:56:11 AM
same here, 8°F, no wind yet, coffee in hand and fire stoked. Glad I am headed off to the (heated) day job today. Now they are saying we may get a storm on Saturday. I'll wait.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 16, 2019, 06:20:58 AM
Warning!! Heat wave in Chesterville Maine. If working outside today,remove 3 layers of clothing and drink plenty of fluid. The temps will be souring to 34°!!  ;D     It's 20 outside now!! Have not seen it that warm for a while at this time in the morning. But it will drop back down again.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 16, 2019, 07:27:49 AM
@Andries (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=9307) dont make me come up there and close that DanG gate 17 below wind chill now cold spell to last untill Monday
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 16, 2019, 08:30:31 AM
It's been cold enough Downeast to work on redoing a 50 yard bridge . With the creek frozen we can get to the cribs, saw out the cedar planks, and replace joists. Kind of warm today at 34 F this morning, but as cfarm says, more cold again tomorrow with a real snow coming Sunday....at last.
We're now close to 3 cords burnt and have not hit what is called "1/2 way through winter" on 21 January. :o
Thinking of finally building a garage. Pre fab, stick built, 'kit'. Suggestions for value ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 16, 2019, 09:00:24 AM
First real "cold" snap of the winter is here with high temps only in the teens for the next few days. Not really that cold for this time of year but so far our temps have been mild (4° above average for janurary so far) No real big snow in the forecast either, 70 some inches of snowfall so far which is low for this area.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on January 16, 2019, 09:39:28 AM
@Goose63 That gate is open so that cold can head on South. We've got such a wealth of it - we want to share!
Weather Guessers have us at - 40° tonight. 
Enjoy!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 16, 2019, 01:42:16 PM
33°  ;D   and I am at work.  :( 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 16, 2019, 01:42:41 PM
Had to open up some windows to change the air. Well, it's been so dang dry in here at 15 % RH. I have a new humidifier on route from Amazon. That is just way too dry. Yes I run an air exchanger, but that is no humidifier, nor is it an air conditioner. In the cold outside air, it is dang dry to this time of year. :D

Been assembling cupboards and building a closet with one of them Rubbermaid kits. Best invention yet for inside a closet. They sell them at Lowes in Maine, but they are way cheaper over here at Home Depot with $CDN cash. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 16, 2019, 02:08:10 PM
On my way back from meetings for my new job.  Left Oakland this am, via phoenix, en route to Wichita.  Getting ready for BSA Quivera council Tappers Rendezvous' this weekend.  You can all google it but about 5 to 8 thousand scouts.  Low Friday 10 and sat night 3 degrees.  MM can you bring us a load of firewood.  Going from 60 degree highs to 20s.  My tent pic from 2 years ago to follow.  Teaches young men to trade and barter, with a good hand shake at the end.  Also to learn a few cold weather tent camping skills.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 16, 2019, 02:50:02 PM
What style tents Doc? I use a walled tent in late years. I've hauled it to the Pig Roast before, I believe that was 2014.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 16, 2019, 02:57:18 PM
36° and overcast. Was supposed to be partly sunny, but I think the sunny part is on a different part of the planet. That's good. I like it better when it's dark. Pretty good day.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 16, 2019, 06:51:03 PM
we have 3 sections of military modular tent.  green outside and white inside with a chimney hole in each.  We have used the mil. diesel heater "MBU"s in the past.  They work well and go in the ovens and kitchen equip.  We used to have a white plastic catering tent with sides and it melted if something got near it.  It was our kitchen/warming tent.  It got blown into a ball last year just before trappers, now we have a better tent and looking forward to near silent heat.  You get a bunch of men and kids in a tent trying to talk over a heater, it is tiring and takes away from what he are trying to accomplish.  I'll try to pics this weekend.  Has anyone heard from MM, I know he likes to travel and I hope he gets here with a load of wood.!lol  ,
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 16, 2019, 06:56:26 PM
We have 14° right now, supposed to cool off to -17° around 7:00 AM tomorrow!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 16, 2019, 07:17:56 PM
I have been staying away from this thread for a few days because the weather has been SO nice, teens and twenties and clear skies, just the way God intended January to be here. But Doc posted his note about his weekend plans and it brought me a flood of winter camping memories with Scouts and just friends. over 30 years in Scouting in some of the best and worst conditions and all created great memories, the best of which was a February trip with 3 feet of snow and -20 temps at night, camped in a tent with a tiny wood stove my Dad made. Boy the cross-country skiing was great during the day. My only complaint was when dinner time came and you put down your coffee to fill your plate with stew, by the time you picked your coffee back up it was frozen solid. Have a great time this weekend Doc!
 We have minor snow coming in overnight Thursday, but all the talk is about Saturday night into Sunday afternoon. It might be a foot ending off ugly with freezing rain even with temps in the 20's?
 Yesterday at work I thought I should make a little list of the few things I need to do before the snow shuts me out. It turned out to be a page long and now I think I will have to be out before dawn on Saturday to get it all done. I have been out in the shop in the evenings trying to pre-stage stuff to save time, but tonight I am shut out as my son has a utility body he is re-building and his family car in there being worked on, so I can't get to my radial arm saw. (At what point did it stop being 'my shop' anyway?) Guess I'll just peruse the forum and weather maps tonight. Winter is coming.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 17, 2019, 05:07:00 AM
0F this morning, no open windows and the heat is on. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 17, 2019, 05:15:48 AM
Ah, I would suppose those tents are available as surplus at different venues. My tent has a chimney hole to, but I don't winter tent. But I would suppose the chimney would be double walled to use in those. I never looked into it. My tent is canvas treated with fire retardant borate of some kind. It is easy to put up by yourself. :) I got it out west, but the tarp shop in town makes tents of canvas if you want. They have always rented tents to field days such as the forestry field days that no longer takes place. DNR, now ERD, has pretty much abandoned woodlot owners and are just a skeleton of what they were 30 years ago.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 17, 2019, 07:03:21 AM
17F here this morning before dawn. The radar pattern is clear. No wind. The high today is headed for 25 and we have a clipper coming through around midnight. We should only get an inch or so. Saturday night is still looking to dump a foot or more. the local guys think it will dump 12-24" at some point but they can't guess where that 'sweet spot' might be, to the north, south, or west. Whatever. We will know more on Sunday night. There should also be some freezing rain, which concerns me.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 17, 2019, 07:11:02 AM
Well, the weather forecasters were right on yesterday, we woke up to clear sky's and -16°, and a light breeze this morning!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 17, 2019, 08:51:13 AM
4° here now. I betcha it was colder than that about 4 hours ago.  Maybe 15 for a high. Wind is kinda busy out there. The wind was suppose to be real bad about 1-2 hours North of me.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 17, 2019, 01:29:48 PM
Might have to take a jar of the c farm jelly to keep our calories uo this weekend!!!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 17, 2019, 06:20:30 PM
About the same as yesterday. 32° and overcast. Snow tonight, but just a couple inches. Glad winter's finally here.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 18, 2019, 04:42:37 AM
-5F this morning and stars as I take the garbage out. Heat is on. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 18, 2019, 07:19:03 AM
24 F here this morning and a dusting of snow, maybe 1/2". No more coming for today, but now they are pretty sure we are getting around a foot on Saturday night. I have my list of things to do and been trying to tick off an item or two every night in the dark. This, I expect, will be the storm that makes it winter here and shuts down a lot of my work and changes me over to 'other stuff'.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 18, 2019, 07:24:53 AM
8° at least it's above. High noon 30°. Not bad for January temps.  This time of year could be -8 in the mornings and high noon 2 above.
The storm is coming. That is all they are talking about. It's the wind and near blizzard conditions that is getting the hype and at least a foot of snow too.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 18, 2019, 07:29:23 AM
We have 24° and snowing as I speak type!

The forecasters are calling for "over" a foot of snow through the course of the weekend!

Gotta have it for SUGARING!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: mitchstockdale on January 18, 2019, 07:37:47 AM
Quote from: thedeeredude on August 06, 2008, 06:38:10 AM
At least we have it better than those poor New Englanders in 1816 :o

Year Without a Summer - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer)
I wonder if summer is coming every year.  :D

Great read thanks.. but you have me curious now going to look in to this further.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: John Mc on January 18, 2019, 08:02:46 AM
A regular heat wave coming in today, with a high right around freezing. Down to 0˚F/-18˚C tonight. Highs of 8˚F/-13˚C over the weekend with lows of -8˚F/-22˚C, then even colder Monday.

But the real news is the 12-18" (30-45cm) of snow were supposed to get from late Saturday afternoon to Sunday night.

The shortage of road salt in the area is probably not going to help matters much.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: rjwoelk on January 18, 2019, 08:30:19 AM
-33 c here today
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 18, 2019, 09:09:56 AM
Quote from: Chuck White on January 18, 2019, 07:29:23 AM
We have 24° and snowing as I speak type!

The forecasters are calling for "over" a foot of snow through the course of the weekend!

Gotta have it for SUGARING!
Hey @Chuck White (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=7517) , I took at peek at the forecast for your area (we are getting hit with the same system) and it looks like you guys will get some, but come off light compared to what you folks are used to. 5 hours drive south where I am, we are just on the southern edge of the heavy hit. So my place is supposed to get 10-14, and 15 minutes west of us on a strip to the northeast will get a bit more. If you want to swap, maybe we could arrange something? I don't sugar but might make a run up to my cousin's place in VT in March to lend a hand with the boil. They will probably get 16" out of this one. Don't worry though, I am sure your turn will come......soon.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 18, 2019, 10:53:28 AM
got our cooking/warming tent up yesterday afternoon.  Have a woodstove and back up diesel heater inside.  will have about 5k scouts and leader later today.  expecting 2 inches of snow overnight.



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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 18, 2019, 12:27:27 PM
Hey Doc, that's one old Army surplus tent from long ago. Bet it still smells. ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 18, 2019, 01:29:02 PM
Snowing here, this is the little storm before the big one. Not too warm here, got to 10F by noon. No wind. Blue jays and chickadees are getting fat at the feeder. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 18, 2019, 02:32:30 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 18, 2019, 01:29:02 PM
Snowing here, this is the little storm before the big one. Not too warm here, got to 10F by noon. No wind. Blue jays and chickadees are getting fat at the feeder. :D
Yeah, you are getting the one that clipped through here last night. flurries lingered for hours after, but then it warmed a little. 34 here now. Things will change tomorrow and I bet your birds have figured that out already. Gonna go out and catch some live music tonight because we will be home the rest of the weekend dealing with it (the new snow) and all the related chores.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: crowhill on January 18, 2019, 05:40:27 PM
64* right now and I'm going to miss the storm as it hits New England. That's just fine, snow will still be there when I get back to Vermont from this sun in San Diego! 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 18, 2019, 07:18:32 PM
A couple of days ago I snapped this on my way to work. The reservoir is giving up its heat. I think the temp was around 15 or so. This morning there was barely any  open water on this eastern end. I crossed the dividing weir last night on my way to retrieve my splitter which is about 10 miles further down in the direction this photo looks and everything on the west basin is frozen solid that I could see. The reservoir is about 20 miles long and feeds the good folks in NYC about 100 miles south. Today it hit 34 (dropping back now) but then the cold front comes in tomorrow courtesy of our friends in Ontario and the game is on for a few weeks.
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 18, 2019, 07:48:50 PM
We are located right at the top edge of the band of snow and cold coming through the Northeast!

Actually, at  the main intersection in the Village of Russell there is a slender, tall monument, and that is the Geographical center of St Lawrence County!

I figure that we will get around 8 inches of snow by Sunday evening!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 18, 2019, 08:43:20 PM
Yesterday was clear and sunny about 4° and no wind until 4pm, when all the sudden a north wind picked up and as you can see in the picture the lake effect snow rolled in. The lake is 3/4 of a mile from where I was parked and that wall of snow covered that distance in a few seconds leaving me in a whiteout and I couldn't see the front of the truck. Crazy.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 19, 2019, 06:09:02 AM
0F again and clear blue and setting bright moon this morning. The last two months the full moon has been shining in my north window of the bedroom. This will be the third it seems. ;D

Been seeing that space station in the SE sky in the mornings, way too big for a star.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: pep on January 19, 2019, 11:37:51 AM
-38 at 5/00am. -28C now. Wind chill in - 40's
😳😟
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 19, 2019, 11:59:27 AM
It actually dropped to -10F after 6:00 am. Got the driveway cleared, but there wasn't much to yesterday's storm. Just getting ready for the 'big one'. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 19, 2019, 12:37:12 PM
Not much snow but wind.  was 13 this am but many other troop tents blown into a ball.  Our military tent did well.  Made snapping sounds.  wind today to be 45 mph.  Wood stove made it comfy in the big tent.



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ERC gateway with neon paracord dream catcher and leather feathers



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Breakfast at Trappers.  Dutch oven mountain man egg sausage and tatter tot. breakfast.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 19, 2019, 04:15:34 PM
Well Doc, I can see those boys are suffering through the hardships pretty well. NIcw weather here today before the storm, in the twenties and I have been chipping aaway at my to-do-before-the-storm list all day. 25f out now and the snow just started at 4pm local. Just light fine stuff, we shouldn't see anything of significance until well after dark.
 Enjoy the camping, I envy you for those days, but I did have my time at it and it was pretty grand.
Tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 19, 2019, 07:49:01 PM
Good food,good company.wha else is there?
Started to snow here about 6pm. The wind is suppose to blow and the snow will fall.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 19, 2019, 11:24:30 PM
Been snowing for more than fives hours and not much more than an inch. Don't send those plow guys home yet.  :o   It's a coming.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 20, 2019, 05:50:38 AM
Still a fine snow,so far, Kinda hard to tell,wind is blowing the snow some,6 inches,so far. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Vautour on January 20, 2019, 06:04:20 AM
     Just a light dusting here in eastern NB....hope  it gets tied up a the NB-Maine border ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 20, 2019, 06:32:43 AM
It's been precipitating for 15 hours now, all of it very fine. We have about 10 inches so far but at 5am it transitioned to very fine sleet. You can barely see it, but you can hear it landing on the snow. It is 27°F tight now. I have a feeling this is going to be a slippery mess to clean even though the snow is cold and light. Seems like the sleet is packing it down well. Glad I made chains up for the mule last night, looks like I will need them this time. The radar indicates it will be going on for most of the day today. You get what you get, and this is what we got.  :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: twar on January 20, 2019, 07:04:03 AM
Blue sky and sun (until it goes down at 3 p.m.), no wind and 14°F (-10°C)--just outside of Oslo. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: OntarioAl on January 20, 2019, 08:45:45 AM
Temps up here anywhere from -35F to -40F still air
Factor in wind chill and the word for today is Cold ,very Cold
stay warm
Al
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 20, 2019, 09:36:40 AM
Looks like we gained some since I was out,hard to tell a foot at least. So far. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 20, 2019, 09:45:00 AM
Rained all last night, so the standing water's replenished in the yard, and now the winds have started. Maybe I'll get some more delights like blown over trees from over saturated ground...  Worst winter ever...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on January 20, 2019, 10:49:37 AM
Sleet in Portsmouth right now, and he said we may not get any freezing rain now. I think things are changing more than they even thought earlier this morning.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 20, 2019, 10:59:52 AM
BTW, there's a full lunar eclipse tonight. Looking to be clear, but cold here...

Map of Total Lunar Eclipse on January 21, 2019 (https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2019-january-21)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 20, 2019, 11:39:07 AM
Our group is all home safe.  tent will have to be dried later and rolled up nice.  The young men are all a little more leathery than before this experience.  And a good time was had by all!!!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 20, 2019, 05:16:59 PM
Just came in from clearing the 500 foot driveway. I am off on my foot of snow. Well maybe I have a foot now,but not back in the post I did. Up around the house it blew in alot. But the driveway did not look like a foot. Even where the snow plow piled up the snow was not all that high. Nothing to make me think we got more than a foot. Even around my truck does not look like alot. Lucky. I really did not want to do the driveway,7° and sleet, ???  But I might have to move snow at work tommorrow too. Takes more than an hour to do it all,than shoveling steps takes some time too.
The wind has just about stopped. That was a hard wind all day.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 20, 2019, 06:15:54 PM
Temp has been dropping steady since 3pm, it was around 27, now it is 13 and headed for -2 tonight. Plowing was a real stinker and I broke the shift lever on my Mule when I was halfway through the neighbors yard. I am done on that score until I fix it, barely got it in the shop. I am bone tired and exhausted, barely have the drive to get in the shower. I'll look at it tomorrow night. Looks like any activity at the mill is shutdwon too for a couple of weeks until I can open the road, right now, there is NO way. This snow is some of the heaviest I have pushed in a long time. It might get above freezing on Thursday, so we will see.
 Another day in paradise.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 20, 2019, 07:00:54 PM
Snowing with sleet mixed in most of the day. No freezing rain. I think we got to 10F for a high. Snow plow been here 3 times today, just went now. They are getting around a lot better than they did for the last 5 years. ;D Time to put wood in. :) :snowball:

I'm afraid we'll miss the lunar eclipse, but maybe see the moon tomorrow night after it clears. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: TimRB on January 20, 2019, 07:06:12 PM
Was going to go out and cut some firewood today, but it's raining.  Oh, darn.  From the looks of things, I think some of you guys would gladly work in the rain rather than have to deal with your regular weather.  As I have said before, there is ONE good thing about living in California.

Tim
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 21, 2019, 04:53:04 AM
Snow is a welcome sight in the north. Hard to log across swampy ground, or ski doo or dog sled without it. ;D More welcome than 90 + heat with humidity. If it would stay around 65 all summer and fall, then it would be perfect. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 21, 2019, 06:40:50 AM
1° and no wind. Have to go out and clear some more snow. I only did the driveway,now to do around the house.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DWyatt on January 21, 2019, 07:12:17 AM
Only one waterline froze overnight. The OWB is earning it's keep today, -13 with -20 wind chills on my way into work this morning. Supposed to be 40 and raining by Wednesday, that should go well with the 9" of snow on the ground right now. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 21, 2019, 07:27:11 AM
3 below here this morning, clear skies, high today of 5 and wind chills expected to be -30F. STaying like that until Thursday when it is supposed to get over 40? this is bizarre!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 21, 2019, 08:10:24 AM
Yesterday we got about 8 inches of snow, then there was a lull for an hour or so, then started snowing again!

All together we got 10 inches!

We're not projected to get above ZERO today, and Nat'l Weather has issued a Wind Chill warning for -35°!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 21, 2019, 08:35:18 AM
DWyatt,my OWB was hungry too. :o That went through some wood yesterday. The wind was sucking the heat right out of the house.  Last night was fine,no wind.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 21, 2019, 09:23:34 AM
-16° and windy this morning. Not a cloud in sky so looking out the window, the sun on yesterday's fresh snow looks beautiful then you go outside and your face doesn't agree. Lol
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DWyatt on January 21, 2019, 09:52:58 AM
Quote from: thecfarm on January 21, 2019, 08:35:18 AM
DWyatt,my OWB was hungry too. :o That went through some wood yesterday. The wind was sucking the heat right out of the house.  Last night was fine,no wind.
I had to temp in an extra heat exchanger into the shop yesterday evening, all my water stuff is out there (pressure tank, softener, iron filter, and hot water tank). The fan ran all night to keep it 35-40°. All the walls are insulated but my truck gave up the ghost before I got the ceiling insulated. Not too efficient trying to keep things from freezing when the heat all goes out the roof. SO the OWB is becoming a cookie monster for wood. ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 21, 2019, 10:49:33 AM
3 hrs of snow blowing today, but only 10", which is enough. And now it has began snowing again. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: rjwoelk on January 21, 2019, 01:10:43 PM
Sat morning -32 f. But a nice calm sunny day. Moderating today and the next few days.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 21, 2019, 04:03:58 PM
Was ZOMG!!! cold today, at least for around here. 13°, and really windy. It wouldn't have been so bad, but my job entails holding a metal pole, and I need fine finger control on at least one hand. Add to that, my equipment was running slow, and has some irritating button issues, it was tedious.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on January 21, 2019, 04:04:37 PM
-8 at 10:00 AM  .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 21, 2019, 05:05:54 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 21, 2019, 04:03:58 PM
my equipment was running slow, and has some irritating button issues, it was tedious.
You need to polar version. :D :D 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 21, 2019, 05:43:02 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 21, 2019, 05:05:54 PM
You need to polar version. :D :D 8)
If I had to deal with this all the time, I'd have to do /something/. Maybe handwarmers taped to everything. My collector is pretty easy, but the main keyboard and radio would be harder to keep warm. Probably make little foam boxes that surrounded them as much as possible, and handwarmers. Either that, or quit, and go cut wood  :^D
Times have changed. When I first started doing this, we used to get winter. I'd get excited looking at the forecast, and seeing the temps would finally be above freezing. As a high, it hardly ever gets in the 20s anymore. One might think that's a good thing, but as I've aged, my tolerance for cold has gone up, and heat has gone down. If I wasn't so anchored here, I'd pull up my tent pegs, and head north.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 21, 2019, 06:42:06 PM
We had -10° this morning, the high today was only 2°, and now it's -8°, windy all day with the snow blowing out of the trees!

I completely took the day off today, never even opened the door let alone, go out!  (https://forestryforum.com/board/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 21, 2019, 07:43:30 PM
The glaciers are rumbling.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 21, 2019, 08:22:30 PM
When Thursday comes and it's 40° the rumbling will stop.
Lucky we have had only a week of listening to the glaciers rumble. Could have been 2 weeks.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 21, 2019, 09:27:27 PM
Went out to the shop to start fixing the Mule so I can finish plowing. It was 25...in the shop. It was 7 outside. After 2.5 hours of contorting under, over and through the dash to get the shift assembly out (I broke the lever pretty clean off with all the shifting) my hands were covered in little cuts and i was working on new cuss words I had never heard me say before. :-[ Now I just gotta wait for the replacement to arrive (which only took 15 phone calls to locate). The shop was up to 50 when I quit. *DanG I love winter! Going below 0 again tonight, but as mentioned above, they say almost 40 on Thursday so maybe I can finish up then. The reservoir here only has about an acre of open water left where the heat is still escaping, the rest of the twenty miles is frozen over. I think winter has arrived. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 22, 2019, 04:00:42 AM
Down near 0 this morning, fire is on and a window is open for some change of air. The duct for the air exchange got buried in snow, so an open window is the next best thing. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 22, 2019, 04:20:23 AM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 21, 2019, 05:43:02 PMMy collector is pretty easy, but the main keyboard and radio would be harder to keep warm.
They do make GPS and PDA's for outdoor weather. My Trimble is all in one, I could run a digital timber cruise tally sheet or measure a polygon in all kinds of weather, hot or cold. Easy to set up as a data logger with something like VisualCE which pairs with a database you set up back on your computer. These days, I just use a Garmin for a GPS and never cruise timber, no real market here for timber cruising.  The Garmin is tough to in all kinds of weather. I can now put aerial photos on them if I need to, but a photo is only really useful to navigate roads into a block. The sun on a screen with a dark photo, isn't very useful, and not needed. I usually trace an outline of the block edge off the photo on the computer and then verify on the ground and log a track for the actual final measurement. Google Maps has the most up to date photos and they are easily to use inside my GIS program.
Most of the tree inventory these days has become based solely on aerial photo interpretation along with permanent sample plots, began in the 50's or 60's. They have imagery now that is pretty accurate in determining species and height, all you need is a growth model to estimate the volume since there is all kinds of local data on height/diameter relationships. You overestimate a bit on the trees that were suppressed, but cruising was never dead on anyway. In the past I found many companies over estimate their growing stock. I've seen that with claims of 300 m3/ha, go see the site and it is open, short and small stemmed. Growing on poor soils on top of glacial sand. Not even close. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 22, 2019, 06:08:39 AM
2 above and the wind is making it feel much colder than that. Suppose to get up to 18°,but if the wind keeps blowing it will still feel cold.
The moon looked good this morning,casting shadows.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 22, 2019, 06:51:52 AM
-4 when I got up at 5am, but it's warmed a whole degree in the past 2 hours. Supposed to get in the 20's today WooHoo! They are calling for rain Wednesday night, that will make it into a real frozen mess when the cold finally settles in. No rest for the weary, right? Now off to the paying job.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 22, 2019, 08:32:07 AM
0 here this morning, the man says a high of 10F, but it ain't climbing none yet. I suppose when the sun hits the thermometer on the porch by 2:00 pm we can say it's 10, maybe even 20. :D Wind just a howling.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 22, 2019, 08:57:48 AM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 22, 2019, 04:20:23 AM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 21, 2019, 05:43:02 PMMy collector is pretty easy, but the main keyboard and radio would be harder to keep warm.
They do make GPS and PDA's for outdoor weather. My Trimble is all in one, I could run a digital timber cruise tally sheet or measure a polygon in all kinds of weather, hot or cold. Easy to set up as a data logger with something like VisualCE which pairs with a database you set up back on your computer. These days, I just use a Garmin for a GPS and never cruise timber, no real market here for timber cruising.  The Garmin is tough to in all kinds of weather. I can now put aerial photos on them if I need to, but a photo is only really useful to navigate roads into a block. The sun on a screen with a dark photo, isn't very useful, and not needed. I usually trace an outline of the block edge off the photo on the computer and then verify on the ground and log a track for the actual final measurement. Google Maps has the most up to date photos and they are easily to use inside my GIS program.
Most of the tree inventory these days has become based solely on aerial photo interpretation along with permanent sample plots, began in the 50's or 60's. They have imagery now that is pretty accurate in determining species and height, all you need is a growth model to estimate the volume since there is all kinds of local data on height/diameter relationships. You overestimate a bit on the trees that were suppressed, but cruising was never dead on anyway. In the past I found many companies over estimate their growing stock. I've seen that with claims of 300 m3/ha, go see the site and it is open, short and small stemmed. Growing on poor soils on top of glacial sand. Not even close. :D
I use a hp48gx calculator with software and ram cards. It's suboptimal, cause I have to manually type everything in, but I haven't seen software yet that equals it for field calcs. Seems like most things are made for dummies. It's meant to get setup in the office, and sent out to the field, and it's harder for the field guy to do anything. Back in the day, it was nice cause you could buy a new calc for less than the repair bill of a dedicated field unit. Now it's ebay, and other used channels.
I'd look into other stuff, but it's time to start winding this operation down. I'm 50, and the boss is 63. There's only so much time left to recover the costs of new gear. What I've got works well enough, but topo especially is a drag with the tedious button pushing. That's boring work anyway. I'd be cool with never shooting topo again.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 22, 2019, 09:23:06 AM
We started the day with -26° at 6:00 and now it's still -22°, and there isn't much that requires me to be outside, so I'll be in for the day!

I was going to go out and clean up the snowdrifts, but that can wait!  ;)

EDIT:  When the temp finally reached 10-12° I went out and did the cleanup!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on January 22, 2019, 03:21:23 PM
58 days till spring

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 22, 2019, 05:43:19 PM
25° and sunny. Got some machete work in today, and actually broke a sweat. Checked in on my saw order, and they said it would probably be in this week. Hope so. That little guy will be perfect for vine eradication. I can stick it, a bottle of gas, and a bottle of oil in a back pack, and it'll weigh almost nothing. That'll free up my hands for two machetes. The vines will fall out of the trees through pure fear  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 23, 2019, 06:27:17 AM
12°,heat wave.  ;D  Might get above freezing today. Been a little on the cold side here. But have to remember,it could be in the single numbers for a whole week. Maybe even 2 weeks!!!
As them Old Guys use to say,As the days lengthen,the cold strengthens.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 23, 2019, 07:12:27 AM
14 this morning and should get just over freezing today, with a little sleet and some rain through tonight into tomorrow afternoon. mostly cloudy now. Pretty much normal,damp, cool January weather. This I can deal with much easier than that sub-zero stuff. Hopefully I can get my Mule back together tonight and move the rest of that snow if it softens up.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 23, 2019, 07:28:24 AM
We're having a heat-wave here, -26° yesterday and +26° today, 52° raise in temperature!  ;D

Supposed to be getting RAIN a little after Noon!  :-\ 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on January 23, 2019, 07:33:12 AM
was raining on my way in to work. if its not raining when I get home hopefully I can get another ride in before the snow is all gone/.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 23, 2019, 03:43:44 PM
Cool and overcast today; 45°. Work was kinda irritating, but the weather pleasant.


Got my new echo 2511t today! Won't be able to use it for a little while, but it's great looking little unit. Gonna dig around the house tonight for a little case to put it in. That's gonna be my truck saw, and hopefully I'll get some more climbing to use it with  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on January 23, 2019, 04:42:17 PM
23 here today with wind. Wind chill in the teens. Not much  going on other than keeping the stove poked full of wood. 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 23, 2019, 06:11:32 PM
26°!!! First time I had to plow that wood yard all winter. Most of out storms has only been 3-4 inches than rain. This last one was 10 inches,a foot?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 23, 2019, 08:31:59 PM
16° today with 4" of fluffy lake effect snow. Supposed to drop below zero tmrw with 40+ mph winds and heavy snow. After tomorrow the warmest temp in the 10 day forecast is like 6°. Looks like ole man winter is about to arrive.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on January 23, 2019, 08:42:37 PM
That doesnt sound good at all
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 23, 2019, 09:04:05 PM
Crappy weather here now!

Earlier today it was snowing pretty good, then we started getting freezing rain, then it warmed up and we were just getting rain!  :-\  Now it is 42° and windy!  :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on January 23, 2019, 09:41:46 PM
Winter seems to have completely forgotten about us, I don't think we have seen -10C yet. It is supposed to be 6C (40F) on Saturday. :o It is sure raising heck for the loggers and truckers, the landings have not yet frozen which is hard on equipment. Nobody is spending money, construction is pretty much dead.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 23, 2019, 10:08:49 PM
Looks like winter has pretty much set in for everyone finally (except B.C., sorry). It got above freezing today for the first time in several days. It was 31.5 when I got home, now at 10 pm it is 32.1. But everything is a sheet of ice from the freezing rain we had on Sunday. I just stepped outside to get a cold beer from the outdoor refrigerator (aka: Woodpile) and heard that wonderful noise that can only come from dripping trees and the occasional chunk of ice falling. I just want it dry and cold, trying to finish up the plowing (now that my Mule is repaired) is impossible with all this glaze ice. Glad I made those chains up Saturday night! I would not have been able to get past the shop door without them, let alone plow. C'mon winter, settle in and settle down. Supposed to hit 50 tomorrow afternoon.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on January 23, 2019, 10:47:58 PM
Raining again here today. Glad I live at the top of a hill.  I think the law makers should change the name of the state to Missasloppie. Banjo
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 24, 2019, 05:34:55 AM
It's still 26°.
Yes,it's been a warm winter. Most storms,seems to rain at the end.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 24, 2019, 07:43:09 AM
The snow's quickly fading!

Raining here now, ditches are full, it's 42° and the driveway is like a skating rink!

Calling for around 3" of snow this afternoon and 6 to 9 inches tomorrow!

The good thing about snowing "after" it's been raining is the "slippery" goes away, especially when the temp goes down!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 24, 2019, 09:10:29 AM
Raining here now. I am surprised it didn't snow first,than rain.
I will be driving the tractor up and down the driveway to make it rough. So when it freezes,it is not a down hill skating rink. :o I have a dirt driveway that I doubt will melt down to dirt today.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on January 24, 2019, 09:27:40 AM
Raining now. The temperature has been going up all night. I think pretty much everything from the ice storm the other day will be gone
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 24, 2019, 01:54:23 PM
Well, about an hour ago the rain STOPPED and it's snowing pretty good right now!

Should have around a foot of new snow on the ground sometime tomorrow night!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 24, 2019, 09:06:55 PM
Snow snow snow, 8-10" so far today, calling for that much more thru tmrw. Temp dropped to around zero now and the windchill is -30 or so. Some points inland could hit -20 actual temp tonight with windchill's of -40 or greater.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 24, 2019, 09:13:58 PM
Rained all day, and was in the 50s  D^:

It's cooled off a bit now, and with any luck, my truck will be covered in ice tomorrow morning, and the bed cover frozen to the rails. Bright side is I ripped a bunch of rubber off last week, so it shouldn't be as sticky  :^S

Rain's really getting old. It was old midway through last year, and it never stopped. I guess I live in a coastal rainforest now. I just stay where I'm at, and see the world  :^/
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 25, 2019, 12:59:14 PM
We were 'blessed' with over 2 inches of fresh rain yesterday and when it stopped abruptly at 4:45pm, it began to flurry. The temp hit 38 yesterday then dropped below freezing overnight. It hit 58 just 20 miles south of here. Now everything is frozen solid, BUT we look to get about 5 days straight of clear weather with cool temps. Good working weather for this time of year, high 20's during the day teens at night. I'll take it. (like I have a choice, but just sayin'...) Then more snow Tuesday, hopefully normal snow without rain on top.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 25, 2019, 01:30:17 PM
NUFF said


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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on January 25, 2019, 01:41:50 PM
Low 30s today but sunny. Rain stopped last night just in time the traffic dried the roads off before the temperature got below freezing. A chance for flurries and snow showers on Sunday. Then they're saying could be another storm with snow, sleet and freezing rain come Tuesday
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 25, 2019, 03:27:15 PM
That is some colder. Well beyond cold.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 25, 2019, 04:17:06 PM
-14° this morning with a wind chill of -45° with probably 14" of snow and it's still snowing. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 25, 2019, 05:03:19 PM
Yesterday it was 40F and an 1" of rain. The driveway has some ice, but not very thick and lots of bare patches to the gravel. Today it was in the 20's by daylight, but was still 32F by 5:00 am. Beautiful sunny day here in paradise, can't complain about noth'n I guess. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 25, 2019, 05:37:43 PM
Stuff wasn't frozen up this morning as bad as I thought it would be. Didn't pull off anymore rubber, but I did have the truck sideways in the road for a second  :^D


36° and sunny. Pretty decent day. Even work wasn't so bad, though I wasn't looking forward to it before I started.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on January 25, 2019, 06:06:12 PM
4 inches of snow Tuesday night. Now 7-10 days of the coldest weather we've had all winter. Was -7 at 6am. Tonight forecast says -15. Windchills 20-30 below. Zeros for highs all next week. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 26, 2019, 07:44:48 AM
Well, it's 16° and snow flurries this morning!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: pep on January 26, 2019, 08:39:51 AM
Sunny -39C😎😳
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 26, 2019, 09:08:49 AM
15F at dawn, now 19F, overcast with a steady breeze. The radar is fairly clear with some high altitude moisture clipping over. It would be much nicer if that yellow thing was showing it's face, but again. I'll take it. I am going to head down and see if I can open u that steep part of my skid road to get me access to the mill. Will probably have to hand shovel around the water bars so I don't bust up the plow and pray I don't get stuck like I do every other time I have tried this. More snow headed in for Tuesday-Wednesday, so I have to do it now, or not do it until March.
 The reservoir still has one open hole, but the rest is frozen over. 

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on January 26, 2019, 09:23:14 AM
-19 right now. High suppose to be around +5 today and tomorrow. Sunday night and Monday morning forecast says a considerable amount of snow coming. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 26, 2019, 10:31:27 AM
Cool with hazy clouds; 30°. Supposed to be 35° today. I might go out and split some wood later.


Happy Birthday Chuck!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 26, 2019, 12:26:54 PM
Well I got the Mule stuck...again, but made further progress than I have before. The chains help a lot, but I guess I need to do all four tires now.
This is a shot looking from the blacktop entry driveway into the skip trail network. This is all dirt and crushed stone, just behind the mule in this photo is a tee intersection.

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Here is the Tee, to the left is pretty flat and I got that opened up to the property line with little issue once I managed the turn. You can see here where I pushed the snow straight in and there is a small berm. The reason it is small is because most of it dropped off the 30 foot cliff that is right there, so if I really get sideways, I am in trouble.

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But to the right it drop down fairly steep and this is where i got stuck, could not back up without sliding sideways. After some hand shoveling, I got it out. The mill is in the trees just to the left of center in this photo where you can see a little snowy open area about 100 yards from where I am standing.


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Oh Well, I suppose I could hand shovel the whole thing....but no, I think not. It's winter, what are you gonna do? :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 26, 2019, 12:38:44 PM
-22° this morning with a windchill of freeze your face in 1 second. Snow stopped overnight with just a few more inches falling. Supposed to start snowing again tomorrow for a few days.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on January 26, 2019, 01:44:54 PM
50and finally sunny today.  Everything is muddy and wet,  but at least it's not raining today. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 27, 2019, 06:50:37 AM
2° this morning,but should get above freezing today!!!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 27, 2019, 07:00:38 AM
-11° and a few inches of snow overnight, should get to around zero today.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 27, 2019, 07:36:04 AM
16F when I got up, 18 now, overcast and just a hint of a breeze. They are calling for a high in the mid 30's today, warmest in a few days now. Slight chance of snow they say, but the radar shows a pretty darn good chance of snow, just not a lot, less than an inch I am thinking. Looking like 6 inches coming on Tuesday now. I might work in the shop today, or I might take another shot at clearing the hill, maybe both. We are going into a cold cycle after Wednesday, what I would call normal January for us. Nighttime lows slightly below zero, daytime highs in the 20's or less. We used to get this every year for a few weeks, but have not had it in a number of years. Mabe things are getting normal again? Nah!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2019, 07:51:45 AM
2F here and no wind, looks like it might get cloudy enough for a little snow. Sunny now though. 80F in the house with 38 RH. 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 27, 2019, 08:10:05 AM
Just 20° here this morning and it's snowing horizontally!

I don't think there is much that needs to be done outside today! ;)  ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on January 27, 2019, 08:39:59 AM
-16 here this morning. Might get to 0 today. 7-10 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow with -30 windchills afterwards. Middle end of the week highs in the negative single digits -50 windchills. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 27, 2019, 08:48:32 AM
 what is going on there  @Chuck White (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=7517)
I hope that is not coming my way. :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 27, 2019, 10:18:52 AM
28° when I hung my laundry outside, went to Wegmans for some groceries(They didn't have sushi ready, and I look forward to breakfast sushi  :^(  ), and it's now 38°. Supposed to be mid 40s today. Never did get any wood split yesterday. I might do that today. I also have some bug infested cherry I wanted to burn this year. I'll take that to the front porch to get it under cover.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2019, 02:30:35 PM
I've got less than a cord left under my porch, but sure don't need none today. Thermometer reads 32 right now in the sun, actual is 25F, south wind. I got the windows open in the house. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 27, 2019, 02:48:36 PM
Right now, we have a ground blizzard going on, with winds I'm guessing somewhere between 30-40 mph, maybe higher.

Don't have any snow falling now, just the blizzard and 22°!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 27, 2019, 02:53:24 PM
Would be interesting with all the chatter here about "weather" to hear how much firewood you've burnt so far.
Our 2 stoves ( VC cat and Jotul non-cat) have been on close to 24/7 since October: now hitting 3 cords.
How about you ? Real cords please ?
The boss and I have been home more this Fall and early winter with not much snow but unusual cold temps like cfarm.
And the winter is barely 1/2 gone.
The bare hard ground - some scattered ice --has been  great for next winter's firewood harvest.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 27, 2019, 03:00:30 PM
I think it's been about 1 cord, maybe a bit more, but it's hard to tell. I have piles all over my backyard, and shuttle them to the front porch as room gets freed up. I keep my thermostat set to 50°. I'll burn wood when I get home from work, and all day on weekends. The heat's been coming on lately when I don't have a fire going.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2019, 03:42:44 PM
Under the porch, I probably burned 3 cords, and in the house I used 1 cord from the wood room. It's hardwood in the house and a lot of softwood and box elder under the porch. Been burning since mid October. The funny things about wood, when you have all kinds of it, your not shy about keeping the stove full. :D I don't add wood after 8 pm and start adding wood at 5:00 am. The afternoons I have stopped adding more than a good sized stick to keep the coals. I have electric side by to the wood. And only on mornings below 0 does the electric kick in around 4 am when house is down to 65. Of course it is warmer up stairs by 4 or 5 degrees. I could probably got away with burning 1-1/2 cords less, but new house and furnace, so have to feel it out. Last month electric was only $108, so didn't use electric heat much. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 27, 2019, 04:50:53 PM
Hard to understand but the renewable crowd doesn't include wood in their options. From a sociological view it could be a class bias  most locals until a decade or so past had to heat with wood. Or it could be that the effort wooding and bringing in splits is not 'clean', and manual labor.
I don't know. 
Many of our friends are "from away" as we're called by natives. While they may have wood as secondary heating or entertainment, most have central heating, a few with solar for electricity only. And, some drive Prius' ( Hubris' ).
When we retired and built in 1999, the choice with the 60 a. woodlot was to heat only with wood with space heating in 1/2 the house for winter trips.
The other half has no plumbing ; it gets insulated from the unheated half with a LP space heater. Many New Englanders and Maine island people closed off a good part of their places in winter; a "summer kitchen" and a "winter kitchen."
There is the difference in BTUs- the delta - from a central thermostat set at say 50 F or 60 F to a comfortable room temp +/- 72 F . When it's in the singles or lower, the 0530 rooms temps can be in the high 50's here ; no big deal. Never filling a stove during the night; not allowed.
Should be said that most in the non western temperate world do not have homes heated the way we are accustomed to. We heat whole houses.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 27, 2019, 06:14:18 PM
 :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: Blizzzard warning till Tuesday am uo to a foot of snow looks like my nwe tracter and blower will get a work out  :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: >:(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 27, 2019, 06:49:40 PM
Maine is kinda like Orlando :snowball: compared to N. Dakota !
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 27, 2019, 10:34:12 PM
Never got above zero today and nows it's back down to -12° with a stiff wind coming across the lake from Canada. Luckily it didn't snow, but more is on the way tomorrow thru Wednesday.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on January 27, 2019, 10:44:59 PM
Ya need a bit of contrast. Hit 84F here today, there is a decent breeze, it's part cloudy, but that's not helping as it's as humid as heck.  whiteflag_smiley
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 27, 2019, 10:54:45 PM
61 in Kansas.  Split a little wood today
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 28, 2019, 05:32:16 AM
Quote from: goose63 on January 27, 2019, 06:14:18 PM
:snowball: :snowball: :snowball: Blizzzard warning till Tuesday am uo to a foot of snow looks like my nwe tracter and blower will get a work out  :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: >:(
This old hermit is in ND also.

Hunkering down - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXqdxRPsCe4)


Wood for a day - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0dlKQJyLdo)

I don't think he heard of dry wood getting tough to split. It does. The wood he cut here was drying on the stump. See behind him, the bark falling off. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 28, 2019, 05:40:19 AM
On the mild side here over night. I ain't complaining, but don't tell us it's going down to -25F when it ain't even down to zero. Like, it was colder a few days ago then their so called colder after the rain deal. The weather forecasting has become a circus of the stars and they get way more air time than is necessary. :D It's 11 this morning, so much for their really cold days. Go out to ND and find real cold. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 28, 2019, 07:08:47 AM
12° here now. Not bad for January temps.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: nativewolf on January 28, 2019, 08:00:13 AM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 27, 2019, 04:50:53 PM
Hard to understand but the renewable crowd doesn't include wood in their options. From a sociological view it could be a class bias  most locals until a decade or so past had to heat with wood. Or it could be that the effort wooding and bringing in splits is not 'clean', and manual labor.
I don't know.
Many of our friends are "from away" as we're called by natives. While they may have wood as secondary heating or entertainment, most have central heating, a few with solar for electricity only. And, some drive Prius' ( Hubris' ).
When we retired and built in 1999, the choice with the 60 a. woodlot was to heat only with wood with space heating in 1/2 the house for winter trips.
The other half has no plumbing ; it gets insulated from the unheated half with a LP space heater. Many New Englanders and Maine island people closed off a good part of their places in winter; a "summer kitchen" and a "winter kitchen."
There is the difference in BTUs- the delta - from a central thermostat set at say 50 F or 60 F to a comfortable room temp +/- 72 F . When it's in the singles or lower, the 0530 rooms temps can be in the high 50's here ; no big deal. Never filling a stove during the night; not allowed.
Should be said that most in the non western temperate world do not have homes heated the way we are accustomed to. We heat whole houses.
Not sure where renewable crowd does not count wood.  That's why all the fuel chip wood mills ...they send it to europe to get burned as a green fuel, good for carbon offsets.   
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: pep on January 28, 2019, 08:05:29 AM
-42C at 6:30. All school buses are cancelled. Week five with my recovery from emergency surgery on Dec. 30. Been in the house since. Can't drive for another two weeks. 😳😎
Stay warm my friends
Cheers pep
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 28, 2019, 09:54:30 AM
We have 6° and sunny now, at 6:00 this morning it was -4°.

Went out and cleaned up the snowdrifts from yesterday and last night!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 28, 2019, 12:04:06 PM
Quote from: nativewolf on January 28, 2019, 08:00:13 AM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 27, 2019, 04:50:53 PM
Hard to understand but the renewable crowd doesn't include wood in their options. From a sociological view it could be a class bias  most locals until a decade or so past had to heat with wood. Or it could be that the effort wooding and bringing in splits is not 'clean', and manual labor.
I don't know.
Many of our friends are "from away" as we're called by natives. While they may have wood as secondary heating or entertainment, most have central heating, a few with solar for electricity only. And, some drive Prius' ( Hubris' ).
When we retired and built in 1999, the choice with the 60 a. woodlot was to heat only with wood with space heating in 1/2 the house for winter trips.
The other half has no plumbing ; it gets insulated from the unheated half with a LP space heater. Many New Englanders and Maine island people closed off a good part of their places in winter; a "summer kitchen" and a "winter kitchen."
There is the difference in BTUs- the delta - from a central thermostat set at say 50 F or 60 F to a comfortable room temp +/- 72 F . When it's in the singles or lower, the 0530 rooms temps can be in the high 50's here ; no big deal. Never filling a stove during the night; not allowed.
Should be said that most in the non western temperate world do not have homes heated the way we are accustomed to. We heat whole houses.
Not sure where renewable crowd does not count wood.  That's why all the fuel chip wood mills ...they send it to europe to get burned as a green fuel, good for carbon offsets.  
"Renewables" are now considered only wind and solar to the alarmists on warming. It is a change, but the science is still up in the air for solutions.
Science is never fixed or stable...in any field. :(
Though clean, nuclear and biomass and hydro are not part of the renewable mix to most. Sad.
This may be a new discussion on "climate" not "weather".
So, how much wood have you burnt so far ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 28, 2019, 01:18:02 PM
same amount of CO2 released from a log when burned or rotted in the forest.  I hate also when we have a big ice storm and tons of trees by the 100s of truck loads get hauled to the landfill and burned to get rid of it, with no benefit to anyone.  If you hauled it to a biomass site, burning diesel fuel.  We are just developing bio mass wood industry in Ks.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 28, 2019, 07:19:17 PM
-26° this morning plus a wind chill and a few inches of snow overnight. Supposed to get even colder and maybe 2 feet of snow in the next few days. Heard the radio say something about windchill of -50+ degrees overnight. Not going to be fit for man or beast out there.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 28, 2019, 08:31:30 PM
It got up to the mid 20's today  8)!! More snow coming tomorrow. I went out to the shop after dinner and made a set of front tire chains for the Mule, chained up all 4 tires this time, and queued the plow up in front of the door ready to hitch because there should be several inches when I get home tomorrow. I told you that so that I could tell you this. I just came back in (8:30pm local time) and the sky is SO clear with the 10 degree air that the stars are just BRILLIANT! Holy cow it's just beautiful. I hope you have a sky like that by y'all!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 29, 2019, 04:06:43 AM
-10F this morning, hasn't been that cold for weeks. It actually dropped that cold in Nov one day. Dang cold fall it was. Maybe some ash borer was caught off guard and freeze dried. Moon shining in the bedroom window, this time from the SE instead of the NW. Just a sliver of a moon, but she sure shines on that snowy landscape. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 29, 2019, 06:23:39 AM
-4 this morning. Maybe 18 for a high. Better than some temps I saw on the world news last night. The wind chill factor was scary!!!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 29, 2019, 06:54:36 AM
It's 22° up on the hot side of ZERO now, and snowing!

They're projecting Lake Affect snow later today through tomorrow with "up to 2 feet" accumulation!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 29, 2019, 07:30:18 AM
15 below with 35 below wind chill and getting colder we could reach record lows schools closed for the next two days  :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 29, 2019, 08:22:34 AM
Where is Fargo ? :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 29, 2019, 09:01:28 AM
About the same here goose. Temp is supposed to keep dropping and wind keep increasing. Snow has started with 2 foot or so predicted.  
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 29, 2019, 09:02:26 AM
Isn't it International Falls, Minn where they judge how cold? Further north than tip of Maine. :D

I mean Smokey bear lives there to in the park don't he?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 29, 2019, 09:25:50 AM
be safe guys. I know are all looking out for your neighbors.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 29, 2019, 11:45:36 AM
It was +8F at dawn today and overcast. Snow started around 8:15am. They are calling for 5-9, should be fluffy, but they say maybe some rain at the end. At our elevation I am hoping it will just be all snow. No matter, I am ready with all 4 tires chained up on the Mule, should be quick and easy this time, but we have a lot of ice on the deck already. Walking is the most hazardous thing to do right now.  :D At least this is more typical of a normal winter snow. I am looking at the radar and thinking we may not get what they expect and it will be more like 3-4". Whatever, it's winter. At least the mosquitoes are not very active.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 29, 2019, 11:58:17 AM
Don't think there is much coming off that storm over here. But time will tell. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: OntarioAl on January 29, 2019, 12:35:15 PM
Well this is the second attempt to post a reply  the first disappeared into the ethesphere
Yesterday a close friend who lives near Fort Frances (just across the river from International Falls)
texted me about a new record low -44.7 C 48.46 F.
Its gone down to and hovered around -35 to -40 for the last few nights.
The outside boiler has been working steady and has developed an appetite for additional wood
The weather guessers are forecasting milder weather for next week. hmmm.
Cheers from the frozen north
Al
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 29, 2019, 03:31:50 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 29, 2019, 08:22:34 AM
Where is Fargo ? :D
Some where in frozzze up N.D. west of Frostbite Falls Minn  :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 29, 2019, 03:33:31 PM
34° and snowing. Won't amount to anything, but it looks pretty. Chilly tomorrow; 25° and windy. Not looking forward to work, cause I'll be near a highway. I'm hoping the trees block some of the wind. Gonna be in the teens for the rest of the week. Hoping to get out of real work. May stay home and spend quality time with the cat  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 29, 2019, 04:11:49 PM
Quote from: goose63 on January 29, 2019, 03:31:50 PM
Some where in frozzze up N.D. west of Frostbite Falls Minn  :D
Hey goose, everything is south of you.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 29, 2019, 09:19:44 PM
we just had Trappers and next month is Camp Alaska.  I take my sawmill and log splitter and I am the mayor of Ketchikan Alaska.  Each city represented has a challenge such as tomahawk throwing, mine rescue ect. ect.  BSA camporee, with about 400 scouts.  here is a pic from two years ago.  My tent early am Sunday



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/052.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1548814101)
 


Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 29, 2019, 09:43:56 PM
We were slated to get 5-8 inches of snow. I just came in from 3 hours of plowing and quit because I ran the battery flat running the plow winch and some of the lights on the Mule. Gotta get a second battery I guess. Didn't even have the stereo on, geez. Glad I had the jump pack to run it on to get it back in the shop.
 We had 6" when I started, by the time I did my first complete cleanup, we had another 3", so I did it again. Now I have been in for a little while and see we have 2 more and still dumping. I might be late for work in the morning. The new front chains worked well on the mule, but one got a little cocked and started rubbing on the strut. I don't think I really need the fronts, but nice to have on bad ice. We still have a lot of ice from the previous storm, so I needed them in many places where it was just solid sheen ice. A town plow has not gone by since 3pm and the roads look pretty bad. If there's a fire call somewhere in town, this will be tough work getting there. The highway dept. never really thinks about that much, they think they can the fella sitting on standby in the garage to plow the roads that are needed, but by the time he shows up the place is clogged with fire apparatus and pithed off firefighters and EMT's.
 I am tired. Might I be getting too old for this?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Gearbox on January 29, 2019, 10:19:50 PM
As I sit in my chair it is 35 below zero and a wind chill that will reach 50 to 60 below . for the first time I can remember the Postal Service has no mail delivery the next 2 days . Weather says for Thursday temps could be as low as 55 below without the wind chill . The OWB is working overtime and we have a fire in the fireplace .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on January 29, 2019, 11:24:14 PM
-9. 20 mph west wind. Puts our windchill at -34. Highs in the negative  single digits for the next 2 days with negative 35-50 windchills. No school tomorrow. I'm guessing there won't be any Thursday either. Be nice if they canceled work!!  :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 30, 2019, 05:56:13 AM
Gearbox that is beyond bad!!!!
Snowing here now,4 inches,so far.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on January 30, 2019, 06:59:59 AM
We got another 8" of snow through the night!

Just 26° right now!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DWyatt on January 30, 2019, 07:05:20 AM
Temp of -8 this morning, should be down to -11 by 10 this morning with a wind chill somewhere around -35 to -40. They say it will stay below 0 today, the coldest recorded temperature since 1994. Us Ohioans aren't made for this temperature like you Northerners! On a positive note, I got my old truck sold so I had the cash to finish insulating the barn last weekend. The garage is at 45 and the house at the normal 67 and am burning significantly less wood than through the cold spell last week 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on January 30, 2019, 07:48:25 AM
QuoteI just came in from 3 hours of plowing and quit because I ran the battery flat running the plow winch and some of the lights on the Mule. Gotta get a second battery I guess. Didn't even have the stereo on, geez. 

Greenhorn, I had a problem on my UTV that my charging system and battery would only allow me to lift my plow about 7 times before it was to low to run the fuel injection. I ended up putting a separate deep cycle battery under the seat. I did not connect the second battery to the charging system. I run my 2 LED lights off the charged UTV battery and the winch off the secondary battery. I can usually plow my 1/4 mile long driveway about a month before I "need" to charge the battery. Sometimes longer. The second battery was best thing I did. a battery tender is perfect for it.

In the summer the battery goes back in my mill.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on January 30, 2019, 07:50:38 AM
Quote from: Pulphook on January 29, 2019, 04:11:49 PM
Quote from: goose63 on January 29, 2019, 03:31:50 PM
Some where in frozzze up N.D. west of Frostbite Falls Minn  :D
Hey goose, everything is south of you.
Just more cold and snow 27 below 57 below wind chill with 14 below for the high today might haveta go down to see the goat 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 30, 2019, 08:41:24 AM
Man, you folks in the mid-west are being hammered by the cold. That is wicked stuff!
 We got a foot yesterday and last night. I have to clean up the last 3 inches when I get home tonight, but no ice :). It was mostly clear and 10 F this morning, but windy. They are calling for a severe but brief squall line to come through with the cold front this afternoon. Short blizzard conditions but not much snow, an inch or two. All in all I feel pretty good considering what some of y'all are going through.
 Yeah @Crusarius (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=35059) I think that would be another Sunday afternoon project someday to put on the list. I knew it was fading, but I pushed on an got stuck for a little bit. Batteries are expensive. My charging system works, but the headlights, heater fan, defroster fan, and extra LEDs all add up to drain more current than it is making. Maybe I will snag the battery off the generator at the mill. Not a deep cycle, but it isn't being used now anyway. Just gotta make a secure mount for it. Got any pics of yours?
Tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on January 30, 2019, 09:14:32 AM
no pictures but crazy simple. Battery is under driver seat with winch wired direct to it. thats it. The led's take so little I left them connected to main battery.

Summertime comes I don't typically need the winch so I pull the battery and put it back in the mill. just use wing nuts on the posts.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ruffgear on January 30, 2019, 09:36:02 AM
Hit -32* here last night. was -27 at 5:30pm on my way home with 30mph wind.BRRR
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on January 30, 2019, 01:52:45 PM
Lowest i had here was 1 degree overnight. Its a balmy 16 right now. Glad i cut that black jack and somw cedar slabs for the stove  :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DFILER2 on January 30, 2019, 02:02:06 PM
My temp reading on the way to work this morning.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20313/cold_w_circ~0.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1548874908)
 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: mike_belben on January 30, 2019, 02:38:14 PM
God bless you guys riding out that cold front up there.  Be careful
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 30, 2019, 02:39:46 PM
I don't even know if my car thermometer will go that low. I don't want to find out either.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on January 30, 2019, 02:44:09 PM
If this shows up on your dash of your truck, it just means it is cold, not that you need to use the restroom! :)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/th.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1548877200)
 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: upnut on January 30, 2019, 04:23:08 PM
It's officially cold, Stormy Kromer has sent its employees home and is not giving tours of its facilities.

Scott B.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on January 30, 2019, 04:43:05 PM
I am pretty confident that the truck thermometers max out at -40. It is very possible it was lower.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 30, 2019, 04:56:05 PM


I'm the big winner today! It was 32° and sunny at work, and the breeze wasn't too bad. Ate lunch a bit later than I prefer cause I wanted to get the job done. It clouded up during lunch, and the temp dropped 10°+. Started the drive back to the office, and it started sideways snowing. I beat it all by .5hr. Couldn't have done better if I tried  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on January 30, 2019, 07:36:07 PM
It hit 13 below for short time around 11 AM .Right now 7:27 PM 4 below heading for 7 below fore casted .
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 30, 2019, 07:48:45 PM
It was cold and windy last night and today, wind chills were down in the -30 to -40 range. Snow was blowing around so much visibility was less than 10 feet at times and road crews stopped plowing overnight. I was downright ugly. At the lakeshore drifts over 8' tall appeared overnight. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Gearbox on January 30, 2019, 08:02:57 PM
Was -40 this morning with the wind chill -60 . My Ranger PU started yesterday . Last night I plugged it in [ note to self both ends of the cord need to be plugged in ] . 2 hours later it started . About the same tonight .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DFILER2 on January 30, 2019, 08:38:41 PM
I think they must bottom out at -40, there is a low spot half way to work where it always drops another 1-2 degrees then comes back up, I was going to snap a picture when it hit -41 but it stayed at -40 the whole way. It seems most people around here had enough sense to stay home, I didn't meet a single car this morning.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 30, 2019, 08:41:28 PM
Lovely day, got up into the 20's but we had a squall come through with whiteout conditions for about 20 minutes, 45 MPH winds, spooky. then the temp started dropping: 18 at 5pm, 10 at 6pm, 4 at 7:30pm, and still going headed for about 5 below tonight and it's going to be cold tomorrow. Finished my plowing tonight, mostly, but found a rock under the snow and bent up the plow position locking pin. Something else to do in the evenings to keep me away from the bars.
 Hey, how do you load videos up here? I see them in other posts, but I can't figure it out. Was gonna put up a weather shot from the skid road trail cam, but no soap.
 Here's two shots I took on the way to work today. The first is the reservoir that has finally closed up it's last open water hole and is already building a pressure ridge.



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF2177.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1548897411)
 
And the second is the road that photo was taken from. This road often has it's own mini-blizzard on clear days and drifts over all day and night. It can require plowing every hour. The lane I am in is clear but in the other direction is 3 foot deep. We have had some serious accidents here on bright sunny days because folks misjudge it. 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF2181.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1548898663)
 

Both photos 10 seconds apart. yup, it's winter.

Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 30, 2019, 08:45:01 PM
Currently 8°. I've had a fire going since I got home, but the thermometer in the house hasn't budged from the 50° I have the thermostat set at. I don't think the heat's come on since I've had the fire going, but it's /just/ keeping up.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 1countryboy on January 30, 2019, 08:58:44 PM
-6 degrees and wind chill of -31 at 8:30pm and that's warmer than this morning at -40 windchill.   My Heatmore 400 is using double the normal wood.   My farm machinery shop is still at 65 degrees.  My heat gun showed temp coming out of the boiler at 110 degrees in this weather. The house is warm.  My AC loader is plugged in and started easily in an open cold machinery barn.  Cab and no heater, but protects me from the wind while I load the furnace.   Too cold for (senior citizens)  we are not to be outside.   Wonder who would fire my outdoor furnace.  I will reload "bertha" about midnight.   

Very cold, but it was colder and a lot more snow during the 1977-78 and the blizzard of 78.   We had 80mph winds for over 18 hrs and snow that my old Gallion grader (with 4 wheel chains, and V plow could not handle.  Had to wait for the National Guard and big gravel pit payloaders to open main roads so that I could get to my township roads.  Temps were so cold that pivot arm on the grader lift snapped like a pine 2 by 4.  Diesel fuel Jelled.  
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 31, 2019, 07:09:47 AM
-12°F just before  dawn this morning but warmed up to -10 in just a half hour. I think this is the cold front they weer talking about. It's not dead calm, there is a little air movement. Not supposed to get over 10 today, I think. Whatever. i have to pack and prep for a music festival this weekend when I get home tonight, so no playing outdoors for me. The weather should be great for the weekend with lots of sun and warmer temps. Glad it is mostly indoors, my evening public safety patrols will still be on the chilly side.
 No real real precip in the forecast until maybe Tuesday wen the are also calling for 52°!!!! Can u believe that? I will,,,,,,, when I see it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ruffgear on January 31, 2019, 08:22:02 AM
-33 here last night. Northern MN generally is pretty cold, but this is the coldest i've ever seen.  on the bright side there was an article that says many of the EAB will be killed by this cold.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 31, 2019, 08:30:03 AM
Currently 5°. I took off work today to have some cat time  :^D  The boss was whining yesterday when I said I wasn't coming in, but he tries to manipulate people by making everything an emergency. I fell for that once a few years ago when I worked a Saturday on the hottest day of the year to free up Monday for a desperately important job. Turned out that job wasn't so important after all, and we didn't get to it til the end of the week. Screw 'em. I'll do what it takes when it's required, but I need an honest assessment of what needs to be done. I just work on the assumption he's lying now. AFAIC, I'm only here to do heavy construction. Everything else is a bonus. In any case, none of this nonsense matters. The sun's gonna come up again tomorrow, and all the stupid problems everyone worried about will be gone...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on January 31, 2019, 02:44:37 PM
The wind the wind the wind. Nothing like -40,so I am happy,just a little cold. As someone mentioned,a warm up is coming,40°. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on January 31, 2019, 04:33:45 PM
I grossly underestimated how much wood I'd use this year. I had what looked like a good pile on the porch, and another reserve pile off to the side. I supplemented that with yet another pile, but didn't expect to use it. I've blown through all of that, and a couple loads more that are still kinda wet cause they weren't under cover. Just brought in a load of spruce. I've never burned softwood, but I'm hoping it's dryer than my oak. Doesn't feel like much of anything; like carrying an armload of air. I need a better system for next year if I'm gonna be a mostly full time woodburner.


Oh, and it's 19°. Supposed to be a bit warmer tomorrow, and a bit of snow expected. Kinda looking forward to working in it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on January 31, 2019, 07:09:21 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 31, 2019, 04:33:45 PM
 Doesn't feel like much of anything; like carrying an armload of air. I need a better system for next year if I'm gonna be a mostly full time woodburner.
Oh, and it's 19°. Supposed to be a bit warmer tomorrow, and a bit of snow expected. Kinda looking forward to working in it.
Saw a YouTube for making a firewood carrier out of a HD dolly with a piece of ply on the back and a rubbermaid square tub bungied on the foot. Works well when the ground is dry or no snow to roll into the two stoves. Saves SWMBO from yelling at me for bringing in wood debris. :-X
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on January 31, 2019, 07:13:04 PM
-26° this am with a windchill down around -50°, high temp for the day was -16°. Thankfully the snow has stopped for now. Spent the day fighting myself getting things running, snow plowed, animals fed, etc. A good hot shower and snuggle with a sick baby are in order for the evening.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on January 31, 2019, 08:14:00 PM
Below zero again tonight. Tired of the frozen pipe thing. Good news is it should warm through the night and be picture perfect for our music fest this weekend. Should be great with the kids running around in the snow, the ice carving, good music, craft beers. ah, but I digress, sorry. Yeah, no work in the woods for me this weekend, or in the shop. Back to it next week, when we are supposed to hit a freakish 50?! What is up with that? Folks around here are excited, but I am just thiking about how much more ice we are gonna have on the skid road. DanG!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 01, 2019, 07:58:53 AM
-8F this morning. Sun, but clouds are moving in to. fire_smiley
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 01, 2019, 08:21:07 AM
Clear and 3° and that's above. No wind now. This is my late morning going to work. I worked outside before going to work on Monday,all was fine with weather. I went to work and had a customer that needed something outside,probably around 11am. The wind was just a blowing. I hope that don't happen again today.
18° for a high. ;D
.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 01, 2019, 08:49:09 AM
Yesterday it was 0F all day and the wind. Never warmed up one bit here. We'll never see no 18F here, only -5F now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 01, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Mid 50s today and looking at the forecast,  it's showing 70 for the beginning of next week.... :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 01, 2019, 11:52:42 AM
+5F now, about the warmest it will get. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: mitchstockdale on February 01, 2019, 12:13:02 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on January 31, 2019, 04:33:45 PM
I grossly underestimated how much wood I'd use this year. I had what looked like a good pile on the porch, and another reserve pile off to the side. I supplemented that with yet another pile, but didn't expect to use it. I've blown through all of that, and a couple loads more that are still kinda wet cause they weren't under cover. Just brought in a load of spruce. I've never burned softwood, but I'm hoping it's dryer than my oak. Doesn't feel like much of anything; like carrying an armload of air. I need a better system for next year if I'm gonna be a mostly full time woodburner.


Oh, and it's 19°. Supposed to be a bit warmer tomorrow, and a bit of snow expected. Kinda looking forward to working in it.
Same happened to me...didnt expect winter to set in mid November (very unusual in my area) about an extra month of unexpected burning and with the extreme cold... just chewing through what i have left.....wont let this happen again.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 01, 2019, 02:38:01 PM
November was cold here too. Has spoiled us over the years it's been much warmer. 
I can remember deer hanging when I was growing up. Now you can almost hunt in a t shirt.
Been cold off and on here. The wind has been busy. But have not seen a steady week of temps in the single numbers. But not looks like Tuesday will be 40°.  :o  This has been going on,cold than warm.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 01, 2019, 04:00:03 PM
I've burned 4 cords, but could have used less. It's just one of them things when you have too much you just keep shoving. :D They told me you won't burn more than 4 cords, good thing I know better than that none sense. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 01, 2019, 04:02:57 PM
Red pine and larch both throw a lot of heat, lasts as long as maple in my experience. Even box elder and spruce hasn't been too bad either. My wood is bone dry to. I brush the flu the end of every month. Just a little soot on the elbow from the furnace most of the time and might be some at the top. But this time nothing up there at the top and nothing at all from the top down to the elbow from the furnace. Clean as new. Never was more than a palm full every month and only powder soot, no creosote pieces. I get good draft, that flu just whistles when feeding to fire. Two stage burn, nice and clean. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 01, 2019, 05:28:51 PM
I've been fairly pleased with the spruce. I thought it would be like throwing 2x4s in the stove, and they'd burn up like paper, but they stick around awhile. They also don't absorb water like a sponge, as my oak does.


It was 20° today, and I spent the day cutting vines in the falling snow. Cutting vines is kinda lame, but not unenjoyable. Broke the bar on my saw, but I'm ahead of the game. I grossed $135, minus fuel, minus some proportion of chain. and minus a bar, I still made ~$100, got to play in the snow, and damage @#$%! vines! I also made a rustic bench for kicks  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 01, 2019, 05:38:46 PM
Only got up to 15° today, luckily there wasn't much wind, and no snow from last night to move!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 01, 2019, 08:06:03 PM
Got up to 12° above zero today. After -30 +12 felt warm, was outside in just a heavy flannel shirt. Supposed to get into the 30s for a few days before dropping back to the single digits. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 02, 2019, 05:26:38 AM
-5F this morning. According to the weather map we are the cold spot. -5F is warmer than -40 I thought. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 02, 2019, 07:04:26 AM
We have 10° up on the hot side of zero this morning!  ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 02, 2019, 07:15:18 AM
9 F now under clear skies Downeast.
We have the annual "Bring it Outside" at the local Maine State Park, Holbrook Sanctuary today. Not enough snow for our igloo, or XC skiing.
May have some ice skating and snow shoeing.

For you wood stove guys, we had an overfire in the new VC last night just before bedtime. I had to grab a bunch of burning splits to throw out on the snow  to drop the rising temps. A serious firedrill for both of us. This stove is going back ! Having used wood stoves for decades, this is the first dangerous over fired stove we've had.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 02, 2019, 11:47:45 AM
5F above now and light snow. So much for 5 days snow free. And that was said two days ago. :D Now they say 40F by Tuesday, they said that for this past Wednesday and it never showed. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Vautour on February 02, 2019, 05:26:04 PM
 
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on February 03, 2019, 11:54:52 AM
Believe it or not it's 51 out .Not quite sloppy mud yet but will be .Yuck ! :(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 11:57:48 AM
Same here; right around 50°. Might be warmer outside than in today  :^D  I hope winter isn't over. We got some lingering winter last year. Hopefully it'll repeat.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on February 03, 2019, 12:12:16 PM
It needs about two weeks of 10 below zero to kill off some of the bugs .That or more Indiana bats to eat the mosquitoes .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 03, 2019, 03:57:13 PM
It's 20F here now, but was 5F this morning. Time for a walk. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 03, 2019, 05:13:13 PM
I had 15 by the time I looked this morning,30° out now. Just about clouds all day,the sun tried to work through the clouds,but not for long.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 05:43:05 PM
Broke down and lit a fire. It's been chilly in the house all day, but I felt kinda dumb making a fire considering how warm it was outside. Temps are falling a bit, and it won't get warmer til tomorrow afternoon, so I'm burning my spruce for now. I'll see if I can find any buggy cherry that's dry enough to add later.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 03, 2019, 06:06:01 PM
I was away this weekend working at a music fest about 5 miles over the hill. I run the medical crew for the event, and usually am the last one to bed after I do a final "public safety sweep" to make sure everybody made it back to their sleeping place, nobody fell on a trail in the dark, etc. I usually have a beer or two with some other staff around this time and head to bed (between 2 and 4am). Friday night (well, Saturday morning) around 2am I grabbed a beer out of the back of my truck (it was in a cooler to keep it 'warm") and it was liquid when I opened it, slushy before I could walk 200 yards, and frozen before I made the bunkhouse. Based on how my mustache froze to my lower lip I am guessing the temp was around 15 below. 
 I am usually one of the first up in the morning to repeat my loop (between 6 and 8am), and it was pretty nippy Saturday most of the day, but the temp eventually hit 30 and kept going up. Saturday night (Well, Sunday Morning) arounf 3am I was still having issues with my nightcap beer, so I put it in my pocket to warm it up before I opened it. Today it was WARM! Gave up wearing a coat, when I got home all there of my thermometers were confused by the heat. One said 40, one said 50, and the third said 62. I think think were all lying :) 
 We had a ice carver there who did some pretty neat work with his chainsaw. We took this apart today and put it in the freezer to bring back out for the August version of this festival.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 06:10:13 PM
Is that Jack Skellington?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 03, 2019, 07:02:07 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 06:10:13 PM
Is that Jack Skellington?
Nope, sorry. It's an Owl in flight on top of a banjo pedestal. It is hard to see the face in this shot. Maybe I can find a night shot.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 07:05:02 PM
Ah. I can see that now. Just above the horizontal plane where the rays terminate, it kinda look like Jack's toothy smile, then a nose and two big eyes  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 03, 2019, 07:55:43 PM
Maybe this is a little better. I am sure I will come across something better in a few days.


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This was the one he did last year.

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And in 2017, he did this one.

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 03, 2019, 07:58:23 PM
I like last year's better, but they're both fantastic  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 03, 2019, 08:09:53 PM
I added the 2017 one also in the previous post, which was my favorite. This year he was working with a smashed hand injury which made it hard for him. He is still mighty handy with that chainsaw, I can tell you that.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on February 03, 2019, 10:12:12 PM
-14C (6F) with a nasty wind here tonight, supposed to be like this all week. :'( I'm not used to it anymore.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 04, 2019, 06:38:50 AM
Rain on light snow--  34 F.
Had to fire up the frozen hot tub. It had iced up last week.
New stove ordered: Jotul Rangely top load non-cat. Anyone have one ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 04, 2019, 07:29:22 AM
40° and light rain here this morning!

Roads iced up a little, school delayed 2 hours!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 04, 2019, 09:20:38 AM
Freezing fog here and 18F awhile ago. I don't think it is going to hit 32 here until tomorrow when it will hit 40 they said. The fog is coating everything with ice. ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 04, 2019, 02:30:41 PM
At work,looked up the temp,48°.   :o   Yes it feels warm,but have no idea for sure.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on February 04, 2019, 03:47:16 PM
I had 60° on the van thermometer a few minutes ago.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 04, 2019, 04:15:07 PM
58°. Got home and opened the door to warm it up in the house  O.o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 04, 2019, 04:54:09 PM
29F here for a high, just some cold fog all day. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 04, 2019, 07:52:16 PM
-30° late last week, now +30° this am with freezing rain and ice accumulations. Temp has now dropped back into the single digits.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 04, 2019, 10:48:49 PM
Well, we got our January thaw beginning on Feb. 2nd. I am not sure if this is going to allow me to get down to the mill, but we shall see. Tomorrow is another hot day, reaching 50, really weird, for sure, then it cools off a little with rain and freezing rain. Not seeing much weather on the horizon yet, but I would like to see the road freeze up again. Hopefully this thaw will help the sap suckers when the time comes in a few weeks. I might make the run up (over) to Vermont to help my cousin boil some sap down in his (3rd?) brand new sugar house. I have not done that since I was about 9 years old. Probably about time I done it again, and I just realized his DAD was about the same age as me (probably still is).

 I do get the feeling we are fixing to get a whopper storm at the end of February or the beginning of March. I don't know why, I just feel it. Hopefully I am all wrong.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 05, 2019, 05:34:01 AM
Well, still 28F, but not far now to the predicted 41 with rain. Not doing anything right now outside. The heat is on stand bye. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 05, 2019, 06:36:23 AM
30° here this morning. Walking around yesterday,seemed odd not to hear the snow crunch when walking.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 05, 2019, 07:06:04 AM
Just looked at the forecast for today and it's supposed to be 74... a little too early for that....
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 05, 2019, 07:30:02 AM
Yesterday's report on the survival of tick species in spite of the cold and snow. The beasts hibernate under leaf litter. The only reason that last summer's tick counts were lower than years' past was due to low rainfall. My friend the runner and entomologist emeritus says that that is his experience.

A brief "Feb Thaw" today heating into the low 50's in the Northeast. Don't hold your winter breath--winter is coming again. Real snow needed for XC trails.

Please, you souls south of the M-D Line, DO NOT mention mowing. :-\
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on February 05, 2019, 07:52:51 AM
7 below 25 mph winds today and frigid by the end of the week  whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on February 05, 2019, 08:32:30 AM
Seen from my driveway this morning:


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Jim Rogers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 05, 2019, 06:18:28 PM
65°  D^:


Waaay too hot for February. Kind of put me in a bad mood, and I felt a little ill physically. Just a start. Wasn't too hot to feel really sick, but the first bit of 75°+ weather makes me feel terrible til I get used to it. I dread warm weather. Mowing lawns(Sorry Pulphook!), bugs, and misery...  :^(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 05, 2019, 08:09:12 PM
75 today and have some daffodils blooming behind the house. The whole patch isn't blooming yet,  but probably a quarter of them. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 06, 2019, 04:32:31 AM
Well, I'm glad I don't have to mow for 4 more months. :D Just feed the furnace and the birds. ;)


We got the 41F predicted and a 10 minute rain shower before supper. ;D

10F this morning. Fires on, but a window is open here by the desk. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 06, 2019, 07:48:01 AM
Quote from: lxskllr on February 05, 2019, 06:18:28 PM
65°  D^:


Waaay too hot for February. Kind of put me in a bad mood, and I felt a little ill physically. Just a start. Wasn't too hot to feel really sick, but the first bit of 75°+ weather makes me feel terrible til I get used to it. I dread warm weather. Mowing lawns(Sorry Pulphook!), bugs, and misery...  :^(
Hope you're feeling better. Try some single malt for ills.
After a stint down in the muck of Camp Elgin in Pensalcola in fall, I never could get acclimated to heat and humidity ( never mind the bugs and snakes ).
That's why we up north feel so superior to you south of the M.S. line. :D You can always put something on for cold, but can't cut nude.
Back to normal 20's after the "thaw". Ice.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on February 06, 2019, 08:03:42 AM
6 to 12 inchs more starting tonight sure am glade I bought that tracter with the cab and heater :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 06, 2019, 11:24:02 AM
24° and sunny today perfect day for working outside. Tonight thru Friday they are predicting 16-20" of snow and temps back down around zero. 

These last two weeks have been ugly. Temps of -30° wind chills of -60° and something like 40 inches of snow. 

At least the days are getting longer and the sun warmer.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 06, 2019, 12:05:33 PM
A little drizzle and freezing rain over night, both kids home from school today.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 06, 2019, 12:48:00 PM
I have no complaints. Its winter. We have passed that 15 below stuff for now, and this is good. some freezing rain tonight.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 06, 2019, 02:35:23 PM
Right now we have 28° and a slight breeze!

Weather forecasters said this morning that we will likely be getting up to 1/4" of freezing rain, starting sometime this afternoon!

All the schools around the area were closed around 1:00 today!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 06, 2019, 03:58:18 PM
Reached mid 20's here today, won't need no wood tonight. Too hot. Hot an open window last night for awhile. :D Rain snow mix for tomorrow night, so tonight won't be very cold. Save my wood. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: boonesyard on February 06, 2019, 05:28:45 PM
Quote from: goose63 on February 06, 2019, 08:03:42 AM
6 to 12 inchs more starting tonight sure am glade I bought that tracter with the cab and heater :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
Hey goose, what tractor did you end up getting??
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 06, 2019, 05:31:11 PM
It was about 50°. Started off sunny, clouded up, and finished with rain. Did some more vine cutting, and found my first legit 6" solo vine. That thing was a monster. Quite a few other biguns, but the other 6"+ers were coils of two or more vines. Afraid to see what spring brings. Hoping fewer vines, but I'm prepped for disappointment. Oh, well. I can say I tried, and made some money doing it  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 06, 2019, 05:49:07 PM
Last summer I found the first wild grape vine ever on the farm. It was 2" diameter and climbing a spruce that was broken off in the wind. Wild grapes are native here, but normally not far from the river valley near the river. Never see any around the farm fence lines here on the ridge. I do have cultivated grapes, but the leaves are different in shape and in dents along the leaf edges. The cultivated ones have been there 30 years.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 06, 2019, 05:55:02 PM
I've seen feral grapes once. Dunno if they were native wild grapes, or domestics that got spread by birds. Kind of neat having food growing in the tree limbs  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 06, 2019, 06:12:15 PM
Had a bunch of grapes here at The Farm. Behind the pig pen there was a bunch of poplar that grew nice and straight,about 8 inches across. This was back in the early '80's. They would of made a great cabin,but I was thinking about getting the grown up field back. There was grapes vines in them trees!!!  No big vines,but a couple inch through vines can keep a 8 inch tree from falling over.  There are still some of those grapes on the stone wall.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 06, 2019, 07:06:09 PM
Well, we're getting the forecasted freezing rain now, and have been for a few hours!

Travel advisory out until 10:00 tomorrow morning!

Hoping we don't get enough to put the power out! 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on February 06, 2019, 07:58:09 PM
Quote from: boonesyard on February 06, 2019, 05:28:45 PM
Quote from: goose63 on February 06, 2019, 08:03:42 AM
6 to 12 inchs more starting tonight sure am glade I bought that tracter with the cab and heater :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
Hey goose, what tractor did you end up getting??

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@boonesyard (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=39257) here it is and I like it  

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I give up I'm just north of Sisseton whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley whiteflag_smiley
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on February 06, 2019, 08:10:40 PM
I've got a fair amount of wild grapes,tiny little things the years they produce .About the size of a pea .
Weather tomorrow 62 and rain .Friday back into the 20's .Ohio.what can I say -----
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: boonesyard on February 06, 2019, 08:56:46 PM
Wonderful!! You're going to love it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 06, 2019, 08:58:11 PM
Raining here. Temp has been holding at 33 for the last 4 hours. I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 07, 2019, 04:21:26 AM
Some light snow here over night. 20F here since before dark last night. I'm going to head in for some extra gas for the impending ice storm. Feb-March is ice season up here. Not the kind on the lake, but the kind that falls wet from the sky and instantly sticks to the trees and front steps. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 07, 2019, 07:30:59 AM
It's like the thermometer is glued in place, still at 33 when i got up. Supposed to stay warm right through until Friday night when it begins a downward spiral to the low 20's and maybe some weather next week. As long as it is not freezing rain I am happy. That stuff is terrible!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 07:34:56 AM
That one warm day really helped out my driveway.
Got an inch of snow,maybe 40 tomorrow.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 07, 2019, 07:45:41 AM
Very "STILL" out there this morning!

We got somewhere between 1/8 & 1/4 inch of freezing rain through the night!

Plows have been out there sanding roads!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 07, 2019, 07:48:46 AM
Drizzle, fog, and 40°. Lame February day  :^/
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 07, 2019, 08:08:58 AM
It is 11° here with ice and frozen rain, sleet on the ground.  real feel -13°.  See there MM degree.  I had a meeting at 7 am an hour away in Wichita, but it was just cancelled and both kids are home from school today due to icy road conditions and wind.  Crate of wood by the back door, quiet roaring fire.  Cup of hot coffee and my family at home, it should be a great day.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 07, 2019, 11:44:36 AM
Saskatchewan is the cold belt right now.

Extreme cold warning blankets all Saskatchewan | Globalnews.ca (https://globalnews.ca/news/4929695/extreme-cold-warning-saskatchewan-environment-canada-2)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on February 07, 2019, 01:03:23 PM
2 1\4 inches of rain here over the past 2 days. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 07, 2019, 01:14:29 PM
A little bit of rain dropping right now, more like spitting, but it is 26F. Suppose to get some freezing rain at first and switch over to rain in the night. Got generator full and two more 5 gallon jugs ready. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 07, 2019, 01:29:14 PM
Third snow in last few days coming today.  But that's not news.  That is February in Wisconsin.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 07, 2019, 02:20:56 PM
73 and sunny right now... windows open and letting everything air out today...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 07, 2019, 04:54:23 PM
No rain here yet (later) but boy howdy the fog sure banked in down on the Hudson River. Visibility is about 150 feet.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on February 07, 2019, 05:41:40 PM
Snow has stoped but thw 30 mph wind is still makeing a big mess untill in the morning
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 07, 2019, 05:47:30 PM
Ended up being partly sunny, humid, and in the 50s today. Spent another few hours cutting vines, and the sweat was pouring off of me. Pretty bad for February.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 06:03:20 PM
It was just about 32° for a high. I drove the tractor around in the woods. :o   Not something that I can do some winters. Not much snow here. No big hills to go up,so it went fine. There was one place I could not go up the small hill. So I went around and came down the hill. That will freeze and I will be good to go. A coudy-foggy day. Seem like there was a high fog,or low clouds. ??? 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 07, 2019, 08:02:02 PM
 
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Here is the backyard when I went outside after work this evening... no snow or ice here.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 07, 2019, 08:22:08 PM
I like Dafodils, but it'll be a while before we see them here!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 07, 2019, 08:25:01 PM
Quote from: Chuck White on February 07, 2019, 08:22:08 PM
I like Dafodils, but it'll be a while before we see them here!
I like them cause they popup in surprising places. It can be a clue that there's an old home site close by. That means nifty foundation ruins to explore, and a glass dump somewhere nearby  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 09:18:29 PM
That looks good!!!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 09:50:04 PM
I was watching the World News tonight and they was talking about the weather. I forgot what state it was in,a bad blizzard and they showed a gate that closed off a major highway,that read Road Closed. ???  I know what it means,what was shocked to see a swing away gate that said that on it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 07, 2019, 09:52:23 PM
We have those in Kansas, so if the road is impassable, it blocks the on ramps.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: LeeB on February 07, 2019, 10:19:25 PM
F1 passed the house last night. Lindy says she's ok. Minor damage and lots of downed trees. :O
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 07, 2019, 10:25:18 PM
Probably 14-16" of snow so far and still coming down tho it has slowed some. Only calling for 3-5" more thru tomorrow. It's a heck of a storm out there.

Broke down this morning and switched things around so I can feed cows with the 4x4 tractor because the 2wd was struggling already before all this new snow. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 07, 2019, 11:28:20 PM
Went and got 4 new tires for the dual 3500 HD.  a few weeks back, in the slushy snow, I broke traction going up a hill at 60 mph.  had a rear tire blow out in the fall and put 2 new tires on the front, back tires were ready.  do not like to commute with bad brakes, tires or lights.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 08, 2019, 05:12:15 AM
Never warmed up in the night like they said it would and now freezing rain coming down. Only 24F, not the predicted 40F. Such is the weather forecasting. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 08, 2019, 05:46:27 AM
I've got the same rain,well more like a heavy mist, at 32°.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 08, 2019, 06:48:23 AM
38 when I arose at 5am, been that way all night, supposed to get in the 50's today, then it begins a quick downward slide into the teens and twenties, which is much more seasonable and trustworthy. It shoudl also be bright and sunny with a bit of wind through the period until Tuesday. My kind of near perfect winter weather. Unfortunately, I have to start cram studying this weekend for an exam I should have been working on for months. Just can't seem to get myself to open the book. Now I have less than 10 days, so I'd better reload the coffee pot and get crackin'. Gonna waste a really nice weekend, maybe two.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 08, 2019, 06:53:42 AM
Quote from: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 09:50:04 PM
I was watching the World News tonight and they was talking about the weather. I forgot what state it was in,a bad blizzard and they showed a gate that closed off a major highway,that read Road Closed. ???  I know what it means,what was shocked to see a swing away gate that said that on it.
I don't know if they're still there or not, but when I was stationed in Alaska they had gates that crossed and closed the road through Hatcher Pass!
-----------------
Rained quite a bit last night, when it stopped, the high winds started here just after midnight and are expected to run through Saturday around 7:00 AM.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 08, 2019, 07:54:04 AM
Only thing I see on Route 95 down through Maine for road closures is those LED signs and they even post on there about eagles being on the road down toward Bangor area. Apparently they close roads for eagles to. Why not for moose? :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on February 08, 2019, 08:38:55 AM
DanG Lee, that was close. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DWyatt on February 08, 2019, 08:39:18 AM
2-3 inches of rain in the last couple days, got home from work last night and it was nearly 60° and pouring down rain. Woke up this morning to 20° and about 30 mph winds. Everything that was standing water is now frozen or at least partially. Welcome to Ohio Folks ::) ::)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: twar on February 08, 2019, 01:18:02 PM
Getting ready for the big thaw. First time above freezing in several weeks predicted for tomorrow. PLUS buckets of rain. With the 2 ft+ of snow on the ground, where is that water going to go?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on February 08, 2019, 02:14:52 PM
Mid-winter up here on the Canadian Prairie.
We're at a high of minus 13 F. today, lots of snow and wind. Even for us, it's been a harsh winter because of the wind. Minus 35 and 40 with the wind chill factored in. 
Haven't fired up the mill since mid-December, that'll happen when we get a warm spell.
Woodworking shop and sun dogs for another few months. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 08, 2019, 02:25:37 PM
Spent 2 hours last night plowing snow and 4 hours today getting things all cleaned up. Just as I shut the truck off it starting snowing hard and there is already another couple of inches...

Last two weeks I've spent more time in the truck than I have doing anything else.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 08, 2019, 05:11:01 PM
Started warm and wet, but the wind picked up, and the temps dropped. Currently 41° and going down. Supposed to be in the low 30s this weekend. That pleases me  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 08, 2019, 05:22:59 PM
We never got much here, it barely made 34F just before the sun went down. Still some ice on trees, but falling off. The drive way have a glaze of brittle ice, walk on it and it crunches to bits. Was no school, but the garbage man had to go to work. And the snow plows are operating much better this winter, sanded as he plowed ahead of the garbage truck. Last winter this road was like driving on a farm field in late wet November. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 09, 2019, 08:34:57 AM
What's "DanG" ? No one here with that handle. :-\
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 09, 2019, 09:50:01 AM
Quote from: Pulphook on February 09, 2019, 08:34:57 AM
What's "DanG" ? No one here with that handle. :-\
Dictionary (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=dictionary)
Clear and cool this morning; 25°. Burning some spruce this morning. My buggy cherry holds on to water like a badger. I'm hoping to get rid of it this year. Gonna load a bunch more on the porch to get ready for winter weather the beginning of next week, and I'll stick a bunch of spruce in the house.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 10:22:17 AM
Been warm all week for 50° highs and clear. Yesterday the wind picked up and the temp started a downward spiral after 4pm. Was 40 when I got home. I was gifted with some last minute tickets to see Amy Helm and Cindy Cashdollar at Levon Helm Studios and considered wearing my wool sport coat because it was so warm and I wanted to look decent (Cindy and her husband Harvey are passing friends). Decided against it and glad I did. When we left the gig, the wind was around 20 and so was the temp. When I got in around 2am, it was till dropping and I found the stove had gone out. It needs a good clean out today anyway, so I left it.
 Now that it is winter again, we are going to hold in the 20's for the foreseeable future and have some snow coming on Tuesday. I think I will give up on getting down to the mill until we get on the other side of the month. I spend too much time and risk more than a little trying to get that steep road open. Too many other things to do anyway.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 09, 2019, 11:12:49 AM
High winds here over night and still blowing. Around 10F in the early morning hours. I never had the fire on last night though, I was too warm even around midnight and no wood had been put in for 12 hours. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 09, 2019, 12:36:45 PM
Yesterday was high 30's maybe low 40's.Water was flowing. Today is about 20 with wind. And I do mean wind.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 12:50:17 PM
Ever since a week or two ago when somebody mentioned the 'how much wood do you have left?' question, I have been meaning to answer that for myself because every year since I have been seriously burning for a major part of my heat, I have run out before or near the end of the season and had to scramble. Last year I made myself two promises: A) have all my wood cut and stacked by June 1st to beat the heat and have time for other stuff. (I did that) and 2) to stack enough that I could not run out, even if it was a bad winter.
Now having said that, this is usually the time of year I get anxiety every day when I bring in the wood and see the pile dwindling, but this year not so much. None the less, I took time out today to do some measurements and calculations and find that I have 3 cords left (well, 2.968 ) which is the best shape I have ever been in for 30 years or more. 8) That's never happened before, now I am not sure what to do with the left over to make sure I burn it first next year. Lets see what I wind up with.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 09, 2019, 12:56:59 PM
I think my Father said Candlemas day on Feb 2,should have half your feed gone and half your wood on that day.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 02:58:26 PM
how do you store you're your wood OG.  I remember video about a two ended shed and the fresh cut go into the back, and everything pushes forward.  You have seen my crates and I always think i will put a date on them or numbers to keep track.  But some wood has been lying around for 3 years and nearly dry vs wood just cut down and processed.  need to rotate that stock!!!  If it is stacked, you do not want to handle it another time if not needed to keep warm.  Or throw a cover over it to keep it separate.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 03:02:24 PM
I would love to build a solar firewood kiln to just leave my wood in.  i live on the edge of town, but in town so I am limited on buildings
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 09, 2019, 03:41:14 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on February 09, 2019, 08:34:57 AM
What's "DanG" ? No one here with that handle. :-\
The person DanG is a long-time Forestry Forum member down in Chattahoochee, FL!  You can find him in the "Members" list at the top of the page!
The word DanG is listed in the Forestry Forum Dictionary, found in the "Extras" at the top of the page!  Basically the "word" DanG is an allowable Forestry Forum "cuss" word!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 04:48:56 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 02:58:26 PM
how do you store you're your wood OG.  I remember video about a two ended shed and the fresh cut go into the back, and everything pushes forward.  You have seen my crates and I always think i will put a date on them or numbers to keep track.  But some wood has been lying around for 3 years and nearly dry vs wood just cut down and processed.  need to rotate that stock!!!  If it is stacked, you do not want to handle it another time if not needed to keep warm.  Or throw a cover over it to keep it separate.
I have a fully enclosed porch on the second floor off the dining room, underneath is wide open and dry. Looks like this:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF1651.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1549747455)
 
That shows the beginning of the pattern. Then much further on, it looks like this:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF1682.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1549747458)
 
I never got a photo of it full, don't know why, too tired i guess.
To give you an idea, here is the end view before I filled the center with cross piles. I filled it to only leave a 4 foot deep hole in the front. It measured out at just short of 6 cord. The top of the pile is 7' off the deck for reference.
I find this is easy for me and once it is in there it gets no rain or snow on it. I used to tarp around it, this year I didn't bother and it dried much better.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF1678.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1549747737)
 
From the above view, the door to the house is out of frame 6 feet to the right, and the wood stove is on the same level, 25 feet to the right. I have this nifty little hand truck I got last year that I LOVE, which allows me to bring in a days worth of wood in one shot.
I figure when the season is over, I will re-stack it with the old stuff, up front and first to go as I have done in the past, but in the past, the old stuff was what I got in March, not from the previous year.
Now you got me thinking so I stepped out and took a photo, here it is today, I shot this so you can see the door and the chimney beyond. This is by far the best setup, along with that hand truck, that I have ever had.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF2222.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1549748405)
 
And finally, here is that little hand truck I spoke of. Even if I had some stairs, this thing would pop up them easy with those nice little pneumatic tires. WHat a difference in my shoulder condition at the end of the season.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF2224.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1549748664)
 
Sorry, I don't know how to rotate that photo here. But you get the idea.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 04:56:16 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on February 09, 2019, 12:56:59 PM
I think my Father said Candlemas day on Feb 2,should have half your feed gone and half your wood on that day.
Then I am in good shape!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 05:27:41 PM
Nice set up OG.  Hate to see you have to re-stack stuff to rotate.  You started with more wood than me, and the winter is not over yet.  i trained in Albany, and the Adirondack mountains.  Sailed and camped at Lake George. a lot colder for longer there.  We just put our last crate, 1/4 cord on the sunporch.  I have some wood that is dry that i can cut and split.  also I save a lot of my cut offs/slabs on pallets to make benches, but it is also seasoned firewood if needed. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 09, 2019, 05:41:58 PM
The wind,the wind,the wind. Did I mention wind?  20° with a wind chill of zero?? I have no idea about zero,but it's cold. Glad I don't have to get any wood tonight.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 05:44:19 PM
AH, you know Doc, I don't mind the re-stacking at all. It's like doing inventory. Yes, I now it is redundant, but actually it gives me a chance to sort the wood as I go and clean the whole area out of all the bark, leaves and junk that collects so that when I bring in new wood, I have a good clean area and stack. My firewood is precious to me and important to the household, plus given my Norwegian heritage, I think I owe it to my forbears to set a good example. There are still those I know, including me, that say you can learn a lot about a man by his woodpile.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 09, 2019, 06:00:53 PM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103), I have a similar set up under the main porch here. I put down drainage stone and pallets on top so they are not sitting on wet ground. The snow does not come in there much, nothing a broom can't sweep. The wind keeps the snow away from the  house actually, by 10 feet, which is great by me. :D I have room for 3.5 cords there and I put 4.5 cord in the house in a wood room. I have cut way back on the wood burn'n, was feeding too much. But I did burn half of 8 cords now. But began burn'in Oct 12th to. New furnace, new house, some adjustments need to be made on the feeding of wood. It's almost as bad as having too little. With too much wood, you keep shoving it in. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 06:12:15 PM
Looks like you have some plastic pallets in a stack, nice idea, I won't ask where you got them.  i hope my stack does not reflect too much.  It is nice when we stack it but our maxim is also to minimize handling.  @thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) we had biscuts with choke cherry jelly again this am.  who do I let know when our supply gets low.  If I remember correctly, It was a life time supply right???.  lol.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 09, 2019, 06:15:59 PM
Great stuff, mom makes it here to. We also boil up some bog cranberries with sugar once in awhile. Good on vanilla bean ice cream, I mean the real kind without agar and gum beans in it. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 09, 2019, 06:19:13 PM
Competition. :D

Waxwings - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWXaY4aD-0)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 09, 2019, 06:34:25 PM
@doc henderson (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41041)
youuuuuuuu're breeeeeeeeaking up,I cannnnnnnnnnnn't understaaaaaaand youuuuuuuuuuu.   :D   :D 

And @SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) has to add something. :D  :D :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 09, 2019, 06:47:32 PM
Yeah, they ain't choke cherries the birds are in there, but they eat them to. I've fed the greedy buggers cherries by hand before. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 09, 2019, 08:12:19 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on February 09, 2019, 06:12:15 PM
Looks like you have some plastic pallets in a stack, nice idea, I won't ask where you got them.  i hope my stack does not reflect too much.  It is nice when we stack it but our maxim is also to minimize handling.
Well, I think of it more as a seasonal cleanup, and before now I have never had to re-stack more than a face cord. Yeah, I do have a couple of those plastic pallets and to be honest, I really can't recall where they came from but I am pretty sure somebody said 'I have these, do you want them?" and I took them. I would like to get some more, they clean off well and don't rot. I used to stack on the ground and sacrifice the bottom row, but it dries better off the ground as we all know. Also, less bugs and worms, and the chipmunks love it. Swamp, I started burning earlier than I wanted to also because our boiler split and we had no other heat. Just about the same time you started, so I am glad I put up some extra. In the early years we only burned 3-3 cord, but that was for comfort heat, now this new stove is taking quite a chunk out of our oil bill so I keep feeding it as needed.
 To stay on subject, the temp here now is 23, but with the wind, it feels a bit colder. Supposed to be around 10 by dawn which is seasonable. I may fire up the saw tomorrow and hunt for some stump cookies. I want to try that longer bar and it is so nice outside.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 10, 2019, 06:56:15 AM
I really like the Cedar Waxwings, they're quite common in this area!

Looks like they're feeding on Highbush Cranberries!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 10, 2019, 08:18:51 AM
15 when I got up a couple of hours ago. It's up to 21 F now, and clear as a bell with no wind. Supposed to hit 30 today. This is my idea of the perfect winter day, just as good as a 70 degree day with bright sunshine in May. Man I really want to get out and do some cutting or something, but I really have to crack that book open if I want a chance to pass this test one more time.
 We have snow coming Tuesday which all the guessers seem to agree on. The forecast, depending on who you like ranges from 1/2" up to 8 inches. I figure we will have a better idea on Wednesday. I just took the plow off yesterday to go down and check the mill shed, now I have to put it back on.  smile_juggle
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 10, 2019, 09:14:34 AM
5F at 5:00 am and still 5F at 10:00 am, I guess it's not going to warm much. Wind is not as strong now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 10, 2019, 09:18:00 AM
28° and sunny. Just got in from hanging my laundry outside. Not expecting it to dry much, but it'll dry some, and take the load off my dryer. Dryer's getting ready to go up, so I try to air dry as much as possible. I do that anyway, but in years past, I wouldn't have bothered in near freezing temps. Expecting some winter the beginning of this week. Can't wait!  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 11, 2019, 09:18:27 AM
Another 6 to 12 (inches) tonight/tomorrow.  Pretty consistent snowfalls after a rainy start to winter.  Snowfall heavy enough to clear every other day or so.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 11, 2019, 10:58:42 AM
25°F at daybreak, overcast solid, and very damp. Snotty is the word I use for it. 6-9" coming tomorrow thru the daytime hours ending in the usual sleet/freezing rain overnight. Nothing special.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 11, 2019, 11:07:21 AM
That's about what I have OG, except it's warmer @ 32°. Took the day off work to sit by the fire. I love snow. Just wish it would last longer. Last few years, most of it comes late in the season, so it's wet. heavy, and doesn't stick around. More of a nuisance that it could otherwise be.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 11, 2019, 11:38:43 AM
Was 2F this morning and not even 10F here at noon. Still some wind, not as brisk. Good day for inside sanding pine doors. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 11, 2019, 12:03:04 PM
Been around zero at night and single digits for highs the last few days. Snow snow and more snow. "Warm" 23° today and sunny but more snow on the way tomorrow.

Tried not to hear the radio this am when they mentioned something about 200 inches of snowfall so far this winter so far......
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on February 11, 2019, 09:42:54 PM
We seem to be getting all our winter in the last 3 weeks. Suppose to get 8-12 inches of snow tomorrow. Just great. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 04:44:09 AM
-2F this morning, still a little wind out there, not as brisk as 3 days ago.
Electric heat kicked on a 4:00 am, but real fire's on now. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 07:27:22 AM
17 this morning, so all is still normal, the snow is starting to show on the radar, but we have a few hours yet before it makes it to the ground. Don't expect much of a temp rise today, the air is very calm, which gives me pause. It is what it is. The plow is in the chute and ready to go.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 12, 2019, 07:44:07 AM
Hey, it's winter.
The only whine is that the roller coaster of singles to 40's , some freezing rain, some sleet, little real snow for fun.
The only good out of this is that the ground is bare iced ( are we allowed to say this ?! ::) ) and hard for firewooding for next winter ( if it comes ).
The slipping and sliding is "I've fallen and can't get up " too often lately. Can't put Stabilicers on the Honda .
You only go inland and north to Greenville or Sugarloaf for good sledding and skiing. Thank you AlGore :'( .
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 08:55:13 AM
Mount Kadahdin this sunny morning, from the crow's nest. ;D Digital zoom.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/mount-kahtahdin-Feb-12-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mooseherder on February 12, 2019, 09:18:37 AM
Mt. Katahdin from Twin Pine Cabins Camera.

Mt. Katahdin, Maine Webcam (http://www.crownofmaine.com/katahdin/)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 10:05:41 AM
So, now we have both north and south side of the mountain. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 10:39:29 AM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 10:05:41 AM
So, now we have both north and south side of the mountain. ;D
Wait, that mountain didn't have a north and south side before? How did it stand up?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 12, 2019, 10:56:45 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 10:39:29 AM


Wait, that mountain didn't have a north and south side before? How did it stand up?
Skyhook
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 11:28:00 AM
OH. (duh)

 The snow has been coming down here at about an inch an hour for nearly 2 hours now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 12, 2019, 11:46:33 AM
How'd you two get both sides of Katahdin ?
We were blown off K twice in the past 2 years; had to retreat.
You aren't even in Maine !! ::)
You can see Katahdin from Canada ? Like Sara "seeing Russia" :D ?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: upnut on February 12, 2019, 03:47:00 PM
Right now we have ice chunks cascading from the trees after last nights ice event even as the snow is moving in on a steady breeze. Time to do outside dog chores, IF I can lure them outside... :D...Scott B.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 05:08:23 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 10:39:29 AMWait, that mountain didn't have a north and south side before? How did it stand up?
I meant east and west. :D I forget we are no further north than Maine, except the Madawaska co. finger that caps the top of Maine. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 05:18:19 PM
Quote from: Pulphook on February 12, 2019, 11:46:33 AM
How'd you two get both sides of Katahdin ?
We were blown off K twice in the past 2 years; had to retreat.
You aren't even in Maine !! ::)
You can see Katahdin from Canada ? Like Sara "seeing Russia" :D ?
Mooseherder from Florida side, me from NB. Ya gotta keep up on the forum literature. :D
Yeah, we always could see Katahdin. But here in the new house I designed it to look out that way. The old house we never had that view, except out an attic window and one bedroom. It's only 55 miles away. As soon as your airborne out of Presque Isle, Maine, you can see it to. That is further away than me. I've flown over it going to Boston. Never miss that big cirque on one side of it. East side if I recall. ;) I've also been to Bangor a few times, see it off the I95. We see stuff up here on ridge tops, when you get down on the flat lands, can't see nothing. You can see the mountain here at one place on the 4-lane in NB as well, below the Canterbury Hills, just one place. Most people wouldn't know it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 12, 2019, 06:03:34 PM
Snowin' & Blowin' here now with a temp of 22°

We have around 3 inches and are projected to get 12-16 inches.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 12, 2019, 06:25:26 PM
Yeah, we are suppose to get up to 12" here, but I have found this winter that we get half what they say. Time will tell. This is a NE'er so they usually dump lots. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 12, 2019, 07:04:56 PM
Snow snow snow. 10" so far and still coming down. Puts us real close to 3 feet in the last 6 days. It could quit for a couple week or so anytime now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 12, 2019, 10:29:01 PM
We only got about 5" of snow and 3" of sleet and the plowing is easy. I should have been done within 2 hours, BUT during the last storm I whacked the plow on a rock frozen into the ground that my wife placed around the mailbox because 'it looked nice'. It about knocked the teeth out of my head and bent up the angle locking quadrant pretty good. AT the time I banged it back in with a maul and finished up. I thought it would be OK until I had a Sunday to take it apart and fix it proper. Apparently not, tonight it wouldn't hold the plow in position and the plow went where the wind or snow blew it. Pulled it in the shop, took it all apart got the bent plate fairly well returned to shape, but I had also bent the short end of the 1/2" locking pin (That was quite a whack!). I heated it and tried to bend it straight, but there is a sharp groove for a snap ring and I was afraid it would snap at that groove, so I got it close and did a lot of filing. I also had to re-open the groove because it squeezed shut with the bend and the snap ring would not sit tight. I didn't do a very good job, would like to at least get a new pin, but I put it all together and it seemed to hold, but that danged snap ring kept popping out. Finally got it to where it would hold if I was gentle and didn't yank on it to test it. Finished up the plowing about 3 hours after I had expected to. Have to make some calls for parts tomorrow to do it right.
 Still snowing lightly and the radar shows we may get another hit sometime late in the overnight.  18 degrees as I write this. 
 At least now the plow will work if I need it before going to work.
 The folks up north of us like in @Chuck White (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=7517) 's country are getting the brunt of this and I suppose it will hit Maine and NB pretty good too. We got a light one this time. no big deal here. Local weather guy (a real one, not the TV guy) says the is a possibility of a real snow event coming within the next 10-12 days, but too soon to tell. It's winter....still.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on February 13, 2019, 02:29:15 AM
Yesterday's snow and sleet should be turning over to rain in the next couple hours. The temperature is coming up slowly. We've all been here for 19 hours now so hopefully it'll change over, get the roads slushed off and get out of here
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 13, 2019, 06:46:47 AM
I think I have about 8 inches on the ground. Sounds like sleet now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 13, 2019, 06:55:54 AM
We had about 5" late last night, then it started freezing rain and that amounted to almost ¼", then started snowing again through the night, so far about 8" total!

Right now, it's snowing (regular snow) and 34°, this afternoon we're supposed to get heavy "Lake Effect" snow.

So it looks like I'll be plowing after breakfast, then again sometime late tonight or tomorrow morning!

Travel advisory issued for St Lawrence County!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 13, 2019, 07:33:00 AM
NE'er with that driving wind. Might find my way out tomorrow sometime. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 13, 2019, 09:00:16 AM
Well we got a genuine coating of ice at the end of it overnight. First time all winter I was peeling a 1/4" sheet off the whole truck in the morning. Can't plow that stuff. I discovered this morning that when I threw a chain last night I may have punched a hole in a tire on the mule. Between the plow repairs and the tire, this is going to be the most expensive storm to date. I need 4 new tires anyway, but it is not in the budget for at least 6 months, and of course, it hits on a week when there is nothing to spare and I am counting pennies until payday. Not that I'm hurting, just normal family expenses ran a bit high last week.
Funny when I went out to start the truck and throw some salt, it was sunshine just coming over the trees, 30 minutes later when I left for work it was full overcast, damp, and snowing again. It might hit 40 today for a little bit.
Yup, winter.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Grizzly on February 13, 2019, 12:57:56 PM
We're into about our 10th day of extreme cold warnings as they call it and I'm gittin grumpy. 4 or 5 school days canceled already. Coldest morning was -42°C with wind factor down to -51°C but mostly in the low 30's with wind factor to mid 40's. Children are getting cabin fever and it takes it's wear on everything. Starters, oil, transmission, etc.  Whining will continue later.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 13, 2019, 01:12:01 PM
Fellows, I can hardly stand to watch a weather forecast anymore.  I am interested in the weather!  All you get though are instructions on how to dress, how to drive, and an endless discussion of wind chill values, as if we don't know that wind makers it feel colder.  Just useless to a geek like me.  No chance of a barometer reading.  Dew point?  What's that?  Low and high pressure areas interacting and progressing,  Nah, let's talk about wind chill some more!  There is almost zero actual weather content in these "forecasts".

I know I'm getting to be that grumpy old man, but it is just ridiculous.  Are people really that stupid now?  My wife says yes, they are....they will go out in sub-zero with their flip flops.  They will drive to work with no concern or even realization that sometimes cars break down or there is an accident.  Most seem to want to live their entire lives inside buildings.  That alone I cannot understand.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 13, 2019, 01:14:51 PM
Highest snowfall from yesterday that I heard of in this state was Wausau, with 16 inches.  Probably more somewhere, but that was official.  My land is due east of Wausau, although a good 50 miles away.  We've got the Menominee Reservation between us!  Sometimes touted as the finest patch of forest east of the Mississippi.

tom

Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 13, 2019, 01:52:48 PM
Looks like we got about 4 more inches. Probably got a foot. Still doing "something" out.
Swampdonkey sounds like you got something going on up there.
And to all you guys with those temps!!! Hang in there.
Mid Feb,I hope to be past those temps,day after day. Yes,we might get a day or 2,but we "should" be past that.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 13, 2019, 02:05:49 PM
Yep snow and wind. That wind piles it in some areas and makes bare in others. I ain't doing nut'n until tomorrow. :D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Feb12-2019-snow.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 13, 2019, 02:07:48 PM
I don't see the Mountain in the distance.  :D   
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 13, 2019, 02:08:57 PM
 :D :D :D It would do well to hide today.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 13, 2019, 02:09:45 PM
I can't even see Mars Hill and it's only 3 miles away. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 13, 2019, 05:19:45 PM
You can really see Mars and Katadhin ?????????!!! 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 13, 2019, 07:07:43 PM
Not today, but by the looks of things I will tomorrow. Clearing out here before dark. 8)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Feb13-2019-storm.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 13, 2019, 08:06:47 PM
We have a lot of the snowdrifts and bare ground in this area too, Swamp!  :snowball:

I figure we've gotten about a foot since the storm started!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 13, 2019, 08:13:08 PM
40° and partly sunny today. Wind kicked up mid day, and the sun went in making it chillier than the raw numbers implied. Everything's a slushy mess.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 13, 2019, 09:25:44 PM
Nothing much to report. We took the less than desirable weather that Jeff sent us and moved on up toward SwamDonkey. Sorry mate. The temp hit almost 40 here today and we had some flurries and sleet here and there between bouts of bright sunshine. Not much coming in the forecast beyond annoyance stuff. I ordered the parts to fix my plow today [choke, gag]. I saw that the tire I may have pierced was even lower when I got home tonight, so I pumped it up hard and am watching to see if it drops overnight.  I can't find any damage. I am hoping that at low pressure, when I threw the chains and they wrapped the axle they may have pulled on the bead. Just went out and gave it a kick, it still seems hard, so I am hopeful. A hundred bucks right now is not a good hit for me to take and if I buy one, I should at least get a pair.
 Tomorrow is a new day and Swampdonkey will emerge from his lair to begin anew and do damage control. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 14, 2019, 05:39:24 AM
Yup, in front of the main porch there is a good 12" and 5" in under it by the door this time. Brother was up around 11:00 pm last night and pushed and blew most of the snow off the main driveway, just gotta get the blower out to clean up. Snow plow went 4 times in this storm, just went down a few moments ago. Had to make several passes where the wind blows hard over the road. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 14, 2019, 05:40:26 AM
Another mess headed here for tomorrow, this time some wet mixed in.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 14, 2019, 06:39:40 AM
Clear and breezy out there this morning and 16°

I'll go out a little later and clean up the snowdrifts!

Looks like about 6" of new stuff in the back yard!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on February 14, 2019, 06:42:40 AM
Partly sunny and high 30s today. Supposed to be a couple chances for snow showers the next few days. Then a chance for another mixed storm for the middle of next week
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: nativewolf on February 14, 2019, 07:20:26 AM
Saw on the national radar that CA is getting a good soak, hope @tule peak timber (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=25190) and the other desert sawing denizens are going to have a good shower this week/weekend.  Seems to me that N CA has had a good wet season so far.  

As for  VA, chilly then warm enough to create mud.  Wet to boot.  What a bother.  
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 14, 2019, 08:08:33 AM
Finally real snow---~ 10" dry.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on February 14, 2019, 08:56:03 AM
First really good rains in about 12 years !
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 14, 2019, 09:46:52 AM
Nice and sunny here, warming up pretty steady. But I see clouds on the horizon for the next storm. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on February 14, 2019, 11:12:17 AM
Quote from: nativewolf on February 14, 2019, 07:20:26 AMSeems to me that N CA has had a good wet season so far.

They are saying our snow pack is 120+ % of normal (for this time of year).  This time last year was around 26% of normal.  The "Atmospheric River" (formally known as a Pineapple Express) has set up that we started getting a warm storm Wednesday and today dumping rain all the way up to 8,000'.  No necessarily a bad thing, the rain soaks into the snow making a big ice cube.  The snow level is suppose to lower through the day today down to 4,000'.  Just had a big squall go through dumping like a fire hose with really strong winds but no hail.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 14, 2019, 12:39:55 PM
Well the clouds moved in, some wind and some snow squalls falling. ;D :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 14, 2019, 02:20:21 PM
Ice and snow tomorrow, high on sat 25, low 11.  scouts sleeping in tents and doing activities during day at camp Alaska.  Heavy snow on Monday.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: nativewolf on February 14, 2019, 03:24:24 PM
Quote from: ljohnsaw on February 14, 2019, 11:12:17 AM
Quote from: nativewolf on February 14, 2019, 07:20:26 AMSeems to me that N CA has had a good wet season so far.

They are saying our snow pack is 120+ % of normal (for this time of year).  This time last year was around 26% of normal.  The "Atmospheric River" (formally known as a Pineapple Express) has set up that we started getting a warm storm Wednesday and today dumping rain all the way up to 8,000'.  No necessarily a bad thing, the rain soaks into the snow making a big ice cube.  The snow level is suppose to lower through the day today down to 4,000'.  Just had a big squall go through dumping like a fire hose with really strong winds but no hail.
Glad to hear you've got good moisture.  Even the parched Southern CA region got a good soaking this year it seems. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 14, 2019, 03:36:20 PM
22F now, going to be in the 30's for a couple days.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 14, 2019, 07:48:53 PM
They're calling for upper 30's and rain for tomorrow!  :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 14, 2019, 08:24:27 PM
No rain UP here just more snow right now. Calling for 3-6" by morning. At the rate we are going it wouldn't surprise me if we hit 300 inches of snow this winter by the time May rolls around.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 02:09:21 AM
No frick'n wonder it's daylight already.  :D Moon shining in on my face. :D The moon does this every month, especially nearing the full phase. Sets in the NW. Dormer window shot to.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/moon_feb-15-2019-1.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/moon_feb-15-2019-2.jpg)

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 15, 2019, 06:48:02 AM
It's 36° and calm out there this morning!

However, we're slated to receive RAIN this afternoon!

We have only received a total snowfall this season of 79 inches.

That's not much for us, and time is running out!  :snowball:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 15, 2019, 07:10:26 AM
Hey Chuck,it still might come.
One year we got most of our snow in March. Just about every 6-7 days,snow. Some storms was a foot each time!!
I only have 10° here now. But that warm air is coming,40°. Suppose to start out as snow,than rain.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 15, 2019, 08:10:28 AM
Well the 3-6" predicted turned into about 12", now the wind is picking up and causing lots of blowing and drifting.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 15, 2019, 08:46:56 AM
Mild here this morning, a touch of light rain that froze and caused some black ice for an hour, enough to fool a few folks and a school bus. No major injuries. Gonna warm up above freezing shortly. Nice little respite. I ordered a new quadrant lock for my plow, hope it arrives before the next snow does.
 Don't worry Chuck, it's coming. The last time I heard somebody say something like what you just said was back in mid-July when some dude said "Y'know, we could probably use a little rain'. You know what happened after that. I am still looking for that dude. ;D ;D
 Should be clear and cool here through the weekend.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 15, 2019, 10:27:14 AM
Going to revise my 12" and call it closer to 18 or 20". Now the wind has drifts pushed up 10 and 12 feet along the lake. Went to plow my lake rental house and had to wait for the county end loader to finish digging the road out. Haven't seen this much snow in this amount of time in many years.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:49:54 AM
20F here and light snow just started, rain later.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:51:15 AM
Electric use only $102 for January 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 15, 2019, 10:52:42 AM
50° and partially cloudy. Took the day off work for a wedding this afternoon, Calling for a chilly wet weekend. Hoping to get some wood in the house before the weather starts.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 12:56:59 PM
25 and sleeting snowing and raining. Keeps changing 8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 01:00:44 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:51:15 AM
Electric use only $102 for January 8)
Mine was 73.35  8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 15, 2019, 01:25:49 PM
17 and snowing and topping off a crate of wood for this weekend



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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 03:34:57 PM
Snow depth here at the house is over 3 feet according to the fork I have standing in one of the gardens. It was buried in the last storm 2 days ago. And that is on a SW facing slope, not flat land.  Definitely over 4 feet of snow on the well head. No scarcity of snow up here Chuck. :D

Snow and wind here now. Warm fire, but it's still 20F outside. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 03:37:33 PM
Quote from: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 01:00:44 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:51:15 AM
Electric use only $102 for January 8)
Mine was 73.35  8)
I have to do a calculation here:   $US 73.35 @ 1.36 = $CND 99.75   not bad. :D

Mine is 594 kwh @ 10.91 cents/kwh and $23.96 service fee plus 15% tax
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 15, 2019, 03:54:53 PM
Swamp you just go ahead and hang onto all that white  'Stuff' you have up there. If we need any, we know who to call, OK? Thanks Buddy.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on February 15, 2019, 04:19:26 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 03:37:33 PM
Quote from: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 01:00:44 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:51:15 AM
Electric use only $102 for January 8)
Mine was 73.35  8)
I have to do a calculation here:   $US 73.35 @ 1.36 = $CND 99.75   not bad. :D

Mine is 594 kwh @ 10.91 cents/kwh and $23.96 service fee plus 15% tax
After solar, my usage is around 320kwh (too much rain this past month) at 21.5 cents/kwh for a total of ~$70.  But I have gas for heat.  Gas prices vary from $1.41 to $2.02/therm and I used 151 therms - so $283 for gas.  I need to add a LOT of solar so I can run electric heaters! ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 15, 2019, 04:26:39 PM
Strange winter Downeast and about: cold, not much snow except for this recent dump of +/- 10".
Now thanks to AlGore :( it is sleeting with odd rain, more odd freezing rain.
Winter 2019-20 firewood is in the butt stacks ready, willing, and able for Spring splitting and stacking.
New stove is installed, and in the break-in burns.

" Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say Ice.
But as for my desire,
Ice will suffice. "   Robert Frost

P.S. If our monthly electric bill is more than $40. we have a problem. And, Maine electric companies are the grid Mafia.   :'(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 05:39:41 PM
$40 is pretty cheap, I thought you guys had the highest rates in the US. We was always told we had cheep power cause it's hydro generated, after they took our farms and river rights away from the river fronts. Cheep for who? :D

I know over here, $40 is usually those with alternatives such as propane use and solar. The average home here uses a lot more than me according to papers they send out comparing your use. Most of my wood here this year came from around the yard. But I would never call it free, that's a myth. :D

The neighbors when they first moved into the farm next door, had green houses and outdoor boiler. First year he bought 32 cords to heat it. Plus filled the woodshed for the house. All had to be bought because the previous owner cut the woods all down. They soon abandoned trying to heat a green house and make any money at it. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 06:36:01 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 03:37:33 PM
Quote from: Kwill on February 15, 2019, 01:00:44 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 15, 2019, 10:51:15 AM
Electric use only $102 for January 8)
Mine was 73.35  8)
I have to do a calculation here:   $US 73.35 @ 1.36 = $CND 99.75   not bad. :D

Mine is 594 kwh @ 10.91 cents/kwh and $23.96 service fee plus 15% tax
457 kwh usage
Service availibilty $32.24
Kwh usage $39.76
Tax $1.35
Total bill $73.35
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 15, 2019, 06:38:10 PM
Spent the day moving lots and lots of snow. On the level there is between 5 and 6 feet of snow on the ground. Only thing keeping the cows contained is hay and a packed down area, all the fences have 1 to 3 feet of snow overtop so they aren't doing much. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Warbird on February 15, 2019, 06:45:13 PM
Good to see this 'ol thread is still going strong.  Confirmation that weather is still happening.   ;D 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 15, 2019, 07:06:36 PM
As for power bills I will trade with anyone of you guys so far. Lol. Our winter power bills are usually between 200 and 300 a month.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 15, 2019, 07:16:11 PM
Not sure what my power bill is. I have budget billing, so it gets estimated, and equaled out over the year, then reconciled in the fall. I spent a bit more on energy last year. It was about $1.3k, up from $1k. My last notice said I  used 54% less energy than my efficient neighbors. "Efficient neighbors" is defined by the best 20% that's approximately the same size house.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 16, 2019, 04:47:21 AM
In the old house the power was $100 in summer and $125 in winter, the extra was just from a 1/4 hp blower fan on the furnace. I followed dryer usage and that never used more than $3 a month. I moved out 5 years ago in April. Now a days they don't even drive in to read meters, the guy just driving down the road gets the reading. But seems like it works, I have read meters before just to check against theirs and never got stiffed. Easier now, no dials, all digital.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 16, 2019, 04:54:42 AM
Quote from: Warbird on February 15, 2019, 06:45:13 PM
Good to see this 'ol thread is still going strong.  Confirmation that weather is still happening.   ;D
I bet there is lots of cold and snow up there. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pulphook on February 16, 2019, 09:19:27 AM
Weather will always exist...like love, sex, and politics. :P

Maine KWH rates are the mafia. We use little cause no need to: LED bulbs, no electric use except for motors ( tankless  water heater, fridge, washer/dryer ),
tech PC gear, TV.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 16, 2019, 09:44:27 AM
Our meters are all "smart" and read themselves. Haha. at any time during the month I can login to my account and see my real time usage. They come out every few years and verify/recalibrate it and that's it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 16, 2019, 06:01:17 PM
Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on February 16, 2019, 09:44:27 AM
Our meters are all "smart" and read themselves. Haha. at any time during the month I can login to my account and see my real time usage. They come out every few years and verify/recalibrate it and that's it.
Oh, don't think your ahead of us on that for one second. The public utilities board turned it down flat on their last application. They couldn't show any cost benefit. :D This isn't Bangladesh, we are state of the art with anyone including nuclear. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 17, 2019, 07:47:24 AM
Bright and sunny this morning, but don't be fooled though, it's -2° out there!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 17, 2019, 07:54:07 AM
Bright and sunny start UP here as well. A little on the cool side at -20° tho.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 17, 2019, 08:02:52 AM
I have 14° here now. I hope by high noon things will be warmer for you guys. Maybe almost 30° for a high.
We got about 2-3 inches of snow,a few days ago,than it warmed up and rained. Made a light crust on top of the snow.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: red on February 17, 2019, 09:28:00 AM
31 days until Spring ,  March 20th
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on February 17, 2019, 09:59:55 AM
Quote from: red on February 17, 2019, 09:28:00 AM
31 days until Spring ,  March 20th
the sooner the better...
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 17, 2019, 10:13:21 AM
Quote from: red on February 17, 2019, 09:28:00 AM
31 days until Spring ,  March 20th
Thanks @red (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=2502) , That's the nicest thing I have heard anyone say all week!
@jim_rogers I hope you are feeling better today after your bump and roll yesterday.
Pretty and clear day here, started at about 12°, now up to 26 already. I am supposed to be studying, but I think I will go play in the woods a bit for a break. 3-5" of the white stuff is supposed to come overnight, gotta rig the plow up.....again. At least I am off tomorrow, so I can take my time. Wish I had the parts here to finish repairs on my Mule since that last storm, but I can get through it without the emergency brake or the new plow quadrant lock. I have a feeling that we are going to get one of those good old fashioned March blizzards this year, the kind where you wake up and realize nobody is going anywhere. I can feel it in my bones.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 17, 2019, 11:26:21 AM
With the sun shining it has warmed up 47 degrees and it still isn't above freezing. Lol. Crazy weather.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 17, 2019, 01:49:17 PM
The air is still frozen here, but the road is melting with the sand on the road. Built a fire early this morning, strong sunshine in the windows since 10:00 am and all kinds of solar heat. No fire until after dark tonight. Wood goes a long ways from now on, the sun is very warm coming through the windows. Stays 75-78 with no fire on during daylight. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 17, 2019, 02:05:21 PM
Overcast and cool; 35°. Supposed to get some weather tonight. I moved some wood to the porch, and one of my last big oak rounds. The oak round was part of my backyard work bench. It's trading places on the porch with a maple round for quick cutting duty when I need to make something a bit smaller.


Decent day. I didn't get as much done as I should have. I had the back of the truck open. I should have gotten my line level, and got the trunk of my oak setup for cutting. Didn't think of it til I was a couple beers into taking it easy, and now I'm not as motivated. Still plenty of time though. There's another month of cool weather. I also want to retrieve a bunch of cherry I cut at work. I don't really need more wood, but I especially like cherry. Smells nice when it burns  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on February 17, 2019, 02:57:58 PM
37 and cloudy with a light mist falling... with most days in the forecast having more rain. I've been wanting to pour a concrete pad for months,  but it's never dried up enough to get a truck behind the house... and it's not going to happen any time soon....
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on February 17, 2019, 07:34:23 PM
Curdog,

Pump that mud to the back of the house, 37 and light mist, perfect for placing and curing the slab as long as it doesn't get too much lower then freezing during the night, in which case, cover it, during the curing process it produces its own heat to keep from freezing.  

i like pouring mud in that type of weather, keeps me from sweating and overheating which nets a lessor finished slab as the years keep piling up on me, i get less particular in the finish.  As long as I don't "slip or trip" I am happy with it, that little saying is how I would as all our customers how they want the finish you want a "slip or trip" finish on that there sidewalk?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 18, 2019, 04:15:07 AM
-10F this morning, lots of big bright moon in the sky. ;D

edited, got 5 degrees colder. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 18, 2019, 07:09:39 AM
Well, we barely got 2" of that 2-5" predicted overnight. Just enough to be a pain. 25° out now. Overcast and damp.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 18, 2019, 07:21:03 AM
Looks like 3 inches of snow through the night and 14°.

Snow is still coming down at a pretty good rate!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 18, 2019, 08:38:53 AM
@chevytaHOE5674 (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=8040) ,  we were walking around Taquamenon Falls (in the U.P.) a few years ago...on Easter Sunday.  One of us wondered why there were freshly-painted brown boards under the snow.  A little digging revealed the top of a picnic table.  Remember, this was Easter Sunday.  Spring was nowhere in sight in that corridor at that point in time!  

We eventually noticed we were walking on top of garbage containers as well.  Hidden in deep snow in late April.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 18, 2019, 08:48:01 AM
Nothing like avalanche country up near Steward,BC / Hyder, Alaska. The guys were marking out timber boundaries in the winter, getting in on snow mobile and shoeing around. Amendments and roads needed marking when the snow melted out. No boundary marked it seemed, come June. Ribbons was 12-16 feet overhead. Winter work in that country stopped from then on. :D :D

I was up there after the fact in September, an avalanche that slid down on a creek fed by Bear glacier became a big cave with the melt water mining a big tube through it. Never completely melted that year.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 18, 2019, 02:21:42 PM
Yeah we get a fair bit of snow. At the park in town there is a few bumps in the snow, they are the very tops of the outhouses sticking out. Few years back Easter weekend we got 60 inches of snow over a 2 or 3 day period. When you tell people 200 or 300 inches of snow in a year they don't always realize how much that really is. 16 to 25 FEET of snowfall for someplace not way up in the mountains of the west is no joke. 

Even many places of the mountain west don't get much more snow than here. Swamp mentioned Steward, BC a quick google search shows they average 224 inches of snowfall per year, that isn't much more than our average here and less that we have so far this winter. 

Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 18, 2019, 05:54:13 PM
I mentioned Stewart and Hyder because that is the only settlements there in over 100 miles. Stewart is down on the water and the port don't freeze, big drop in elevation from where the guys were working that winter up in the mountains. ;) There are many different climate zones out there. :) Since the weather station is at Stewart and not Meziadin Junction there is big difference my friend. Look up Meziadin Junction, ***no data***.  And they worked in between the two places, probably half way to Stewart. That's not like going into town, it's 40 minutes away to where they was from Meziadin Jnt. No one lives there in winter, except logging camps. Well you can log down near the Nass, but 24 km from camp up into them hills, Nope. :D And that camp was a few miles south of Meziadin Jnt. opposite direction of the place I mentioned above. Down along the Nass river probably no more snow than here, 3-4 foot snow pack. Right there is 3 different climate zones in a few miles. ;)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 18, 2019, 06:04:22 PM
My uncle worked in northern Quebec out of walled tents in the winter. Flew in by plane, no road at the time. Same deal, survey ribbons was up in the trees come summer. Weather data? I doubt it, no settlement. But I doubt the same snow depth of Meziadin Junction. :D

I'm glad I'm right where I am, enough snow and not too much darn rain so you can farm, cut wood and get stuff done. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 18, 2019, 07:46:09 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on February 18, 2019, 05:54:13 PM
No one lives there in winter, except logging camps.
Well yeah tons of places get way more snow that us but the key is "no one lives there". We get 200 to 300 inches of snowfall and there is 6-7k people in this county. Go 50 miles north to Houghton (home of MTU) and there is 36k people that get way more snow than i do here. We manage to live, work, farm, cut wood, and get plenty of stuff done here.

It's one thing to keep a mountain pass open, it's another to keep city streets, fire hydrants, houses, sidewalks, schools, etc operational.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 18, 2019, 09:05:34 PM
Cool and windy today. 45° and 30mph winds. Work was boring, with a lot of button pushing. Stormwater asbuilt. It has the tedium of topo, but contained in a smaller area.


Got a new Filson vest last week, and I'm currently putting more oil on it. The stuff doesn't seem as heavy as it used to be. They've gotten increasingly farther away from work wear, and now cater to lawyers who want to look like they do stuff. Lots of bearded guys doing manual labor in the catalog pics, but I'd bet that's less than 10% of the actual users  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 19, 2019, 05:55:58 AM
8° this morning,high noon 20°. Nice looking moon last night. Clear and cold. Great night for sliding,just a little on the cold side.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 19, 2019, 06:00:00 AM
Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on February 18, 2019, 07:46:09 PMWe get 200 to 300 inches of snowfall and there is 6-7k people in this county. Go 50 miles north to Houghton (home of MTU) and there is 36k people that get way more snow than i do here. We manage to live, work, farm, cut wood, and get plenty of stuff done here.

It's one thing to keep a mountain pass open, it's another to keep city streets, fire hydrants, houses, sidewalks, schools, etc operational.
Yes, for sure, a huge difference. But people still have to work out there in the hills, just the same. It's not like going on an expedition trip to climb glaciers for recreation.  You can pasture an animal on some of the wettest ground on a property, but you darn sure can't grow 300 ares of potatoes on it. And over 5 feet of snow pack impacts logging if you have to climb hills with equipment and plow 40 miles of woods road to get to it, not plowed by the government purse. :D Where I live we always cut wood all winter long until  April-May for wet and especially road closures. And out on public land there are men cutting wood in down pouring rain in the summer in a dry cab these days. You wouldn't think so, with the muddied water running off the harvest site down the ruts. Yeah, they have the riperian edges all flagged. ;) I seen it more than once and a DNR man right there on site. I've asked them why they are allowed to. The classic answer was they need to get the job done.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 19, 2019, 06:09:28 AM
-5F here, was breezy in the night. Fires on, coffee in hand. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 19, 2019, 06:53:18 AM
Cold here this morning, -14°, clear and calm!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 19, 2019, 09:02:12 AM
ChevytaHOE, the very first seedlings I sourced for my plantation were from a nursery up near you.  Real nice stock, I'd love to order more from the guy, but one issue;  By April, I was ready to go in my more southerly NE WI location.  Meanwhile, Mr. Nurseryman up near Houghton couldn't even get in his fields yet.  They were still buried in snow.  So there's that.....but they sere very nice seedlings, especially some Norway spruce I got from there.  Real dense, full, and vigorous plants.

Areas of the west that get tremendous snowfall are high mountain peaks.  Yes, very heavy snow, but you're not seeing that across large areas like eastern North America storms do.  Tremendous snowfall in the western peaks....and little to nothing to the lee side of these same peaks.

Snowfall in the upper Great Lakes region was...until recent decades, the most consistent in terms of providing a winter-long snow covering.  It would stay cold.  Can't say that anymore, with too-warm storms bringing rain most any month of the year now.  Used to be, one snowfall would pile on top of another.  When I was a kid, we here in the upper midwest had the longest, most consistent snow season in the US.  Hence, virtually all American-made snow blowers, snowmobiles, etc....are made in Wisconsin.  Not Alaska nor Washington St.  

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 19, 2019, 12:33:39 PM



I'll plow 40 miles of mountain logging road before I plow an entire city of streets every block around people walking, cars, dogs, fire hydrants, school buses, other plows, etc, let alone a city like Houghton that has all that plus hills so steep that they can't even plow and people have to walk to their homes when its bad. We work out in the snow too (granted not mountains) but plenty of 5' deep snow on hills getting logged all the time.
Plenty of potatoes grown here (the "potato farm road" whos named for its tater farms is 5 miles from where I sit and last week the drifts were 9 foot deep out there and took guys all day to clear a 1/2 mile stretch to the farm. Also plenty of small grains and now short season corn grown here, not just those "wet ground easy to farm cattle".
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 19, 2019, 01:08:06 PM
It's funny how there's a hole in the doughnut that is the Ottawa National Forest, about where Bruce Crossing is....consisting of dairy farms, corn fields, etc!  There is a band of clay-based soil there, and it works better for farming than the surrounding rock, sand, and gravel.  Nice-looking farms too, better than the run-down, hard-scrabble stuff around where my land is.

I'm a semi-yuper...wife and I used to live in Paulding!  Worked for the USFS in Watersmeet back in those days.  Snows in the U.P. definitely on par with other snowy locations.  Marquette up to 300 inches yet?  Must be close.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Texas Ranger on February 19, 2019, 02:45:46 PM
46 and raining, dang winter will never end.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 19, 2019, 04:36:10 PM
27 ° and fine snow coming down, decreased visibility 0.2 miles, projecting 6 inches snow overnight.  It had been cold enough and will cont. to be, so may stick around a few days.    eve. stuff cancelled.  some where between Wisconsin and Texas.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 19, 2019, 05:54:41 PM
40° and sunny today. Weather coming tomorrow morning. Rain, snow, and sleet. 4"-8" expected, then 50° on Thursday  :rollseyes:
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 20, 2019, 05:50:51 AM
-1° now. High in the 20's at high noon.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 20, 2019, 07:50:40 AM
Cloudy/overcast this morning and -8°!

Forecast is for snow, starting around 4:00 this afternoon!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 20, 2019, 08:41:58 AM
10° this morning, no wind. Snow should start around noon or after, with 1-3 ending in freezing rain.....again. It's still winter.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 20, 2019, 10:27:19 AM
Snow, and 35°. Fantastic day! Put the truck in the shop, and the boss drove me home. Got a fire in the stove, classical on the radio, and some Highland Park Magnus in my glass. Later, I'll put together a chain for my new bar in case the old one won't fit. Old was 57dl, and the new one takes 56dl. I'm thinking the old one might still be ok, but I don't want to need a shorter bar, and not have a chain for it when the time comes. I have the stuff to shorten one in the field, but it's easier in the house.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 21, 2019, 07:43:23 AM
36° and questionable today!    :-\
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 21, 2019, 08:07:02 AM
Heatwave here,20°,maybe high 30's later. A very fine snow is coming down,maybe 3 inches.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 21, 2019, 03:46:37 PM
Mid 20s and sunshine today which made plowing last nights 8.5 inches of snow not quite so bad. Another storm on the way for the weekend.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 21, 2019, 04:10:42 PM
Pretty day. We had about 3" of snow, then sleet and freezing rain. Slicker than snot on a doorknob at 6am. I took the day off am home sick today and crash studying for my EMT re-cert exam tonight. This is definitely the last time I do this. By 10am I needed some air and went out to plow, what a pleasure, with everything melted. Quick work, almost too quick. I could have played all day. Back to the books. It did hit 45 today and should be similar tomorrow. It's still winter though.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 21, 2019, 04:34:19 PM
It was pretty this morning. A light fog, a bit of sun, and the trees were still covered in ice and snow, with their limbs bowed down. Got very warm today; 55° and sunny.


Work was irritating. Had trouble getting my instrument set where I could see my control, and see the beams I need to shoot. Crap everywhere. I walked .5 miles Just going back and forth jostling my gun so I could thread a needle with a sight line. It took so long, the snow melted, and I found an old control nail in the road, and used that. Crab walked 200'*3 bridge beams, shooting grade every ~8'. Tops of the beams were covered in studs, so feet only fit sideways, with the occasional splice plate where the studs were brought in towards the center, and you had to walk on top of them teetering a bit to get to a decent surface. The beams were lagged, so you could only fall ~5', but there was still lots of stuff to hit on the way down, especially if your legs went two different ways  :^O
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 21, 2019, 04:40:31 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on February 21, 2019, 04:34:19 PM
It was pretty this morning. A light fog, a bit of sun, and the trees were still covered in ice and snow, with their limbs bowed down. Got very warm today; 55° and sunny.


Work was irritating. Had trouble getting my instrument set where I could see my control, and see the beams I need to shoot. Crap everywhere. I walked .5 miles Just going back and forth jostling my gun so I could thread a needle with a sight line. It took so long, the snow melted, and I found an old control nail in the road, and used that. Crab walked 200'*3 bridge beams, shooting grade every ~8'. Tops of the beams were covered in studs, so feet only fit sideways, with the occasional splice plate where the studs were brought in towards the center, and you had to walk on top of them teetering a bit to get to a decent surface. The beams were lagged, so you could only fall ~5', but there was still lots of stuff to hit on the way down, especially if your legs went two different ways  :^O
what kind of work do you do?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 21, 2019, 05:02:54 PM
Land surveyor, but my particular specialty is highway construction; roads, bridges, noisewalls... Whatever you might find along a highway. Our company does everything, but before the recession, I didn't do a whole lot of other stuff. I had clients I took care of, and for the most part, nobody knew what I was doing. I'd come in, say hi, and take off, come in in the afternoon. If all the construction was taken care of, I'd say I was free, and I get some property work or something. Other crews took care of the other stuff.


Post recession, I'm the only field crew. Just me and a robot. The boss goes out with me on the property jobs a lot of the time. He's better at it than me, and more interested, but I think he just likes it. I was doing just about everything when I first got back, but have had ongoing back issues, so he started going out with me when my back was boogered up, so work could get done, and he just kept doing it. I quit putting my wallet in my back pocket, and I haven't had a major back incident since. Two years now knock on wood. It always has some level of pain, but very manageable. When I was having major issues, I could barely move. It would literally take 15-20 minutes just to get out of bed, and my speed moving would better stated as feet/hour rather than miles/hour. I was good for at least two of those incidents a year. Hurts more often now, but not as intense. I'll take it  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on February 21, 2019, 05:35:32 PM
 smiley_hardhat    smiley_beertoast
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 22, 2019, 07:22:08 AM
It never really got cold here last night. 32° F this morning, supposed to hit 40 today. More Melting :). Looks like my weekend neighbor across the road will finally get to see a little taste of our winter weather this weekend. Supposed to get some freezing rain Saturday Night. He has missed every storm all winter long, every one. When he comes up his place is plowed, shoveled, clean and dry. My son plows for him and sometimes I help out when he gets behind. He hasn't really said much, but I know he is wondering why his plow bill is so high. It looks simple to him. His driveway is 300' downhill, then he has a traffic circle in front of the house and enough flat area to park at least 20 cars in tight. If you don't hit the driveway right away and it freezes over, you can barely get up it with 4WD and chains. I hope he gets a little taste this weekend, just so that we build a little understanding. Knowledge is power. ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 22, 2019, 08:01:33 AM
I think this next one is going to hammer you western UP guys!

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 22, 2019, 08:04:59 AM
I was talking to the plow guy that does the paking lot at work. 18 storms,so far,last year we had 23. It's 19 now,but most of those was well under 6 inches too. The year of a 4 inch storm and than rain.
Sun is out bright.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 22, 2019, 08:26:13 AM
we're going to get rain/snow down here in Appleton.  Where my treefarm lies is just enough further north, maybe all snow, maybe a mix.  But from Wausau to Rhinelander to the western UP, it is looking like a major snowfall.  We might have thunder-snow with this system.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 22, 2019, 09:10:58 AM
Yeah a storm is approaching. Originally they were calling for a foot, now 18+ inches. Weather guy was babbling that if it keeps intensifying as they currently are it could be 24+ inches. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on February 22, 2019, 10:14:16 AM
Beautiful sunny days for the last three/four days.  The sun is getting up higher in the sky at noon and feels warm on the face - so nice after our dark months.
We're not rolling into Spring just yet, that usually happens around April.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodpecker52 on February 22, 2019, 10:22:25 AM
Getting hammered by rain this week, rivers approaching flood stage, streets in town flooded. Frowns on farmers faces, they had just started to row up for planting, dog does not want to go outside, when he does pees on porch, oh well ducks seem to like it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on February 22, 2019, 02:26:44 PM
I hate to say it, but it is February and today it is too hot to mill.  A combination a bad cold, fever, the meds I'm taking for it and 80 degress, I got sick out there milling today,  Must have been the pecan. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on February 22, 2019, 10:13:45 PM
We have been in a flash flood watch for several days now.  I just now got another weather alert possibly 5 more inches of rain in spots.  Ground is totally saturated.  If we had some of you folks up north's temperature we would have many many feet of snow.  Glad I live on a hill.  Banjo 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 22, 2019, 10:26:47 PM
Quote from: Banjo picker on February 22, 2019, 10:13:45 PM
  If we had some of you folks up north's temperature we would have many many feet of snow.  Glad I live on a hill.  Banjo
Time to play something in a minor chord?
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 23, 2019, 05:43:16 AM
I've been seeing those floods on the news. But I do know the news will always show the worse when it comes to weather.
I write to a fellow from OR. News showed Maine getting 2 feet of snow. The news played it up to be the worse storm ever.  ::)  The poor guy was all concerned about me. No big deal here.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 23, 2019, 09:58:47 AM
Still calling for between 1.5 and 2 foot of snow now thru tmrw. By tomorrow winds are forecast to gust 60+ mph so its bound to be ugly.

Broke down yesterday and wrestled tire chains onto my big tractor as I was having some difficulty feeding cattle and 18" of additional snow will make it even harder. Been at least 6 or more years since I've needed tire chains and hopefully it's that many more before I need them again.  I hate tractor tire chains. Ha
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 23, 2019, 10:05:58 AM
Supposed to be about 40°, and cloudy; rain later. Of course... So tired of rain. I've got stuff I want to do in my yard, but it'll look like a construction site if I move too much cause the ground's so saturated. Gonna be in the 60s tomorrow, with rain in the morning.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: OntarioAl on February 23, 2019, 10:14:43 AM
Chevy I live about 100 miles North West across Lake Superior and I am watching the storm track on radar we might get 12 inches or maybe less depending on the storm track. Unfortunately you will get dumped on no matter how the storm tracks.
The high winds are forecast here also and Hydro One the electricity provider is predicting power outages.
I have my backup system in place and if I have to use it , it will be the fifth time since November.
Spring is coming  sometime
Cheers
Al
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on February 23, 2019, 10:49:35 AM
I agree about the weather man making it sound worse than it really is, but I delivered a load of wood to a customer yesterday,  just a little south of me and when I crossed Cripple Deer bottom,  the water was very close to the bridge that's on highway 25 which is a major north south road here.  It wouldn't have looked so bad if I had not known how the abutment of the bridge on the south end had washed out showing the piling.... and that was when I first started with MDOT about 10 years ago.  I know it hadn't been fixed when I retired 9 years ago, and don't think it has been since.  

Weatherman showed a large culvert in the Tupelo area that had washed out down the side of it.  Nothing but the pavement above
  Several roads were closed yesterday.  It rained more last night.  And it's still raining today.   Another storm front is due through here this afternoon.   Banjo
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 23, 2019, 01:45:13 PM
Banjo,this is on the World News that I am talking about,no weather guy. Not a bad thing for them guys to say it will be bad, People should be ready.  All I usually have to worry about is a 2 foot snow storm and than everything melting in April.  :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 23, 2019, 01:48:01 PM
It reached 40° here about half an hour ago.

Still bright and sunny, a few cloud up there and the snow on the ground is settling!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DPatton on February 23, 2019, 06:17:23 PM
Jesse and I just got home from the gun range this afternoon. It's a full fledged blizzard out. Interstate 80 is closed from Grand Island to Gretna and Highway 2 between Lincoln and home was a mess. Snowing hard with 25-50 mph winds. Whiteout conditions with some traffic coming to a complete stop due to no visibility. Semi drivers going low and slow with flashers just looking for an open spot to park overnight. Local news saying 8-12" before morning.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 23, 2019, 06:42:15 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on February 23, 2019, 10:05:58 AM
Supposed to be about 40°, and cloudy; rain later. Of course... So tired of rain. I've got stuff I want to do in my yard, but it'll look like a construction site if I move too much cause the ground's so saturated. Gonna be in the 60s tomorrow, with rain in the morning.
Got a tiny bit of yard work done. When I removed the buried limb from my oak, it left a low spot. I had filled it in, but didn't do the best job. Over the last few weeks, I've been analyzing it(read "screwing off when I'm tired of splitting wood"), and planning the leveling. I think I've got it leveled out pretty good now, and I mulched it with spruce noodles. The ground's so wet, it was easy to scrape layers off. Another couple weeks, and I'll put in my Alberta spruce. Maybe I'll get some herbs, or perennials to put around the spruce. Lavender might be good. When the oak fell, it smooshed the lavender plant I had up there. Never did get to see it do much.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on February 23, 2019, 06:46:51 PM
Just had a tornado about 5 miles west of us.  Deb and I were in our tornado shelter.  Don't know if it hit the ground yet or not, but it was pretty massive from the pict Deb got on facebook.  The pict. was on facebook before TV 9 our weather guy could get it pulled up.  He is in there right now giving a play by play.  I think it missed us thankfully.  Banjo
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 24, 2019, 09:06:50 AM
A light snow here now,28° and at the end some rain. Maybe 3 maybe 6 inches. Depends when it warms up and rains.May not be a bad thing,this time. The wind is suppose to blow hard the next day. Get a little crust on the snow and it might not blow and drift.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 24, 2019, 11:53:13 AM
We're in the middle of a thunder & lightning storm with very high winds, I'd say 15, gusting to 30 mph!

Heavy rain at the moment, this will certainly diminish the snow pack, not good for sugaring!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 24, 2019, 12:09:03 PM
12" of snow at 8am this morning with another 12"+ forecast today. Winds are howling and gusts have already been in the 40mph range, by later this afternoon sustained winds of 40 and gusts to 60 are predicted. Did just enough plowing that if I need to get out I can and fed the cattle but nothing more, hard to plow when you can't see the hood of the truck. Blizzard warnings means it's a perfect day to sit inside.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 24, 2019, 07:11:31 PM
Now it's 34° blustery winds, 35-45mph and swirling snow!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Banjo picker on February 24, 2019, 09:52:22 PM
The tornado the other day tore up a few houses in the town on Burnsville Ms. No deaths there, but there was one fatality in the town of Columbus from tornados associated with the same front.  Banjo
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 24, 2019, 10:03:00 PM
At least another 12" of snow today for a total of 24" plus today. The wind and drifting made the visibility so bad that the county pulled the plows off the road and now most roads are impassable and closed. I've been plowing my road hourly down to the cattle and the drifts are over the roof of the truck so I've had my hands full trying to keep a tunnel cleared.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Gary_C on February 24, 2019, 10:26:58 PM
Southern Minnesota is still closed. We have had maybe a foot of snow but with our open ground and 50-55 MPH winds from the NW the roads remain closed and no plows are out. Winds have dropped to the 20-25 MPH range but it is still white out conditions with constant drifting. They say by 7 AM the winds should down to the 7 MPH range so the dig out should begin.
I've got 6-8 foot drifts around the buildings and across the driveway so it's not going to be easy pushing the snow with the forwarder with the small blade but I don't have worry about getting stuck.
We aren't the only ones getting snow.
Tucson Police Investigate (https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/feb/23/watch-tucson-police-investigate-white-powdery-subs/)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 25, 2019, 09:37:18 AM
~~~~---W~I~N~D~Y---~~~~>


No trees down yet. Ground's really saturated though, and the rest of the day's still to come. 32° Got bored yesterday, and planted my Alberta spruce. I think it'll be alright. Looks nice on the hill, and outside air should make it happier.

Got my truck back, so I have more options for doing stuff. Might mark out my oak stump for cutting this week. I'll use my line level, and make up a 2*2 square for getting everything lined up.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 25, 2019, 07:43:27 PM
Snow snow snow. Can't remember the last time I've seen this kind of blowing and drifting. Spent the entire day opening the county road, my driveway, cattle yard, and my rental house.

Hard to tell but this drift was to the hood of the truck about 15 foot thick, took a while of hammering at it with the plow to get my rental plowed out so the guests could leave this morning.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190225_081013.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551141163)

This is what my road looks like after the neighbor and I dug our way thru 1/2 mile of 4-5 foot drifts. 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190225_103259.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551141164)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190225_103329.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551141188)


That is a sauna in the front yard with a 15' tall roof peak. The drift is level with it.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190225_094025.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551141189)

Here I'm standing on the drift looking down at that peak of the roof. I was able to walk from the drift right over to the chimney.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190225_160220.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551141204)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 25, 2019, 09:03:41 PM
Snow is one thing,but snow drifts are hard to deal with.
Very windy here. We had about 4 inches of snow yesterday,than rain. Most times I don't like the rain at the end of a snow storm. But that rain made a crust so the hard wind can not get at the snow. Lucky this time.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 26, 2019, 07:21:59 AM
Tahoe, You need a V-plow! :) Holy cow that is a lot of work.
 We had some wicked wind here yesterday, overnight and a little more today. 30-40 MPH gust, the 30° temps felt a LOT colder. Some damage in the surrounding area, lots of power out. Power company is doing a pretty good job keeping up considering the work conditions. All the wind has been out of the west and WNW, but....
 Last night we had a rouge wind come out of the East at about 35 MPH, very weird and it threw stuff everywhere, stuff that hadn't been moved all day. Never saw anything like it. Time to go out and assess the damage.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Skip on February 26, 2019, 08:51:48 AM
We had 61 and 63 mph gusts at Ohio county airport sounded like 2 freight trains running last couple days. Moved on up north now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on February 26, 2019, 11:30:27 AM
I shoveled my girlfriend's driveway twice on Friday then again Saturday. Sunday it was mud. ::) Now a beautiful sunny morning and -16C. There is no rhyme or reason to it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 26, 2019, 12:17:01 PM
Most storms this winter are featuring rain and snow.  Thus, there is a thick layer of snow on the ground, but ice everywhere, both under that snow and wherever mankind has  plowed, pushed, or blown the snow away.  Last system dropped close to inch of rain before flash-freeze and snow.  Now, another little storm will drop maybe 5 inches of snow on top of all this icy stuff.  Quite hazardous for foot traffic and road crews can't do much about the ice at so low of temperatures.  Rock salt doesn't do much when it's down around zero F.

Rain was able to push all the way up to nearly the UP border with last system....maybe it did rain in parts of the UP.....whereas most winters, we're all snow all the time.  Definitely more winter rain than there used to be in NE Wisconsin.

I need to get up to the tree farm and see if I can get in without snowshoes.  Doubtful.  No plow yet-we have to park on the road when snow gets too deep for my 4Runner to bust through.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 26, 2019, 12:45:34 PM
More rain here than normal also. Every storm seems to end with 1/4 to 2" of rain. Not a lot of fun to work with. Puddles on top of the old ice. I still think we have a blizzard coming in the next 2 weeks, I just feel it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 26, 2019, 04:04:30 PM
Banner day! It was cool, and clear(40°), but is now clouding up. Finished up my job early, and got to cut some real trees on the farm! Not vines, not trash, some nice sized maples; almost all leaners. Dutchmen a plenty! I think I'm starting to get an accent  :^P  Wish I knew someone who could cut. I'd like someone standing there to show me how to start everything off. That's where it's all going wrong I think; the initial setup. Took down about a dozen trees, and I was improving towards the end, so I guess there's some hope  :^D  Good fun in any case, and some of them took a bit of thought and planning. I'll mull over it tonight, and think of what it takes to improve.


edit:
Forgot. I also saw thousands of snowdrops blooming. I'll have to go back before the week's over and collect a bunch for my property. They'll all be wiped out in the not too distant future. Pretty little things  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodcutter_Mo on February 26, 2019, 08:10:32 PM
It was warm with some sunshine here today, got up into the low 60's F. Looks like it's supposed to cool down a bit over the next  several days.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 26, 2019, 08:53:26 PM
Wind and cold. And I do mean cold. I was out at work,maybe ½ hour,just about all my bare face wanted. :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 26, 2019, 09:18:06 PM
I think the highest it got here today was 8°!

EDIT:  2/27/19  Got up this morning to -8° and calm outside!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 27, 2019, 09:05:55 AM
Temp is down to 15, but it's a really cold 15, very damp. light wind. Wind was out of the North, but at 7am suddenly switched to coming out of the SSE, light snow moving in on a clipper (W to E), expecting 3-5" of light fluffy stuff, with no rain on top for a change. :) supposed to really begin around 4pm local and taper at about 3am local tomorrow. The morning stuff is just a tease. I think I am about ready to see the occasional 60° days, and something green popping out of the ground. My skid roads are still snowed in under the trees, even thought it isn't much, it is steep and slick.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 27, 2019, 05:06:32 PM
Same as yesterday. About 40°, started sunny, ended cloudy. Split some of the cherry I cut at work, and brought it home. I'll get more tomorrow, as well as some snowdrops for my yard. I think there's daffodils out there also. I might grab some of those too.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on February 28, 2019, 04:26:18 AM
Supposed to be Summer, so what's that white stuff up on the hill  ???

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10460/20190226_105140-EFFECTS.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551345842)

Confession, Google's server "stylised" the original with a bit of colour boost, but it makes the light dusting of snow stand out more. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 28, 2019, 05:05:46 AM
Really pretty there Ian  :^)


I'm still in bed with a cat on my shoulder. Not sure what the weather is  :^D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on February 28, 2019, 05:44:25 AM
The wind died flat out last night and stayed flat all night. The snow stopped around 8pm, then picked up in the wee hours. We only got about an inch, so I guess I'll grab the shovel. It is getting slick and I don't think it will be warm for at least a few days yet. Maybe plow tonight to clean the neighbors long driveway/hill. The temp rose slowly overnight from 15 to 19 now and the pressure is coming up again. I expect it to clear up, but don't know if it will get over 30 today. This little thing was nothing more than an annoyance.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on February 28, 2019, 07:15:51 AM
Just 2° this morning and 2" of new snow through the night!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on February 28, 2019, 07:38:48 AM
Plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, then, plow some more :).  The only thing that I plow around here is dirt. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on February 28, 2019, 08:12:00 AM
I'll be a plowing dirt soon. And digging rocks. ;D
8° and no wind. We missed that storm that others are talking about. The coast got some,but was not a inland storm. As mentioned,no wind!!!! Not much above freezing for the week,but high 20's.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on February 28, 2019, 08:13:47 AM
There will be no dirt sightings around here for some time to come!

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on February 28, 2019, 09:42:31 AM
Finally finished digging out yesterday. Got all the snow plowed, piled, gates and hay dug out, etc. Took 2.5 days of truck and tractor time to get everything cleared out. It's been double digits below zero at night and barely double digit + high temps since the weekend. No dirt around here for a long while.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on February 28, 2019, 05:47:57 PM
~40°, but it felt a lot warmer due to the sun. Got my snowdrops today, and another small load of cherry split. I got four clumps of snowdrops, and put them in four different places o  my lot. Here's the clump next to the Alberta spruce I put in the ground over the weekend...


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49990/IMG_20190228_174247.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1551393864)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 01, 2019, 07:23:49 AM
1° here. I will be glad to see these singles numbers disappear. Suppose to get above freezing today,not by much. Have not seen that for a while.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 01, 2019, 07:36:52 AM
Got some snow last night! 30° now, but supposed to be 40° later. Calling for precip most of the day, so I took off work. Got some steel cut oats cooking on the stove, and getting ready to make a fire. It's looking like a great Friday  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 01, 2019, 09:29:35 AM
I felt stupid plowing the 1" of snow last night, but wanted to get it off so the sun could expose the driveway today. This morning woke up to a surprise 1/4" coating that the weather service never saw coming. Hope the sun takes that out too, but I doubt it, and that little tiny bit will be like greased glass when the sun goes down tonight.
 Some more snow tomorrow too, not sure yet how much. Sunday overnight into Monday morning they are calling for 9" or so. I am watching that one closely, seems a little suspicious and might be a sleeper  ;D.
 At least the temps are moderate, teens at night, upper 20's during the day. Wind has died down too. I have not walked the woodlot since we had that honking wind the other day. Maybe Saturday between plowing stints. I should check the mill shed too to see how it's holding through it's first winter. It's still winter, and I am still watching for that March blizzard I can feel in my bones.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on March 01, 2019, 10:19:19 PM
More snow coming tonight. 1-3. Not much but every little bit makes it worse for working in the woods. Suppose to be double digits below zero the next few nights and single digits above at night for the next week. Maybe 15-20 degrees during the day. Plus side is the sun is higher and gaining heat so that helps in the open. But not much in the heavy woods. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 01, 2019, 10:26:56 PM
You boys up in WI have it rough this year for sure. We have a couple tonight, and more on Sunday night, but I venture we aren't working with the base you folks have. I got home during daylight today and managed to walk the woodlot looking for damage from this weeks wind. only lost one dead ash I had marked to take out anyway. Ready for the winter season to roil over and die a graceful death.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 01, 2019, 11:38:35 PM
Tried to make a trail out to the woods today so I can make some firewood but didn't make it more than 50 feet before I had to use the bucket to push myself back out. Measured 5.5 foot of snow on the level and my 125hp tractor all chained up is no match for that kind of snow. Going to have to wait for a few weeks and hope it warms up and settles the snow.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 02, 2019, 05:42:52 AM
Five and a half feet of snow!!!
I have 10° and another high of just above freezing today.
Just a little above freezing like yesterday.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Cub on March 02, 2019, 07:46:56 AM
It's definitely tough going. We've gotten 20+ inches of snow above average. We've had worse. And we don't have it as bad as the guys in the upper peninsula or the northern part of lower Michigan. 5.5 feet of snow? Yeah we don't have that much. So it's not bad here. Although not fun chainsaw cutting. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on March 02, 2019, 09:57:10 AM
snowing here now, might get 3" suppose to snow tomorrow night might get 6".
I hope these storms go out to sea soon.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 03:12:44 PM
45 yest. 32 high today, down to 10 tonight with ice and rain, then 4-8 inches of snow tomorrow, with high of 11 and -4 tom. night.  i work tomorrow, hopefully people without true emergency will stay home!  1/2 doz cub scouts with adults working on pinewood derby cars in the shop today
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 02, 2019, 03:37:18 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 03:12:44 PM
 i work tomorrow, hopefully people without true emergency will stay home!  
HAhahahahahhaha!!!!! Doc, you have been in the E/D way too long to make a statement like that. I am shocked??? You just made me squirt beer out of my nose. YOU KNOW that when the weather gets bad the GOMER's still show up, but they call an ambulance because they don't want to drive. Verbalizing your fears just makes it for sure to come true. Just don't use the "Q" word, that will finish it off for sure.  Geeeez, that is funny right there!  I wish you the best, but do let us know how it turns out now that you have thrown down the gauntlet. By the way, what is the moon phase tomorrow?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 04:13:04 PM
true. most "average" people will stay home, some will call an ambulance for a cough they had for 3 years.  most guys on this forum could cut their arm off , and just apply pressure untill their Dr.s office opened on Monday, and then the Dr.s office would tell them to go to the ER.  I will wear my boots, and take snacks, and a good time will be had by all.  We have ordered in emergency supplies of grits, in case an ambulance gets stuck on ice, very good for traction.   :D  .  
You  know, you can just brew beer, you don't have to squirt it out your nose.  Or is that how they do it in NY.   ;D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 02, 2019, 04:41:06 PM
True Doc, I am just amazed that an experienced medical professional would tempt fate like that. :) Yeah, I get the drill. I had run so many of those 'questionable' jobs that I got a little calloused. The one that stands out was a 3am call during a snowstorm, for a toothache. On arrival, patient presents seated in a chair watching TV, complains of severe pain to lower left jaw, distracted by TV during exam, complained when the TV was turned off. insisted on transport to ED in spite of being advised there was no dental surgeon available. Noted two cars in the driveway when we pulled in. Patient had his wife follow us to the hospital in her car because "we were breaking a trail and it would be much easier for her". Dumped him in the ED in the most professional manner possible. Was actually pleased to see that Nurse Kratchet had the charge nurse duties for the night. As we departed with our re-made stretcher I could hear her beginning to lay into him. Went home, showered, went to work on 3 hours sleep, and questioned why I volunteered my time and risked my life for people like that for quite a while. Of course, the next job was an auto accident where the Dad was killed on impact and the 3 year old was ejected from the vehicle with the car seat. The child didn't have a scratch. I stopped questioning the time I spent. I think I took that story too far, but yeah, I get it. Have a safe and productive shift. Thank you for the tough job you do.
[edit] those grits might come in handy. I never thought of that. It wasn't in our training, being so far North. Only once got the rig stuck, but a 30,000 pound Engine pulled us out. If we had grits, maybe we could have self-extricated.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 05:00:01 PM
i think you can burn them grits in a pinch as well, same density and 32 million btu's per cord, just like hedge.  i think some very desperate people have even tried to eat them, not sure if they survived.  Yes i will keep my saddest heart warming stories to myself.  But when we die, we will know we have done a little good.   Tom i can see that you have fond memories and are proud of your service, and you should be!!!  We are not all called to service in the military, but do our best in other ways.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 02, 2019, 05:17:16 PM
So far this season, we've received 88½ inches of snowfall, last years total was 109 inches!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on March 02, 2019, 06:09:35 PM
I have not found a site that shows the total accumulation, just the current amount on the ground.  At my cabin project there is just under 8' reported.  A friend a little closer to Lake Tahoe is in a pocket where the CURRENT snow on the ground is 19 feet! :o
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 02, 2019, 07:20:04 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 05:00:01 PM
i think you can burn them grits in a pinch as well, same density and 32 million btu's per cord, just like hedge.  i think some very desperate people have even tried to eat them, not sure if they survived.  Yes i will keep my saddest heart warming stories to myself.  But when we die, we will know we have done a little good.   Tom i can see that you have fond memories and are proud of your service, and you should be!!!  We are not all called to service in the military, but do our best in other ways.
Sounds like you have done some research. I looked but could not find the BTU rating on grits, we should put that in the knowledge base. 
Yes, that end goal is the one I have in mind too. I am likely on track if I don't mess up.
For me too, no military time, but I tried to do my best at home serving those I know. I guess I could be proud of the little bit I did if I thought about it. I always thought there was more to do, but eventually realized it was time for others to do it. Yes, some memories are fond, some are, well... not so much. You know the drill. We volunteer, be we don't get to choose the calls we go on. I worked with a lot of good people in all types of agencies, had some really memorable patients, and learned a lot. Most of all, I got to keep a silent promise to a 'lost' 'first patient'. I can't count the number of deaths I have seen and worked on, but I remember a fair amount of the ones who survived. Never can understand why I always focused on the former and not the latter. Guess that is part of the job too.
 
Ah, and the weather! We have some, yes. Great day here, it almost hit 40! Last night got another annoying dusting which I plowed for the weekender neighbor. We 'had' a snowstorm headed in on Sunday night. Now it looks like a couple of inches, maybe 6 or so. Getting tired of these annoying little snows. I still think we should have a honker coming in here any week now. 
 I am reading the snow totals out there and feeling a little pleased that we are well under those big numbers. This winter has been tough enough on everyone. Sorry for the folks that are getting clobbered, but we all know the drill. We have done this before, we will do it again. Everybody hang tight, we will turn the corner very soon.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 02, 2019, 07:49:43 PM
Nice sunny day and the temp was 24°, still clear and calling for -15° tonight. Wind chill advisory in the am for -30 chill factor tomorrow.

Our snowfall total stands at 266" so far, 100 or so of those in Feburary alone. Still 6+ more weeks to add to that.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 02, 2019, 07:51:23 PM
OG,The former motivated you in training and effort on the latter!  god speed!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on March 02, 2019, 07:59:10 PM
Chevy,

with those numbers you are dealing with, I'll just have to stop fretting over the 60+" I am dealing with trying to gain access to the Tamarak I am attempting to get to for this years project I need.  Been in the low teens at night and hitting roughly 28 for highs.  Hope to finish digging out today to have enough cleared to start dropping and bucking in the AM, suppose to be clear for the next few days, but still cold, great weather to be dragging the spoils out of the deep dark woods to meet its demise against the ole mill this week coming.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 03, 2019, 06:59:03 AM
We don't get anywhere near the snowfall that we did back 50-60 years ago!

I can remember back when I was a kid, there were nights when we would routinely get 2-3 feet of snow overnight!

Had to shovel out the doors, just to get in the barn to milk the cows!


NOTE:  National weather service says "measure snowfall on a picnic table positioned in the middle of the yard where it is unaffected by trees, buildings, etc"!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 03, 2019, 08:32:39 AM
-10°and windy this morning, but it's clear and the sun is going to come out so hopefully it warms up a tad.

Chuck, I hear people around here say things like that all the time about how winters use to be snowier and colder. But for here when you look back at the records they averaged out about the same as now. Sure there was some doozys with 350+ inches of snowfall but there were also many years of less than 100". When you look at the record low temps for each day there really is no rhyme of reason to them, the record low for todays date was set in 2012, the record low for yesterday's date was set in 1951, tomorrow's was set in 1982. When I look at the historical averages I would say for here the winters are about the same as "back in the day" when people think they were worse.

I think some of it is the changes in equipment. In the 60s my relatives would have to clear our road with a single Allis Chalmers WD tractor so it would take then 2 or 3 days, and the county was plowing snow with a few Oshkosh trucks plowing at 20mph. They would often be snowed in for 2,3,4 days.

Now I have a 120hp 4x4 cab tractor and my neighbor has wheel loader so we can dig the road out in 3 hours. The county has a large fleet of 500 horsepower trucks pushing oneway blades at 50mph throwing snow 75 feet. So there is really no getting snowed in for days anymore. 

Shoveling to the barn doors has been replaced by a snowblower, skid steer, or plow. Nowadays just about everybody here has a plow on their 4x4 pickup with heated leather seats and a backup camera. Speaking of 4x4 my grandparents never owned anything other than a rwd car,  now between my parents and I we have 6 vehicles and 5 of those are 4x4. 

Just my observations for how things are around here. The weather hasn't really gotten worse, just our ability to live with it has gotten better IMO.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: red on March 03, 2019, 08:47:59 AM
16 days till Spring
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 03, 2019, 08:53:12 AM
I want to know how many days until May. :D  :D 
One year we did not have much snow that stayed on the ground. Than March came and we had a storm each week. Seem like each storm was close to a foot each time.
Lots of sun out there today.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 03, 2019, 08:55:27 AM
weather is cyclic and on a rotation that may be longer than we live.  I know there were snow drifts up to my chest when I was a child, but I was only 3 feet tall.  Just like fishing, I think our memories tend to embellish with time
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 03, 2019, 09:53:57 AM
I've been outside my whole adult life, and a good bit of my childhood. It's most certainly warmer now. I used to anxiously watch the weather, excited for when it was gonna be above freezing for a change. Kids used to skate on a local pond. You'd better bring your drysuit if want to skate on it anymore. Snow is more unpredictable. Might get some, might not. The trend lately is to get mega dumps that melt in a couple days, cause wait for it... Winter's warmer than it used to be.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 03, 2019, 10:08:38 AM
And while your winter has been warmer than normal, our last 4 or 5 winters have been below average temp wise. This year February was 8° below average, and Janurary 5° below. "Back in the day" we always got a "mid winter thaw" which was a few days or week where it got warm (upper 30s to upper 40s) and settled and melted some snow, this year I think there has been 5 non-consecutive days above freezing (like 34 or 35°) since back in December. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 03, 2019, 10:14:45 AM
That is great, but again you really cannot look at the play by play.  We are predicted to break the all time record for this date of -5°, with a -4°.  After millions of years, we now have 12 years to fix the problem or we are all gonna die.  As usual, the unintended consequences can be worse than the original problem.  It is so political, that you do not know what to believe.  You sir are of course also welcome to your opinion!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 03, 2019, 11:01:52 AM
chevy,I can remember the Jan thaw. Might last a week,temps above freezing every day. Nice weather,than back to winter after a week. Now it warms up here and gets above freezing,so the Jan thaw is only a memory now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on March 03, 2019, 11:43:17 AM
Clear, sunny and -16C here this morning but this should be the last of it. Maybe I can put the snow shovel and tall boots away for a while.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 03, 2019, 03:12:56 PM
 
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 03, 2019, 03:23:29 PM
34° and lovin' life  :^)

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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 03, 2019, 03:29:11 PM
With that much snow I could be enjoying the woods too. I could go almost any wheres in the woods about a month ago,which is rare. Than a few storms did me in. I have one spot that is packed down.

goose63,I've been seeing you guys on the national news. :o WE have been getting the same storms,but minus the wind and a foot of snow. They talk about the storm from CA to ME,but by the time it hits here,it's just a normal snow storm.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 03, 2019, 03:33:30 PM
Would have been a good day for hiking, but I didn't really think of it. I split a little wood, and leveled some ground around my oak to get ready for the bench cut. Probably get it marked out this week, and maybe cut next weekend  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 03, 2019, 03:50:16 PM
Here is a picture a friend took of the road that runs along the lake shore in town.
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 03, 2019, 04:38:11 PM
Why do you guys drive such small trucks?  :D 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: gspren on March 03, 2019, 07:38:30 PM
Right now it's snowing hard enough that the satellite tv signal is lost, we are officially roughing it.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 03, 2019, 08:29:59 PM
Went out a while ago to get some wood for the OWB. Stepped out the door and was shocked,32°.  :)  Been in the low teens this time of night for a while. Low 30's here,water was running at the edges of the roads. As in many,many years,the warm up is coming.
The glaciers are a melting, @WDH (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=4370) , We still have a ways to go. Not out of the woods yet.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 03, 2019, 09:13:05 PM
Clear and -5° now. Haven't seen water running outside on a road since last fall. :D

By next weekend we could see daytime temps approaching the freezing mark though. By June the snow will hopefully be melted and spring will arrive. Lol
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 03, 2019, 09:28:58 PM
Snow quit and it's raining now  :^/  I guess it'll turn back to snow before morning, but it's supposed to be clear tomorrow.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 04, 2019, 07:03:01 AM
A very fine snow is coming down.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 04, 2019, 07:57:41 AM
-17° this morning. It can quit these kind of temps anytime now. 
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on March 04, 2019, 08:35:11 AM
Brother and I were able to get up to the farm for snowshoeing.  Could not drive in-all snowed in-so parked on road, put snowshoes on, and hiked all the way back to cedar swamp.  Were able to traverse area full of springs that is too wet to manage during any time other than winter.  All waterways in the swamp there were still visible as lines in the snow...but all covered by 30 inches of snow.  30 inches seemed to be the depth on the level.  Great bushwhacking conditions.

Not on UP lake-effect level, but we've got a lot of snow up there.  About 50 miles to the west and north, Rhinelander received 60+ inches of snow in February alone.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: firefighter ontheside on March 04, 2019, 08:46:55 AM
In some winters we would well on our way to spring by now.  It's 3° out this morning.  Not our typical spring.  We were supposed to get 7" of snow a few days ago, but only got 2.  Still, it's pretty out there with little bits of snow in the pines.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 04, 2019, 08:50:22 AM
-1° here and we only got about 2 inches instead of 6, but so cold and windy.  hands numb without gloves just going from car to building without gloves.  Very busy at work despite the bad weather.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: gshd1 on March 04, 2019, 12:48:54 PM
Another small snow storm over and done. about half a foot. Now the suns out. Not much longer until warmer weather.
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 04, 2019, 12:55:38 PM
Had to go to a benefit gig for a seriously ill friend about an hour north of here in Albany. A few of us rode up together and watched the storm progress. We finally bailed around 4pm and hit backed up traffic exactly the same time we hit our exit off the Thruway. Perfect timing. Was home by 5:15 and it started snowing at 5:30, perfect timing again. Got up at 5am and the snow had stopped, so I plowed and got 90% of the work completed, just some trim work to do tonight. Went in, got cleaned up, changed and when I came out to go to work, the sun was out, big time. Perfect timing yet again. Only got to work 15 minutes late, nearly perfect timing.
 After this afternoon, the temp is supposed to drop and stay well below freezing for the foreseeable future. Gotta finish the cleanup before that happens. Apparently, it is still winter.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 04, 2019, 04:18:10 PM
You are a good guy OG.  I went out to clear my drive of snow.  i started my skid steer an hour ago, last I parked 3 days ago when it was 45 and muddy.  It was froze to the ground.  lifted with the bucket and the R track is still froze.  oriented it to the sun and I will try again later,  do not want to tear up the rubber track.  up to 12° now.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 04, 2019, 06:16:33 PM
Sorry Doc, I was gonna laugh at your predicament (actually I did, but don't tell anyone, I didn't mean it), but for you it's not funny. We had that weather just a few weeks ago and if 'it' wasn't in constant motion it froze solid. Don't be hasty. Try some boiling water (but be quick).
 As for the other 'thing', no not really. I feel so helpless a vibrant dynamic woman just 4 months ago is now fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer and not doing well at all. Healers want to heal, not go to benefits and throw money in a raffle jar. I am sure the money helps of course, but I feel so helpless. That woman gave so much to her community for so many years. She doesn't deserve this.   :'(
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 04, 2019, 06:35:59 PM
High temp for the day was zero, headed back down to negative double digits again. At least when the sun shines it has some warmth, and the days are getting longer.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 04, 2019, 06:38:23 PM
just went out to try my 277c cat again before the sun goes down and no go.  had left it idle.  when i wiggled and jiggled to see if it was about ready, could smell a little hot rubber smell, so turned her off and will wait a few days for warmer, above freezing weather.  only a few inches of snow, but some is packed into ice.   OG everyday is a gift as I am sure you know. smiley_angel02_wings
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on March 04, 2019, 06:52:01 PM
Doc,

had similar situation a couple years ago with my bobcat skid steer, parked in a spot I knew I shouldn't have and the tracks froze solid to the ground with ice level to the top of the lower track.  I couldn't wait till it warmed up so poured side walk salt along outside edge of tracks, within a couple hours, the surface tension between the ice and rubber pulled the salty brine under the tracks and walked right out and parked up on high ground.  Of course if you have the time to wait, then this is moot I suppose.  Good luck, no one wants to trash a perfectly good set of rubbers
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 04, 2019, 06:52:34 PM
Bright and sunny today with intermittent snow squalls!

Total snowfall last night and today, about 3 inches!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 04, 2019, 07:01:25 PM
37°. Started cloudy, turned sunny. I was gonna split wood at the farm, but everything was too wet and soft. Maybe tomorrow. Looks clear til Sunday. Maybe Friday, but the precip chances Friday aren't looking great so far. My yard's a swamp with standing water again. As soon as it drains, we get more weather that makes it a swamp again. It's really getting old. It's been like this since last spring. Most of the time trying to mow the lawn last year, the tractor left squishy muddy tracks. Maybe I'll just rip it all out and plant rice  :^S
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 04, 2019, 07:34:06 PM
that is a good idea mike.  I got the tracks free from the ground pushing down and back with bucket, but enough wet mud on the running gear the the R tack does not want to turn.  the sounds and smell tells me not to push harder!  the motor pulls down as if it is trying, and a little hot rubber smell.  thx all.  sadly I had the foresight to leave the bucket up a bit so it would'nt freeze to the ground, guess Jeff might move me to the "did something dumb today" thread. :)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 05, 2019, 11:17:04 PM
Cold again. Our average high for this time of year is 35°, today we only made it to 9°. Starting last Saturday there was no snow in the 10 day forecast so I took the plow off the truck. Well since Sunday we have got 6" of snow and now things need plowing.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on March 06, 2019, 06:07:22 AM
It's been well below average since the storm the other day. Not going to get out of the 20s today. I haven't really talked to anybody to see how sugaring is going. From what I've heard it sounds like it's been better than I thought it would be. This last storm kicked my butt. Here's hoping this will be be my last winter with the town
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 06, 2019, 06:57:22 AM
We have -6° here this morning with a light breeze!
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on March 06, 2019, 07:19:34 AM
A bone chilling 28 degrees here.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 06, 2019, 07:46:20 AM
cat 277c right track still froze.  supposed to get to to 44° today   8)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 06, 2019, 07:53:08 AM
WDH 28° sounds like t-shirt weather right about now. -10° this morning with a north wind coming across the frozen lake from the north pole I think.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on March 06, 2019, 01:52:35 PM
We haven't been above.....or anywhere near, for that matter...freezing, in the last two weeks.  Now, another sloppy mess approaches.  Methinks ChevyTahoe and the Rhinelander folks will get buried yet again with this new one coming.  We'll be in rain/snow mix down here in "the valley", then changing to all snow.

tom
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 06, 2019, 01:57:45 PM
Fairly chilly; 25°, mixed clouds, and windy. Getting ready to go out and split some wood. Pretty nice day  :^)
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 06, 2019, 04:14:22 PM
No real weather this week. It's cold, not hitting 30 during the day and getting down in the low single digits at night. Maybe some flurries here and there. The temp is averaging about 20 degrees below normal. Saw on my FB page that it was a year ago this week that I started working on a tangle of large trees I had wanted to take down for many years. It took me several weeks to figure out how to do it without getting killed. 4 trees in a perfect teepee. The big maple was about 70' and 24 DBH. I recall it was not quite sweatshirt weather, and there was a little snow still around, but no access or cold worming conditions. This year I have some much easier cleanup work in the same section, but the snow is a foot deep and I can't make the turn in my Mule without risking a tumble over the side. Maybe this weekend, when we should break the freezing mark, Sunday they say lots of rain. Everybody at work is saying spring starts next week, I am still thinking we might have a big one yet to come. 2 years ago we got clobbered on 3/14, but most folks have forgotten that already. It's still winter. I am down to about a cord and a half of wood, which should do us just fine.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 06, 2019, 05:28:10 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on March 06, 2019, 04:14:22 PM
 I am still thinking we might have a big one yet to come. 2 years ago we got clobbered on 3/14, but most folks have forgotten that already. It's still winter. I am down to about a cord and a half of wood, which should do us just fine.
Tomorrow a year ago...
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March 21 a year ago...
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Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 07, 2019, 08:06:24 PM
37° and partly sunny. I've been making progress getting the cherry split, and moved off the farm. I get about a weekend's worth of wood per trip. My truck's a Dakota, and it's filled with work stuff, so I can't haul a lot at one time. No real rush aside from wanting to beat hot weather. I don't even really need it, but I like burning cherry. Smells good,
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 07, 2019, 09:36:57 PM
We had a couple days of nice weather,than low 20's and wind for a couple days. :o  I just might have to say,will it ever warm up? ;D  It always have. But next week looks good,above freezing each day. Maybe we can get away from those single numbers at night. When it is above freezing during the day,it's nice to come home and still find plenty of wood in the OWB. Doubt I will find plenty of wood in it tomorrow morning. Snow on Sunday,but high 30's before it's done.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 08, 2019, 06:08:16 AM
-2 this morning,with a high of 20. Roads are not posted yet.  :D  :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on March 08, 2019, 09:29:25 AM
We might hit 30F today.  Warmest in weeks.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 08, 2019, 02:19:28 PM
@Jeff (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1),Good idea splitting this thread. It will be much easier to find a year now. Thank you. Never thought of it before.
Sun is out and warm,32°
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 08, 2019, 03:40:47 PM
35° and it started snowing an hour ago. Great day at work. I didn't do my real job. Got some wood split, and cut vines. Now I'm home, got a fire going, and it's looking to be decent tomorrow. Gonna put my little 2511t to work cutting some brush, and little stuff, and I might try to get my bench cut into the oak with my big saw. I'll at least get it marked out.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 08, 2019, 04:09:14 PM
Well the temp finally got above freezing by a little bit just a few hours ago. First time all week. Should be in the low 40's over the weekend with about 3 inches of snow coming Saturday night. Saturday looks to be a good day, so I am already planning my work. Sunday si supposed to be rain, then warming next week to 'normal' temps in the 30'2 and 40's. Could be we are trending up, but who knows. I'm not putting the plow away.
 As it happens, this is my 600th post, so I thought I would post it here, where I read every morning.
 Have a great weekend and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead if you are into that sort of thing. :) ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 08, 2019, 09:09:06 PM
Old Greenhouse, my mess is coming in on Sunday. I would say a normal spring snow storm,but seem like all winter most snow storms have turned to rain.About an hour South of me that is no big deal. But I have not seen it happen here too often. But this year almost every storm it did that,warm up and rain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 09, 2019, 12:58:00 PM
Just sitting here watching it snow up to a foot today and more next Tue Wen and thr.

Wateing for Jed to send me a picture of that stuck train he had to dig out
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on March 09, 2019, 01:16:24 PM
Goose - you couldn't have picked a better winter to buy that new tractor and front end loader.
Good move! 
 Our forecasters were calling for that Colorado Low to come this far North, but it seems to be passing just to the South.
We're now hearing about flood forecasts for this Spring, when all that white stuff finally melts off.
:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 09, 2019, 01:37:06 PM
45° and cloudy. It was supposed to get sunny, and I hung my laundry out, but it's looking like the sun's taking the day off. Got some brush cleaned up, and my oak partially marked. I really like that 2511t, but I have to remember to hit the wood full throttle, or the chain grabs and stalls. I suppose I should be doing that with all my saws, but I usually start half throttle so I have one last sanity check before throwing chips. The big saws have enough extra oomph to handle it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 09, 2019, 02:25:30 PM
Andries  I did get it at the right time and I like the heater in it but I now have 66 houres on it blowing snow might have it wore out by spring  ::) ::) :D

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 09, 2019, 03:15:05 PM
Finially 2 nice days in a row where a guy could be outside all day without losing a finger to frostbite. Now tonight and tomorrow a foot of heavy wet snow and then rain or wet snow again later in the week. Flooding will be a major concern here as it warms up and all this snow needs to go someplace.

Goose I've put more hours on my tractor moving snow than any winter I can remember. I do all my plowing with the pickup then usually once a winter push the snowbanks back and up to give more room. This winter I've pushed the snowbanks back 4 times and had to use the tractor to keep the drive and road dug out a few times. Crazy crazy.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 09, 2019, 06:32:43 PM
A melting day. Some towns have the roads posted.Was in the high 30's,lots of sun.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 09, 2019, 08:44:57 PM
Well we had one really nice day in a row today.  ;D I got down into the woods and cut all day, it was GREAT! (Now I am a tad hurtin', but it was GREAT, did I mentions that?). Worked in a wool shirt most of the day, it was great! Expecting another 3 inches of snow overnight changing to rain around dawn, and raining through. the morning. I left the plow on the Mule We will see what tomorrow brings. For now I am happy and sore, I finally got a nice working day in the woods. (It was GREAT!)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 11, 2019, 12:45:40 PM
I see the weather posts are thinning down, probably because the weather in the Northern hemisphere is improving, or not as bad as it was? Yesterday it almost hit 40 gain, but after the rain stopped we pretty much had a mist all day long and it was heavy overcast. Not very pleasant, but it was woram. Looks to stay warm all week now and I am once again hoping I get to see dirt at some point on the skid hill. I am hoping that at least Saturday will be nice again and I can keep moving forward. I should be able to lift my arms again by then. I overdid it Saturday. ;D ;D
 Tomorrow I am on a split shift to cover for a supervisor, so I get to play in the woods in the morning and go into work at noon. Should be a nice day. It's still winter, but things are looking up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on March 11, 2019, 01:04:57 PM
Still 30 inches of snow on the Wisconsin ground....we won't be viewing dirt for some time to come.  But yeah, warmer air filtering in....finally.  We'll take it!

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 11, 2019, 01:33:31 PM
About 10" of heavy wet snow yesterday with significant blowing and drifting over night as it cooled off to the low teens. Spent the morning in the tractor clearing a path down the county road so the neighbors could get out.

Sunny and 20° today, tonight down around zero. 40s and rain for the middle of the week before cooling back to the low 30s by the end of the week.

Still 5-6+ feet of snow on the ground so dirt is probably 6 weeks away or so. Lol
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 11, 2019, 05:38:44 PM
Sunny and 55°. Hot! I split a bit of wood, and I was getting angry. I didn't select good rounds, and they were all twisted up, and didn't want to come apart. Got me sweating, and I don't like sweating. The bad days are coming...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 11, 2019, 07:31:30 PM
Got about 4 inches of snow with a good amount of rain on top. Was in the 30's but really no sun. :(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 11, 2019, 11:25:09 PM
I don't have to go to work until noon tomorrow, so I am up late reading the board here. Got my first sign that better conditions are coming, I wnet out a few minutes ago to fill up the wood cart for the day and saw that it was 35 out. That tem at this time of night has not been seen in quite a while, I heard to roof still dripping! It's down to 33 now, but still.... I am encouraged. We are entering that time period where the stove keeps the house too warm with little effort and I love that time. I'll be out in the woods piddling around until I have to go to work, might even bring my coffee down there and sit on a bench to watch the sun come up. It's still winter, but the end is nearing. Sorry for the guys further north, I know you have a few weeks to go, but it IS coming, I am pretty sure of it! (Oh, and you folks out in MI and WI, I have no idea when you will see the end of it, you got clobbered this year and I think it has something to do with who you elected or something like that. Sorry dudes, nobody deserves that.)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 12, 2019, 09:08:36 AM
7° this morning but headed up to 40 today, rain/snow on the way for tomorrow. With all the snow and frozen ground we don't need any rain...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on March 12, 2019, 09:59:36 AM
..........I'm gonna have to shovel some snow off my roof.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 12, 2019, 11:52:25 AM
Sorry you guys in the Midwest are still getting it. Nice morning here, mostly overcast, but the sun did come out for a bit, now cloudy again. Temp is 35, 5mph wind out of the northwest. Gt some more logs bucked and a bunch stacked are cleared out of the way as I work the mule further in to pull more. Now I am down to the stuff frozen and buried in the snow and ice. If I keep pounding on it and driving/dragging over it, it is bound to give up eventually. Will have to wait for some more warming, but I have to get changed and off to work.
 Hey, Doc, did you ever get your skidder freed from the frozen mud? Or are you waiting until April?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 12, 2019, 12:53:11 PM
og, I have been working a stent, meetings since 7 this am,warm but rainy here, I will go start her up and see if she is ready to go, but too muddy to actually do anything without creating a mess.  Thanks!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 12, 2019, 01:29:33 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on March 12, 2019, 12:53:11 PMog, I have been working a stent, meetings since 7 this am,
I thought you were in the E/D? Now you are in cardiology? ;D
 Well, if it moves, maybe you can sneak it up on higher/dryer ground. Good luck!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 12, 2019, 04:28:16 PM
Got the last mess cleaned up Sun 39 today blizzzard warning starting tomorrow untill Thu night  >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on March 12, 2019, 05:04:48 PM
Goose - you keep asking me to close the gate on that Manitoba Polar cold.
Well, now I've gone and done just that.
So, in return, I'm gonna ask you to keep that snow when you're finished melting it.
We.ve got flood forecasters jumping up and down up here - saying that the Dakotas are send a bunch of water our way in Winnipeg.
Anything you can do to help would be appreciated buddy!
;) 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 12, 2019, 05:37:13 PM
Quote from: Andries on March 12, 2019, 05:04:48 PMAnything you can do to help would be appreciated buddy!
;)
I just love the way folks here on the FF cooperate to help each other. It's happened to me a few times already, but this is beyond what I thought possible.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 12, 2019, 05:38:28 PM
raining with flood watches here, thunder so loud it makes the dogs jump.  starting to sound a lot like spring
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 12, 2019, 06:15:12 PM
Andries all we have down here is a fence or 2 and I'm sorry that ain't gonna stop no water :D ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 12, 2019, 08:46:07 PM
Well it was a pretty day, even if it is still winter....

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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on March 12, 2019, 09:16:07 PM
We had lows well into the minus double digits last week but it has finally broke, seasonal highs around 6C which have started the melt. Supposed to be 12C by Monday, time to break out the shorts and sunscreen. ;D The haul roads and log landings will be a sea of mud.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 12, 2019, 09:25:39 PM
Nice picture Old Greenhorn.
Well with the slow melting going on here there won't be no flooding here. But I suspect that will change. Just hope the warm temps and rain at the same time can hold off. Was in the high 30's but the wind for the last 2 days make it cold out there.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 13, 2019, 06:56:39 PM
Warm, and sunny, though it's clouded up now. Been making good progress bringing wood from work. I have the better part of a cord of wood on the front porch, ready for next season. Not sure when I'll stop collecting. I have a bit more room on the porch, but then?? I don't need the wood, but don't want to see good cherry go to waste.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 13, 2019, 07:19:29 PM
Well there!! A day with no wind!!! It felt like the low 40's. Sun for most of the day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 13, 2019, 07:50:01 PM
We were warmer, but the wind blew with gusts up to 40, helping to dry the 1.5 inches of rain we got last night.  My skid steer is back to her usual self and is no longer limping on the right side.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: snowstorm on March 14, 2019, 07:12:27 AM
so far we have had 37 snow or ice storms that i had to plow or sand
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 14, 2019, 07:36:23 AM
Start out this morning at 30°. Better than yesterday at 20. No sun so far today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 14, 2019, 07:48:35 AM
Quote from: snowstorm on March 14, 2019, 07:12:27 AM
so far we have had 37 snow or ice storms that i had to plow or sand
That's a cheerful thought. Not to worry, poor sledding season will arrive shortly. ;D
I have managed to get through the winter without getting the flu or a cold, until now. Home with a clogged head and slight cold now. Hoping some fresh air will help, but no sun here either. Maybe later. The temp stayed above freezing all night, hoping to see dirt on the skid hill soon.
 35°F here now, no wind, pressure is rising, overcast. I'll take it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodpecker52 on March 14, 2019, 09:24:48 AM
Temps in 70's, windy, partly cloudy buckeye and plum, cherry starting to leaf out. Expect sawdust to fly today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 14, 2019, 09:27:54 AM
Warm yesterday with rain overnight, warm again today then back to snow by Friday. The 5' of snow on the ground is now 3' with the consistancy of wet cement.

Was talking to the road commissioner and they plowed 26 out of 31 days in January, every single day in February, and 6 of 14 days so far in March. He said they racked up more miles on trucks this winter than the previous 2 combined. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 14, 2019, 10:12:42 AM
chevy,we count storms,you count days!!! Sun is out now. We had about an inch of snow in the night. I cut down 2 trees,felt like I was in a snow storm. Than it started to warm up and I thought it was raining.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 14, 2019, 02:12:50 PM
@Andres (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=4343) I gave the gate my best shot 30 feet of log chain big pile of logs got the welder out and that storm went west of me may have to go over there and have a few words with those farmers  :o
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 14, 2019, 02:15:47 PM
Right now we have 62°.

Sap is finally running, we'll gather it around 5:00 PM!  8)

In the morning we'll gather again!  8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 14, 2019, 07:23:31 PM
I was home sick today, no really. Got a bad cold, head all clogged, sore throat, lousy and miserable. Usually I get 'sick' to take care of something or get some space and mental health time. Not this time. But it was a lovely day and I thought some fresh air would help so I went in the woods and tried to get something done. Put in an hour or two winching some of the dead and rotten stuff I cut up last Saturday. Got a pile or two of logs, piled some slash, but had no energy. Really happy to see the snow levels dropping. It hit 57 today and we have rain coming overnight and for tomorrow.
 AT 7:30 pm it's 47 degrees, the wind is calm, and the pressure is dropping since 11am. I think it unlikely that we will be seeing another storm for a while. I think I am done plowing. AT least, I hope so. Lots of work to do.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: trapper on March 14, 2019, 10:02:00 PM
59 and rain today Fond du lac Wi is flooded due to melting snow and ice jams against bridges
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 15, 2019, 05:25:42 AM
The temp stayed above freezing all night,36° now. High in the 40's,but I don't think we will see the sun much.
Temps above freezing all next week and some temps below freezing at night. Maybe the sap will be running.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 15, 2019, 08:48:23 AM
Warm and rain all yesterday afternoon now its below freezing with a winter storm warning for up to 5" of snow with some blowing and drifting. Winter wont give up quite yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 15, 2019, 02:09:16 PM
Hot! 74° when the sun was out. I feel physically ill, and have no energy. Takes me awhile to get used to this. Supposed to cool down this weekend. I need to get the wood cleaned up in my yard before hot weather's here to stay,
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on March 15, 2019, 02:13:58 PM
 
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After a little warm weather, the critters are starting to move around a little. Should cool off some in the next day or two, but had honeybees buzzing around and saw this guy at my dog pens yesterday afternoon... 65 and rainy today...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: GRANITEstateMP on March 15, 2019, 03:31:58 PM
I went out to lunch today on the NH Seacoast, it was 57 degrees!  8) I had all the windows in the car down!  Had a real hard time going back inside to work afterwards!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 15, 2019, 07:38:50 PM
Warm here today,but no sun until about 3. Was a foggy,gloomy day. The snow bankens are looking dirty. If we get a couple days of rain,not good.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 15, 2019, 07:44:45 PM
Quote from: curdog on March 15, 2019, 02:13:58 PM

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32389/20190314_175131.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1552673497)
 

After a little warm weather, the critters are starting to move around a little. Should cool off some in the next day or two, but had honeybees buzzing around and saw this guy at my dog pens yesterday afternoon... 65 and rainy today...
Debated clicking the [Like] button. I can't like hot weather, but I like your little lizard  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on March 15, 2019, 07:56:19 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on March 15, 2019, 07:44:45 PM
Quote from: curdog on March 15, 2019, 02:13:58 PM

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32389/20190314_175131.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1552673497)
 

After a little warm weather, the critters are starting to move around a little. Should cool off some in the next day or two, but had honeybees buzzing around and saw this guy at my dog pens yesterday afternoon... 65 and rainy today...
Debated clicking the [Like] button. I can't like hot weather, but I like your little lizard  :^D
I agree,  I start dreading the summer around November. ..
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 15, 2019, 09:01:48 PM
Dang, this was THE weather I was waiting for. I have been home sick with a miserable cold that has been keeping me up all night. No energy, just sitting around all day, but I finally got out in the woods to do SOMETHING. It got up in the 60's today. I can tell the worst is behind us because I am not checking the thermometer twice an hour. Oh I just wish I felt a bit better so I can take advantage of this weather. We are a couple of weeks behind in the warm up this year. I have yet to set up for firewood. Just working on cleaning up more of the dead fall and rotten stuff that seems to be everywhere. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow, but the temp should only hit 40 or so. The snow is finally clearing of the skid hill and I could drive down it today for the first time in 2 months.I can't drive up to the mill, still too deep down in the hollow, but we are making progress.
 This photot may not look like much, but I have been waiting for this for weeks.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52103/DSCF2277.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1552698051)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 15, 2019, 09:16:46 PM
What's that dark brown stuff? :D  That looks just about like my driveway. And that is no joke.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 15, 2019, 09:32:40 PM
Yeah, we have that. It's mostly stone with a tiny bit of dirt dispersed in it. None the less, I have been waiting to see it again for weeks. Yesterday it was all snow with ice underneath. The transformation was dramatic today. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 16, 2019, 05:57:31 PM
52° and windy. Had to pick my laundry up a bunch of times when it blew off the line. Got my bench cut into the oak, That didn't go the way I thought it would *at all*. I imagined about 4 cuts, with perhaps a bit of futzing with it to get it right. The square I made which would have worked perfectly on a cylinder, was useless on the reality of a tree. I ended up eyeballing it, and my top-bottom cuts were much longer than my 25" bar, so I had to remove the sections in chunks using my 362cm and cs400. It was real slog ripping through the black oak, especially with the cs400, and when I resharpened the 362, I decided to take the rakers down a hair. Big mistake. That made it more chattery, and it jerked me around more than I'd have liked.


Got it in, but I don't think I'm finished. I'm thinking of laying the backrest back, and maybe adding armrests. Not sure yet. I've got to consider whether the risk of ruining everything is worth it. I also have some deep cuts that were left in the finished product. I'd like to take care of those too. It would have been nice having my 20" bar for the Stihl, but that's at work on my other 362.


All in all, it's been a good day. Got to play with my saws on a cool and pretty day. Can't ask for much more than that  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 16, 2019, 08:49:55 PM
Another cold windy day here. Yes,40°,with the wind chill 10°. :D  Well it feels like 10°. >:(  But the wind will help dry things up too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 16, 2019, 09:47:00 PM
Weird spring day. Temp only low 40's, 20 degrees lower than yesterday. Had some wind gusts over 15 mph today here and there. Snow flurries through the day, still a nice working day, some sunshine here and there. Just wish this *Dang cold would let go of my head.
 Temp is 32° F, dew point is 21, wind is 5 mph, gusting to 15 out of the WNW, Pressure is 29.65 and rising. Temp won't be going over 40 until Wednesday, but spring is coming. I have given up on my fear of a blizzard before the end of the month, but it is still winter.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sandhills on March 17, 2019, 11:41:45 AM
Floods, floods, and more floods :-\.  Only time I've seen Weather Nation mention Nebraska much but they had videos of the town 10 miles south of us early yesterday morning, I decided I don't care much to make the news.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 17, 2019, 02:02:17 PM
I am out in the woods and the snow is deep. I made some trails before we got all the snow. I was just wondering if I would make. I do have a big red oak that fell over that I could get and use for firewood. It must be 3 feet across. Not a straight log in. ;D  There is a clump of 3,the 3 foot one and 2 smaller ones.All that went well. Than I tried to make some new ones. That did not go well. I started to drag and that was it. So there is at least 18 inches of snow and I know there was still snow under my tires,maybe 2 feet?? But all that will start to melt and settle down. No big rush to see it melt. Don't need a flood like '87.
Sun out today with a slight breeze. Mid 30's now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 17, 2019, 08:15:12 PM
12° this morning and only got to 34°. Tried to get into the woods but still 3.5+ feet of snow with the consistancy of wet cement by afternoon. Proceded to get the tractor stuck finially after a few hours got it free only to tear a valve stem off feeding cows. One of them days it didn't pay to get out of bed.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 20, 2019, 06:17:20 AM
The temps that chevy have have been the same here for the last 3 days. I have 10° now.  No idea if that is normal. I can remember doing sap a few years ago and I had a garden hose out to wet the leaves so I would not catch the woods on fire. I was not draining the hose at night either.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on March 20, 2019, 06:40:46 AM
Typical March in Ohio .Cold,warm ,dry ,rain ,wind .The roots failed on some of the dead ash and the wind laid them down better than I could have done with a chainsaw .Some have good logs ,some are just firewood .I'm still in hibernation mode ,I'll get them cut up some time .My enthusiasm for cold weather waned years ago .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 20, 2019, 08:59:21 PM
We have hit 'my happy place" in the weather cycle. The daytime temps are averaging in the forties, that days are getting longer, the sun is getting noticeably higher in the sky each day, and most important to me, I stayed out working until after dark without thinking about it. I needed the work lights on the Mule to see what I was doing and find my chains and tools in the duff. Unless it's raining, that will pretty much be my routine from here on out. I came in soaked in sweat.  Muscles are starting to ache again from months of light use and recovering from a back injury. We have some snow, then rain forecast for tomorrow and through the night, but i don't care. Spring is here, hang in guys, if you haven't seen it yet, it IS coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 20, 2019, 09:14:30 PM
Yes,it is coming,has never let me down yet. Seem like the cold started early,yes was warm for a day,but not warm for 3-4 days in a row. My driveway was ice and snow all winter. I think only 2 times,I saw some dirt,and that was only a few feet. Lived here through 18 winters and never seen it like this. Saw most snow storm turn to rain. Very odd in my area.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 20, 2019, 09:33:42 PM
Temps here have moderated on a yearly basis. Winters start later. and are warmer, but they linger longer than they used to, with coolish temps. Summers aren't ZOMG HOT!!! either. Not any more than typical humid mid Atlantic anyway. They may be slightly warmer, with a couple more days of maximum heat, but not noticeably different.


Today was 52°, and mostly sunny. It got cloudy, and is supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. Got some more cherry split and brought home. Only a couple more loads before my front porch is reasonably full(~1 cord). Not sure what I'll do after that. Quit I guess. I don't need the wood, but I hate seeing good wood go to waste. Maybe I'll start splitting/stacking it on site, and I can get it next year. Still haven't taken down the ash I want to drop. My spaz of a boss won't make the time to give me a hand. I want someone there to block the drive while I fall it, and call someone if I drop it on my head or something  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 21, 2019, 08:43:12 AM
Weather has been up and down. Some days it hits 40, others 30. Some nights its teens other nights its low 30s. Had a few inches of wet slush yesterday and maybe some more snow over the weekend.

Still a lot of snow on the ground tho slowly but surely its melting.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 21, 2019, 09:31:53 PM
Hadn't had much rain in awhile, and I thought the bad juju was broken. It was just getting saved for today. 1.3", and still coming down. Yard's got the standing water back, and my side yard which had firmed up to simply soft by last weekend, I'm sure is back to pumping water. Hoping for a drought this summer. That'll be a nice change of pace.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on March 22, 2019, 07:55:33 AM
We have a slow melt off here and that should help the guys up in Canada  8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 23, 2019, 06:26:33 AM
36° this morning. Much better than the low teens we had a few days ago. This was an easy night on the wood pile. Had some snow,an inch, than turn to rain yesterday. Lucky it was not a few days ago,or it would of been all snow. ;)  We can stll get snow.May is close,it won't last.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 23, 2019, 09:44:25 AM
31° yesterday and 15° last night. Supposed to warm to the 40s today but back cold for Sunday. It's kind a roller coaster and hard to get used to anything, but the cold days and nights slow down the melting of the warm days. So far now real flooding or anything. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on March 23, 2019, 09:48:09 AM
a little rain overnight but up to mid 60s today, partly cloudy and windy this week so take a while to dry things out but up to 78 middle of the week
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 23, 2019, 08:41:59 PM
It was a pretty nice day; sunny and 52°. Got a bunch of sticks cleaned up in the yard, but still have a bunch more to do. Also need to figure out which small trees I'm gonna remove. I want to do it before it gets hot. Currently debating on a fire. It's 54° in the house, but supposed to go down to 28° tonight, and 58° tomorrow. I'm not cold, but it's only gonna get colder, and I'll be busy tomorrow morning, so a morning fire won't make sense before it warms up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on March 24, 2019, 06:44:49 AM
Cleaned up the mess from our last snowfall yesterday, we got 9 inches.

The ground is still very wet and soft so had to be very careful plowing!

The biggest snowfall we've gotten this season!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on March 24, 2019, 09:09:05 PM
We had a pretty nice weekend after some rain and snow on Friday. Friday night right into Saturday afternoon we had some wicked winds with gusts over 30. I saw a lot of new firewood on the ground as I drove around Saturday morning.Yesterday it was in the 40's and today in the 50's with less wind, but I never got into the woods. Other necessary chores and tasks took up my time. Hoping to get a couple of evening in this week at least. Not much is on the horizon in the next week and that is good, maybe the ground will start hardening up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 24, 2019, 09:11:03 PM
Close to 50°. A nice sunny day. Pussy willows are out. Looks like about 3 days of sun!!!! That will seem odd.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 25, 2019, 07:29:27 PM
Cloudy all day, and rain now. It also cooled down a little. Not much, but the dampness made it feel colder I think. It was 54° in the house, and I almost didn't make a fire. If it were older years, I wouldn't have. For one, I probably wouldn't have had wood. Secondly, if I did have wood, I'd save it for a surprise cold snap, or the next year as a bonus. I still have ~4 cord of "domestic" wood, and I've imported another cord of cherry already, and will probably get more.


In other news, my last spruce is looking terrible. It already looked terrible, but I think it's really done. Very little green at the top. I kind of wish I knew what happened to them. Curiosity more than anything. Plus side, is it'll give me another climbing gig next fall. Twice as high as last time, and the threat of dropping the top on the neighbor's shed. That'll be fun. Just need to figure out what I'll replace it with. I may go for a clump of persimmon or something like that. I planted a couple pawpaw last fall. They looked like dead sticks when I put them in the ground. I'm hoping they green up this spring. It would be cool having two native fruits on the property, and my squirrel minions should help spread them around  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 25, 2019, 09:04:25 PM
10° this morning and the high temp was 33°. Where the sun hit thawed out a little but in the shade it stayed froze all day. Not too much melting going on UP here.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on March 26, 2019, 01:54:40 AM
Been getting lots of rain and showers the last week and will all this week.  Up on my cabin project, more snow.  Weather report for up there said "light snow - 6" - 12" overnight with the heavy stuff Wednesday..."
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 26, 2019, 02:31:35 PM
This was last year in January,


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10436/thecfarmbarefieldjan1418.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1515962765)


Now it's still all white. They get the sun,so when this is kinda bare,than my fields will be in bare about 2 weeks.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 26, 2019, 03:23:51 PM
Spent the morning setting up temporary fence posts and wire stuck in the snow on top of my 4+ foot tall permanent fence. Down to 10° again last night now the snow is so solid this morning the cows were out wandering around wherever they wanted to go. Some bare spots where the wind blew the snow away, other areas the drifts are still 6-8 foot tall.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18040/20190326_122256.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1553627890)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 26, 2019, 06:45:42 PM
Pretty nice day, 45° and sunny. Got some vines cut at work, and saved just enough chain to rip a muddy piece of wood at my house. That took a bunch of teeth off, and the chain's officially done. That's three chains I used up cutting vines, and I think I'm more or less done with that. I got all the bigger stuff I could see, but I undoubtedly missed a few. I'm really interested in seeing what everything looks like when it greens up.


The boss expressed interest in really cleaning up the pond, so I'm about 90% sure I'll be the owner of an echo clearing saw by the end of next week. I didn't really want one, but it should come in handy, and work will end up paying for most to all of it, with my labor being free of course, but I'll be the owner of a machine.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on March 26, 2019, 09:08:43 PM
How's this for rain...  A weather station near Hokitika (South Island West Coast) has just recorded 1086 mm of rain in the last 48 hours, that's over 42 inches!!!  Locally we consider 1" per hour to be pretty much torrential, and that kept up for 2 days  :o

And yes roads, and one of the main highway bridges have been washed away, along with one person. Unfortunately the detour around the missing bridge is 1,000 km by road.  

The band of rain will reach us this afternoon, but it's a lot weaker now, so only expecting a couple of inches overnight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 26, 2019, 09:52:52 PM
That is a rain storm. :o  :(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on March 26, 2019, 10:23:51 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on March 26, 2019, 09:52:52 PM
That is a rain storm. :o  :(
Yup, by comparison, Christchurch, which is about 100 miles away gets about 650mm a YEAR.
This link shows the detour around the washed out bridge....
https://goo.gl/maps/8ghAm8k81d52 (https://goo.gl/maps/8ghAm8k81d52)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 28, 2019, 08:53:23 AM
Another sunny day, just a little below freezing now,should get up to mid 40's. The river is clear of ice down here. That is good. Snow still deep in the woods here. Looks like I am out of mud season in my driveway. Some years I get about 2 inches deep. This year there was hardly any mud. But a slow year with run off too. I can see a couple areas that I will have to haul in some gravel,where the wheel tracks are. Sunk down a little. Driveway is up in the air a good 6-8 inches and it still tries to goes down.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 28, 2019, 03:20:12 PM
Sunny and 40° today but with a cold north wind off the frigid lake. Snow is slowly melting and I was able to get to the woods this morning and cut a little firewood. Skidding it out wasn't so easy as the tractor was dragging belly and the logs acted as anchors in the heavy wet snow.

Ideal would be to loose another foot of snow then get cold for a few days a freeze things up. Could skid all I wanted to get out of the swamp in just a few trips across some crusty snow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on March 28, 2019, 06:10:22 PM
70 today and probably 75 tomorrow.  Buds are breaking on the poplars... and finally drying out a little.  Hopefully we're going to get some burning done tomorrow.  Our burning days have been a than limited this year. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 28, 2019, 07:42:40 PM
It was about 55° and sunny. I think I'm done splitting wood at work; finished yesterday. My front porch is full, and I have my own wood in the backyard. I got all the best pieces of cherry, but there's still a bunch left, as well as many cords of maple. I feel like I should do something with it to keep it from being wasted, but I don't reasonably have room here. Oh, well. I can't be responsible for everything.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on March 29, 2019, 06:06:03 PM
62°, cloudy, and sporadic drizzle. Got home from work, and opened the door to warm it up in the house  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 29, 2019, 06:45:43 PM
A nice 50° day,but not much sun. Yesterday lots of sun,lots of wind. Kept it on the cool side.The snow has really melted from around the trees.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on March 30, 2019, 09:18:14 AM
I thought the snow was almost gone got 2 inches and still snowing
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 31, 2019, 08:08:13 AM
I can see 2 bare parts in the field on the hill. That fog we had last night helped that out some. That means about 2 weeks for me. We went to see my FIL,about a ½ hour from me. 20 minutes away there is a big difference in the snow. Just about draw a line difference. But that's how it is every year.
Friday was a great warm day!! Best so far.
Today overcast,showers afternoon.

Edit at 11:30am. A nice warm breeze out there. Must be coming in from the South. Not like the other day. That was a cold wind. This will help dry things out.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on March 31, 2019, 12:43:17 PM
Pictures from 3/30/19:  Here is my SkyTrac  :-\  The rear of the boom is just peeking out (about 8' up):

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190330_SkyTrac.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1553994795)
 
My cabin foundation.  The front sills are about 8' up, the main building is 10'.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190330_Cabin.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1553994792)
 
My tool shed made from a truck body that stands 9' at the top of the door:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190330_Shed.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1553994793)

It might be a few days until I can start cutting again... ::)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on March 31, 2019, 02:22:17 PM
Some think Maine get snow like that.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on March 31, 2019, 02:47:46 PM
There is a reason not many people live up at those elevations. Haha

Couple inches of snow here yesterday that mostly melted by afternoon. Down to 17° last night and not above freeze yet today. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on March 31, 2019, 04:13:33 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on March 31, 2019, 02:22:17 PM
Some think Maine gets snow like that.
No, Maine is MUCH worse!  At least twice as much!  Stay away, city folks! ;) :D

California is at 176% of normal for this time of year.  Still a month or so of snow possible.  Like Tuesday it is supposed to snow again :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 02, 2019, 06:03:21 AM
ljohnsaw, :D
My post about the warm air did not last long after I posted about it. :(  The wind picked up some cold from somewheres. :o 
But the field on the hill is well on it's way of being bare. That fog and what was a warm wind,did a job on the snow.
Had another cold day yesterday,wind and all.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 02, 2019, 08:17:16 AM
Hey we're all "farmers" here to some extent, in that we're weather-dependent folks.  Leastways, I sure am with my tree farm, much of which consists of white pine and Norway spruce.  As it is now really going to start to warm up-highs of around 60F this weekend-it is driving me to begin my white pine weevil spraying operation, beginning this Friday if weather is suitable.  I will be spraying the tips of white pine and Norway spruce, on trees from roughly 4 ft. height up to perhaps 20 ft. height.  Just the growing tips, where the female weevil will soon be laying her eggs.

Big job and one I wish I didn't have to do, but I want white pine and spruce trees, not multi-topped bushes.  I did one treatment last spring and already I think the situation is a bit better, in terms of possibly having knocked the population back some.  This year's treatment will do more in that regard.

Spraying the small, head-height trees will be fast and easy.....just a quick squirt at the terminal bud(s).  But the 20-footers.....that's another story.  I can get the spray up there by turning the sprayer nozzle to steady-stream....but inevitably, spray material is drifting downwards on top of you while you're applying.  I've got one set of very old coveralls that I reserve for this job.

Material applied will be a synthetic pyrethroid.  A sticker/spreader will be mixed in so as to allow the material to remain on the plant tissues longer.  I have roughly 6000 individual trees to treat.

No red pine nor hybrid larch will be involved in this spraying.  These two tree types make up the remainder of the bulk of the plantation, although there are smatterings of other entities.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on April 03, 2019, 08:19:55 AM
Winter does not give up snowing hard now went from bare ground to white in less than half an hour
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 03, 2019, 09:11:26 AM
Snow on and off yesterday and everything is white this morning. Mother nature is just reminding us that it's only April and we have another month of wintery weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 03, 2019, 11:59:06 AM
April....the cruelest month.  You can quote me on that, although a fellow by the name of Mr. Shakespeare may have said it earlier.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 04, 2019, 08:16:45 AM
We had a snow storm just enough to make the ground white. The field that I can see is just about bare. Will see the bare spots around noon when all the snow we got last night melts. The snow is starting to melt in the woods. My woods road has is melted down to the dirt in places. Rocks are showing up in the fields. ;D
Drove the tractor around one field. Picked up some tree limbs,many more to pick up. Even hauled a few rocks into a mud hole in the woods road. My first load. That wind is blowing hard again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on April 04, 2019, 02:28:03 PM
Extremely windy hear yesterday and today. Lot of trees down, taking out power lines and some have hit houses, in my home town.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 05, 2019, 04:38:27 AM
Wednesday we had this and wind to boot, the plow has been on the road 3 days keeping it cleared. Yesterday he came up 6 times at least.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/snow-April4-2019.jpg)

What bare ground? :D :D

Just before the storm I was in the woods and there is a full 3' still between the tree rows and 2' next to the tree trunks. This is in young softwood. But I have a popple blow down area and you can literally walk across the crust and not climb over blow downs. Love being able to walk on crust, so much nicer walking in the woods. Except the areas that are a little hummocky, you gotta watch the ground more or end up on your back. :D

This is rural, farm and woods not a town. Doesn't belittle the fact roads still need blowed to get stuff done. Across rural farm community, up into the woods to cut wood, a little hamlet 40 miles from the nearest city, a subalpine stand of timber on the harvest schedule, wherever. Doesn't mean squat where it is, people still have a job to do. Some people do live up in those high snow depth areas, running ski resorts and glacial parks , hotels and people need to get in and out. Columbia ice fields resort, Chateau Lake Louise est. 1894 (4 feet of snow today - 5-1/2' on the summit) on and on. Route 1 up through the Rockies, plowed all winter.

16F here this morning, no sap today. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 05, 2019, 07:28:26 AM
Hard crust? I might have some now,25°. The other day I was driving down the woods road and the turkeys was sinking down into the snow. But it was 50° than too. I have not been far from the house since last week. Brenda had knee surgery,so that is keeping us close to home. Was a big diffeance is snow,even in the woods.about ½ hour from me. Maybe Sunday we can head down to her Father's and see the no snow. :D Well the lot less snow anyways.  :D  I have some bare spots,small ones,showing up in my field. But on the edge of the field, in places,is a foot of snow. We like to go up to Rangley,about 45-60 minutes from here when the snow here is gone,and see the snow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 05, 2019, 07:37:57 AM
Whose doing the cook'n Ray? ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 05, 2019, 07:44:21 AM
Take out. :D   Not really. She made a bunch of meals up ahead. I wished she would of cleaned the house up ahead too. :D  :D  :D And the laundry up ahead too. :D
She is house bound,kinda, and so am I. We both miss the rides. Even going down to her Father's is all she wants to do. That is just a little more than a ½ hour away.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 05, 2019, 07:48:21 AM
hmm, how long before things get desperate? :D Gotta have a little rib'n. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 05, 2019, 07:54:14 AM
Food wise,all is fine. House cleaning could be better. I have a bunch of clothes that need to be put away. Should be doing that instead of doing this. :D 
She does a lot of making things,like crafts and cards. She needs somehing to do. She has a "room" in the basement. I have to go down and find what she wants.  ::)   That don't go well most time. Either not where she thinks it is,or I bring the wrong item up and so on. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodpecker52 on April 05, 2019, 08:53:57 AM
Temps in 70's cloudy slight chance of rain, Dogwoods flowering majority of trees leafed out. Pine pollen in air colors it pale yellow. Snakes out, frogs, insects, butterflies, turkeys gobbling, deer no longer raiding my ivy to eat, grandkids starting baseball again, Rufus the dog wants to get up and go out at 3am to see what he can see that is creeping in the night, he hated to go out in cold weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodpecker52 on April 05, 2019, 09:10:52 AM
Rufus the mill boss.
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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 05, 2019, 10:13:35 AM
Another 6 weeks before I see that. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 05, 2019, 01:29:49 PM
Snowed again yesterday but melted off by afternoon. Was above freezing last night with a south wind so there are a few bare spots in the fields opening up. Still lots of snow in the woods and along the fences. Spent the morning with the kid walking on top of the snow pulling the top fence wire (which is 48" above ground) loose and setting it on top of the snow to get juice flowing. Then sticking more temporary fence up on top of the snow to keep the darn critters from roaming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 05, 2019, 04:44:29 PM
A lot of ours melting today, probably half. But we are getting more tonight and might end with rain. Then more snow on Monday. :D Thermometer with sun on it shows 45F, so dock 10 degrees for actual. Standing out in the middle of a snow field with a breeze it ain't no 45F.  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ianab on April 09, 2019, 03:01:56 AM
First hints of Autumn here. 

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10460/20190409_084145.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1554793110)

A dusting of snow on the Mt, and the Rugby goal posts are up on the sports ground (no more cricket)   :D

The cricket wicket is the patch of short grass between the 2 rugby fields. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 09, 2019, 04:27:25 AM
Well this will be 3 out of 5, days of snow. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 09, 2019, 05:17:02 AM
We have about 3 inches of new snow on the ground. Everything was looking dirty,now it's all clean looking again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 09, 2019, 07:46:43 AM
Looks like I'm putting the snow blower back on we are under a blizzzzzzard warning  >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 09, 2019, 08:45:53 AM
Noisy thunderstorm last evening, possible snowstorm by tomorrow.  Likely heavy snow will be up by Rhinelander.

Was at tree farm yesterday and nearly all snow is gone, but ground still seems to be mostly frozen and very icy and wet.  It has rained and/or snowed a great deal there this winter.  But it is interesting to see how the Maine/ New Brunswick folks are currently buried in snow, while we are opening up in our neck of the woods....only to likely get re-buried in next few days.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on April 09, 2019, 01:34:46 PM
Quote from: goose63 on April 09, 2019, 07:46:43 AM
Looks like I'm putting the snow blower back on we are under a blizzzzzzard warning  >:(
We're a four hour drive North, but it looks like you Dakotans have had a DanG tough winter!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: snowstorm on April 09, 2019, 05:33:32 PM
5 "of snow yesterday another couple tonite. there is something wrong about plowing snow at 7 pm when its still light out. plowed the first storm nov 16 hopefully the last one tonite
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 09, 2019, 06:29:03 PM
Yeah we've had snow out here since mid October and stayed. The snow is still falling. When you add up what we had these last few days, it's 8" already, plus 2" to 4" tonight. Nearly a foot in 5 days. :D Deep snow melts real slow here. There is no frost depth here, the water isn't running over the farmland here at all, soaking in. There are wet spots but no creeks running down fields. Hope this spring doesn't turn bone dry in May like last two years.

Never been to the woodlot a few days because I would be butt deep in mealy snow. That stuff ruins bindings on snow shoes, especially in the mornings when froze.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 09, 2019, 07:00:50 PM
Been hot here. 82° yesterday, and mid 70s today. It's supposed to cool down a little tomorrow, and threats of rain at the end of the week. Rain's been fairly reasonable the last month, but I'd still like to see it a bit dryer. Hopefully, we've broken out of the constant wet we had starting last spring.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 09, 2019, 09:02:31 PM
Well, I have no complaints. I know you folks up north are still dealing with the white crap, sorry, I am sure you have had enough now. Better days are coming. For us here in the Catskills, things are getting better, actually my favorite time of the year. I can get some work done in the evenings after work most nights. Tonight it was light rain and a cold front (hah, a cold front now means it is going to drop into the 30's tonight, big whoop). I shut the wood stove down on Saturday to clean out the ash and haven't bothered to start it back up. Maybe tomorrow night if it's still cool.I have been watching the yard go from mush, to firm, and back to mush again. But the big thing is that our PEEPERS ARE BACK. They are not in full bloom yet at our house, but they are doing well just 70' lower in elevation. I am expecting by Saturday they will be peeping up a storm in our yard. When the peepers are here spring is in full bloom. I love the peepers, they help me sleep at night even though they can be SO very loud when they are horny.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 09, 2019, 09:36:56 PM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) ,not fair. >:(  Peepers!! I can put up with saying the snow is gone,but when you start talking about peepers.... That's fighting words.  ;D

@snowstorm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=12565) ,never thought about plowing snow at 7pm and it's still light out.
Stepson texted the wife,down on the Hallowell Augusta line and they have as much snow as I do,about 6 inches. I would of thought they would of got more rain,most times they do.
The roads was a mess tonight. Packed down snow,ice and I do mean ice.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 09, 2019, 10:09:12 PM
Been having a few thunderstorms yesterday and today... and already having to turn the ac on to knock the humidity out of the house... mid to upper 70s and just below swampy...summer is on the way 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 10, 2019, 05:31:49 AM
I would be happy if spring was on the way. :D Just the way it is this year. Has not been a good week for spring. Than all at once summer will be here. ;D  Just like we went from summer to winter. We missed fall.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: snowstorm on April 10, 2019, 06:24:07 AM
winter is over. the cutting edges are worn out the sand is gone the salt is gone as it snows lightly
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on April 10, 2019, 06:45:08 AM
We got about an inch of snow starting yesterday PM, and through the night!

It won't be here very long!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 10, 2019, 07:49:30 AM
up to12 to 24 inch of snow for us old man winter look out  fudd-smiley fudd-smileyI;m comeing after you
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 10, 2019, 01:42:56 PM
Was 6 hours south in Wisconsin yesterday and they were doing field work and even doing some planting, temp was 66°. Back here at home it snowed most of the day and was 28°. Winter storm tomorrow calling for over a foot of white stuff. Can quit that anytime.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 10, 2019, 05:12:24 PM
81 right now with pollen falling at a few inches per hour... or so it seems.  Luckily I don't really have allergies,  but everything is yellow.  I rinsed my truck off right before lunch and by 2 I couldn't tell..
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Resonator on April 10, 2019, 05:21:03 PM
Put the Boss V blade back on my truck, will see what sloppy mess we get, and decide how to handle it. My driveway is already muddy, hope it all melts before I have too plow it.  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 10, 2019, 06:32:30 PM
Pretty day. 65°, breezy, and big puffy clouds  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 11, 2019, 06:22:47 AM
It's never been to 50F here since last early October. Snow don't melt too fast at 35 degrees, except on roofs and cars. :D

Calling for a cold rain tomorrow and more snow Monday. :D

I know someone in NW WI and she said it has been blizzard weather out there. Been two 12" storms in a week. :D

Too cold here last 2 springs to plant grain in April. The old hermit in ND said he wanted taters in by Good Friday and he still had snow in the woods and a bare garden. His soil is a sandy loam, drains fast. I been around the tater racket long enough to know that potato seed can take cool weather, but not in the ground the day after the snow melted. Besides, I bet he got that same snow that Goose is getting. Goose you planting taters already up there? :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 11, 2019, 07:21:04 AM
No SwampDonkey taters gonna have to wate I will be blowing snow when this storn is over by Friday after noon
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 11, 2019, 08:09:29 AM
Quote from: goose63 on April 11, 2019, 07:21:04 AM
No SwampDonkey taters gonna have to wate I will be blowing snow when this storn is over by Friday after noon
Check. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 11, 2019, 08:16:52 AM
I 29 closed from N.D. S.D. satateline to Sioux Falls its not good up here but oh the joy of liveing here in this frozzzen tundra a flood and a snow storm at the same time  :D :D 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 11, 2019, 09:39:46 AM
Thundersnow here this morning.  Welcome to spring!

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: randy d on April 11, 2019, 11:43:49 AM
Well we have white out here not a lot on the ground but the weather man is saying this will be around till Saturday the ground is to muddy to plow so I guess we will let it lay there till it melts. I can't get close to my log pile . Randy
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on April 11, 2019, 12:05:46 PM
the county truck just went by scraping the snow and slush off the road.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Resonator on April 11, 2019, 12:38:52 PM
A good 5 or 6" of snow (no slush) has come down since last night, plowed out the paved lot I do, still coming down with sleet and white out conditions. I don't want to touch any gravel driveways. If anyone calls me too plow, I'll tell them to wait till Monday (when it's 50° and sunny).  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on April 11, 2019, 01:29:07 PM
It was 80 yesterday, now windy and 39.  mowed the back yard. hands are cold so started a fire in the shop wood stove.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 11, 2019, 02:26:15 PM
Sunny and 52 here this afternoon, that new snow is slowly melting off. It won't all be gone today. But Saturday is looking like 60F with sunshine and Sunday sunny to. :)  60F will be hot, even hotter if cutting firewood manually. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 11, 2019, 06:43:19 PM
Snow started late afternoon and is adding UP quick, supposed to keep going until morning. Then more snow on the way into next week. Had a couple days in the 50s so far and about half an hour of 60 this "spring" hopefully that'll change soon.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 11, 2019, 07:32:45 PM
The snow is a sad thing to hear. Lucky here,so far. Yes we had about 6 inches in 2 days,but well on it's way of melting out in the open. Almost 50 today. Looks like no freezing temps for a week. No 60's either. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 11, 2019, 08:15:05 PM
Last summer we made the decision to start calving a little earlier in the spring in an effort to have calves ready to wean and sell earlier in the fall than in years past. So it's only fair that we started having calves drop the last week of March onto 4' of snow, then cold rain, and now more snow. Luckily everybody has been good and healthy so far. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 06:21:25 AM
I think the old hermit in ND had a game changer. I don't think he'll be planting taters on Good Friday. :D :D :D :D 

Last gasp of winter - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMOG3XZq2Y)

My motto is, never rush mother nature. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 06:22:49 AM
Starting here nice and sunny, but rain coming. And now instead of snow on Monday it is now 2" of rain. That'll be an ice mover. :D But no day all next week is it going to get to 50F. Saturday is the warm day for the month. Remains to be seen if it gets to 60F though, still have my doubts. They usually are off by about 10 degrees.  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 12, 2019, 07:16:33 AM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 06:21:25 AM
I think the old hermit in ND had a game changer. I don't think he'll be planting taters on Good Friday. :D :D :D :D  

Last gasp of winter - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMOG3XZq2Y)

My motto is, never rush mother nature. ;)
SwanpDonkey did that old smoke Swissersweet cigars? old Sam lived a mile west of me and he had 2 of then army trucks but he died last year gonna miss that old goat 
Still snowing here we have a good 16 inch now 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 08:04:23 AM
No, not the same guy. He don't smoke that I've ever seen.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 03:56:31 PM
Well it hit 60F here today, a lot warmer than predicted before the coming rain. Warm enough to unfold the porch cot and bring out the mattress. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 12, 2019, 05:31:36 PM
Ended up with about 10" of heavy wet slush. Was a few without power last night and into this afternoon but all in this area have been restored. It's an ugly slushy sloppy mess outside.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 12, 2019, 05:35:12 PM
 
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SwampDonkey  no tatters for a few days in the 50s next week this stuff wont last long



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it was knee deep by the tracter

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 12, 2019, 05:43:47 PM
It was about 75° when the sun was shining. Luckily, that didn't last long. Rain and drizzle now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 05:49:40 PM
Do any of you guys have generator hook ups? I bet I asked before, so forgive by forgetfulness. ;)  I had them put one in here when building last summer. I've used it 4 times so far. :D And one of them was planned and another planned for Sunday. The one coming up is for 4 hours. That is not a big deal, but sure nice to have the water and internet to check FF and my big hobby groups. The big floor loom only uses foot and arm power. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 05:53:57 PM
Goose, we had ours last week spread over 5 days. :D

Mid May for me here, no matter what the weather. My Goldrush taters mature in 60 days. I just grow enough for summer and into Christmas. I don't grow a lot because I pick the bugs and don't spray. You actually accomplish more that way so they don't over winter in the ground and you have less next year. A couple years I never had a bug, new garden here next to 100 acre tater field. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 12, 2019, 06:38:08 PM
I have a generator hookup at the house and have a portable gas generator that can power the essentials, also have a tractor PTO generator that can power everything I own and then some if need be.

Surprisingly not many people around here have them. 

As I type this it has started snowing again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 12, 2019, 06:55:57 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on April 12, 2019, 05:49:40 PM
Do any of you guys have generator hook ups? I bet I asked before, so forgive by forgetfulness. ;)  I had them put one in here when building last summer. I've used it 4 times so far. :D And one of them was planned and another planned for Sunday. The one coming up is for 4 hours. That is not a big deal, but sure nice to have the water and internet to check FF and my big hobby groups. The big floor loom only uses foot and arm power. :D
I do its setting next to the power pole it can be hooked up to the PTO the last time I lost power was for 7 days sure wish I had that set up then was in December
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 13, 2019, 04:01:07 AM
Yes, nice to have for sure. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on April 13, 2019, 07:03:57 AM
We still had 60° here last night!

I even saw an Eastern Bluebird in the yard yesterday!

So...... I guess Spring is here!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 13, 2019, 09:15:44 AM
I'm still waiting on the bluebirds here, but it is nearly time for us to. They was here in April last spring. :) 40F here this morning, suppose to be in the 60's here sometime today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 13, 2019, 01:46:06 PM
On and off snow today so far and 32° with the overcast skies and wind off the lake I doubt it's going to warm any. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Resonator on April 13, 2019, 02:30:32 PM
Had about 6 or 7" snow/sleet/drizzle, was like pushing fast set concrete. Cleaned out my driveway with the Kubota bucket. Had tried the truck v plow but just kept slamming the blade over on trip springs, and spinning in 4wd. Also ended up being a gravel scraper and lawn sod cutter. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 13, 2019, 02:34:04 PM
73 and thunderstorms are rolling through ... just rain now,   but may get some hail and gusty winds in a little bit... at least it's washing away some pollen. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 13, 2019, 03:57:41 PM
65F here this afternoon. Warm sun and nice sleep on the porch cot. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 13, 2019, 06:16:25 PM
Pulled a bunch of fresh parsnip from the garden tonight. They taste the best in the spring. No frost where I dug and I was 12" into the ground with the fork. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 13, 2019, 07:52:27 PM
Started off cloudy and damp today, but I hit it hard and it turned into a 70+ degree day and the sun, at a few points, was pretty hot and I felt like i might be getting some sunburn. Hard to tell with all the skin scratches and abrasions. No complaints, I am pooped and the back is sore. Beautiful day, if hot. Tomorrow we have rain coming in as the day wears on, but I will get done as much as I can until it gets steady.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 13, 2019, 08:57:54 PM
It was 70° here today....... in the house. Clouds cleared off just as the sun was setting tonight. Never got above freezing and now supposed to be in the teens tonight. Warm up to the mid 40s is on the way by mid week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 13, 2019, 10:11:04 PM
Did someone mention bluebirds? Brenda saw one today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 14, 2019, 05:04:41 AM
I had the bedroom windows up until after midnight and it was still 78F in here, no fire. That big window is like a furnace during the day. The curtain people should be here soon to remedy that. I see I'm gonna need an AC unit this summer. Lordy!! :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 14, 2019, 08:30:07 AM
I had that problem with my other house,the sun. Great is the winter,terrible in the summer. This house is turned for the view. No sun in the winter,none in the summer. Some years I don't even put the AC in. The back of the house,woods side,stays much cooler than the front. Turn on the ceiling fans and I can move that cool air.
Bright sun now. Rain moving in late afternoon.That will take some snow away.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: dgdrls on April 14, 2019, 08:57:31 AM
Central NY has been fortunate to avoid much, if not all the recent weather events.
I hope all are safe and doing well.

D

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 14, 2019, 11:38:36 AM
Handful of parsnip dug yesterday. :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Parsnip-April-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 14, 2019, 01:54:05 PM
My Father loved them things. I've dug many of them.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Texas Ranger on April 14, 2019, 02:02:49 PM

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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ron Scott on April 14, 2019, 02:56:28 PM
Snowing heavy here! 3-6 " predicted.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 14, 2019, 05:09:40 PM
We are in for some heavy rain here tomorrow. 2" predicted.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ron Scott on April 14, 2019, 08:44:43 PM
We have our 6" and still snowing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 14, 2019, 08:51:53 PM
Sorry for all you folks still dealing with the dregs of winter. We had a a nice weekend here and I got 3 loads of firewood in, which isn't bad for this old man. Running the splitter yesterday I felt like I was getting a sunburn on my neck. A very nice feeling. I think I am a month ahead on my firewood, but won't know for sure until it's done,. Weather changes and slows down the process without warning. I am so tired I am ready to hit the sack right now. Also a very nice feeling.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 15, 2019, 08:04:38 AM
Rain started here around 8 last night. A light drizzle now. Feels warm outside.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on April 15, 2019, 08:20:32 AM
Our 3 to 5 inches came and went more like 8 inches but it is starting to melt now more mud
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 15, 2019, 10:47:21 AM
16° this morning. Froze up good and was able to jockey some hay around and not leave a mark anywhere.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 15, 2019, 11:40:51 AM
Been a soft rain here since around 9:30 last night. Nothing washing here on bare ground so far.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 16, 2019, 04:52:44 PM
The sun shines on Crawford's hill while it snows on route 11 in northern Maine. :D

That's probably 25 miles away. Direct across on a westerly bearing brings you out around Masardis, Maine.

Been squally all day off and on, then sun, then shake it up and do it again. :D :D Too warm to stick on the ground, but only in the 30's. No heat wave this week. ;) Still lots of snow around, so don't think we are getting ahead of any of you Michiganlanders. :D :D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Crawford-hill-sunshine.jpg)

Well, I wouldn't dare show the bare field below the house, you'd think we were planting taters. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 16, 2019, 05:36:17 PM
50s and 60s this week maybe it will dry up so I can get to milling soon :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 17, 2019, 08:08:34 AM
Heavy rain and t-storms up where my tree farm is today.  Should help to get last of frost out of ground/melt remaining snow patches.  I may be able to stick hybrid aspen cuttings this weekend.  Going to warm up into 60s F for a decent stretch.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 17, 2019, 09:25:51 AM
Probably get into the 50's today, full sun shine. Was up to the woods this morning,  still lots of snow. Seen an old set of moose tracks in the snow, he was on the road. One hare, turning brown to. Going to rain Thursday-Sunday here, but sounds more like showers. Maybe I can get my summer blanket woven off. Been putting up some new blinds on the porch for summer. Had put same up last summer, but decided I needed 3 more to keep the sun out of my eyes. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 17, 2019, 12:20:23 PM
Lots of sun today. Rained a little the other day and than the wind,and I do mean wind! 50° feels good. Still snow in the woods.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 17, 2019, 04:52:35 PM
Had to dig more of them parsnip this afternoon for Easter dinner. Good stuff. :) Them things are pricey in the store for 3 or 4 in a small bag. DOH!! I should sell mine for $5 for 2, got a lot more taste. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 17, 2019, 04:55:16 PM
If Monday is decent weather, I will be transplanting raspberries. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 17, 2019, 04:59:46 PM
Tom, much like your about to undertake with your planting project on your woodlot, I always started planting as soon as I could get a dibble bar or shovel in the ground. Some times there was some snow around or a pocket of frost here and there. Best for the trees, and good survival rates.:)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ron Scott on April 17, 2019, 06:42:20 PM
Some heavy rains this afternoon got rid of most of the snow, but now a  muddy woods.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 18, 2019, 04:59:14 AM
Starting out sunny here, but the rain is coming. 2-3" from now 'til Sunday and a warm one. That'll move some snow and river ice. The other day was close to 2 feet of snow in the woods, the odd tree getting bare around the stump, most not.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 18, 2019, 08:05:10 AM
Yup Swamp, the earlier the better.  I always find myself out "doing" before most of the season has woken up yet.  For instance, those 6000 spruce and pine I finished spraying two weekends ago...heh, slipping on ice between those tall, shading spruce trees, 3 gallons of spray on my back.  Very glad always to get going.

Here in this town, 60 miles south of my woods/plantation, we had just a half-inch of rain out of this.  Up at farm, inch and  a half.  That should actually help drive out any remaining frost etc.  My only worry is that I need to soak my cuttings in water before planting and I would not want to get up there and find ground still frozen and my cuttings in a pail of water.  Hope that doesn't happen!

Otherwise, a down year for tree planting.  I've got mega-projects to handle outside of this arena so took a year off on major planting.  We get up to 60F this weekend!

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 18, 2019, 08:32:30 AM
Well its warming, but they say either rain or the threat of rain all weekend. I have to get my firewood done, so I may just string a tarp over the splitter/bucking area. Lost a 70' 18" DBH maple in the storm cell that came through at 3am Monday. That was a keeper, but now I'll get 3-4 saw logs out of it and the rest is firewood. Pulled up the whole root platter. Mid 60's coming through the weekend will make the rain a little more tolerable. Spring is pretty much here now. The heavy rains will be next.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on April 18, 2019, 10:58:53 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 18, 2019, 08:32:30 AMPulled up the whole root platter
Be careful when you cut that free!

Supposed to be mid- to upper-80's here for a couple days.  Which means mid-70's up on my cabin project.  Hopefully that will put a dent in the 8-10 feet of snow up there.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 18, 2019, 11:14:45 AM
Quote from: ljohnsaw on April 18, 2019, 10:58:53 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 18, 2019, 08:32:30 AMPulled up the whole root platter
Be careful when you cut that free!
Yeah, I am looking forward to that. I have a plan, might shoot a video. I expect, given the ground conditions, that it will flop right back down. There is a full 8 inches of water in the hole now. Should make quite a show when it hits. ;D ;D :D :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 19, 2019, 12:42:23 PM
Thunderstorms and tornado watches  today... mid 60s,  only mid 50s tomorrow and mid 80s by the beginning of the week....spring is definitely a rollercoaster 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 19, 2019, 02:33:13 PM
Warm here today,almost muggy.
I dug out a rock yesterday!!! Hauled off one big one,but had to leave it on the edge of the woods road. Still about 4 inches of snow where I wanted the rock to go.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 19, 2019, 03:40:30 PM
An inch of rain the last 2 days and cold temps. Was 22° this morning.

The radio said we broke a record for the longest stretch without officially hitting 60°. It's been 197 days since we last officially saw 60°, and depending on the wind off the lake tomorrow it could be 10 more days looking at the forecast.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 19, 2019, 04:50:01 PM
Earth worms came out of the ground in last night's rain. :) Like I said before we have no ground frost at all. Was 40F all night and got to 58 today, but no rain during daylight and the sun actually came out after dinner for awhile. And that 58 did feel muggy for sure, with just a long sleeve shirt and on a walk. Did see a grouse fly across the road in front of me by the brook, we call Grammy Adair brook.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 20, 2019, 06:21:05 AM
I noticed the muggy weather too. :o  A light rain now.
Would like to head up to Rangley area and see the snow. But Brenda's knee operation will hold us back from doing that. Hard to be in a car for 3-4 hours. There is always next year!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 20, 2019, 06:27:25 AM
Yep, 40F here and rain all night and still so. Not a hard rain though. Doesn't seem to deter the robins and chickadees from singing in the trees before daylight. ;D Rain has changed from SW to NE though, cooler today. Big warm up tomorrow to nearly 70F.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: gaproperty on April 20, 2019, 06:38:52 AM
Spring Chaos
On this third week of April the snow on the fields disappeared and the last of the ice in the harbour sunk. With spring in mind, I awoke making plans to get caught up on my farming and firewood harvest but man was I rudely awaken when I looked out the window.  I looked out the window at our dimly lit fields hoping to see some wildlife and check the weather.  Surely I am having a nightmare or seeing things.  I wiped my eyes in disbelief then looked again. There was about 3 inches of snow on the ground which wasn't forecasted and was the last thing on my mind. Even as a kid this was my worse weather nightmare as it always threw a monkey wrench into my fly fishing and wood harvest plans.

I attempted to feed the injured fox and I felt the door resist.  Six inches of snow blew against the door. With the wind howling and the snow falling, I had no choice but to except yet another delay to my plans.  Two days ago, I took off my snowblower and put on my logging winch. I was convinced winter was over. All the same, I was happy I put the logging winch on because a young neighbour had his truck stuck in his sister's field.  The logging winch cable reached his truck and I was able to pull him out so I was happy to help.  

I guess I don't have much to complain about compared to wildlife. This is the injured fox that was in bad shape just 3 months ago.  We fed him up as he was to lame to get his own food. Note his broken ear and the lame position he holds his back leg.  Also note the black behind his ear. Something tore this skin and now his skin is hanging. Possible cause of his injuries is a car, a coyote or an eagle.  He seems like he is doing ok now but the snow challenged his morning hunt so I gave him some scraps.  

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/38728/lame_fox.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1555757640)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/38728/IMG_9290.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1555760204)
 


Three weeks ago when the snow was crusted I found this dead partridge. I did an exploratory why he died. He had a broken neck.  My neighbour who is a great hunter says they frequently try to dive  deep into the snow for protection from the elements or predators.  During this dive they meet the hard crust and they break their neck.  My neighbour claims that near 80 for the fatality this time of years is caused by this misjudgement.  

For those of you who prefer videos, here is this posting youtube style. Spring Chaos - Snow, stuck truck, dead & injured wildlife, logging plans delay. - YouTube (https://youtu.be/Qo-9Qwe8r24)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 20, 2019, 09:06:38 AM
Got a bunch of rain last night, but luckily, it wasn't the deluge they were threatening. Cloudy now, and threatening sprinkles, but it's supposed to partly clear out later. I rolled the dice, and hung my laundry outside. That almost guarantees more rain  :^D


edit:
After hanging laundry, I made a quick cruise around my backyard. The little oak seeding next to the cherry I removed last year has one little bud on it. I tried to work around it, but it took a couple big hits. I'm hoping it takes off. The cherry root sent out a sucker(I think. Could be a whole different tree). It was hit numerous times, is missing bark, and has some crazy bends. That's gonna be a special tree if I can keep it alive, and train it. Looking forward to that. My new pawpaws are budding. The one tree had the top bit off over the winter, and it has only one lonely bud. Hoping it makes it. The dawn redwoods look fantastic. I love those trees. Hope I live long enough to see them big  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 20, 2019, 11:37:38 AM
Got up at around 4:30am yesterday for an early start worked until around 5:30pm when the rain started. Got 2 loads cut, split and moved, and 1 of them stacked. Also got some logs skidded and that 70' windblown maple bucked up into logs. got 4 sawlogs, the rest is firewood. I shot some video for the first time for my friends who keep wanting to come and help because they think it's all fun and games. Was hoping for something dramatic when I severed that stump platter from the trunk, but it worked out so nicely that it looked way too easy and smooth.
 We got some heavy rain over night with the hardest just after dawn, ti was coming down at 1/2 per hour rate. Nearly an inch of rain, now tapering off. Just finished stacking the last load from yesterday. time to start the cycle again. I should do a measurement to see how much more I need, but the pile are getting there. I figure 3-5 more loads. Gonna be damp, over cast and drizzly most of the day I think, but it is warm, in the 60's. I'll take it.  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 20, 2019, 07:08:46 PM
2 days agao had the heat on to take the chill out today it was up to 81 thats North Dakota for ya ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 20, 2019, 10:26:42 PM
Just came in from filling the OWB. A warm night. Picking up limbs from the norway pine I cut this winter for some fuel. Does take time to fill the OWB with not much bigger than a 2 inch limb. This is part of the grown up pasture I want back as a field.  Slow process cleaning up the limbs. Most times I haul the trees up to the brush pile,than I pick up the limbs there for the OWB and what I don't want gets pushed up into a pile to be burned.I do throw in some good size pieces,but not needing much for heat,I can burn the small stuff now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 21, 2019, 06:43:35 AM
Just fog most of the night here and still fog.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/April21-2019-bare.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 21, 2019, 08:33:40 AM
Same here. That will eat some snow up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 21, 2019, 09:49:32 PM
Two things.
peepers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But not in the brook yet. Can't hear them at the house.
And the Poplars are in bloom.
Well 3 things,have to really look,but the maples have red buds on them. Can't quite see it all over,but it's close.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 22, 2019, 04:21:09 AM
Yep, and if it is decent today I will be transplanting raspberries. And tomorrow start working on moving some grapes. The vacation is over. :D :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: gaproperty on April 22, 2019, 05:30:01 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 20, 2019, 11:37:38 AM
Got up at around 4:30am yesterday for an early start worked until around 5:30pm when the rain started. Got 2 loads cut, split and moved, and 1 of them stacked. Also got some logs skidded and that 70' windblown maple bucked up into logs. got 4 sawlogs, the rest is firewood. I shot some video for the first time for my friends who keep wanting to come and help because they think it's all fun and games. Was hoping for something dramatic when I severed that stump platter from the trunk, but it worked out so nicely that it looked way too easy and smooth.
We got some heavy rain over night with the hardest just after dawn, ti was coming down at 1/2 per hour rate. Nearly an inch of rain, now tapering off. Just finished stacking the last load from yesterday. time to start the cycle again. I should do a measurement to see how much more I need, but the pile are getting there. I figure 3-5 more loads. Gonna be damp, over cast and drizzly most of the day I think, but it is warm, in the 60's. I'll take it.  :)
You are on the same schedule as me.  Up at 5:30 a.m. and usually gone to the woods cutting firewood.  How big of loads do you cut.  I would like to see the video you shot. Where can I find it. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 22, 2019, 06:45:36 AM
It's that time of year. I didn't get all I wanted done this weekend because it rained quite a bit and I got tired of being wet. The videos are pretty boring, but I'll embed them here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5qy7H7QR-4&t=449s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5qy7H7QR-4&t=449s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8h7pwSTpWY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8h7pwSTpWY)

Edit: I forgot to mention, my load sizes vary but average somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 cord, that is what the trailer will bear and the mule can pull up the hill.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 22, 2019, 10:04:38 AM
Rain rain rain over an inch since last evening and supposed to rain the rest of the day. Most of our snow is now liquified and ponding up. Some roads are washed out and others and likely to follow. Ugly ugly.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on April 22, 2019, 11:56:14 AM
Inch and a half of rain at my plantation late last week.  Another inch to 2 inches on the way today/tonight.  There is no frost,save for perhaps the shadiest spots under white-cedar groves, etc.  I had digging to do in an open, sunny field and had no difficulty.  Hybrid aspen cuttings got planted.

tom

Heavenia Tree Farm-where the trees grow with ease.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 22, 2019, 04:50:49 PM
I got the raspberries in this morning. Burned a pile of brush. Later I set up the gazebo tent and had a nap under the trees. It was 56F, but felt nice. :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/raspberry-trans-April-2019.jpg)

And notice, the grass is greening up already. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 22, 2019, 04:55:28 PM
65° and partly cloudy with a breeze. Changed the oil in the truck today, and of course got oil all over myself cause the design engineer was an idiot. I'd like to kick him in the nads. Also changed the oil in the mower, and made the grass shorter. ~25 more times left  :^(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 22, 2019, 05:11:54 PM
Over 2" of rain so far and still coming down. Temps have dropped to 33° and its changed to sleet/slush a few times but nothing sticking. Water is over my driveway, over my bridge, town has some minor flooding so far. Even the tops of the hills are saturated and have standing water. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on April 22, 2019, 05:58:35 PM
Close to 80 and wildflowers everywhere.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35190/flowers_spring_2019.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1555970304)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 22, 2019, 06:50:37 PM
The old hermit got his taters, onions and carrots in over the weekend. He doubled his tater acreage. :D :D I won't plant until mid May and mine will be just as far ahead, maybe further if his don't rot. Can't hurt an onion though. Carrots don't like cold at the germination stage and if it is dry it is hard to get them going to.

Start on the garden - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWEdmD6_4po)

Goose, you got the garden tilled yet? ;) :D

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 22, 2019, 06:56:23 PM
The colts foot has been in bloom here over a week, but they don't send leaves up until later. They are yellow. I noticed the trout lilies are up, but no blooms yet.

Saw a pair of blue herons fly by the porch this morning. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on April 22, 2019, 08:11:28 PM
Been in the 80's a bit last week and today but upper 60's over the weekend down here.  Up on my cabin project property figure 15° cooler and 20° cooler at night.  So the 8-10' snow is probably still hanging in there.  Wednesday is supposed to hit 90° :-\ here.  I'll probably go up next week to check on the snow and maybe dig out my last burn pile and light it.  If it doesn't snow (much) anymore this spring, I might be back at it by June!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 22, 2019, 08:37:14 PM
I saw one Road Closed sign up due to flooding. The ice on Mosher Pond is looking mighty dark. A lot of the ice is gone. A week has made a big difference. Seems nice to work outside with a t shirt on.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 23, 2019, 04:31:40 AM
Southern New Brunswick around Grand Lake area, and that's a huge area, is under flood this week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 23, 2019, 06:34:28 AM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on April 23, 2019, 04:31:40 AM
Southern New Brunswick around Grand Lake area, and that's a huge area, is under flood this week.
That should really help your mosquito crop bloom this summer. No flooding here, but everything remains wet. I was harvesting fresh mud with my logs over the weekend. Nighttime temps in the 40's, daytime is high 50's to high 60's on a good day. Would like to see more sun to harden up the ground.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 23, 2019, 07:29:37 AM
52 this morning and heading to the mid 80s this afternoon... but at least the humidity hasn't really kicked in yet. We still have some pollen floating around, but nothing like it was a couple weeks ago...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 23, 2019, 09:56:52 AM
Looks like the rain settled in here and turned cold, 35F. Was warmer before daylight. Might get some furries mixed in later. ;D

Been aspen and willow pollen floating around, mother gets plugged up walking out doors.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 24, 2019, 08:57:40 AM
Still wet out. Most times only a light mist,what seems like a ½ hour and than stops for a few hours and than back to a ½ of mist. Just enough to keep things wet. Foggy out now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 24, 2019, 09:29:08 AM
Yep, and nothing overnight, but by 9:00 am it has resumed with showers and periods of rain and periods of dry. Gonna do it for 3 more days. Cold rain. I believe up on the northern tip there could be 4-6" of snow coming. ;)

I did get the manure on the raspberries this morning and the mulch pulled back over top.  ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 26, 2019, 02:58:41 PM
Yesterday I got the grapes moved. I dug a grave and filled then with rooted cuttings. Whatever comes to life will be it. I mixed good sheep manure with the soil. I won't mulch until I see signs of things happening.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/grape-bed.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/grape-stalk.jpg)

I've had these for 30 years. It's time to do something with them. Hopefully they grow. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 26, 2019, 03:04:53 PM
Today I transplanted the rhubarb. They were growing out on the perimeter of my property and have been there over 100 years. I got some good big clumps of buds there, some covered in manure. :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/rhubarb-transplants.jpg)

A bud

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/rhubarb-bud.jpg)

I also lengthened the main garden another 10 feet on the far end and spread manure.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/garden-manure.jpg)

We're suppose to get up to 2" of rain tonight and tomorrow. We'll see. Good to soak in the new transplants. Not so good for southern NB already floating in water.

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on April 26, 2019, 05:48:22 PM
Had to light the wood stove this morning it was down to 35  >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 26, 2019, 06:15:08 PM
low sixties today, with intermittent rain and sun. Had a tornado warning, but didn't see any tornadoes. Not sure how I feel about that. I'd love to see a tornado, but kind of off to the side, not up close and personal.


Vine cutting has been a little disappointing. I need about six more of me, and preferably a couple of mes will like hot weather. I chainsawed a bunch of big ones over the winter which was a help, but I missed some, and the smaller vines are sprouting up all over. Feels like I've accomplished almost nothing for the many hours I've put into this project.

I did find some semi feral bleeding hearts in the woods near the house, which was kinda cool. Also found a couple oak seedlings amongst the pines, maples, and numerous sweet gum that seems to be competing with the vines for domination. I need to take flagging with me, and mark the nice trees I find, and try to take care them. Been trying to save the ferns, wineberry, and other interesting plants I find. The sweet gum's staying for the time being also, but once I get the real pests under control, I'll try to thin them out. It all looks great in my head. Just need to make reality match...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 26, 2019, 09:02:05 PM
38° today and a 45mph wind coming across the icebergs of the lake made it feel in the 20s outside. Possible snow over the weekend. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chet on April 26, 2019, 10:15:35 PM
Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on April 26, 2019, 09:02:05 PM
38° today and a 45mph wind coming across the icebergs of the lake made it feel in the 20s outside. Possible snow over the weekend.
Dat's why da wife and I spent da day makin' firewood, seemed appropriate.   :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 26, 2019, 11:53:06 PM
Figure I got 4 weeks of wood left, hopefully by then I can let the stove go out and use a heavy blanket when needed. Lol
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 27, 2019, 06:29:22 AM
I never shut down the stove until June 15th most every year. Need a smudge a day to keep the chill off. 45 to 55 degrees is still cold sitting in the living room. :D Except last year when it was 92 F the day I dug the foundations and on my birthday as it turned out. Didn't need no heat that day. :D

Most appropriate Chet. Dad cut firewood year around to heat home, grandmother's and two potato houses. The house used wood for the kitchen and the furnace and gram used wood for kitchen stove. These old houses had big woodsheds. The potato houses had no woodsheds but never took much heat, just for around the doors. The potatoes didn't want to be warmer than 45 to keep good. Kinda like root cellars. The old sheds were built into mud banks with a hip barn roof. The good old days. :D

Never forget the time I went to visit an old timer about travelling across his land to get to another lot. He had several woodsheds in the yard stuffed full, and several cords around the farm all stacked neat and he was in the house where the wife was cook'n dinner over a wood stove. This was July. I could tell the old guy was suffering from all the heat. And probably wood cut'n. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 27, 2019, 07:04:11 AM
I shut the stove down a couple of weeks ago to clean it and never re-started. I still haven't cleaned it either.  ;D I let the oil take over. It's been rainy, drippy, dam, snotty here since last Saturday. I know we had a nice day in there somewhere, but don't remember it much. The rain passed over finally at around 5:30 this morning. Planning to hit it hard today. It should be overcast and in the 40's. I have a new saw to try out and wood to haul and stack. Think I need abut 2 cords to finish up. Here's hoping for a solid work day with no bumps in the road.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on April 27, 2019, 09:53:33 AM
Very odd here today, after having 50&60° days, this morning we have a little snow mixed with light rain and only 36°!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 27, 2019, 10:50:54 AM
Sounds like typical spring April 15-June 15, lows of 30, highs of 70 with a couple 90's thrown in. :D

46F here now and wind driven rain. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 27, 2019, 11:00:20 AM
26° and frozen this morning. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 27, 2019, 01:10:58 PM
chevy,I feel sorry for you.
Rain here,hard rain in the night. Those places that only run in the spring time are moving now!!!  Looks more like spring now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 27, 2019, 03:54:43 PM
So far today I have been rained on, sleeted on, snowed on, and now the sun is out and it's raining again. Spring in the Catskills, 20 miels west of here i think they have steady snow. Gotta love it. ;D :D :) >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 27, 2019, 04:08:47 PM
~~~W~~I~~N~~D~~Y~~~> and cool. Pleasant day, but my laundry keeps blowing off the line. Not the first time this year. I need to either find my clothespins, or make some new ones. I'm not gonna spend money, even if a small amount on something I already have somewhere, and I have a virtually unlimited supply of wood.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 27, 2019, 04:27:46 PM
Rained here off and on and at times heavy. I'm sure the new planted stock is well soaked. :D

Drove up the end of the road to see how the melting is doing on the woods road. Still snow in the woods section. I never left the pavement to inspect closer, but can see a good 1/2 mile from the pavement that the snow is still in the road. ;)

Waiting for maps, supposedly the boss wants some ground marked this week. Any ground outside of the river valley I'm sure has as much snow left as here or more. We'll see. :)

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 28, 2019, 10:54:18 AM
Got my paper maps and digitized some perimeters for the GPS, so all ready for marking out blocks tomorrow. Hopefully, there is some sun. :D

Off to another thinning season. Seems early for a long winter. On the ground just as soon as last year. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: dgdrls on April 28, 2019, 11:17:13 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 27, 2019, 03:54:43 PM
So far today I have been rained on, sleeted on, snowed on, and now the sun is out and it's raining again. Spring in the Catskills, 20 miels west of here i think they have steady snow. Gotta love it. ;D :D :) >:(
Had the same in Central NY, 
 most of the river gauges in NY are not too high,
The spring freshet seems to be reasonable for us so far.
D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 28, 2019, 02:11:21 PM
A cold morning,but almost 50 now. Much better. Cloudy,as always.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on April 28, 2019, 04:42:45 PM
25° this morning. Up to 40° now but the north wind is cold. Snow on the way tonight they say.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 28, 2019, 05:15:20 PM
Only got to 42F here today, but it was 40F at daylight. No sun, except now it is barely breaking away this evening. Was showers all day west of here, could see it on the hills around route 11 in Maine. Was in Presque Isle, Maine today so can verify it. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 28, 2019, 05:28:05 PM
38 at sunrise today. Damp rainy, drizzle, snotty. Got up and held around 45 most of the day but not pleasant by any means. The wind we had testerday is gone. I skidded up a few logs and worked up a sweat but still had a chill in my back. Went and did some shop work and home chores. We got about .15 inches of rain so far today, just enough to make it unpleasant. Clear for tomorrow, more rain Tuesday.
 It takes a lot for me to throw in the towel for the day, but by 3pm I had enough, came in, took my boots off and put on my slippers. Now I am thinking of using the neighbors hot tub and taking a shower to warm up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 28, 2019, 05:30:02 PM
Sun shining and blue skies with mid 80s today.  Time to put most of the sweatshirts and flannels away for the year, and dig out some more shorts for the weekends....and bump the ac down a notch. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on April 28, 2019, 05:39:05 PM
Quote from: curdog on April 28, 2019, 05:30:02 PM
Sun shining and blue skies with mid 80s today.  Time to put most of the sweatshirts and flannels away for the year, and dig out some more shorts for the weekends....and bump the ac down a notch.
Sorry, read this and my first thought was "AW, Go stick it in your ear".  :D ;D I am just jealous, although 80 is a bit warm. I can wait a while for that. 65 would be nice.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 28, 2019, 07:34:45 PM
Clear out here this evening, suppose to be a good week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on April 28, 2019, 08:20:15 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 28, 2019, 05:39:05 PM
Quote from: curdog on April 28, 2019, 05:30:02 PM
Sun shining and blue skies with mid 80s today.  Time to put most of the sweatshirts and flannels away for the year, and dig out some more shorts for the weekends....and bump the ac down a notch.
Sorry, read this and my first thought was "AW, Go stick it in your ear".  :D ;D I am just jealous, although 80 is a bit warm. I can wait a while for that. 65 would be nice.
I'm with you on 65... we'll take my 85 and ya'lls 45 and average them out...  ;D... but I want to keep my blue skies,  I've had enough rain for a while. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on April 28, 2019, 08:40:30 PM
~60°, a little rain, a little sun, a little wind... I should have gone hiking, but couldn't get motivated to go. This afternoon, I went out to the truck to eat some licorice pastels I left out there. I was a little chilly in the house, and the truck was warm, so I turned on the radio, ate my licorice, and watched the wind blow through my tree tunnel. The fallen cherry blossoms would whip up in the distance, and it looked like a cloud of moths taking off. Relaxing. So relaxing I fell asleep for 20 minutes  :^D  Pretty good afternoon  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on April 29, 2019, 06:57:14 AM
A bit of a surprise this morning, everything covered with frost and only 26°!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on April 29, 2019, 08:09:23 AM
The sun,the sun,the sun. It is out!!! Hope it sticks round for a while.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on April 29, 2019, 12:10:10 PM
On my way home from the va clinic in town we hit snow and it was coming down hard for about 5 miles guess it is not over yet
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: bj on April 30, 2019, 11:25:14 AM
Someone told me that central Arkansas (where I live) has had 48" of rain since November. Woof.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 01, 2019, 07:47:44 AM
Snowing this morning......

Edit: guessers are saying maybe 3-5 inches by noon.....
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on May 01, 2019, 10:42:33 AM
Looks like we're in for drizzle and rain for about a week straight!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on May 01, 2019, 10:51:18 AM
It is my understanding that on Friday, a brilliant yellow-white ball is going to appear in the sky.  Many are in disbelief, in that this object has not been seen for some time.  Some are beginning to doubt if it ever really existed.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 01, 2019, 11:19:58 AM
Quote from: wisconsitom on May 01, 2019, 10:51:18 AM
It is my understanding that on Friday, a brilliant yellow-white ball is going to appear in the sky.  Many are in disbelief, in that this object has not been seen for some time.  Some are beginning to doubt if it ever really existed.

tom
That yellow ball has been off for so long around here that I don't know if it can be re-started. The weather guessers here say gray until next Tuesday. Very depressing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on May 01, 2019, 11:21:55 AM
More rain and cold wind got the wood stove going not putting those DanG long johns on to go out to the mill :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 01, 2019, 05:06:38 PM
Water in the ditch was froze until noon here. Thankfully have not seen new snow here for 3 weeks. Feels like late October though. Wind still blowing off the glaciers. :D Been sunny, but on the cool side. The furnace is certainly on. Weatherman been saying 50's, but I ain't seen it yet. :D Been finding some snow in the shade of softwood still, some knee high.



Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 01, 2019, 07:39:22 PM
~60° and overcast. Supposed to be miserably hot tomorrow  :^(

Got back to the farm today and a couple of geese had their goslings with them. Mom and dad went went to the pond honking with the little ones running along behind, and their useless wings flapping. Made me laugh. Cute little things.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 01, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
The ponda round here are ice free and have been been for more than a week. We went about a ½ hour North and saw ice on Porter Lake. :o  But it won't last long. It looked mighty dark. Cloudy in the morning and than the sun came out.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 01, 2019, 10:26:15 PM
Cold and snowy all day. A few places in the area got over 5" of snow today. That was enough to push a few spots to set record snowfalls for the season. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 02, 2019, 05:51:58 PM
Well finally, 64 here this evening. Was cloudy until noon, and a north wind, didn't think it would warm that much. Once the sun came out around noon, the froggies came to life. Seen two partridge and two turkeys. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 02, 2019, 06:27:40 PM
The driveway is red from the maples dropping thier buds. No sun again today. Probably sun will come out and won't rain for a month.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 02, 2019, 06:32:01 PM
85° and mostly sunny. Hot! and this is the /good/ weather of the season. I especially like when I start the truck in the morning, and it's already reading an engine temp on the gauge. Sigh...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 02, 2019, 09:18:42 PM
It has been overcast, grey, rainy, foggy, and drizzly for a couple of weeks now, very depressing. WHen the sun did come out, it was only for an hour or so. However, seasons are seasons and that doesn't change so the days are longer and THAT works for me. I had to tech this evening, got home a little later, still cooked and had dinner, then headed down at 7:15 and had time to locate and winch 3 firewood logs out of the swamp by 8pm,  ready for skidding up to the landing tomorrow night. It was pretty murky down in the swamp when I packed up and could have used the headlights driving up, but I didn't. I salvaged and evening I would have lost 2 weeks ago. Trying to get my firewood finished by Saturday or Sunday so I can move on to the mill stuff. SO the weather conditions aren't great but the daylight hours are sure looking good. I'll take what I get and try to be happy with it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 03, 2019, 03:43:22 PM
Was cloudy today, hit 54F for a high here. I see the rock maple out by the road just beginning to flower. The rhubarb I planted last week  has been growing. The peonies are certainly growing now, fed them some manure today to. :)

I got some grass seed today and spread some around the house after work. Well, that's work to, but no pay and $92 a 55lb bag. On top of paying property taxes today on the way home, I going backwards fast. :D

Man, the garden is powder dry already on top. DOH! Looking like 60's weather next week, if you can believe them weather folks. They are always 10 degrees higher than actual from what I've seen so far. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on May 04, 2019, 03:43:08 AM
Mud ,mud ,mud .Rain followed by more rain and then it rains some more .I heard the farmers were going plant rice this year instead of corn .I might let my grass grow and make hay if it ever dries out .Be of good cheer ,the record is 40 days and 40 nights of rainfall .We only get it in four  days days on ,two off .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 04, 2019, 07:49:01 AM
I have been up since 4:30 hoping to get an early start and finish my firewood today. It's still flipping drizzling, just hanging on. I hate working wet and it's too late, with just a day to go to start hanging tarps. I can'r work in the shop, my sons truck and the two engines he is swapping around are filling all available space. Going a little nuts as daylight is burning. This nonsense of going 15 or more days without the sun coming out more than 20 minutes is just getting very very old. It reminds of that old downeast joke: an old geezer is sitting on a porch of the General Store during a summer rainstorm. A city fella comes bounding across the parking lot with a newspaper over his head and runs up on the porch. He shakes himself off and says to the old fella "GEZZ! do you think it will ever stop raining?" The local never turns his head, just looks ahead and says "Well,........ It always has before."
 I have been reminding myself of that joke a lot this week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 04, 2019, 08:44:07 AM
Coolish and rain. The rain's about what's expected for spring, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't worried about a repeat of last year. Doing laundry's out this weekend. I'll have to get up early Monday so I can hang it outside, then collect it after work, and make the stupid grass shorter.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 04, 2019, 11:17:32 AM
Already 80 this morning and a little more humid.. we are supposed to get some thunderstorms this afternoon,  so I need to get the grass finished up before the rain gets here.... off to find some sunscreen 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 04, 2019, 01:10:45 PM
Wet and cloudy. If not wet,just cloudy. Not much for sun this year. When the sun does come out,I will be saying how dry it is.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 04, 2019, 06:27:42 PM
It was wet outside this morning when I got into the truck. Once I drove to the woodlot and got my gear on to cut wood the rain stopped. Later in the day the sun arrived and got to 62F.

Beautiful afternoon here, no wind and lots of sun.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 04, 2019, 06:40:30 PM
Cloudy, and 70s with bits of drizzle. Same tomorrow with even more rain. The lawn won't be fun on Monday.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 05, 2019, 07:25:30 AM
I got up at 5 again this morning, couldn't breath from this spring head cold. The steady rain started at around 3am and continues to come down. The temp is 54 and the barometer started rising after 6am as the dew point dropped. Wind is calm to 2 mph out of the south. The radar indicates we will likely have rain all day, well at least until 4 or 5pm is my guess. The front seems stalled. The forecast is for at least another week of this with only a slight rise here and there of the cooler temps. It's very depressing weather. ( @nybhh (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=38169) you made the right choice this weekend, you didn't miss anything up here.)  Glad I finished up the firewood because the ground around the spliiter is slicker than greased glass and I was having a hard time keeping my feet under me. Next year, the splitter goes under a tarp before I begin the work, never got around to that this year.
 I guess I will sharpen my saw again and get the supplies ready to move down to the mill.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on May 05, 2019, 05:12:40 PM
Today was/is probably the nicest day we've had in this area, it got up to 72° with bright sunlight. 

Between the temp and sun, my yard finally dried out enough and I went out and mowed it for the first time this year!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 05, 2019, 05:48:10 PM
Dry as summer here. 74F today with sun, was 40F this morning. Was moving dirt around and picking rocks trying to get this yard into shape. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 05, 2019, 08:35:46 PM
Yes Chuck,best day here for weeks. Or seems that way.  ;D  Sun and clouds,but the sun was out all day. Low 60's and no rain,all day too.
SwampDonkey,I was out picking rocks too. I found another pile. :D  Mine are going in the woods,truck road. Last time he was here the road took a beating. A layer of rocks 6 inches deep will cure that problem. The corner needs to be raised up some,so a foot deep will make it look better.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 05, 2019, 09:04:00 PM
tornado sirens and warning.  4 miles west of town so should pass to the north as they usually travel NE.  got a little hail.  wife and kids watching AGT singing in the basement level.  Due to the warning had to move pt.s from the er to safer area in hospital.  just another day in the Kansas Neighborhood.


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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 05, 2019, 09:17:22 PM
sorry, it was American idol.  wife mad cause they keep breaking in with updates and blocking her favs.  temp dropped 10 degrees and now only raining, will usually get another bit of bad weather on the other side of the storm.  dad and son with flash light in pocket, and dogs nervous with lightning and occ. loud house shaking thunder.  should sleep good tonight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 06, 2019, 02:45:52 PM
Another nice day. Two in a row!!!  :o   ;D I have turned off the heat to the house, First time this year. I just turn 2 valves. The heat will be back on tonight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 06, 2019, 05:00:52 PM
Only 41° today with a brisk north wind off the lake. Sun is out but it's cold and been out working in a winter jacket, hat and gloves all day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 06, 2019, 07:01:19 PM
That 40° is heading my way. Maybe Wed.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 06, 2019, 07:02:51 PM
W Hat an Evening! The day started out iffy, but I guess it got better. I was slammed at work and barely had time to look out the window, let alone east lunch. Gonna be like that for a few weeks, I think. I hate that. Rushing to overcome other folks sloppy work.
 Anyway, I got home and put my  play clothes on and went down to the mill, didn't even take a jacket. I got it uncovered from the winter, rolled a heacy maple log up there and started to apply some of the things I have learned reading here. Centering the pitch isn't easy on a manual band mill when you work alone. ;D Got it set as close as I can. The engine kicked over on the 3rd pull with the gas left from January, happy about that. Let it idle for a while after I ran the blade a bit. Then I had to close up and come up for dinner. Don't want to make the boss mad.
 I am just tickled to FINALLY have an evening that is 66° with clear skies and dry air! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
 I could go back after dinner, but the boss has chores I must do in the house.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 06, 2019, 08:16:32 PM
Started foggy and humid, but cleared as the day went on. Not terribly hot at 78°. Got the stupid grass shortened, and hit some vines with my machete. After my vine work on the farm, I have a name to put to the thing I called [CENSORED] vine. It's bittersweet. That stuff's insidious. It seems to blend in with whatever it's growing on, til one day you say "WTH did that come from?!". Knowing your enemy is the first step towards victory...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 06, 2019, 09:54:04 PM
Clear skies this evening and the temp is dropping quick. Already below freezing and the suns only been down 45 minutes.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 07, 2019, 05:51:13 AM
Been 48F the last two mornings and two 74 degree days in a row. Had the bedroom window up until midnight, nice fresh air to sleep by. :D

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 07, 2019, 06:34:35 AM
More rain coming in this afternoon/evening which will make 12 days with measurable rain here. That run will be about #3 on the record list. It ill likely kill my work evening. The grass will need baling by the time i can cut it, the ground is still soaked. arrgggh! Last night was too good to be true. an hour after I made that last post, it rained again, then again at midnight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 07, 2019, 08:00:11 AM
26° early this morning. Supposed to hit 42° again today then cold again tonight. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on May 07, 2019, 08:30:39 AM
Looks like I will be burning ng until second week of june
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 07, 2019, 02:38:32 PM
I'm going to build a smudge here tonight, only 55F outside.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 07, 2019, 02:46:49 PM
Transplants a growing

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/May5-2019-raspberry.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/May5-2019-rhubarb.jpg)

And the grey color of dryness and bright sun hitting the ground. :D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/May5-2019-drydirt.jpg)

Tilled the garden!  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on May 07, 2019, 03:01:16 PM
The lady sitting next to me at lunch today said that it's going to rain tonight so that the mud doesn't dry up too soon.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on May 07, 2019, 03:46:44 PM
Jim, really? 
Wet, sloppy mud drying out TOO fast is a thing with some people? 🤔
What's the thinking there?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on May 07, 2019, 04:20:19 PM
Quote from: Andries on May 07, 2019, 03:46:44 PM
Jim, really?
Wet, sloppy mud drying out TOO fast is a thing with some people? 🤔
What's the thinking there?
She was making a joke.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 07, 2019, 05:15:58 PM
Today was about the same as yesterday. Nothing interesting happened, but I did get 15G corn-free fuel. Should keep me til winter at least.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: hacknchop on May 07, 2019, 05:47:35 PM
Beautiful day here finally started sawing again,just some dry tamarack but sawing is my favorite thing to do. Calling for for more snow here on Thursday not looking forward that.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 07, 2019, 06:10:03 PM
sawmpdonkey,your rhubarb looks good. I have 2 different kinds. One I call the old fashion kind. Been behind the farmhouse before I was born. I almost lost it due to the grass growing in it. I bought it up in the garden up to the house so I can see it and pay attention to it. Than I had a lot of strawberry rhubarb given to me. And I mean alot.
Sun tried to come out in the morning,a light rain off and on. Started around noon and still at it a 6pm.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 07, 2019, 06:18:05 PM
Quote from: Jim_Rogers on May 07, 2019, 03:01:16 PM
The lady sitting next to me at lunch today said that it's going to rain tonight so that the mud doesn't dry up too soon.

Jim Rogers
If it's stops raining i may have to give up on my plan to plant rice on my front lawn and make tens of dollars!
Not to worry though, we just got almost half an inch of rain in 45 minutes, good for another day. GEEZZ!
For the love of Mike, STOP RAINING! >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 07, 2019, 07:58:11 PM
Winter storm moving in tomorrow evening calling for 6+ inches of the white stuff. Enough already.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 08, 2019, 06:13:51 AM
I have 38° and the fog is following the brook. Sun is out bright. Hope it stays that way.  ;D 
As I say,I want it to stop raining,but I don't want it to forget how to rain either. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 08, 2019, 05:17:03 PM
Fantastic day! Overcast, and never hit 70°. Went to a job in PA, and when I got there, I saw a turkey in the field. That's only the sixth time in my life I've seen wild turkey  :^) 

Finished that job fairly quickly, and on my way back to the office, I got a text saying my brushcutter parts were in. Picked up lunch, and that stuff, got back to the office, and got my brushcutter back in business. Since I wanted the loctite to set up, I got to spend some quality time with my 2511t. Played arborist around the pond. Thinned some stuff out, did some pruning, and a little easy free climbing. Found a dawn redwood in the pond. Don't know how I missed that with all the time I've spent around there. Cut a sweet gum that was crowding it, so it should be pretty happy now.

Only bad thing is this time of year isn't great for getting into brush. Lots of birds nesting. I've disturbed a couple nests I didn't see til I was in the thick of things the last couple weeks, but I /don't think/ I broke any eggs. Saw a catbird nest today. I've got chunks of trash here and there I've had to leave cause of birds. Once they're gone, it'll be hot, and I won't be as enthused to gear up and cut  :^/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 08, 2019, 05:46:12 PM
Full sun here, windy and cool though. Nice working weather. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 09, 2019, 06:42:35 AM
Bright sun,green grass and 34°. I am on a hill,I wonder who got a frost?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on May 09, 2019, 08:47:11 AM
We had frost yesterday and of course rain last night and all day today
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 09, 2019, 09:43:22 AM
Just hit or miss slush, 34° and almost 2" of rain near the lake shore here this morning. Inland where it's a a few degrees colder they have accumulating snow. 

Yesterday morning was 23° here with heavy ice. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on May 09, 2019, 10:02:12 AM
Low 80's for the last week and into next week.  This morning we had a marine layer push in - light fog/mist hitting you in the face.  Like being at the beach in the morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 09, 2019, 05:18:23 PM
Mowed the lawn here tonight for the first time.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 09, 2019, 06:01:38 PM
Cool and overcast today, with a bit of drizzle. More chainsawing at work, and I found another dawn redwood hiding in plainish sight. It was covered in stickers, and getting crowded out by sweet gum. Got it cleaned off, but it's gonna be interesting seeing how it develops. It's got three leaders, and it's twisted and bent from being covered in stickers. Bound to be interesting. Left a few sticker branches in it cause the was a bird nest inside. I /think/ it's last year's nest, but I couldn't see to confirm. Figured I'd leave it alone til nesting season's over.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 09, 2019, 11:03:22 PM
A little warm, but not too bad here,  got to the upper 70s around 80 today,  but enough to get a little sweat going running a saw.  Got the grass mowed for the 100th time it seems,  but finally had some dust flying.. a few weeks ago I was worried about getting stuck in the mud.  We should get some thunderstorms through the night... just typical May weather. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 09, 2019, 11:12:19 PM
High temp for the day was 35° with sideways rain/sleet/snow.

Hopefully it starts warming up, drying out and greening up soon. I'd guess I'm at least 3 weeks away from any thought of lawn mowing or cattle grazing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Texas Ranger on May 09, 2019, 11:14:18 PM
I missed my mark with building an ark, Houston and area are flooded.  Some local areas up to 10-12 inches of rain.  Looks like entire Gulf Coast is getting drenched.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 10, 2019, 04:21:15 AM
I here ya on the dust. When I was mowing around the edges of bare patches it was dust cloud. Nice rain here today though. Will be cutting firewood in the rain, nice and cool out 42F right now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 12, 2019, 11:02:10 AM
Yesterday was beautiful, clear and cool. This morning I got a text from @nybhh (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=38169) saying how he was so sick of this rain. He was in a GOL class during yesterday's fine weather, today he likely hoped to get something done, or cut some trees. We are completely rained out today and even have some mixed sleet. I went down to the mill to continue leveling and lagging it in. Gave up after an hour and a half. I was soaked working around the edges of the tarp and getting dumped on from time to time. It's gonna rain all day AGAIN. There is so much to do. I quit at 10am or so. We had almost 1/2 " on Friday and today we are up to 1/3 of an inch so far. The barometer continues to drop.
The photo is me checking my trail cam on my way out this morning. Don't I look happy?


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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 12, 2019, 03:51:40 PM
A nice day here for moving dirt and rocks around the yard. :D I was landscaping around the garage and another spot on the lawn. Lawdy the rocks. The top soil is nice around here, but when you drop down below 12" your in for some picking and this loam was hauled in, not screened, but not too bad for rocks. No worst than my own. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 13, 2019, 03:10:36 PM
60° and poured rain. Went out and did a few hours of brushcutting, and I'm soaked. I normally wouldn't have done that, but the days where I'm motivated to gear up and cut brush are dwindling. It's soon gonna be too hot. I want to get the heavy stuff done now, then touch up as motivation strikes through summer. 2.5hrs left til the machine's paid off, including the new shaft I bought.

Boss also mentioned a couple trees he wants trimmed; had dead branches that got in the way of mowing grass. Turns out they're ash, and dying from EAB. Both are heavy leaners, but are still live enough to send out suckers. I'm gonna take a better look when it isn't raining, but right now I'm thinking I'll take them down from the top.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 13, 2019, 04:58:38 PM
Dry, sunny and 62F here today. East wind though, sign of wet on the way. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 14, 2019, 06:12:15 AM
Rain. Don't want that mud to dry out. ;D No rain before this for 2 days. Still kinda cool. Sweat shirt weather,but that is normal.
I am smoothing a place out down at the edge of the field,right next to the road.Worked on it when it stopped rain for 2 days in a row. :)  Still a little wet. Would like to see it at a slight incline. When they ditched the road,it drops off straight at least a foot. Hard to mow a place like that.I all ready diid about 500 feet. Another on going project. Trying to help out on the trimming part.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 14, 2019, 07:04:30 AM
Rain. We had 1/2" Friday, none Saturday, 1.3" Sunday, .8" Monday, and only have .04 so far today. Well it's not really supposed to rain steady again until......noon, so that's good >:(. I am sick of this.
 It's 37° here now, dew point is 33, wind is calm, and the pressure has been falling since midnight to 29.4. It snowed around here above 2,000' feet last night, they said they might get as much as 10" on the mountain tops. I'll hear the actual reports when I get to work. I know my cousin's in southern Vt. got a coating last night. My steep skid road is taking a beating from the runoff, even with the new water bar I put in hastily back in December or so. Gonna need a machine to fix it proper.
 Maybe, just maybe, tonight I can get a little work in on the mill. Only a 50% chance of rain then so I'll take it. This is getting old.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 14, 2019, 04:27:12 PM
Rain held off here at the house but began raining down river as soon as I was done a thinning block with the GPS. Good timing.

Tomorrow the garage trusses will be delivered and the first of next week the building materials will arrive (Tuesday). Monday is one of them holidays around here, some old Queen that died 119 years ago. :D Oh well going to be a cold rain (hand numbing cold) I suspect anyway. Won't get much else done.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 14, 2019, 08:33:09 PM
Mixed sun and clouds, with a sprinkle of rain; 52°. Pretty good day. Took down a couple trees, and did a terrible job. Everything always goes where I want it to go, but it gets there in the stupidest way possible. I'd love to go through a stand of trees where I can do the same thing again and again til I get it right.  :^/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 15, 2019, 04:15:52 AM
30F here this morning. I don't see any white on the ground, but if anything falls from the sky it will be sleet or snow I suspect. :D Yep, it's that time of year you can see at 5:00 am in the morning and 10:00 pm at night. :D

Waiting for those trusses, then I'll probably cut a load of firewood afterword to fill the day. Too late by mid morning to go GPS, 1-1/2 hr drive.

correction, there is now snow mixed in the rain. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 15, 2019, 05:19:53 AM
Rained enough yesterday to keep things wet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 15, 2019, 05:53:00 AM
A couple days ago a ground hog thought it would be nice the lay around on the car tires. I was waiting for him to hop up on the hood for a good sunning. :D But, when approached he climbed up into the car. Horn wouldn't scare him. Started the car and backed up some and out popped the hog, who then scampered off as fast as them short legs could move him. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 15, 2019, 07:21:40 AM
Yesterday than rain started about an hour before I left work. AT this point, it is hard to care. I just changed clothes and went down to get the rest of my lagging done on the mill. I raked some of the wet muck and sawdust out of the way so that tonight I can maybe get under and keep working on the leveling up. WHo knows, maybe even finish it off, it's close.
 It's a beautiful day this morning and no rain in sight until tonight. This would be a good day to be 'sick' but I have to go in to take my ash whipping from the auditors I dealt with yesterday. Today they release their 'findings' for my piece of the puzzle. Tomorrow looks good too, but I teach in the afternoon, so no cheating there either. Friday has 50% chance of rain, but who knows, I might come down with something. ;D
 This day should be nice, temp is 34 right now, headed to 60, no rain, clear skies, 2 mph wind out of the ENE and the pressure continues to climb at 29.44 now. Oh I wish I was in the woods today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 16, 2019, 06:57:57 AM
Well yesterday was clear and cool and almost hit 60. We had a shower just before I arrived home just in case some of the mud might generate dust. I got a good hour and a half of work in before dinner. Nice evening to work. I did get my butt kicked at the audit report and was in a foul mood muttering to myself about auditors looking to appear smart at the expense of folks who actually work for a living and have to do all this compliance nonsense in addition to their real jobs. No matter, once I was on my hands and knees working I forgot about the suits.
 Today is another fine day with about 10 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. 43°F right now with a calm to 4 MPH wind out of the SSW, pressure at 29.41 and on the rise, and no rain in sight. I put in to take a vacation day tomorrow enjoy my birthday alone in the woods and forget about pencil necked auditors. Make a pot of coffee in the morning and have a beer in the afternoon while I get my work area set up. Of course we have a 60% chance of rain in the midday hours tomorrow, but I no longer care. Time to make some lumber, or at least cants.
 Looking forward to the mid 60's today and getting through my class tonight (just one more to go and we are done next week). Everybody have a good day. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 16, 2019, 09:31:46 AM
Happy birthday and enjoy your 3 day weekend.  sounds like you deserve it, and may even appreciate it more, given the week you have had.  Remember thorns and roses from Philmont!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 16, 2019, 09:56:05 AM
Thanks Doc, I don't know if I deserve it, and I never make a big deal out of my birthdays, its just another day, but I do feel like I need a day for myself just to drop the tension level and make those around me a little safer because I am about ready to explode with all the nonsense and drama that others create.
 Thanks for the Thorns and Roses comment too. I had completely forgotten about that until you mentioned it, even had to think on it to remember what you were referring to. But I get it, and you are right. It was a timely and spot on reminder. I will have to work on that some.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on May 16, 2019, 10:08:17 AM
Welllll, I was planning on heading up to work on my property Friday.  Storming though the weekend off and on.  This is just past my place:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190516_CrystalSprings.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558015562)
 

And a little further up...

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190516_SodaSprings.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558015562)
 
:-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 16, 2019, 10:09:24 AM
OG all your effort now should pay off with dividends in the future.  you will know your mill inside and out.  You deserve it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 16, 2019, 04:53:36 PM
Yesterday I did cut, slit and delivered to the house 3 loads (1 cord in all) of firewood. Chunky pieces for them long slower burns. Of course it was aspen wood, but it throws the heat just the same. ;D I've  got to cut another 5 cords. Got over 3 cord in now. I just spotted the next cord on the bank of the road, two 18" fir leaning over the road with cracks up the back and a couple 14" aspen leaning even harder. Arthur really put some lean in them taller trees. She'll burn though, take the lean and the crooks out in the ash pan. :D Then I'll buy 1-1/2 cord of hard maple, yellow birch for Dec-Jan wood. :)

Got a fire on tonight, only 46F here for the high today. Was damp today with spotty showers, no heavy rain. Nice and cool for work though, but dry would be nicer. :D
More wet coming tomorrow. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 16, 2019, 06:17:32 PM
Wasn't too bad today. Woke up to rain, but it cleared out with sun and mild temps; ~70°. I may have to walk back my previous 'mild rain' comment in regards to the season. It's been pretty wet this spring, and I'm *really* hoping we don't get a repeat of last year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 16, 2019, 06:34:18 PM
Another cool morning. I had a stocking hat on first thing this morning.I kinda thought once I started working I would take it off. I was digging rocks and kept it on until I had to leave for work.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 16, 2019, 06:56:49 PM
I wear one of them tube rags that some of them outdoor sportsman shops sell. Keeps your bald head warm under the hard hat and also keeps the sweat from running into your eyes and stinging. Today, as cool as it was, that rag was a bit damp. I don't think the hard hat leeks, but in a full suit of rain gear you heat up a bit, even when it is mid 40's out. I hope this is one of those 70's degree summers and not 90's for a change. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 16, 2019, 07:19:57 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on May 16, 2019, 06:56:49 PM
 70's degree summers
Never seen such a thing. Sounds like heaven. I'd love to go out August 20th, and it's the hottest day of the year. Hits 75°, but the weather guy says it'll cool off to 65° tomorrow. That would be amazing, and would improve my overall mood for the year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on May 16, 2019, 07:24:31 PM
What about February 20th?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 16, 2019, 07:31:08 PM
I like it cool, but I've never dealt with Canuckistan kind of cool. I'd definitely like to visit it, but I'm not sure I'd want to work in it for months at a time. I will say I'm pretty certain I'd take their cold  if it meant I could have a 70° August.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 16, 2019, 08:57:45 PM
@SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) tube hat? Got a link? Always looking for ideas to keep warm or cool. Just like those cooler shirts. I wear a cooler shirt when outside. At first kinda pricey,but what a diffeance they make. Not a rich man,but they are worth it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 16, 2019, 09:37:46 PM
Last few days have been pretty nice. 70-75 and lower humidity.  I'd take that kind of weather and not complain anytime of the year... but the 90s are in the forecast.. summer is around the corner. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 17, 2019, 04:54:26 AM
38°. :o  I did not think to look at the temp yesterday,but I would think it was almost the same. Warmer days are coming. July is not that far off. ;D Should get up to 50 today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 17, 2019, 05:31:07 PM
Kinda hot today; 80°. Got back from my jobs, and went to look at a mulberry I intended to trim, and possibly climb. After a good look, I'm thinking it isn't really worth saving. I wasn't motivated to gear up and try rope climbing it today, but I think I'm gonna save it for that. I took off a bunch of lower limbs, so I think the tractor has clearance now, and I can take my time getting to it. There's a lot of interesting possibilities for learning to move in a tree, and it isn't super high off the ground, so if things really go wrong, I can call for a ladder rescue  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 17, 2019, 05:43:40 PM
@thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436)  I think they are called a tubular bandana, polyester/spandex.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 17, 2019, 05:54:26 PM
They are planting taters here in the field by the house tonight. I'll put mine in tomorrow and the onions. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 17, 2019, 06:12:57 PM
86 when I pulled into the driveway today.  Luckily I mowed the grass yesterday, so I'll stay inside until a little closer to sunset. I try to push our son up and down the driveway most evenings,  but it's a little warm in the sun for him right now... should be fine around 730 when the sun goes behind the trees...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 17, 2019, 09:11:32 PM
I will have to check on the head gear. Thank you.
Planting taters?? :o  But I did see a big tractor in the field by the river. Could of been sand under the top soil. It is the Sandy River.
I went to the Woods Expo in Bangor,ME. That infield of the race track was soft. And I do mean soft. Could even feel it when walking. As I was leaving I saw 4-5 guys pushing a car out.I looked down one of the lanes and a 4 wheel drive truck made some ruts and I do mean ruts.
We just had a down pour.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 18, 2019, 04:28:42 AM
Rained a good pace here all night. More rain in this one than we had for over a week of mist and drizzle. I might not get them taters in until Sunday if the ground is greasy. There's always the firewood. Them 5 more cord need cut, split and stacked. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 18, 2019, 07:04:37 AM
Yesterday was nice, solid overcast in the morning, heavy sporadic rain between 11am and 1pm, then it cleared and got slowly better. I was working in a t-shirt at 6pm quitting time and it was 61°. Today will be fantastic! The pressure continues its upward climb and sits at 29.53, the temp is 43 but headed for 70 today, skies are clear blue, there is a light breeze out of the SW at just a few MPH. The NWS says the Haines index is 4 right now, but I find that hard to believe. The burn ban ended here on tuesday, I mill scraps to burn, maybe today is the day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 18, 2019, 08:01:46 AM
Already right at 70 this morning... heading to 90. I spotted one day of 95 in the 10 day forecast. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 18, 2019, 11:15:59 AM
Well, I did bring in a load of firewood this morning and it stacked out to 1/2 a cord. That included a second trip to fill the back end of the truck with the remainder before someone came along and helped themselves. 8) Yes people will steal your wood around here and think it is perfectly fine. Makes you wonder who raised them. Same bunch that thought it was fine to break up picnic grounds until the gov. got tired of fixing. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 18, 2019, 11:27:20 AM
37° and heavy downpours of rain. Calling for between 2 and 4 inches of rain thru tomorrow and temps will be lucky to hit 40.  Feels like November out there.

The radio people were talking this morning about how we haven't officially had a 70° day since sometime in September, and if we dont hit 70° before May 22nd then we will set a record for longest stretch without hitting 70.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 18, 2019, 02:19:54 PM
I don't remember any 70F here either since last September, October was cold this past year and snow stuck by Oct 15. We had a couple 68F. 1996 and 1997 were a cold springs to, snowed all through May. The barn swallows starved to death in 1996. I heard them say there was disease. Yeah the disease was starvation, cold and snow. :D

Bath time after an all night of rain.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/birds-bath-May-18-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 18, 2019, 05:41:30 PM
Nice picture!!!
Them barn swallows are not going to go hungry this year.  :D  I am sitting here now and my forehead seem to be on fire from something chewing on me.  :( It has begun,fly season. Today was a dry day. :o  Kinda cool this morning,no fly zone. ;D 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 18, 2019, 05:43:18 PM
Funny you mentioned flies. I was down around the various gardens checking the ground for dampness and the black flies have begun to harvest their blood. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on May 18, 2019, 06:42:45 PM
Rain all night and drizzzzel all day today and chilly got the wood stove going now
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 18, 2019, 06:47:04 PM
It was ~80°, but really humid so it felt especially bad. I need to vacuum off the ceiling fans to get ready for the approaching inferno.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 19, 2019, 09:36:29 AM
35° and sideways rain/sleet/snow this morning. Ugly ugly.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 19, 2019, 10:30:58 AM
75° and 75% humidity. Sigh...  Got my ceiling fans cleaned off, and turned on. Fairly productive morning. Went to walmart and got earplugs, succulent potting soil, and the last bottle of PoulanPro full synthetic 2stroke oil. The bottle had something spilled on it, and was ugly, so it stayed on the shelf for me. Also got some lavender on a whim. Had breakfast at mcdonalds, then went to TractorSupply and got some VP 2stroke oil, some high hold loctite for my brushcutter, and a cilantro plant.

This place has really built up over the years, but if you go out early enough, it's like the good old days. I love mornings, so that isn't an issue, but not every place opens early, and I don't like feeling that other people are dictating my movements, though they are. I don't like dealing with the traffic, and being generally crowded.

My new plants are in the ground/pot, and I'm chilling out waiting for October...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 19, 2019, 02:00:47 PM
Humidity is high here, but quite cool. It's only when you go at gardening that the sweet streams down in your eyes. :D

Got the taters, onions and spinach in today. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 19, 2019, 03:55:05 PM
Changed over to all snow for a time and everything briefly turned white before more rain washed the snow away. Wind is gusting to 60mph so not much happening outside today. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 19, 2019, 05:55:54 PM
92 when I left the house a few minutes ago and kinda humid... luckily I didn't melt before making it back to the air condition 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on May 19, 2019, 08:30:21 PM
High of 41 to day with frost warning to night had the wood stove going the last two days >:(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 20, 2019, 06:42:02 PM
In the 50's here and rained or showered all day. Threat of thunderstorm to. Big black cloud just let loose for a big burst of rain for 15 minutes just a bit ago. Said it was 80 down in southern Maine.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 20, 2019, 07:52:44 PM
88° today. Only five months to go...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 20, 2019, 08:12:39 PM
supposed to rain everyday for the next week.  KSAR on alert for flooding and tornadic conditions.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 20, 2019, 09:02:17 PM
A warm night here. Warmest one so far this year. Just came in from hauling,digging rocks and getting some wood.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 21, 2019, 05:55:33 AM
Rain here this morning as I wait for material delivery for the garage. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 21, 2019, 06:12:01 AM
29° and frozen pretty hard this morning. Hopefully this is the last???
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Logger RK on May 21, 2019, 07:30:59 AM
The 5 inch of snow we got over the weekend looks to to be melted now. Been real wet this spring around my way. A few nicer warm days in the 50's,then a few days of rain & even snow. My Wife did mow the lawn last week & it got cover in snow over the weekend. I'm hoping that's the last of the snow for awhile.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on May 21, 2019, 08:36:04 AM
Was 85° here yesterday, which is rare for this time of year.

More mild May weather here today.

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on May 21, 2019, 11:15:11 AM
Things had dried up a bit but it rained and snowed again on Saturday/Sunday morning.  That melted off at the lower elevation but left a crust up at Kingvale on Monday.  The forecast was for a lot of snow (6-12") on Monday but it was a clear, bright day.  Different this morning and they are again calling for 6-12".  Below my cabin:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20180521__WhitmoreGrade.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558451128)
 
A few miles above:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190521_SodaSprings.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558451128)
 
Looks like chain controls are in effect.  There is another 1200-1500' elevation gain until the summit.  Traffic thins out just before the summit:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20190521_Castle_Peak.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558451644)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 21, 2019, 06:08:47 PM
Not a bad day. 70° and sunny. Got my jobs done, and went to look at the ash I need to remove. Had a little trepedation about climbing it, but decided I'd give it a shot to see how I felt in-tree. I started with this...

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49990/20190521_152056.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558475276)


Finished with this...

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49990/20190521_161757.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558475520)


Didn't get as much cut as I wanted. TBH, I got a little skeered up in the tree. I haven't climbed since last fall, and this was a different game than the spruce. It had two main leaders, so I had to unclip to reposition my lanyard, and my backup lanyard was a little to small for the base of the split, though I was able to use it higher up. I also didn't care for the way the wood reacted to being cut; very brittle. I was gonna cut a leader off down lower, but I wasn't comfortable doing it with my 2511. It was bigger than my bar. I also have issues with precision in my cuts, and visions of barberchairs right in my face kind of weirded me out.


I was very pleased with my spur performance in the tree. When I did my spruce, I could move around ok, but when I stopped to work, the spurs would bury in the wood, and be very difficult to pull out. I could move easily in the ash, and the spurs would bite and release without issue.


Still considering options. If we get another nice day, I may give it another go, climbing higher up the leaders to take them down. It could come down from the bottom, and I've gotten the limbs right over head on the backcut so it's clear, but with the significant lean, it would be nice to remove some more top weight.  Also, it's just more experience climbing, which I'd like to have. We'll see. That's another day...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: DWyatt on May 22, 2019, 09:50:48 AM
Here's a summary from USDA of the weather in Ohio. All the fields are bare around here.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49164/FB_IMG_1558532897635.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1558532982)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 22, 2019, 04:06:56 PM
The weather pattern seems to have changed here a little and the rain potential every day is lower than it has been for quite a while. As Jim said above, the weather here Monday was quite warm in the afternoon/evening. I marked 83° around 5:30pm when my new chainsaw pants arrived and I tried them out. Man I was sweating like a pig, and they are 'summer pants'. ;D Had to change my t-shirt when I came  in for dinner, soaked through and through. Kept the pants on and went back after dinner, MUCH cooler and the pants were comfortable, the temp dropped to about 68. Last night was cooler; mid 60's and I was very comfortable cutting away. Today has been cooler all day, but still clear and nice, might have a chance of light rain tomorrow, but nothing like we have been having. All in all, I think we have turned the corner finally. The ground is VERY slow to dry out though. Too much rain for too long. But, I have no complaints.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 22, 2019, 05:38:25 PM
Today was cool and overcast, some bugs in the afternoon came alive but not much of a nuisance. Dry. Perimetered 50 acres with ribbon and the GPS and then ran lines through ~24 acres of it. That was a regular 8 hrs day. I'll do it again tomorrow.  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 22, 2019, 06:29:58 PM
A bit warmer today; 75°. Thought I'd have an early day, and get to go back and contemplate my ash tree. Ended up eating lunch while I looked over plans, worked late, and had to do paperwork when I got home. Worst part is I don't feel like I accomplished much. I had a bunch of little stuff to do, and lots of looking over plans/conference time. Oh well; another day closer to retirement...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 22, 2019, 08:52:02 PM
Humid but a little cooler.  Upper 70s to around 80 and cloudy, but not a bad day. Next week will be a different story.  I'm heading to a workshop in the sandhills of nc and it will teeter on 100... 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 22, 2019, 09:13:04 PM
Well the forecast was a little off this week... never heard of such a thing.  we were suppose to get a week of rain, but let up today so i went out to mow and i will be darned if it did not seem to snow.  always happens this time of year in Kansas.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/0229C92D-6AD6-4A3F-AB0E-4DD2123D4A70.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573722)
 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/E1C5A540-DF67-4D4B-9F03-384E28CC4A6D.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573775)
 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/D5A1B2CA-ADA4-4D5A-81CC-F4340B522FE6.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573814)
 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/7DFF6A21-AFB5-4E27-99E4-FC4EBB5BE8F9.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573244)
 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/3D70AB8E-02EA-4FDA-A38F-D4EC27B2C3F4.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573601)
 


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/A5E72FB1-D73C-4AD2-9903-4FD06623DEC7.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1558573610)
 

Kansas state tree, very poplar...  Cottonwood
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 22, 2019, 09:14:46 PM
A dry,yes,I said dry day!! Sun most of the day too!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 22, 2019, 09:20:29 PM
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/51041/FAD9D165-5D99-4AEC-84D8-A0E4F9B548BB.jpeg?easyrotate_cache=1557104169)
 

this was the hail we had last week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on May 22, 2019, 09:50:22 PM
97° today.  Supposed to be 101° this weekend.  Bad Hot.  Bone dry.  Dusty.  Shrivelly.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 23, 2019, 07:00:55 AM
Nice day yesterday, stayed just around 70 and sunny. The wind has picked up these last few days. It rained last night pretty good between 3 and 5am, now its just broken overcast with a few pokes of sun. Today should break 70 with an increased chance of showers in the early evening hours. AT least it's not that 'show stopper' rain we had been getting for so many weeks. I can almost walk through my back gate now...almost.
 @doc henderson (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41041) I hope you enjoy that hail. It's rare here, but we have had some good bouts that damage cars and such. Still it is nothing like the gully clogging stuff you folks can get out that way.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: JV on May 23, 2019, 10:13:58 AM
A heavy thunderstorm moved through here around 4am with high winds and heavy rain.  I looked out the window and it was sheets of rain moving sideways.  No hail or tornados here thankfully.  Rain predicted through next Wednesday.  I need tracks on the mower to mow the yard.   :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: firefighter ontheside on May 23, 2019, 01:45:10 PM
Lots of tornadoes in MO last night.  3 people were killed near Springfield.  A tornado tore thru the heart of Jefferson City.  Lots of damage, but I haven't heard of injuries there.  I thought a tornado was coming right for the house, but it turned more south and missed us.  It was the same tornado that had hit Joplin MO a few hours earlier.  It was also the 8 year anniversary of the tornado that killed 161 people in Joplin.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 23, 2019, 05:09:56 PM
Glad you dodged the bullet firefighter.

Kinda hot and humid today. Got an easy building stakeout done, and was free to do some cutting. Boss' girlfriend asked for a another couple stumps for the rustic benches I made her(I gave her an extra seat at the time), and then did some brushcutting; going back over areas I had already hit. Found another dawn redwood on the island, and saw a bird that kinda looked like a duck from a distance, but it landed in a tree(??). I'm gonna look it up later. It looked like a black bird with red feet. Didn't get a good look, but I'll see if anything pops up in a web search.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 23, 2019, 05:25:40 PM
67 here and mainly overcast. If that sun had been out we would have seen mid 70's. Rain tonight and tomorrow. Sunny Saturday in the 70's coming. Rain again Sunday.

If it don't rain too hard tomorrow I will cut firewood and fill up the rest of my outside racks. Life on the farm. :) ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 23, 2019, 09:35:56 PM
48° and fog and mist/drizzle all day. Still haven't hit 70° this year. Too wet to do much of anything outside. No field work or planting going on, no firewood being skidded out, things are green but not really growing. Maybe mow the lawn by June, hopefully have cattle on pasture by June also.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 24, 2019, 08:17:40 AM
Yesterday,the 23rd was dry during daylight hours.!!Than just about dark,it started a light rain and than more rain later on in the night.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on May 24, 2019, 12:45:18 PM
Snow last night.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35190/DSCN2091.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1558716305)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 24, 2019, 03:29:29 PM
Hot and sunny; 80°. Seemed like the day would never end. Cut a couple sycamore branches with my machete, and got fogged with pollen. That gave me a coughing fit for 10 minutes, and I felt like crap afterward. Not sleeping well last night didn't help either. I just wanted to be home, and it seemed like the world was conspiring in large and small ways to prevent that from happening. Home now, drinking a beer, and have a long weekend. A shame it's gonna be hot, and I don't want to be outside, but it beats work.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 24, 2019, 05:11:51 PM
Rained here after midnight until about 11:00 this morning. Cut two loads of firewood. Closing the gap, one load of firewood at a time. ;D :D

Nice bright sun here, 65F+at the moment. :)

Sure going to be a good seed year in the sugar maples here. The canopy is a solid mass of flowers. :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/maple-flowers-May-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 25, 2019, 07:33:45 PM
It was much cooler today than I expected(72°), and I'd have liked to have started taking down a dead spruce in my yard. Problem is all my climbing gear, ppe, and big saws are at work. I think the coolish days are about done, and I'll have to revert to plan A, and wait for fall :^/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 26, 2019, 04:03:41 AM
Was 78F yesterday and on the muggy side. The back flies were hungry in the morning, but that hot sun drove them off in the afternoon.

This morning just listening to the froggies, rain and the new wind chimes we got from Marden's in Houltan, ME. The song sparrows were awake @ 4:30 am this morning. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 26, 2019, 06:33:40 AM
Yesterday was a very nice sunny day until afternoon and the clouds came in. Rain around 9 at night.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on May 26, 2019, 08:09:03 AM
Blazing hot.  Going to 100° today. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 26, 2019, 08:57:43 AM
Finially some dry weather UP here but still cool/cold. Nights in the 30s and days in the 50s or low 60s. Still no 70° temp since September 17th 2018, and the 10 day forecast is mainly in the 50s and 60s.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 26, 2019, 09:12:05 AM
Yep, only one day of it here. Today barely 50. And this week mid 60's only. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 26, 2019, 09:54:03 AM
sunny now, raining often enough that the puddles do not leave.  Poss. 1 to 2 " hail this afternoon.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 26, 2019, 02:05:57 PM
A nice day,so far. Sun off and on. More off than on. ;D  70° :o  Better than some of the temps we had.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 26, 2019, 02:17:23 PM
Oh shaddup!! :D :D ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 26, 2019, 02:20:47 PM
Warm and humid today; 87°. Supposed to get storms later. House still feels good, largely due o extensive tree cover. I've already heard neighbor's ac units grinding away. I'm probably a month away from turning mine on. Love my trees  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on May 26, 2019, 05:24:20 PM
Low 90s today and the ac is running hard now and struggling to keep up... and going to get warmer this week... some years we've had cooler weather on memorial day, but not this year. Me and my buddy took his son camping memorial day weekend a couple of years back and was pretty cold wearing our coats around the fire , this year lows of 70ish highs in the mid 90s.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 27, 2019, 08:47:28 AM
49° at my house yesterday with a strong north wind off the lake, we went to a graduation party about 40 miles away from the lake and it was 72 degrees with a warm south wind.  

Calling for 50° today and more drizzle/rain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 27, 2019, 03:24:34 PM
56F here and overcast most of the day, just beginning to clear. Calling for frost tonight. Onions and spinach are taking root in the gardens. No scarcity of soil water now. Stepped in a soft spot in the yard and mud clung to my shoe. :D

edit, sun came out and now at 62F. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: JV on May 27, 2019, 08:42:34 PM
Pouring rain here again.  We were on the front porch when "Big Bertha" went off on the courthouse.  We had 5 tornado warnings up at one time.  We will know more tomorrow how many were sighted.  One is too many.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: JV on May 28, 2019, 11:39:44 AM
Hot and muggy today with over an inch of rain yesterday.  Several tornadoes in the county yesterday.  A lot of damage north and east of us.  Other than a lot of rain we dodged the bullet again.  More rain predicted this week but nothing severe at this point.  Instead of corn and beans we need to raise ducks.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on May 28, 2019, 12:53:23 PM
Another balmy 50° day with some rain and drizzle.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 28, 2019, 05:08:03 PM
Reached 70 here late in the day, sunny but clouds moving in from the south. Had province wide frost this morning though. Nice on the porch this evening, listening to the robins sing. They have a nest under the porch.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: JV on May 28, 2019, 05:57:15 PM
More rain this afternoon and more coming.  Rained fairly hard.  We were on the porch when we heard a loud hiss and then a loud boom.  Lightning struck nearby but no damage that I know about.  One renter called and said the popcorn company picked up the seed.  No popcorn this year for us.   :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 28, 2019, 06:46:04 PM
85° and very humid. The job I was gonna go to postponed til tomorrow cause the footer hole was full of water from the rain. I did some brushcutting and saw work around the farm. Never got more than 200' from the truck, but I'm still wet from being soaked with sweat. Pulling vines out of trees, and trying to trim them up some. Not sure I got everything the boss wanted. I'm reluctant to remove wood, cause it's harder putting it back, than taking it off. I'd like to remove the lower limbs from the cedars to make them more tree like, but I left it alone for now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 28, 2019, 07:55:08 PM
Tornado just kit Lawrence, Ks.  home of KU Jayhawks.  task force 5 ready to deploy as needed, all K9 on stand by as well as TF 4 and poss 3.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 28, 2019, 09:30:07 PM
Was at work,did not look at the temp,but on the cool side. I put a sweat shirt on at high noon. Than the rain came. Went one day with no rain. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 28, 2019, 09:32:27 PM
Deployed, got work covered, made it 5 minutes out of town, called back to stand down, back on standby.  Guess original reports were worse than reality.  at least my gear is packed and in my truck.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on May 28, 2019, 10:49:34 PM
(https://www.bing.com/th?id=ON.57D370F0365BB2F70DA64B2380DCA856&pid=News&w=234&h=132&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90&dpr=1.25) (https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article230923778.html)

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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 29, 2019, 04:03:01 PM
Cooler today and overcast, but later the skies cleared some. I think 62F today for the high.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on May 29, 2019, 04:44:20 PM
93° and sunny  D^:  Got scorched pretty good, and nothing today was fun. Laid out anchor bolts which is pretty much always terrible, did slope staking, which is also terrible, then had to lay out a footer that wasn't ready, and half the job in my way. Felt like I worked 2hrs OT, but it was only 8  :^/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 29, 2019, 07:07:15 PM
Shoulda done my footers. My hoe operator made sure there was room for a man to work. :) Be a year to the day, come Monday, we done all the foundations here for house, garage and shop. Garage build starts Monday, everything is here on site and ready to roll. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on May 29, 2019, 09:22:58 PM
Another cool day and kinda wet. We went to town and needed the wipers once in a while. Afternoon was dry,heavy clouds.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on May 30, 2019, 04:18:57 AM
48F here before daylight, light rain expected. So I'll be cutting some firewood. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on May 31, 2019, 12:58:58 PM
I haven't posted to this thread in a while. Mostly because it hasn't snowed in several weeks now. :) We had nice weather last weekend and during the week we have been getting afternoon rain that has kept me from making any real headway. Today is lovely with blue skies and of course, I am tied up at work. Maybe I will make some ground this evening, but tomorrow I have a logger rescue class about an hour NW of here and they are expecting rain in the afternoon. I hope we don't get too wet. I don't mind working in the rain if I have to, but trying to take a class in the rain is a bit different. It is what it is. I have taken other classes in that area and it has a different weather system than we do at my place because of the higher altitude. It is usually less nice up there than at my place on rainy or snowy days. Sunday looks to be another washout, but I will try to make the best of it. Temps are hanging in the 60-70 range during the days right now, so that part is good anyway.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 01, 2019, 03:51:30 AM
Rained in the early morning yesterday then cleared by 9:00 am, so I cut firewood in the morning. In the afternoon the NW wind brought with it smog and smoke from the prairie fires in western Canada. We get everyone else's pollution from west of here with the right winds. ;) Starry skies this morning and 45F. They had predicted frost. Way off the mark. :)

Corn, beets, chard and lettuce were planted and the potatoes are now breaking ground. Had some volunteer melon of some sort growing in the yard soil, so moved 3 of those to the garden. They must be tough because they germinated when it was barely past the last of the snow melt. :D

First aid course today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 01, 2019, 04:40:46 AM
44° this morning. :o  That will slow down those blood sucking flies. ;D  And 2 days with no rain!!!
I heard about that smoke,fire,on the news, But I did not really "see" it. But that might of added to the cloud cover.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 01, 2019, 06:19:49 PM
Reached 75F here today, no wind, nice evening here. Lovely on the porch. :)

Got home from first aid and went at that lawn mowing. Lawdy, clouds of them black flies, they was more hungry than yesterday. Seen the first deer fly. DOH!! Smooshed him to, before he warmed up this morning. ;D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 02, 2019, 10:51:55 PM
Frost last night and calling for frost again tonight. High temps have only been in the upper 40s and low 50s. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 03, 2019, 04:34:57 AM
I was wondering how warm it was out by Fargo, ND these days. The old hermit was going to update on youtube about his Good Friday garden he put in. Have not seen him in days. Maybe there ain't no more garden. :D

On the gardening side, I see them yellow beetles on them cukes or melon transplants I found and moved to the garden. I'm thinking more cukes now, but they sure have a real big cotyledon for a cuke. But that first leaf sure looks cukey now. The river loam is real rich soil, so it's possible they got a nutrient boost. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 03, 2019, 05:12:10 AM
Captain Jacks will calm them bugs down. ;D  I use the powder. It's a good,safe bug killer. Organic,on the label. Better than that Sevin stuff. :o
I have not put much into the garden. I was waiting for it to warm up. :D It's going in today,peppers and tomatoes.
Well I thought we might make it a whole 3 days with no rain. Was a light mist yesterday in the morning,than the rain came late morning. Rained hard in the night,just a shower.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on June 03, 2019, 09:20:33 AM
It would make a nice Spring/Summer here if it was to STOP the RAIN for a while.

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 03, 2019, 10:18:05 AM
I could deal with all the rain better if it would warm up. 50s for daytime high temps in June doesnt get things growing and sucking up moisture to well. Our leaves arent fully out yet and the grass is barely growing, so the rain we do receive just ponds up.

Our 10 day forecast has one day showing 71 degrees everything else is 50s and 60s.
Heavy frost last night that set on about midnight and was still around at 9am this morning. I guess a silver lining is the bugs arent bad...?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 03, 2019, 10:43:28 AM
We have some organic powder in the stores here to, but I try not to use anything at all. There is a guy in Houlton with a greenhouse business that sells lots of that stuff to, never been in. He's on the radio every Thursday.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 03, 2019, 09:02:41 PM
Happy Birthday SwampDonkey!


Today wasn't bad, about 70° and sunny. Had to stake a couple wells in a field that was just cut for hay. Saw some vultures, and walked over to see what they were chowing on, though I had a pretty good idea. There was some remains of a fawn that got hit by the equipment. Kind of a crappy way to go. That's one of the things I hate most about my job. I do layout, and the machines come in and tear everything up. I feel especially bad for the turtles. Can you imagine? You're running as fast as you can, and there's no hope of getting out of the way.

Got back to the office to do some cutting. Had to make some maple shorter, but it's grown up now, and I can't see where I'm cutting. Rocked my chain twice. Also got it pinched a couple times, and spent more time getting it unpinched than I would have if I just walked back to the truck to get what I needed. Punished by my laziness again  :^D  Also trimmed up some cedars I started last week. There was a bird nest in one that had a couple eggs, so I left the trash in the tree trying not to disturb the nest more than I did. Looked again today, and there was only one egg. Not sure what happened there, but I'm guessing something stole the other egg  :^/

edit:
Oh, and I got my order from Baileys! Got my Logrite cant hook, and some other stuff I ordered. The cant hook looks nice. I could have used that today getting my saw unstuck.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 03, 2019, 09:09:02 PM
55° and overcast with a few showers. Guessers were calling for sun but once again they were wrong.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 03, 2019, 09:11:10 PM
A great day to put in peppers.  ::)  50° now and that wind is just a blowing. I was mowing and had a sweat shirt on.
lxskllr,I know the lazy feeling. I should of went back to the house and got a stocking hat to mow. :o
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 03, 2019, 09:23:34 PM
I put mater and jalapeno in today and set some containers around them. We had a heavy thunderstorm shower a little while afterword. :D

55F here for the high maybe. No wind though. I cut firewood in the morning. Closing that hole. :D

Oh, and a starling landed down in the stove from atop the roof. Had to open the stove and tap the stove pipe to spook him out the open basement door. They are as bad as chimney swifts for getting into flues.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on June 04, 2019, 07:18:46 AM
41 this morning, but the 20mph winds we had all day yesterday have calmed down. Should stay below 5mph today and I have the afternoon off. Should top out int eh mid 60's today, good working weather. Have no idea what I will be doing yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 04, 2019, 03:17:22 PM
Started out at 42F and ended the day around 65 here. Good day to put up a new garage.  :)  Cut a load of firewood to. 8)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/garage-day1.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 04, 2019, 04:32:12 PM
About 70° again, maybe a touch warmer. Irritating day. Had to pin a footer first. We don't do that much anymore, and that's a good thing. This was originally a square attached to a rectangle; simple. No reason a decent mason couldn't do it himself, but I had to put 8 nails into concrete. Footer didn't look right, and the building wouldn't fit as-is. Not My Problem™. I laid it out, and before I was done, the mason showed up. He called the owner, and it turns out he changed the house and didn't tell anyone. I had to pull out 4 of my nails, and set 2 new ones. Now we're at a simple rectangle. If you can't get that square using a tape, you're in the wrong business.

Job2... go to stakeout a house, but they're still bush hogging the site. Wait around til the guy's done. then lay the house out. Builder shows up, and wants it moved. I pull all my stakes out, and do it again cause it was so much fun the first time. I barely want to do my job once. I especially hate doing it twice+.

Plus side, is I got to use my saw to cut down some trees in the way. If not for my little echo, I'd have spent a good while doing it with a machete, or setting a new point to occupy. Until the 2511, I've never used a saw at work. I've used it a couple times since I've gotten it. Bought it as a toy more or less, but it's proven legitimately valuable. Lightweight, and easy to carry. It definitely cuts above its size. Money well spent, even outside of entertainment factor.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 05, 2019, 07:49:53 PM
48° and rain/fog all day.

Was curious today what the soil temp was so I stuck a thermometer in a few spots and our average soil temp is around 46°. It's no wonder that things arent growing and the leaves arent out yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 06, 2019, 04:04:12 AM
I imagine it will be like our springs up and over here, the heat hits around the 15 of June.

Some glad I put them screens on the porch, they was loaded with mosquitoes last evening. I was sitting there and happened to look over at the barn flu. Coons in the flu. Can't get in the barn though, stove pipe with damper on it and still hooked to the stove. Hmm, might need a smudge. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 06, 2019, 06:01:43 PM
85° and humid. Summer's awful... Did some brushcutting today, and tried my new string head. I like the design, but it doesn't work well with what I'm cutting. It grabs a bunch of long grass, and it'll wrap around the head and stop the rotation. Better for touchups I think. Broke a shield brace again. I'll use it for awhile, then try my new Chinese plastic shield with the shredder blade. Don't have much hope for the plastic shield. It was only $6. Hoping it works though. I like the way it clamps to the shaft.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 06, 2019, 06:43:29 PM
Been in the 70's the last couple days and low humidity. Powder dry on top.

Chard and beats are up in the garden, planted less than a week ago. Got to hoe them taters this weekend.

Got all the siding, fascia and soffit on the garage today. Steel goes on tomorrow and some strapping on the under belly of the trusses.

Been gopher this week for the carpenters. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 06, 2019, 09:30:17 PM
@lxskllr (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=39990).I hear ya on the long grass. Try a couple swipes,start high and work your way down. I am using a cheapy weed whacker,forgot the brand,some relation to Poulan,  :D one of those green ones. That is what works for me. when the grass gets long. I had a big ones years ago. A Craftsman,has some big motor on it. That would take down grass 3 feet high with one swipe. :o But I could only use it for about an hour. The harness was not the greatest. ::)
2 nice days in a row,with rain in the early morning than sun throughout the day. Not steady sun,but off and on. Did not even need a sweatshirt tonight out digging rocks. :( Pretty bad when I need to wear a sweatshirt digging rocks the first week of June.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 07, 2019, 05:20:38 AM
Not me, cutting firewood since the first part of May and clothes wet from sweat every time. I was collecting scraps from the construction site, a dry 72F and water coming out everywhere. By ball cap was like I stood in a shower. Drip drip drip drip. :D

Carpenters have been here by 6:30 am every morning and leave at 5:00 pm. Should be finished up today. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on June 07, 2019, 06:29:08 AM
HOT HOT uper 80s in the 90s today big cool down comeing next week
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on June 07, 2019, 07:13:25 AM
I haven't complained written about the weather much lately. Been bust working which means the weather isn't so bad. I am coming in each night soaked in sweat and it is only in the 70's. I wonder what I am going to do when it gets hot? The rains are reduced now to evening showers here and there. We are still getting the overnights in the low 40's here and there. The bugs have hatched all over, which is nearly annoying as the rain. I have only seen one snake so far, nothing big, and no blacks.....yet. Been finding a lot of bear droppings from about a week or two ago (even in the middle of my front lawn), but no recent sign or sightings. They did come through and remind the flatlanders new to the area what happens when they put their trash out. 
 All in all, not bad, but it is getting warmer and it is getting humid. Life goes on.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 07, 2019, 09:18:47 AM
Had our first official 70° temp here yesterday, 262 days since the last time it hit 70. Calling for the 70s and 80s today and tomorrow before 50s and 60s next week.

Nights have still been in the 30s and 40s so I still have the wood stove going. 

May ran something like 13° below average and June so far is 11° below average.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 07, 2019, 12:26:18 PM
Was only 65F here a bit ago, will probably hit 70 this afternoon. I was gardening and picking up the trash around the garage build and the water was running off me. The mosquitoes and black flies are ferocious. In shade of the new garage the mosquitoes are in swarms. :D There is no water around here for a mile, to the nearest swamp or brook. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 07, 2019, 02:42:21 PM
Swampdonkey,than why all the flies?  :D  I have a brook about 1000 feet away and the pond is not that much father away either. Than wet holes on my land. And than another pond about 2 miles from me,than one through the woods is maybe 3 miles away. 
But back to the weather.  ;D  Another nice day. 2 days and no rain!! Bright sun,with a few clouds. I even turned the heat off to the house!!! I have only done that 2-3 times total this year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 07, 2019, 04:56:12 PM
A bit cooler today, but humid. Laid out a bridge pier and some stormdrain, and finished about noon. Decided it was time to deal with that ash. Been debating about climbing it again, but it's only getting hotter out, and the tree's getting more dangerous, so I decided to drop it. Got it on the ground with sniper-like precision, but my stump was a disaster as usual. Made a picture perfect face cut, with the bottom shelf nice and level(I cheated. It was so close to the ground it was easy), and my cuts perfectly mated. Bored the middle, and when it popped out the other side, I was below my face shelf  :^S  Rebored it from the screwed up side, then released it.

The tree had two main leaders, and I aimed the trunk at a fence post hoping the leaders would straddle the post. Hit it perfectly, and the post barely got scraped. Very pleased with the result, but I really need to work on keeping my bar level. Been thinking about making a magnetic fisheye bubble for the bar. I'm thinking the saw will vibrate too much, but it should be cheap enough to try.

Got to use my new Logrite cant hook, and that thing's the bees knees. Sorry I didn't get one sooner. The Stihl dealer suggested one when I got my first good saw, but I was still in shock after paying $800 for a saw, and at that point, I wasn't *into* this stuff. I just wanted to take a tree apart cheaper than I could pay someone else to do it. It would have been very helpful with my oak though.

Still have to finish cleaning up the mess, and move the bigger logs to a place to practice milling when my mill gets here next week, but it was a productive day, and I did my best job yet dropping  a tree, though there's MUCH room for refinement.


realtime edit:
Against my better judgment, here's a pic of the stump...

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49990/20190607_133526.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1559940779)


No, I didn't impressively take it down with my 2511. I just happened to have that in hand when I took the pic  :^P  I used my 362cm with a 24" bar
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 07, 2019, 05:19:59 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on June 07, 2019, 02:42:21 PM
Swampdonkey,than why all the flies?  :D 
Remember that Star Trek episode where the people on the planet were shoulder to shoulder from high population density. That must be it. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on June 07, 2019, 09:17:16 PM
@lxsklr Was that tree dead? If it was, the hinge is fine, better too big, than too small. better to pull some fiber than have it go wrong. If it was live, maybe the hinge was a bit thick, I see some long fibers, but you are splitting hairs. The tree went where you wanted, you are still upright, winner all around. Keeping the bore level takes some time and mostly thought when you start the cut, which was my problem, but practice paid off.
 I never saw the point in you climbing that tree, it would gain you nothing that I could see worthwhile.
 Good Job.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 07, 2019, 10:09:33 PM
The tree was semi live. It had some leaves and was sprouting suckers, but it was on it's way out. The main reason I climbed it was just to do it. Get a little more experience climbing, and try a hardwood. I justified it by shortening it so I wouldn't hit the fence posts. I didn't get it short enough for that, but I did get the dead limbs overhead on the backcut. I was debating climbing it again, but it's getting too hot for wearing a saddle and all the other gear. There also won't be many more days when it's 'merely' 80°, so I wanted to just get it done. I don't like doing tree work when it's hot, but this one wasn't as optional. Waiting would just make it more dangerous to cut.

The ash cuts nice, but it's really a mess. Makes a lot of dust, and left a layer of crud on my chain cutters. I'll probably have to use a solvent after milling it.

Overall, I'm happy with the outcome, but my sloppy cuts are disappointing. I guess I just need to put more time in it. I have limited opportunity for falling trees. I don't want to drop trees just to do it, so I only get the occasional chance when something dead has to come down, or is a problem for one reason or another.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 08, 2019, 01:19:07 PM
I'm not use to this warm weather. :D   72°  I am working in the garden. This is the first warm day that I have been home for. ;D  A very nice day. Day three with no rain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 08, 2019, 01:31:23 PM
Brought in the rest of the firewood for in the basement. One load had some tamarack. Don't tell me that ain't full of spiral. You're full of yourself. Bahaha :D The Collins just bounced, and once split after multiple whacks, the grain certainly spirals along the split grain. I was splitting the but ends and good thing they are only 18 year old trees and no bigger than 10" on the ends. ;) A couple had to be coaxed with a chain saw cut. :D

Been beautiful here all week and none of that scorching heat. Very blessed we are here on the hill. Nowhere any better.  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on June 08, 2019, 01:51:12 PM
92 today may have to start a night shift smiley_sun
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 08, 2019, 10:55:42 PM
Decent day. 75° and sunny. Didn't do a single thing. I'd have liked to have made up a chain for my mill that's due next week, but I left my chain stuff at work.

Right hand neighbors had a couple spars removed. They inexplicably left them standing years ago when they cut them all down. Tulip poplars. All the bark sloughed off, and they were starting to rot. These are the neighbors I don't like much, and I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't amuse if they dropped the one spar on their house. It wasn't them doing the work though. They got a small tree company I wasn't familiar with to do it.

I have too many trees to discreetly watch the proceedings, so I didn't get to see what they were doing, but the one near the house was interesting. Heard the saw stop running, and heard pounding, presumably a wedge. I looked over and saw the guy swinging a maul overhead, and the top of the spar dropped over. It was pretty high up; maybe 6', and he wasn't climbing. Thinking about it now, I'm wondering if he just did snap cuts, and beat it over with the maul...

His saw was bigger than mine. I'd guess a 661. Stihls, at least the new ones have a distinctive sound. They're kind of clattery, and very 'metallic' sounding. I can definitely pick them out over other brands. I didn't like the way the guy ran the saw. Very blippy. That's why I thought it was the neighbors were doing it themselves, or a friend doing it for them. Got me excited for some carnage.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 10, 2019, 10:47:13 PM
Rain. Someone got in the office over the weekend, and stole my brushcutter and ms362. Better not showup on craigslist. I'm not a 'right to lifer'...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 11, 2019, 06:15:55 AM
lxskllr,sorry to hear about the things stolen.
Rain here too. Even the driveway was dusty the other day. :o  We had 4 great sunny warm dry days before this rain. I got a little bit of a sunburn. Most years I don't. But with not much sun this year,than all at once sun for 4 days,I am a little red.
The heat is still off. This should be it turning the valves off and on. This is the first year that I had the heat on this late. Most years I turn them off and on a few times. This year it was a steady on.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 11, 2019, 09:05:24 AM
We had 3 warm days last week in the 70s and even hitting 80 Saturday. Been raining on and off since and in the 50s to maybe 60. Was 40° this morning. 

The 10 day guesstimate shows the warmest temp to be 64°... hopefully July warms UP.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 11, 2019, 12:00:06 PM
Been 70's and yesterday 82F here. Done with the heat here I think as well. Going to put the humidifier away and turn on the dehumidifier in the basement now. :D Going to stack some firewood on Saturday with what I cut. Then more later when I buy a load of maple.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 12, 2019, 05:31:42 AM
Just about an all day rain yesterday. But we had 4 great days of dry weather,sun and warm temps. ;D
Good idea on the dehumidifier,with new construction. I ran one here for years. Have not ran it for 4-5 years now. But I do have a box fan,I mounted it from the ceiling upside down,so I can just reach up for the controls. That has been on for at least 2 years,maybe 3,steady. I never turn it off. I want the air movement. I do open up the cellars window this time of year. But with a dehumidifier I would not have the windows open.
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Crusarius on June 12, 2019, 07:31:44 AM
We need some seriously hot dry weather to get rid of the crazy amount of black flies we have this year. can't even enjoy being outside with the crazy amounts of them around.

Wonder what temperature they melt? :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 13, 2019, 03:10:24 PM
The heat is on. Started to rain an hour ago. I was cutting some bushes and wanted to get that area done. I worked out in the rain and got a little wet. Came inside and put the heat on. They said PM rain.With my day off I was hoping PM stood for Past Midnight.  :D We had some dry sunny days,
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on June 13, 2019, 03:40:19 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on June 13, 2019, 03:10:24 PMThe heat is on.

:D
Well, that has a different meaning out here!  Cooling off now - down to the lower 90's today after 2 days of 104° and several days before that of upper 90's.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 13, 2019, 03:54:29 PM
Your right about them black flies. They are in cloud formations this year. :D  No more heat here come Sunday. I just put the humidifer away today. I'll be turning off the electric furnace. It never comes on during the day anyway. It was 70 earlier, dropped back to 68F now. Breezy. Nice though, there is a mugginess about it. Was working at levelling the gravel in the garage floor and the water was dripping off the ball cap. ;) No rain yet, but it is coming. Corn seems to grow 2" a day in the garden. Potatoes will be in blossom in 2 weeks. My potatoes are way ahead of the farmers'.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 13, 2019, 04:16:51 PM
Couple days of dry .Dry enough I could grade out a little over 40 tons of crushed limestone with my 65 year old bulldozer .I never claimed to be the best dozer operator in the world but I manage ,just takes me longer .Beats a shovel and a rake. Drizzel  today off and on as far as rain .That the ground can soak up.  A 2-3" frog drowner it can't .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 13, 2019, 04:27:01 PM
I don't know what the story in my garden is .3 varieties of tomatoes ,all doing well,cucumbers ,crooked neck yellow squash same .One scroungy green bean plant .I think something ate the seeds .I'll replant them I guess . ???
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 13, 2019, 04:41:48 PM
The heat is on here too via the wood stove. Frosty again this morning. Yesterday it never reached 50°, today its 60°. Finally had to mow the lawn. Father in laws garden isn't doing anything, but why would it when it has frosted 3 times in the last 10 days. Crazy weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 13, 2019, 11:10:33 PM
The heat has been off since the first of the month.Supposed to get down to 50 tonight but a well insulated brick  house I doubt gets very cold inside  That said it has been crazy weather .Aprils rains all May and continuing into June .It might be that proverbial cold day in July .Odd indeed .As crazy as it is it might be picking vine ripened tomatoes in November as large as a softball .It might be polar bears in the back yard too .The cats would go nuts . :D 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 14, 2019, 07:16:19 PM
Fantastic day! Amazingly cool for a mid June MD. It barely cracked 70°, and was sunny and breezy all day. Work was easy, and after getting back for the day, I took out a willow limb my boss wanted down with my first successful DRT climb. I had multiple failures, and an arborist would have laughed his butt off at me, but I'm calling it a huge success.

Had some trouble getting my throwline in the tree due to the rats nest of vines. My cambium saver that I found today failed. It was a 1"x36" piece of well pipe I found in a treasure box(jobsite container) today. I saw it, and thought "Huh... That might work as a cambium saver". There's a few potential problems with it, and the one I ran into was it was too stiff, and didn't stay in the crotch. I haven't given up on the idea, and I've sawn kerfs across the top to allow it to flex down more. We'll see,,, The rope ran directly in the crotch, but willows are durable. I don't think it did significant damage.

I tried using the tail of my line in a Blake's hitch to the running end, but I couldn't get it to grab. I saw it in a book, and it looked like a good idea, but same size lines won't grab as well. Perhaps I didn't dress the knot well enough. It was in a book afterall, so it works for someone, but I ended up using my prussik cord as a traditional prussik, and that worked great. Didn't get the binding I did last time when I had it around both ends of the line(Didn't want to run the rope through the crotch of my walnut and damage it, so I was trying to footlock up the doubled line, but I never got off the ground to to the hitch binding).

Got my saw stuck when the kerf closed faster than expected. Had to climb down and get my Silky to rescue it(Note to self, when saddle goes on, Silky goes on too).

It was an easy climb, about 12' up, and I cheated by bracing against one of the other multi trunks part of the way, but I also did a little proper DRT climbing, and I got the job done effectively, and safely. I have some trust issues with the gear cause I'm not experienced, but everything worked as it should. The prussik grabbed when it needed to grab, and released when it was supposed to release. I'm *very* pleased with how it all turned out.

Also ran a tank of fuel through my new brushcutter. Still getting sore shoulders, but I'm feeling more comfortable with it. I think I can feel the extra 3cc over my last one. It seems to cut a bit better, but that could be due to the new blade that hasn't been ravaged by rocks and junk yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on June 14, 2019, 10:40:47 PM
Quote from: lxskllr on June 14, 2019, 07:16:19 PM
Fantastic day! Amazingly cool for a mid June MD. It barely cracked 70°, and was sunny and breezy all day. Work was easy, and after getting back for the day, I took out a willow limb my boss wanted down with my first successful DRT climb. 
OK, I gotta ask, what is a DRT climb? In EMS we use the acronym DRT to mean "Dead Right There" as in "On arrival patient was DRT". SO you can see why I am curious. Glad you had a good safe day, really sorry you got robbed.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 15, 2019, 03:28:52 AM
May was on the cold side here and was mainly running off the electric furnace for heat up until today. The electric bill arrived and was $90 more for that electric heat. But then again, wood isn't free is it? I figure that is 1/3 of a cord burned. A cord runs $270. So I call even Stevens on that. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 15, 2019, 06:39:06 AM
DRT=DoubleRopeTechnique. It's the more traditional way to ascend a tree where one end of the line attaches to your saddle, goes up and over a branch or false crotch, and back to the climber. A prussik from the saddle attaches to the running end, and you haul yourself up the tree using the prussik as a progress capture. Benefits are it doesn't take much gear, and the load is distributed on both legs of the line. Drawbacks are friction is a problem where the rope runs, and it's physically hard and slow.

SRT=SingleRopeTechnique. This is more modern, and gear intensive. Professional arborists probably use it more than anything. One end of the line is anchored either in the canopy, or back to the ground around the trunk. Various mechanical ascenders are used to get up the rope. Benefits are it's faster and easier to climb. Drawbacks are it takes more expensive gear, and to my way of thinking, interesting new failure points with the new expensive gear.

I don't want interesting failure points when I'm up in a tree. I like the simplicity of a rope and a couple knots. I have all the time in the world, and I'm doing this for fun, so I don't have to be efficient with time. It's also just a sideline. My main interest in climbing is with spurs, but they shouldn't be used on pruning jobs due to damage to the tree. It's good to know though. The limb I took off would have been difficult to get to without ropes. I /may/ have been able to free climb it, but I'd have been pushing my aging body. I'm not as agile and pain tolerant as I used to be. The other option would have been a ladder, but that would have required someone else to remove the ladder once I got to my perch, then replace it once I got the limb down.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 15, 2019, 01:27:27 PM
Nobody in North Dakota or northern MI has taters up like these in the garden. :D ;) No skips or misses. I've been working around the potato barrel a few years. Blossoms by July 1st I figure. ;)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/potatoes_June15-2019.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 15, 2019, 01:30:18 PM
Nice job you did there.
We use to grow taters growing up. We had just a garden for them things
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 15, 2019, 01:33:35 PM
In the 70's here today, light breeze and mix of sun and cloud. Very nice, should be like this all summer. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 15, 2019, 02:52:59 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on June 15, 2019, 03:28:52 AM
 . But then again, wood isn't free is it? I figure that is 1/3 of a cord burned. A cord runs $270. So I call even Stevens on that. :D
It isn't free even if you cut your own .You have time,fuel, cost to own and maintain the saw ,beat up pick up to haul it in etc .I don't think it fetches $ 270 a cord here though .
Having said that I agree because it's a pain in the neck trying to burn wood after the temps rise ,warm day time ,cool at night . 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 15, 2019, 09:30:38 PM
Another good drying day. Wind and sun.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 15, 2019, 10:41:27 PM
Rain yesterday and last night and temps in the 50s. Was a sweat shirt kind of day again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 16, 2019, 04:07:51 PM
70's again with a nice breeze on the porch. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 16, 2019, 07:17:25 PM
Drizzled all night then cleared up about 8 AM today .The sun shined the puddles disappeared .It turned out to be a nice day .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 16, 2019, 08:02:04 PM
Not terribly hot; 82°, but very humid. Pulled some weeds today, and got my new PoulanPro case setup with supplies, but didn't do much else. My experiment with 5/32 file storage is sliding them down a channel in corrugated cardboard. That'll work til I get a piece of bamboo. Haven't fully fleshed the idea out, but I want to use bamboo with a cork in the top for file storage.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: JV on June 17, 2019, 09:10:46 PM
Sitting here watching it rain again.  Came down to southern Indiana Saturday.  We have had around 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.  One place northeast of here has had 8 inches since Saturday.  No let up predicted until Friday.  May have to swim home.  Several tornadoes north of here Saturday night.  Grin and bear it I guess.  But like the saying "let a smile be your umbrella and you'll end up with a mouth full of rain."
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 18, 2019, 04:01:35 PM
85° with 85% humidity  D^:

Awful weather. Fall can't get here soon enough. Getting older, and time goes by faster, but I can't help wanting to speed through summer. Figuring I'll live to 80, I'd happily die at 65-70 if it meant I could do without summer the rest of my life. That part is complete waste anyway. Mowing lawn, ticks, mosquitoes, and heat.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 18, 2019, 05:53:06 PM
80F and 55% humidity today, nice little breeze. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 19, 2019, 12:39:37 AM
58° today with a cool north wind, fog rolled in off the lake and the temp dropped to 49° about 6pm. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 19, 2019, 05:02:43 PM
Hot and humid again, but a bit less so than yesterday. Split a bunch of ash at work. Not even sure why. I guess it'll be my emergency reserve, but it's not like I'm gonna run out of wood any time soon. Just didn't want to see it wasted. It'll be about 1 cord after I split the uglies with a saw, and a bit more on top after adding my milling scraps.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 19, 2019, 05:11:27 PM
84F today and around 45% RH.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 19, 2019, 11:21:24 PM
Made it all the way UP to 63° today then the fog rolled in and it dropped to 48° and was cold and damp the afternoon.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 20, 2019, 03:23:55 AM
Light rain this morning with 60F. Helps them beans germinate. They are mostly up, but a few duds germinate slowly and don't have much of an apex to make leaves.

It's a battle with the cukes, the beetles chew up the cotyledons. I'm using diatomaceous earth to slow the beetles.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 20, 2019, 06:56:40 PM
Pretty miserable today; this morning especially. Almost 100% humidity, and was 75° when I got to the first job. Glasses fogged up, instrument fogged up, everything stank... Ended up topping out at 80° with a couple boosts when the sun came out, but the humidity made everything terrible.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 20, 2019, 07:02:52 PM
Rain at 1pm today. Suppose to rain through the night. It was starting to dry out. Wife made some pretty good ruts mowing the field behind the mailbox a couple weeks ago. Tires hardly got wet this morning. There is at least one spring that goes through the field. High 50's.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 21, 2019, 04:03:44 AM
Rainy with showers and 60F this morning. Birds are singing, can't be all that bad.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 21, 2019, 05:45:29 AM
Two decent days with no rain then low and behold pennies from heaven .Rain all through the night the very same day I took delivery of a 40 foot shipping container .Good thing I have a bull dozer else it never would have gotten sat .Got some ruts to fill in .That's the way the cookie crumbles . :(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 21, 2019, 08:20:31 PM
Pretty nice day. Maxed out at ~80°, and low humidity. It's been a cool spring for the most part.

Lost my USAF survival knife today. I was brushcutting, the harness pad was knocking it around, and it fell out of the sheath. I made a couple passes with a metal detector, but there was so much crap on the ground it was hard to swing. Looking for a brown and black knife on a forest floor full of cut brush... I have to order another one. I use it all the time. Disturbingly, Amazon says it was discontinued by Ontario. Their website shows OOS, so... I can still get one, but I can't lose it again if they aren't making more.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 21, 2019, 10:42:48 PM
Two mornings ago was 36° with patchy frost, 55° yesterday then back to 39° last night. Today it made it to 65° with a nice breeze that was perfect for working, just wish it would get warmer so things would grow.

Still feeding one herd of cattle hay because the grass just isn't growing. We are easily 3 to 4 weeks behind and dont look to be catching up at all. Good news is the lawn has only needed mowing twice since it keeps freezing and turning brown.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 22, 2019, 03:28:01 AM
Cleared out last night before dark and is 55F this morning before daylight. Haven't had any source of heat for a week now, except sunshine. Potato plants about doubled their size this week. 8)

Have only seen a couple moose this spring. But they are there, leaving behind tracks and moose marbles. Finally might be thinning them out some with the change in the hunting season. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 22, 2019, 04:51:11 AM
Heat is on. 62°. That rain filled up the ruts behind the field at the mailbox.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on June 22, 2019, 06:48:52 PM
97 degrees.  High humidity just sucks the water out of you. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 22, 2019, 06:57:15 PM
Fantastic day. Topped out around 80°, and rock bottom humidity. If this is what summer always was, I wouldn't hate it so much.

Didn't do much. Checked out a new saw shop, and got a new bar for my 362. Afterward, I stopped off for pit beef, which I seldom do on weekends. Got home, drank a beer, and fell asleep listening to the radio. It was a long week, and I guess I still had some recovery to do. Trying to figure out what I'll do with the rest of my evening.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on June 22, 2019, 07:45:50 PM
showers off and on today.  wife is working.  taught my son to change the oil in his jeep, first oil change.  the cartridge on top is nice.  he helped me mask off the glass on some outdoor lights.  and now they are painted.  a bit of 1/2 inch hail 20 minutes ago.  my daughter and i had just got back from toy story 4.  she is 20 but going into animation.  she said it was great animation.  went and piled, turned my compost row, and did not see any snakes.  saw three of them a few days ago.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: rjwoelk on June 22, 2019, 09:12:47 PM
Got our first real rain  since spring thaw. 2 inches. On Thursday. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 23, 2019, 12:30:27 AM
39° again last night. It's the end of June and we are in the 30s at night and still struggling to get into the 60s during the day. Crazy crazy year.

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 23, 2019, 05:36:41 AM
60F overnight with a north wind. Clear blue skies. Highs still in the 70's for the next few days. Nice summer for a change without the heat. :)

Male blue bird singing this morning in the yard, still hasn't found a mate. Musta been a hard winter on blue birds. Neighbors who have had nest boxes up for years have not seen any.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on June 24, 2019, 02:35:35 PM
Warmest night all year at 60°, now its dropped to 49° and rain. We needed the rain so no complaints there, but we could do without the cool temps.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 24, 2019, 04:02:36 PM
It was another nice day here. The north wind is still blowing and it was rather cool. Never reached 72 until after dinner. Nice days for working, but still favouring that sciatic nerve so been home puttering around.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 24, 2019, 09:34:30 PM
The heat is off!! Been warm the last few days. This is more like it. Not that I like the warm weather,but it's nice to see things grow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 24, 2019, 09:42:13 PM
It was about 87° and pretty humid. Temps are going up this week, with nasty humidity. Not taking the brushcutter to work this week. May do some machete stuff. Easier to carry, and less hot gear. I think I've got the vines scared. They're suckering like crazy. Time to go through, and lop off their little green heads  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 25, 2019, 10:34:53 AM
It finally slacked off as far as rain .I was very surprised to find soy beans and corn sprouting up . In these days of "no till " I get confused because unlike years ago the land is not tilled first and evidently they can sow under more wet conditions .It might turn out better than expected with any luck like a late fall .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 25, 2019, 01:53:11 PM
No idea about 'no till'. After awhile I would think it would get too compacted and impede drainage and aeration for roots. Ones I've noticed doing that was because the soil was shallow on top of pure sand or heavy clay.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on June 25, 2019, 04:48:27 PM
It would be worth taking a few minutes to look up the details on no-till.  Briefly, no-till has lots of benefits for the appropriate field crops, one of which is less ground compaction.  No-till doesn't mean NEVER-till though, and every few years depending on the nature of your soil you have turn the field and start fresh.  Depending on actual conditions, this interval may be lengthened by sub-soiling.  There is very little bottom plowing any more - large disc-harrows with a drag can turn and prep a field in a single pass.

Add/edit:  I'm no expert, I just go by what I see around here.  Looking at some university websites - like NDSU - I see that no-till practiced correctly is never-till and the soil structure is better than tilled ground.  I don't know if that's a regional difference or what.  I'll leave that for individual study.

And now we return you to regular programming on the weather channel . . .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 25, 2019, 09:05:11 PM
Another icky day, and supposed to be worse tomorrow. Left the house this morning, and it was 73°, and ~95% humidity. The temps went up to 88°, and the humidity dropped to 62% by the end of the day. It was ok if you sat still in the shade, but awful as soon as you moved, especially in the sun.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 26, 2019, 03:45:32 AM
Getting some rain today and maybe some tomorrow. Need the water every week for the garden. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on June 26, 2019, 05:49:36 AM
Been a nice stretch of weather. Yesterday was cloudy and started to rain aboout 4pm. All done now,sun off and on today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 26, 2019, 07:41:36 AM
On that no til they run certain tillage equipment periodically like big field cultivators etc .I haven't seen an actual mold board plow used in years .Modern methods are beyond my understanding with global positioning on harvesting  and planting .What years ago were 40 acre fields are now 160 acre fields .The fences are mostly all gone .North of here ,around Toledo the fields are even larger.Some looked to me to be almost a section ,640 acres .It's starting  to look like Kansas .
As far as drainage it's all been tiled which has it's own problems .It gets rid of the water but it just goes some place else--down hill on the neighbors mainly ..  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on June 26, 2019, 07:51:00 AM
Events happened starting in the late 60's up to the 1980's .Thousand of acres of prime hardwoods fell to the mighty D8 Caterpllars .The escalating price of farm land prompted land clearing to generate more .It was rather short sighted .It took 200 years to grow those oaks and only several weeks to wipe them out forever .It was a shame and I doubt ever repeated  on a scale as it once was .If I recall correctly there were some tax incentives to curtail that practice .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on June 26, 2019, 08:53:10 AM
Another hot one coming today.  Mid 90's, the usual humidity.


12% fewer acres devoted to agriculture now than in 1930.  USDA
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 26, 2019, 09:36:32 AM
If it's like here, the only time the farmer got paid for all his work was when he sold out and retired. The good years were far between and often the woods was cut just to pay the bills and tuck a little away. I've seen thousands of acres cut around here and none for farmland. The old timers had all the good land cleared in these parts and a lot of that returned to forest and has been cut twice since. I've seen a few tree plantations returned to farm to, but that is small potatoes in comparison to cut and leave as is. Drivers buy comment "the trees are some small up here". Well it was all cut in the last 3 decades. Takes 120 years to get a 20" sugar maple up here, we don't get no 4" per ten years of growth. It's 80 years to get an 8"-10" one dominant in the canopy in all the timber cruises I did. I could have 2 crops of balsam fir 16-18" by then.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 26, 2019, 04:36:56 PM
Hot again today. Didn't do much surveying, but I got a bunch of machete work done on the farm. It's too hot for gearing up for brushcutting, and I wanted travel light. I think I'm actually getting somewhere with the bittersweet. It doesn't look like it, but it's all thinner, with a bunch of panic suckering. Pretty easy to cut, and easier to see, so I pulled a bunch of it up by the roots.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 27, 2019, 05:26:38 PM
93°, but fairly low humidity by MD standards; 50%. It's simply awful  :^D  Turned my ac on for the first time. Thermostat said 79°, so I put it on 78° which is about as low as I set it. It takes a bit of the edge off the humidity, and my ceiling fans help. If energy were free. it would be set at 60°  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 30, 2019, 10:06:20 AM
Been a wet few days here and evening thunderstorms. None of the hard to live with heat though.

Potato buds are right there ready to open up, will soon be flowering in pink. Filling the rows now. A little sun should do the trick.  :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/potatoes_June30_2019.jpg)



Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on June 30, 2019, 01:45:14 PM
A bit better today. Almost 90°, but only 33% humidity, and a nice breeze. Drove a splitting wedge into my fallen oak, attached my handcranked grinder, and touched up my felling wedges. Didn't get them perfect, but they're squared off aside from a couple bad ones, and sharpened. Been wanting to do that for awhile. Too hot for tree work, so I'm getting some related busy work in as I think of it. Made up a couple loops of chain yesterday, and organized my cutting bag. Only four months to go...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: gspren on July 02, 2019, 07:00:59 PM
HOT, we are at the Delaware beach house but it's hot at either house.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on July 02, 2019, 08:47:06 PM
100° today.  Humidity will suffocate you.  Really bad. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 02, 2019, 09:23:44 PM
Looks like summer is here. ;D  Don't care for the mid 80's temps,but better than 60,cloudy and rain. That's how it was just about the whole month of June.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on July 02, 2019, 10:31:04 PM
95° here and doing outdoor projects.  poured concrete around the new flagpole sleeve, made a cooler for the b-day party, (see the basin thread), hung a shade sail.  getting acclimated and enjoyed some shade and a bit of breeze.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 03, 2019, 03:27:33 AM
Been nice here, not quite 80F yesterday after the rain showers cleared and sun came out. Still on the mend with sciatica.

The old hermit in ND showed his taters from the garden he was fix'in for dinner. They was what we call marble size, but might be the odd one 2". Hate to tell'm mines just as big from a month later planting. hahaha :D The 20th will be 60 days, a week later I will be starting in on them. They'll actually be ripe and hardening off, then the tops die on their own. Be string beans and carrots in a hodge podge with cream poured on when dumped from the pot. I wonder if he ate such a treat, I bet he has, he's a pretty good cook and canner. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 03, 2019, 06:55:22 PM
Saw some vines a week or two ago on a piece of the property I hadn't visited. Also got a tip that junky lived over there, and couldn't be trusted. I was hoping to stay in the bamboo and see if he had a brushcutter and saw in the garage, but the land didn't cooperate. Boss had a run in with him previously, and I'd have liked noting better than to see my stuff there. By the time I got my stuff and collected interest, he'd have wished he didn't know what a chainsaw was  ;^)

Anyway, I geared up and cut vines with a chainsaw for about 1.5hrs today. Don't know how hot climate guys do it. It was 90° and ~80% humidity. Not sure I could do 8hrs straight of that. Can't wait til summer's over.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 03, 2019, 08:26:06 PM
Reached 88F and 60 % humidity here by end of the day. Used the furnace to force some drier cooler air up in the living space. It was nice and comfy not sticky. Now I am opening windows for the nice cool air. Sun is setting. :) Had a couple showers in the morning, of course came down when I just applied round up on the burdock and thistle. Also a little squirt along the drainage stone to kill off the odd dandi and box elder seedling. :D

Rooted grapes are coming along strong, I have a pretty even spread the length of the beds. Not much height, but nice healthy shoots. Bonus! Lots of water this year to help them along. Of course no gardening for me the last two weeks with this sciatica. I did sneak in and pull some weeds a week ago, but that was like a crawling walrus or kneeling jack ass and no bending for sure. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 07, 2019, 04:04:50 AM
Well, we had a couple 95F days and the mornings started out in the 70's, no breeze at all, which is very rare here on the hill. Last evening it all changed, humidity dropped to 45% and temp this morning is 55F out on the porch with a nice NW breeze blowing. The ambient air in the house stays fairly warm up stars even with the windows clear open. There is a 9'-14' high ceiling with an /\ ceiling in the centre of the room to trap the warm air. Even with a 9' tall window open in there it's warm. A better window covering would have been the honeycomb blinds, but who the heck has $3500 for a window blind. Lordy! :D 73 F upstairs now and 65 F down 45% RH on both floors. But the house was not bad, the basement was around 52% RH with humidifier running and the furnace was forcing drier cooler air up to both floors. The fans kept the air moving so it was quite pleasant. Less than 300 watts of fans versus 15000 watts of air conditioning units, a heck of a lot cheaper on power. :D Now we have our normal northern summer back again. Love'n it. 8)

Sciatica is much better this week, not over yet, but getting there. I think rest and good old time has been more effective than all the pills they have offered as a matter of record.  ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 07, 2019, 08:09:29 AM
I've been off since Thursday, but I don't think I've had more than 15 minutes of outside air the whole time. High heat and high humidity the whole time. Been bored. Nothing to do inside, and unfit for humans outside.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: crowhill on July 07, 2019, 08:26:53 AM
The American Legion hit it's 100 birthday in March, our Post celebrated this week-end. Friday PM had a Pig roast, then 2 hours of the wonderful Legion Band from Brattleboro VT performed leading right into some spectacular fireworks. Yesterday was horse pulls with teams from around New England, chicken B-B-Q, various types of vendors from food to ATVs & snowmobiles and local bands. It was a HOT sun shining, nice breeze, but in the sun had to be 100*! It was sooo hot that when the train went by twice and the horses didn't even twitch an ear! This week supposed to be mid to high 80's all week. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 07, 2019, 08:27:32 AM
Very warm here. Yesterday morning was even warm at 5 in the morning. This morning was and still is cool. But that will change. Another warm one coming. As they say,a good pool day. ;D
@crowhill (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=14684) sounds like a great day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: crowhill on July 07, 2019, 09:48:12 AM
CFarm was a great weekend. Yesterday evening was invited to friends camp site for a second pig roast, steamers, b-b-q chicken, burgers, salads and homemade cookies! Good food, good friends and today hoping to go to deer camp to trim around with bush hog!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 09, 2019, 05:18:33 AM
Been low humidity here in the 40's and it did reach 82F yesterday, but a nice north wind to make it bearable. Looks like another nice one on the way, that breeze is sticking around. Been a nicer summer this year than the last two, only had 3 days of 'hot' so far. Just enough rain to keep stuff lush. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on July 09, 2019, 07:10:48 AM
Bda storms last nite and rain today
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 09, 2019, 12:18:26 PM
It was barely 70F here at noon, so probably no 80F today. Nice breeze still blowing, humidity in 40's. Windows all the way up. Paradise. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 09, 2019, 02:21:45 PM
Yes,paradise is right. We only had that one warm morning, Had to roll the window up in the truck when I hit the tar road this morning. A very nice day today. But it did cloud over by noon. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 09, 2019, 07:04:09 PM
Another awful day, just the way I hate it! 87°, and humid.

Got scorched by the sun, and had a run in with bees, but somehow escaped getting stung. I was trying to set a point near a noisewall that had just about every kind of vine growing up it, but luckily no poison ivy. I was gingerly cutting stuff out of the way with my knife, cause there were greenbriars mixed in with the other stuff, so I had to watch what I grabbed. Had a nice vine carpet laid on the ground, reached in to grab some more, and almost grabbed a wasp nest. Got out of there quick, moved my offset to the less desirable opposite side of the ditch, and that fell in a yellowjacket nest  :^S  Got the stake in without getting stung. Had to work a little late today, but the day could have gone much worse than it did.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 10, 2019, 07:35:09 AM
Dropped down to near 55F by daylight. Sunny day again, only expecting 70's and low humidity once again. No wind this morning, but can't complain. Another spectacular day, but would be better if the sciatica was over with. :D

Hoping to get the garage floor poured this week, the crew has been busy as honeybees and behind on the work. Been waiting over a month. But they do good work and I refuse to call anyone else within 20 miles. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on July 10, 2019, 11:01:15 AM
It's supposed to be nearly 90 for the week ahead but the humidity is low ,a good thing .I am very surprised at the crops because even as late as they were planted they look good all things considered .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 10, 2019, 05:41:40 PM
It was about as awful today as yesterday. Perhaps a bit more. It felt more humid. I geared up and ran the brushcutter for a couple hours this afternoon, and I think I was on the verge of heat exhaustion. Got back to the truck, and I could have puked if I concentrated on it a bit. Found a small dawn redwood(~3' tall) I took the top off of. I think it'll be alright though, and I'm gonna try to get it out of the ground to put in front of the boss' house.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 11, 2019, 03:53:32 AM
55F here again this morning on the porch, every window wide open. :D  72F in here (upstairs) and 64F down stairs. Just the way I like it. ;) I think the high was 78 yesterday and sunny. I'm seeing the stars this morning, but suppose to rain tonight and tomorrow. The birds start singing here at 4:30 am especially robins,  bluebirds and swallows. I think the swallows have fledged, but are hanging around the box. The sky was full of them 3 days ago and they was carrying on around the box. They still flit in and out, but I'm sure they have flown the coop.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 11, 2019, 05:13:26 PM
Hot and humid earlier, and ZOMG!!! wind and rain right now, with a bit of lightning for extra fun. Lost a couple sizable limbs off my locusts, with one in the road. Sitting on my front porch with my saw waiting for it to chill out some. Flash flood warning til 7:45  :^/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on July 11, 2019, 05:31:10 PM
It's 82°F today!
Sweating like a Swede in a Sauna.
I can see why the "Southern Gentlemen" hit the shade and AC when it hits 99°.
Don't know how you folks do it !
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 11, 2019, 05:31:35 PM
75F here now with some dark clouds moving in. Staying cool. 56% humidity. With bright sun it would soon turn hot I think, a south wind blowing pretty good.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 12, 2019, 06:27:13 PM
Almost 90° again, but drier, and a decent breeze. Can't say I like it, but summer in MD can be much worse. Got a bunch of wedges cut for my Alaskan mill. I cut cedar branches from a pruning job a month or so ago. Just quick cuts with the chainsaw. They're on the dash of the truck, making it smell nice. I'll get around to stripping the bark later. Pretty much got all the pieces to start milling. Just need to get it all assembled. I've been slacking getting started on it all. It's so hot, it's hard to get motivated to push a screaming engine through a log. I'll try to get my rails on the log and aligned next week, and maybe even get a saw in the wood by the end of the week, or early the week after. Sure wish it were fall...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 12, 2019, 09:09:45 PM
A light rain last night and another light rain tonight. My garden needs the rain. The wet hole by the road don't need the rain. ;D  Still she water in the ruts the wife made mowing. The last few days has been nice for temps. Not much sun. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 13, 2019, 06:30:10 AM
A Scottish mist overnight and this morning, looks like fog, but when you are out in it you see rain drops falling. ;D 90% RH outside and 65F. Turned the furnace on early to draw down the humidity, now at 62% RH and still falling with 72F. Of course with dehumidifer on in basement, 50% RF down there and fairly steady within a percent.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 14, 2019, 07:06:07 AM
A few showers this morning, all done now and blue sky over us. We are starting to need a bit more rain here, bone dry under the taters. Cold front moved in here, and drying out the air mass again. I did get 11 taters yesterday under the first hill I dug. New taters and Bar-B-Q- steak today. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 14, 2019, 10:04:17 AM
Maybe that cold front will head my way.
Warm here all ready this morning. I am watering the garden. My soil up by the house is on the dry side. I can plant in my garden before some people can even walk on thier's. But I am watering before them too.
Finally things are starting to grow. That month of almost steady cold,cloudy,rain,set me back.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 14, 2019, 10:21:46 AM
85° right now, with 90° expected. Humidity ~52%. could be worse I guess. Felt coolish when I went out on the porch to finish getting groceries in from this morning. Decided to bring the big wood up to the porch I cut earlier this week. Out in the sun's a whole different game. Got the biggest stuff up and quit. That violates my policy of not sweating on weekends if I'm not having fun. I'll get it some time next week after work when I'm already sweaty and disgusting.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on July 14, 2019, 12:25:28 PM
I haven't posted on this thread in quite a while. The weather has been 'normal' some hot, some cool, some rain. No snow or ice. Tomorrow I start my annual week of camping and working in the middle of a hayfield. The weather matters somewhat. :)Glad to see the forecast has nothing special, no temps over 90, the humidity should stay 80% or below. If it is true, it will be one of the best weeks we have had in years. Usually we get some heavy rain, some 95 temps with 95% humidity. We have also had night temps in the 40's. I have to drive to get to the nearest tree, so it can get hot in the sun. As I am 'working' (providing medical support to the public, artists,  and staff) there is little opportunity to chose where I am. Seems like every time I get a serious case to work, it is in the blazing sun every time, except those at 3am of course. ;D :D
 Here's to hoping the weather Gods finally cut us a break for the next 8 days. If @thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) 's wish comes true, we can work with that too. Better than the 300 heat related cases we handle some years. Never had a frostbite case yet at this one. ;D ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 14, 2019, 02:00:27 PM
:D That reminds me of one of my fishing trips some 25 years ago. We camped out in a tent on the grounds of an old saw mill site, along the banks of the Renous River. It was 95F by day and near 32F at night time. The coldest, I just couldn't stand it no more, we hopped into the pickup at 2:00 am or so and put the heat on. Man, that was the hottest and coldest days and nights one should endure in July under the northern sun. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 14, 2019, 03:41:56 PM
65F here this afternoon on the porch, sending some along down your way @thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) . ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 20, 2019, 07:46:57 PM
Dang, it's hot! 95F on the porch, 87F upstairs, with 50% RH. Going to cool down though, 70's next week and one day in the 60's with rain. Will get northern summer back again. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 20, 2019, 09:21:52 PM
The garden is a growing now. And yes it is hot too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on July 20, 2019, 09:49:33 PM
The "heat index" was over 100 here today!  smiley_sun  smiley_sweat_drop

Lots of sweat even when just trying to relax!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 21, 2019, 04:31:15 AM
Garden is bone dry here, no water of significance for 3 weeks. The cuke beetles have stunted the squash and set the cukes back a bit in the main garden. Never see any at all in the upper garden, those cukes are growing like gang busters up there. Should see the onions up there, monster tops. :) Probably should have had more manure on the squash. Will likely put on floating fabric next summer on squash until they blossom. Gotta have them bees ya know. Actually, mine are the wild kind, I don't use poisons on the garden.  ;) The corn is also shading the squash. So, no squash this year. The beetles chewed up the cotyledons, which were nearly 3" long, , which are essential for seedlings to get that initial kick. The beans and pumpkin vines are going gang busters in the main garden.

73F and 60 % RH this morning. Suppose to cool off today, but not looking that way. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on July 21, 2019, 05:26:15 AM
It's been in the 90's for the last week also had plenty of rain.That part is working well .I don't use herbicides so the weeds are doing well .Tomatoes,yellow squash ,cucumbers doing well. Planted the green beans twice.Must have gotten a bad bunch of seed or something.
The heat has the grass slowed down but the buck horn is doing well .Only needs mowed about once every two weeks which doesn't break my heart .
In spite of late planting for the farmers the corn looks good,soy beans so so .They might make out okay with a late frost .I haven't heard how well the wheat did but it should all be off by now .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Skip on July 21, 2019, 09:26:35 AM
HOT  :o. Waitn, for that cool Canadian air ,supposed to be delivered tomorrow. :'( 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on July 21, 2019, 10:19:21 AM
Haven't posted much but summer arrived. Had 2 hot dry weeks and got quite a bit of other people's hay made, also bought another farm so been busy getting that setup. Been raining daily and hot/humid over the last week (~4" of rain). Thunderstorms last night with a cold front and now today it's only 65°.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 21, 2019, 10:46:26 AM
Well, it has cooled down to 70F outside with some light showers and a breeze has started up. Going to be a nice pleasant week in the north country, almost need my plaid shirt on today. :)





Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 21, 2019, 11:24:05 AM
It's awful here. Currently 93° and rising. Dying to do some tree work, but it's just too hot. It's supposed to "cool down" to ~80° later in the week. Hopefully I can get my stupid grass shorter, then work on getting my Alaskan setup. It's been too hot to even think of it. Also, on the farm, there's a broken willow limb hanging next to the drive. That'll be a climbing gig, and I suppose it'll be tolerable at 80°. Got to check it out further, and develop a plan.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 22, 2019, 03:25:11 PM
Hot again today. Spent most of the day in the office, but went out with the boss to do a quick job. On the way back, we stopped by the pond to inspect the beaver damage. It looks like he was working on the big willow more, and that little #$!@# cut one of the bald cypress(formerly known as dawn redwood) I found down, and pretty much girdled one of the nicest ones around the pond. We found some sheet metal to put around it, but it didn't cover the whole trunk. I don't think it'll help anyway. There's hardly any bark left   :^(

I might have to come up here in the morning with my shotgun. Those trees are what got me started cleaning the farm. I can't have that thing cut down every decent tree there. Of course it barely touches the sweet gum that grows like a weed  :^S
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 22, 2019, 04:01:31 PM
72F is as hot as it was today.

Here is the state of the gardens and maybe we will get rain tomorrow. :)

July 2019 Gardens - YouTube (https://youtu.be/rdqkpXORicg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 23, 2019, 08:30:24 PM
Fairly pleasant today. I don't think it hit 80°, and there was off and on light rain; mostly off.

The beaver chronicles continue... We tried wrapping some more shaved cypress with silt fence filter cloth. I'm hoping that'll discourage them from chewing. Aside from chewing the trees I like, I'm almost amused by their work. The pond's getting filled up. Some of you might remember my thread asking about filling in a riser. Looks like the beaver's got that covered, but he didn't put the bypass pipes in first. It's gonna get interesting down there really soon  :^D  It actually looks pretty good. I just wish they'd keep their teeth to themselves, or at least stick to cutting sweetgum.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 24, 2019, 06:26:39 AM
Cooled off here too. Did warm up late afternoon.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 24, 2019, 11:43:03 AM
82F here yesterday, but RH of 50% or so. Was overcast this morning, but suspect same kind of day. I was out in the garage this morning putting up a bench and shelves and I didn't sweat none at least. The house is about 68F down stairs and 72F upstairs, just right. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 30, 2019, 07:25:01 AM
We are in a hot stretch for 3 days here. Yesterday, I was out in it until I could barely lift my feet. Walking through ferns and raspberry plays one out in the heat. That stuff was growing in under young hardwoods we are going to thin and was mixed together. So it was like walking through baler twine all day in the old trails. :D

Not bad in the house with the fans on and furnace bringing drier cool air up. Windows were open last night and humidity was 78% this morning, but the furnace and dehumidifier has dropped it to 65% already. It'll probably drop to 55%. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on July 30, 2019, 11:37:40 AM
After a hot weekend (106°F) both days, yesterday's 93° was like spring.  This morning, its down to 65° and will only get to 90-92°.  Got the house down to 68° 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on July 30, 2019, 01:48:33 PM
On the warm side here too. Just work slowly.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 30, 2019, 04:31:19 PM
I was outside at around 6:30 am spreading grass seed around the garage, then used the fork to scratch it into the dirt. It was 70F outside then and almost 80% humidity. I wasn't long doing it, but that was all I intended to do. 94F on the porch right now.  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on July 30, 2019, 04:42:50 PM
93° and humid today. Getting so tired of summer. Boss' girlfriend tried to bribe me with nuts to cut her some firewood for her pit. I told her where all the ash I cut was, and as soon as she left, it occurred to me she might not want to load up firewood  :^D  I took some down to her house with some kindling, but what I think I'll do is cut up some dead pine I dropped, and take that to her. No point in burning good wood in a fire pit when there's junkier stuff that needs to be handled.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 30, 2019, 04:48:09 PM
Yeah, the camp sites that were run by park rangers here in the 70's had stacks of balsam fir and white birch in drying sheds. The most readily available woods of the forest up here, more so of fir. Fir doesn't take long the dry when split. Snap, crackle and pop, but lots of cinders flying off them pops. :D

I don't think there is such a thing as a provincial park ranger anymore.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: mad murdock on July 30, 2019, 10:01:19 PM
NW Oregon has been cooler and not so dry. Fire season is a non event in most of the western states which is a welcome change.  Alaska has been burning a lot. I happen to be in E central AB now and the WestJet here has been way wet and thundershowers (major soakers) and tornado like systems almost every other day. Just finishing an episode as I type this. Wow!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on July 30, 2019, 11:45:57 PM
Been running like a wild man making hay between the rain showers. Was hot last week into the 80s and 90s. A cold front moved thru Sunday night bringing more rain and cool temps. Today's high was 65° and tonight it's already down to 49°. After a couple weeks of 80s and 90s, 49 feels chilly.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on July 31, 2019, 04:51:21 AM
72F here this morning. Suppose to cool down some tonight, but still around low 80's. Been in the 90's by early afternoon since Monday. Then down in the 70's next week. Rain and a light show expected at times today, so far dry as a bone. I did look out the window around midnight last night, it was starry here, but over in Maine around route 11 I could see a thunderhead and the light show. Not a sound here at the house all night, except fans. I don't do much in the 90's crap.  I seen the neighbor yesterday afternoon load all the kids (5 little ones, oldest is 9) and grandparents into the suburban and pick-up and hauled the trailer to the lake. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on August 01, 2019, 05:52:01 PM
About 85° today, and very humid. Cut some pine for the boss' girlfriend. Is there any conifer that splits easily?! I started with an axe, switched to maul/wedges, then did most of it with a chainsaw. Too hot for swinging hammers.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 01, 2019, 06:16:09 PM
Around 82F here today and no muggies, in the 40's RH. Woods was wet all day from last night's rain. But did not get rain in the night at the house.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 01, 2019, 08:49:12 PM
I use my wood spiltter. It all splits easy!!!
Don't like the getting dark at 8:30pm. :(  The days are getting shorter for daylight hours.
A nice day,not really hot.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 02, 2019, 06:13:40 PM
The stuff I split here splits easy with the Collins, I split it up as I drop it. Now if I was to split a bunch of spruce or tamarack, I have a wood splitter to make that go easier. ;)

Was 85f here when I checked at 5:00 pm. it is now 75F at 7:00 pm. Probably drop to 55 tonight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on August 04, 2019, 10:37:00 AM
Down to 39° last night. Had the windows open and fans on and it was chilly in the house this morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 04, 2019, 02:23:23 PM
I think the high today is about 69F for a change. I just finished sanding the entry porch, making ready for some Arborcoat. I hope to get that on sometime this week. ;)

Should have the garage overhead door on Tuesday, then that job will be done. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 04, 2019, 08:54:41 PM
We have not had many really hot days and only a few muggy ones. If it don't hurry up and get hot it's not going too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 05, 2019, 04:15:51 AM
Been plenty hot here, every time they say it is going to be 75, it's in the mid 80's.

It did get to 74F yesterday, but took most of the day to get there. Mornings are still around 60F here, and they have been predicting cooler. The coolest it has been for 6 weeks in 55 in the morning. The weather guy predicted cooler than that and been wondering where the heck Houlton or Presque Isle is. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 05, 2019, 05:54:42 AM
Well yes,we had some mid 80's,but no 90's.  50° here now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 05, 2019, 10:44:47 AM
Yeah, the 90's have appeared once or twice a week all month though, but not like it was for the last 2 years. I hope never to see them again this year. :D I think it is only 69F right now, so same as yesterday it seems. :)

This morning was nice and cool and with good drying wind to put on the first coat of deck Arbourcoat. It cures slow so that it penetrates in. Kinda like putting on that pine tar the old hermit uses, he thins with turpentine. That other fast drying deck paint ain't no good, cures too quick.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 08, 2019, 04:19:27 AM
Was cool yesterday and only got to 72F, had the flannel shirt on. But today it is 70F already with saturated air and feels much warmer, very muggy. Been threatening rain now for 24 hrs and barely enough water has dampened the gravel. Very very dry up here, the corn has pretty much been done in. The raspberries are suffering, ends of new shoots withered and dry. No significant rain since June. Here I thought it would be a rainy summer for a change. We did not suffer much from the heat so far, but way too dry. I can't figure out how the cukes can be so green and setting fruit. Even the pumpkins are setting fruit. Them cuke beetles seem to have run their course, no chewing going on. Potato tops are all died down now, but this variety does that in July. They are a 65 day potato. Onions  are starting to suffer some, tops going brown and some rot. Been eating carrots and beans, they seem fine. The bean bushes are just huge, I thought they were going to be like vines the way they were growing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on August 08, 2019, 06:49:26 AM
This year in New York here at the farm we are over 30 inches of rain .last year we ended up with 54 inches for the year .Our 5 year average here has been 44 inches a year.It does make it a challenge to make hay and harvest crops with high humidity and rain .
Zeke
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 08, 2019, 06:56:31 AM
Most could only get one hay crop around here. When cut in July the stubble all went brown and dried up. Earlier cutting was better results, those fields are still green but not growing much. Best hay, (that is timothy, not weeds) was always June up here anyway.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 08, 2019, 06:09:41 PM
We are getting our rain after all. We have had 1-1/2" so far and coming down hard as I type. It could do this for 3 days and not hurt a thing, except it could be a bit squishy on top until the sun comes out. :D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/rain-Aug8-2019.jpg)

Notice the water is running around and down away from the garage, and not in it. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on August 08, 2019, 06:26:35 PM
Nice view there Donkey.

Hotter and more humid today. Did a bunch of bushwhacking for my real job this time(I wouldn't be doing it in this weather if it were optional). Got a bit of heat exhaustion yesterday. Today was a bit better. I took it easier, but I wouldn't have gotten wetter if I were in a downpour due to all the sweat. Chaps, helmet, harness, and backpack doesn't do much for keeping you cool.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on August 08, 2019, 10:21:22 PM
Too darn hot here this past week, hitting an average of 100 daily with no clouds whatsoever, get things done from 5 to around 10 then its everything you can do to find shaded areas that need attention until around 7ish when the sun drops below the mountain side, then back to the grind as temps drop (that's if that really cold delicious looking cold one doesn't get the better of me) then its over for the day.  Looking forward to this upcoming weekend, getting some reprieve as the temps are going to drop 25 or so more degrees, will be a blessing.  Albeit calling for ran, I'll take that over this intense sun we have here, must be the really clear sky's, cause I've lived in hotter places, however the sun here just seems to beat you down so much more then those other places that were warmer in temp then here :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 09, 2019, 03:22:44 AM
Lighter rain continues to fall from the sky all night here. I would imagine that we have that 2" by now, probably more. Could use 2" more. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 10, 2019, 04:00:39 PM
We made it to the bean dinner, it had rained just before, but we found a dry seat under canopy. Sun actually came out some. But it is rainy right now and colder, 62F here now. Fall is here. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on August 10, 2019, 04:55:36 PM
Best day this week, 85° and 30% humidity. Unfortunately(?) I'm not at work to enjoy(?) it. I don't do anything to sweat on weekends unless I'm having fun, but I do have the door open, and it feels nice.

Took a drive up to PA to checkout an arborist shop. Got myself a new climbing helmet, but it's really for work. Nice big vents, and it's comfortable. I'm tired of my hard hat falling off when I bend over.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 13, 2019, 05:29:24 AM
At 8:15pm it's dark out. :(  Yes,fall is here. But a Nebo headlamp keeps me working out in the dark. Another cool morning here. Been a cool summer.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on August 13, 2019, 06:00:29 AM
74 this morning and humid... I don't like heat but I get used to it, but I really hate humidity. I'd love to spend all summer out west somewhere where it's dry....,
Heading to mid 90s today. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 13, 2019, 06:10:13 AM
Feels like September, still in the 50's at night though. But barely 75 by late afternoon. Just the way northern summer should be. Not good watermellon growing temps. Wish we had 2" more rain though, new seeded grass needs a good shot of water. :D

Some kind of black leaf hopper found the grapes. Bigger than them ones in the spring, but they hop like a cricket. Always something.  ::) Next year hope to get the fence posts and wire strands up to train the stems to grow up and laterally. Lots of work to them grapes for sure, good thing I stayed small. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on August 13, 2019, 06:28:53 AM
I haven't posted here in a long time, but I read it everyday. I have no complaints. The summer weather has been great and we have even had some stretches of low humidity. We have not hardly had any days where we have had 90°+ temps with 90% + humidity which is normal. I listened to folks complain that it's too hot, too cool, too wet, too dry and I don't care. It's been great weather, one of the best summers I can recall. As long as i don't have to shovel it, plow it, blow it, or chip it, I don't care. Best growing season we have had, everything is thick. I also like these cool mornings, 65 yesterday, 67 this morning. Life is good. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on August 13, 2019, 06:49:26 AM
Enjoy those temps, Old Greenhorn.  I'm patiently waiting for lower thermometer readings.  Those logs can wait.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on August 13, 2019, 08:04:46 AM
I saw the bear yesterday.  Got too hot.  Suffocatingly hot and humid.  Heat index of 109.  Very dangerous. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 13, 2019, 03:54:53 PM
Another one of them nice cool days, never got to 75F until 4:00 pm. A little breeze to help dry the deck paint. :)

Wood's all finished up for the winter, 1-1/2 cord of hard maple was delivered Friday and just enough room for what was in the barn to top the last rank off. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on August 15, 2019, 09:26:49 AM
Quote from: WDH on August 13, 2019, 08:04:46 AM
I saw the bear yesterday.  Got too hot.  Suffocatingly hot and humid.  Heat index of 109.  Very dangerous.
WDH,  You should to cool it for a day or two.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on August 15, 2019, 08:37:34 PM
Hard for me to do :).
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on August 15, 2019, 08:52:58 PM
It's awful, and the forecast is more awful til the end of the forecast period at least. So tired of summer. Can't wait til fall.

edit:
My perfect year would be 8 months of fall, 3 months of winter, and 1 month of spring. If summer never came again, that would be just fine.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on August 15, 2019, 09:15:28 PM
I'm with you on the most part there, except for me it would be 8 months fall, 1 month winter and 3 months spring, summers around here are just too dang hot to be out in the sun, and I don't care too much anymore to push frozen water around out of my way.  The 1 month of winter would just keep me in check to appreciate the spring and fall months. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 16, 2019, 07:23:29 AM
Rain!!! No idea when it started,been doing this since 4:30 this morning.We need it. Have not had many showers this year. This seems more like a rain than a shower.
Still on the cool side here. First of the week mid 80's,but only 2 days.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on August 16, 2019, 08:33:53 AM
For hot weather.   The local dollar store sells sugar free, Quart size Gatoraid and Poweraid for $1 and $0.75 respectfully.  On occasion when I go hiking through a walmart, I pick up Propel to mix with water.  Also Good stuff in this heat.  

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 16, 2019, 04:39:22 PM
Sun was out most of the day until the drive home, then some light showers that didn't wet the road much. Mid 70's I would say out in the bush, but here at home it showered and 62F now. ;D Clothes was wet from sweat though, always have a change of clothes for the ride home. ;)

Had a visit out there in the woods from a red tailed hawk. He sure was making a squawk. No nest anywhere that I was. He was up in the top of some old maples next door. Seen him yesterday gliding around in the sky, same place.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 18, 2019, 06:19:20 AM
Had some rain in the night. No idea how much or for how long. We need it.
My Father and me was cutting wood here. MaMa hawk was not happy with us at all. We finally figured out where the nest was and moved to another area. She let us know that she did not want us around.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 18, 2019, 05:00:45 PM
Was too foggy in the woods to video the hawk, but on the way to work was a cow moose  and on the trip home was a bull moose in Napadogan Lake. Same spot along the road. Nice to have a video camera handy when you need it.  ;D


Moose watching on Napadogan Lake - YouTube (https://youtu.be/R5ovEMi1eoY)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on August 19, 2019, 04:19:33 PM
Whew it was a warm one today.  I've been flagging a cutover most of the day.  95 on the deck and got about a half mile up the road and the thermometer was showing 101.. I drank a little over a gallon of water but I'm still thirsty.  Luckily I didn't find any yellowjackets and as far as I know no chiggers... yet. So it could be worse,  but bring on the fall. I think I'll stick to the timber tomorrow, at least it's shaded.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on August 19, 2019, 10:23:23 PM
Summer is drawing to a close UP here. Nights have been in the 40s (even upper 30s a few times) days have been in the 60s and 70s. Dew doesnt burn off until noon and returns by 5. Still trying to make hay but it's been hard. 

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on August 20, 2019, 06:11:26 AM
Got real fortune yesterday,  we had a thunderstorm roll through a little after 4pm and dropped the temps to the low 70s. It felt a lot better when I went back outside after supper last night.  And today is only going to be in the mid 80s... after yesterday I may need a sweatshirt with all the this cooling down. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on August 20, 2019, 08:00:23 AM
We got a cloudy break from the heat yesterday afternoon. but it soon turned into rain. Looking rainy this morning, so I will get some more quality time milling. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 20, 2019, 12:23:16 PM
Nice video,swampdonkey. I have never seen a moose in water. 
Been kinda sticky here. Even this morning at 5,was kinda sticky. As I've been saying,has not really been a warm summer here. Have not had any mornings close to 80° first thing in the morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 20, 2019, 02:04:40 PM
Around 80F today, but dry air, around 45% so doesn't feel too bad in the woods. Light breeze. Gonna be same tomorrow. :)

Saw a black bear cross the paved road this morning on the way to work, a yearling, not very big. I think the second one I've seen this summer.

No moose around the lake today. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 20, 2019, 02:09:58 PM
@SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) .  seems kinds a young to have a job, what kind of work does the black bear do?

"Saw a black bear cross the paved road this morning on the way to work " :D :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 20, 2019, 02:13:24 PM
 yikes_smiley electricuted-smiley

Yep, he's in charge of the circus.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on August 20, 2019, 02:59:14 PM
Heat advisory,  and it's stupid humid and pretty still out. Tough day for cattle around here,  90% chance of thunderstorms this evening rain woould be welcome. Sounds better in Kansas.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 20, 2019, 03:21:41 PM
it is still a bit humid after the rain,  current 99°  40%, but down to 69 tonight.  real feel 103 but a slight breeze.  two earthquakes in the past week.  4.2 in south hutch 2 miles away for the epicenter.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on August 20, 2019, 05:40:08 PM
So the earth moved under your feet.... any damage?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 20, 2019, 08:02:59 PM
it was close enough it did not shake buildings, it felt like a single blow.  in fact i was eating breakfast at an old firehouse turned diner, and we went outside to see if a truck had hit the building.  it is a solid brick building.  i was hoping my wife would give me a little credit, but I was not even home so i got no joy from making the earth move for my wife! :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on August 20, 2019, 08:25:36 PM
Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move (1971) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7r4OZzmr8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 20, 2019, 08:31:31 PM
Well I bought some milk yesterday,with a date of Sept 6. What happened to summer? :'(  :'(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 20, 2019, 09:04:30 PM
nice base line Danny, was that you ? ;) :) .  @WDH (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=4370)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 20, 2019, 09:07:34 PM
A Pediatrician in town had a patient hit by a chandelier that fell from the ceiling.  after tornado's we find earthquakes kinda cute.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on August 21, 2019, 07:41:05 AM
Me and Carole could just never get together :).  Your comments about the earth moving flashed me back. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on August 23, 2019, 09:26:36 AM
Patchy frost last night. None right here but the new farm a little further inland had light frost. I guess summers offically over.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 23, 2019, 04:02:45 PM
That's early for frost. But then again, just 30 minutes from here in Cloverdale, my grandfather said they had frost 12 months a year. I know they couldn't grow apple trees or corn over there. He moved here to Royalton about a 100 years ago, much better spot to grow stuff. Better ground to on these ridges. My grandfather was born in the late 1800's. :)

Low 70's today, was 60F before daylight, but the NW came in and blew all the sticky air away.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on August 23, 2019, 10:21:25 PM
Could be frost again tonight with temps down into the 30s. Never got over 62° today with clouds and wind it was a flannel kind of day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 24, 2019, 03:37:50 AM
Around 58F here this morning, starry skies and light NW wind.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on August 24, 2019, 12:07:15 PM
Cooled down a lot today. 68 and cloudy with a breeze blowing... feeling great but I know there's still plenty of heat left in the year...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on August 24, 2019, 01:41:16 PM
in my mention of the 4.2 earthquake centered 2 miles from my home, i failed to mention, that for fun I ordered grits as a side.  Out of respect for my southern brothers and to see what is was all about.  put butter on and had a few bites... 4.2 earthquake hits.  just sayin..!!! :)  was having breakfast at the firehouse diner.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 24, 2019, 02:37:12 PM
Reached 74F here this afternoon, sunny.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 24, 2019, 05:28:08 PM
In his braver years. :D ;D

(https://forestryforum.com/images/03_21_04/jeff_grits8.jpg)


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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on August 24, 2019, 08:47:52 PM
Doc,

I told you that they were good ;D. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on August 24, 2019, 09:07:38 PM
Nothing like that happened when I tried them things.
Was kinda cool this morning,than warmed up,back to kinda cool again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on August 25, 2019, 05:21:16 AM
52F this morning and clear skies. Dry cool air. Looks like 70's for today to. 75F upstairs in the studio space. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on August 25, 2019, 09:15:31 AM
Last couple days have been a break, with temps not hitting the 80s. I'll probably make the grass shorter today. I *hate* doing stupid stuff on weekends, but with the ridiculous temps, being sick, and back problems, The grass has gotten kinda long. It /could/ wait til tomorrow, but I'm thinking I'll use that time after work to get my Alaskan setup tweaked. I might actually be able to get a saw in wood in the next couple weeks \o/
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 01, 2019, 11:10:06 AM
Turned cooler here, was 46F this morning, 65F here at noon. I doubt we see 70 unless it is around 4:00 pm.

Been watching for northern lights here for two nights. Had lots of bright stars, no sign of anything. From what I saw on the map of it, it was more of a blind spot here in the NE. Could be seen more out west and Alaska and Russia.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/northernlights-Sept-19.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 01, 2019, 11:23:19 AM
I've never seen the northern lights. One time years ago they were supposed to be possibly visible down this way, so I walked out to the water and saw... Lots of light pollution  :^S  Might have seen something if not for that. Where I'm at now, I have a car dealer ~1,000' away. I'm lucky to see any stars with their megawatts of lighting going. When it's snowing in the winter, I can comfortably read in the house without lights from their lights reflecting in the snow. I wouldn't be heartbroken if their whole complex burned down.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on September 01, 2019, 09:46:44 PM
Been very strong northern lights the last 3 or 4 nights UP here. Days have been cool here, leaves are changing and it feels like fall. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 02, 2019, 04:30:16 PM
Cold rain here, 58F and it was 52F at 5:00 am, so big change. I turned on the electric furnace tonight since it was 68 in the house, but I keep the thermostat on 70F. Takes the dampness off. ;D

Last night was overcast, so no sky viewing weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 06, 2019, 07:34:09 AM
62° That will keep the bugs from biting. Hate to see it dark at 8pm.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on September 06, 2019, 07:50:26 AM
Hasn't been above 62° for the last few days. Cool nights, cool days, cold north winds, and a lot of rain makes it feel like october. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on September 06, 2019, 08:11:15 AM
I took the summer off from this thread. The weather was too nice and nothing threatening. ;D But now I notice I have been clicking the temp dial up in the truck one more notch each morning and I have just passed from the blue zone to the red zone on the dial this morning. I am back to long sleeve shirts (not jacket yet). Last night it was fairly dark at 7:30 although I was working in the shop. Fall is coming and the working weather is getting good. Mostly clear days with a max temp in the low 70's at best. I love this weather for getting things done, but I dread what is coming behind it and how soon it might come.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 06, 2019, 03:47:59 PM
Been in the 70's here in late afternoon. Been nice weather, the mornings still above 50F here. Was suppose to dip to the 30's last night, nowhere near that cold here. But dropping to the 60's for highs for the next few days. There are mosquitoes here until the ground freezes. :D There have been those big dumb horse flies here all week. No deer flies.

I wear long sleeve cotton shirts here all summer when in the woods. I can't wear polyester when sawing with the clearing saw, rubs my hide raw. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 06, 2019, 04:15:33 PM
Pretty fantastic day here. Never saw the sun, and it never hit 70°. I'd have stayed at work and done some clearing, but I'm getting a package that requires a signature. It was supposed to be sent to work, but it's coming to my house instead. Waiting in the driveway now...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on September 06, 2019, 05:18:54 PM
I'm out in the hill country of Texas right now and it's sitting about 105 according to the bank thermometer and I believe it... definitely warm today...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 07, 2019, 01:48:09 PM
Was just sitting around the house and needed something to do. I checked the flu and furnace in case of any birds from summer. By the way I had to release two this summer from the furnace/flu. So then I wanted to see what heat was like off the balsam poplar outside in my wood racks I cut this spring. Well sir, I think it's plenty hot. 80F in here now and furnace set on 76, so the damper is definitely closed at this point. By the way, it is only 50 something outside in the rain. Now I feel like an afternoon nap coming on, now that I have my answer on the heat situation. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 07, 2019, 04:24:18 PM
Balsam poplar coal bed after 5 hr burn, still providing heat. :)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/popple-5hr-burn.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on September 07, 2019, 07:31:55 PM
Wont be long we will need that old wood stove here it made all thy way up to 52 here with rain all day
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 07, 2019, 09:35:08 PM
I came in the house and smelled something,walked by the cook stove and felt the heat. The wife had a fire going. Was a cool day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 08, 2019, 04:30:47 AM
Has been a cold rain off that hurricane, since it grabbed some of the cold stuff off Labrador and shot'r down from the NE. 40F this morning is like a January rain. Little smudge this morning because of the damp cold weather, if it were sunny today I would not have built up a fire. I'm not cold anyway. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 08, 2019, 06:32:08 AM
50° here now. Sun is out bright. But have clouds on the horizon. A few minutes and the sun will be gone.FIL is a little more than a ½ hour from me. Wife called him yesterday and he said it was pouring rain there. I only got about 10 minutes of sprinkles about 3 hours later. If I was not outside,I would've missed it.
Sun is gone behind the clouds. Just like the sprinkles yesterday,just a few minutes. ;D
Wife might start a fire. I'm heading outside to haul some wood and rocks.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 08, 2019, 06:58:34 AM
I'm jealous of you guys that get to have fires already. I'm at least 1.5 months away, and probably longer.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 08, 2019, 10:32:17 AM
It is sunny here now, but not clear. 45F outside and 78F in here. :)

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on September 08, 2019, 02:20:04 PM
Cloudy and downright cold here today!  I think it's not quite 60F, which considering time of year is, well, cold.  I love it though, never needed more than 60 degrees.  I understand that by Tues, we'll likely hit 80F with showers and thunder around.

Having been away from forum for some months, I can tell you it's generally been a wet to very wet growing season here, and 60 miles north at my land as well.  Unbelievably good year for hybrid larch growth, as well as white pine and N. spruce.  Some hybrid aspen cuttings rooted well and two of three clones are over-topping tree tubes.  Good-looking stuff I think.  Alba-grandidentata hybrids from Mr. Patrick McGovern.

tom
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on September 09, 2019, 08:19:56 AM
I hope everyone up NS way came through the storm OK. The pictures I've seen have not been pretty. Looks like a lot of cleanup and repair will be in order for a while. Best of luck to you all.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on September 09, 2019, 08:29:07 AM
It's been a tad cooler here as well which I suppose was a result of the big blow on the coast .
Surprisingly even with late planting because of the monsoon like spring the crops don't look bad .If the frost holds off they might not be bad .Having made a run to Louisville last week then up through Indiana the northern Ohio crops looks better than the Hoosier state .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 09, 2019, 02:50:55 PM
They are getting ready to harvest taters here now with top kill. I think most wheat and barely is all cut here now. Might be a few patches.

Was sunny day here, but woods was wet from overnight showers. Never rained last night at the house here though, all south of here. Big power outages in NS, PEI and southern NB, the hurricane hit as Cat 2. We never seen any devastation this far north, just rain and <10 mph wind. The woods I'm in now has ephemeral pools all filled up with water, so it's like thinning in a swamp. Lots of skeeters to go along. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on September 11, 2019, 07:35:41 AM
Raining like a cow addressing a flat rock this morning.  Getting bothersome lately, odd year. Better than too dry I guess. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on September 11, 2019, 10:05:00 AM
Yesterday, I was waiting for a welcomed thunderstorm to pass to gather my stuff for a mobile job when I got a call from the customer to postpone the milling job.  His help would not be available and it was way too hot.   I certainly agreed with the too hot reason but I was willing to tough it out, at least to noon. 

It has been 95° plus for many days in a row.  The heat is hot but most of us have an addiction to air conditioning and it surely has ruined too many of us.  JMO
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on September 11, 2019, 10:47:48 AM
Cooling spell - dropped down into the low 80's down here.  Up at my property, it was 44° Monday morning, 40° Tuesday morning.  Further up the hill in Truckee, this morning is supposed to be in the upper 20's :o  But back to the mid-90's for Friday down here.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on September 11, 2019, 12:09:51 PM
Looks like we'll end up with between 5 and 6 inches of rain this week.  Maybe more-we've still got Thursday's stuff to get through, which is also predicted to be on the heavy side.  Darkest daytime sky this morning I've seen in a long time.  We're in the thick of it!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 11, 2019, 01:11:29 PM
Raining here today, been raining harder here after lunch. No bush whacking for me today. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 11, 2019, 09:18:41 PM
Would of been a warm day whacking the bushes today. ;D   80°
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 12, 2019, 03:30:27 PM
Been no 80F here for at least 3 weeks, 70's on the good days. Sunny today, but cool.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 12, 2019, 06:01:53 PM
Today started out cool,by 2pm it was 75°.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on September 12, 2019, 10:37:12 PM
Have the OWB fired up. Sun hasn't been out much in 2 weeks, temps barely hitting 60, nights in the 30s and 40s, inches upon inches of rain, and gale force winds coming from Canada someplace. We had 6 weeks of summer then fall came in overnight back in August.

I thought last year was a terrible growing season but at least we were able to put up enough feed for our own cattle and sell quite a bit. This year I've covered more acres, traveled farther from home, and made less feed than ever. Me and a bunch of other local cattle guys will be shipping lots to auction this fall in hopes of making it thru the winter with the feed on hand. Said it last year but hopefully next year is better.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on September 13, 2019, 10:14:37 AM
We had the coldest morning here since this past Spring, the thermometers at each end of the house read 36° at 6:00 AM!  :snowball:

Won't be long and the leaves will be falling!

I also noticed that Daylight Savings Time doesn't end until November 3rd this year, unless that's a misprint on my calendar! ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 13, 2019, 05:23:33 PM
I think 68F was today's high, and that was after 4:00 pm. Still warm enough out there in the bush to soak your clothes when mowing down trees. ;D

Bright sun all day. I did see patchy frost south of here, but was mid 40's here this morning on the porch. The sun was warm enough coming in the dormer to heat the big 'loom room' to 80F. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on September 13, 2019, 08:12:43 PM
30 seconds of sun today with rain and drizzle all around it. 55° and more gale force winds from canada.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 15, 2019, 01:17:37 PM
72° now and the steps are coming out of the pool. Two logging chains and a small winch and the steps are on the deck. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 15, 2019, 02:02:56 PM
Only 64F up here with a north wind. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on September 15, 2019, 02:33:37 PM
88 sunny not much breeze,  no fun cleaning the shed. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on September 16, 2019, 09:08:53 PM
A heavy, fast moving storm blew through Northern California early today.  Maybe 1/4" of rain but up at 7,120' elevation, a wet snow!  Way too early!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on September 17, 2019, 12:23:31 PM
Back into summer-like heat and humidity.  Didn't see this coming, whoo boy it's muggy.  We will get storms out of this by tomorrow night, it appears certain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 17, 2019, 01:35:06 PM
Cool weather here and a cold shower this afternoon to go with it. Suppose to be frost in the morning and then back into the 70's from Thursday onward into the weekend.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on September 17, 2019, 08:22:38 PM
Hottest day of the year this summer in Georgia.  Who would have thought that it would get to 103 degrees on September 17?  Crazy. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on September 19, 2019, 07:24:53 AM
Thundered and knocked around off and on over night, didn't think much of it, Missouri river blew up again closing the interstate by Omaha, in a few days it will flood Hamberg IA again, it was still flooded just not as bad, the levy repairs will be blown out.  I knew that was coming from heavy rains up in South Dakota and the very north edge of the state. Just looked at preceip totals over night for here, we've gotten an inch and a half  but up stream there's a bunch of 5 inch plus and an area that got a foot.  Basically just complaining tired of the flood its going to mess up some more stuff. Thankful my place is on a hill. Hopefully not as bad as last spring, although it's projected to be close on the Missouri. We are in a flash flood warning now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 19, 2019, 07:42:53 AM
Well I think I made it by that frost warning. I am on a hill,so I miss the first one most times. Very foggy here at daylight. Suppose to warm up now. Most times it seems that way. Get by the first frost and than I won't get another for a month. Or seems that way the last few years. Growing up we would have a frost by now. Very common the first week of Sept.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Texas Ranger on September 19, 2019, 09:37:00 AM
No hurricane, but Imelda is doing a job on the Texas Coast and Houston.  We are some 80 miles north of Houston and this drunken lady swirled around us and only left 3 inches of rain, the coast received more than 25 inches in two days.  Cities on I-10 are shut down between Houston and Beaumont.  Waist deep water in Winnie on I-10.  High water rescue in Beaumont had 270 911 calls an hour.  We went from a burn ban to "watch your wake" in 24 hours.


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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 19, 2019, 10:02:06 AM
We've had two frosts here, Wednesday and today. But that is normal for up here. I have seen it go to October before, but those years are rare. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Texas Ranger on September 19, 2019, 10:36:38 AM
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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 19, 2019, 10:27:05 PM
I thought wrong on the frost. The wife's flowers up by the house,even the Women Cave made it fine.Most of the flowers in the garden too. Well at a quick look,which is all I did before we left for the day. Kinda odd,the upper left got frost,but the lower right made it fine. Tomatoes on the edge,made it. Looks like the frost only got certain things. Even the flowers down by the mailbox look good. That is alot lower than the garden.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 20, 2019, 05:19:36 AM
74F yesterday afternoon and the house flies outside on the siding and the porch screen are in the hundreds.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on September 20, 2019, 08:21:57 AM
Starting to feel nice... at least for now. 54 this morning and highs in the upper 70s... next week back to 90... but summer is slowly easing away. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 21, 2019, 01:44:43 PM
A very warm day here for Sept 21.   ;D  We are in a warm spell. Last night was not all that bad. I think I had 56° at 5 am.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 21, 2019, 03:34:38 PM
It was 58F here in the morning, but we had a north wind all day to and we got to 75F and much drier clearer air than yesterday. Leaves are brighter to look at when the muggies stay away. Nice day out on the lawn chair under the red oak tree. Leaves are a changing fast. We will be on our fall leaf ride next weekend. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 22, 2019, 11:07:12 AM
80s yesterday, today, and into next week. Tomorrow's gonna be the hottest day, and I have to go back to that awful job that made me sick earlier this year. This is the time of year I get angry. Weather fit for humans is in sight, but won't come. Summer lingers on, and on, and on, and on...  Spring time is depression time. Bad days are in sight, the bad old sun spends more time in the sky, and I don't want to be outside.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 22, 2019, 11:39:23 AM
I'm at work and I just looked at the weather 75°!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 22, 2019, 03:16:17 PM
That old south wind rolled in today and drove the temps into the 80's here and muggy. We did take a ride this morning around Mars Hill. Next weekend will be more color, probably near the peak of it. The white ash is mostly all turned mahogany red now. Nice contrast to the oranges and reds.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 22, 2019, 07:31:06 PM
Well, it's Dark O'Clock, and still 81°. Tomorrow's forecast got revised up 3° to 90°. I'm so happy  :^|
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 22, 2019, 07:57:29 PM
I think it will be wet here for the next two days, but weekend forecasts are dodgy most times since ours up here are more of a Friday outlook and from Halifax, 100's of miles off.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on September 22, 2019, 08:06:03 PM
This past week was the nicest weather we have had all summer.The lows were in the 50s and highs is the mid 80s with no rain and low humidity.My son and I were able to do 200 acres of hay .Fall starts tomorrow so I am sure our weather will bee cooler.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 22, 2019, 08:08:12 PM
Can't complain here either, at least it was dry and cool during the work week. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on September 22, 2019, 08:28:55 PM
Back in the mid 80s and still climbing.  Things are getting dry and no rain in site.  It could be a busy fall fire season if things stay like this. Once the leaves change and really start falling it's going to get smokey again.  This is the same weather pattern that we had in 2016, wet spring,  and then the moisture shut off at the end of the summer.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 22, 2019, 08:37:05 PM
Yea, it's really dry here. I can't remember the last real rain we've had. Some showers here and there, but it hasn't amounted to much.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 22, 2019, 09:23:05 PM
It's too hot to cut wood here!!! :)   It won't last.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on September 22, 2019, 10:22:57 PM
we split a bit of wood today, about 76°.  My son and a buddy.  also got the pool cover in proximity of the pool.  high in the 80s this week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 23, 2019, 05:26:37 AM
70F here before daylight. They just started digging spuds in the field beside the house this morning. You do realize it is not quite 6:30 am. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on September 23, 2019, 09:11:46 AM
Windshield wipers on full blast leaving my son's home down in Cedarburg yesterday.  Even then, could barely see to drive.  Rain was lighter as we went north, but then last night, a different band set up and moved through that northern area.  We're very....very...wet.

We'll get one rain-free day today and a partial one tomorrow.  T-showers Wed. and heavy rain forecast by Friday.

Wolf River in Shiocton is well above flood stage-usually seen only in spring.  Some are telling me it and its tributary-the Embarrass River-are higher than typical springtime levels.

Numerous projects here at work are being delayed by too-soggy soils.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting for my excavator guy to build me a compacted gravel pad up at tree farm so we can place Amish-built shed-on-skids in place.  He's crying about all the rain too.  

I get Forest Health bulletins from WIDNR.  Photos last issue show many lowland forest patches with dead and dying trees.  Even though wet-tolerant species, they can't survive in three feet of water!  Lake shore areas in the north now often feature ring of dead trees along shoreline.  Lake levels too high.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 23, 2019, 08:54:02 PM
Did I mention it's too hot to cut wood? ;D   Wed suppose to be in the 60's for a high.
70° at 9 pm now.:o
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 25, 2019, 04:19:04 AM
The rain continues this morning and it's 43F, a cold rain. I bet it is snow on top of Katahdin. ;) Power was out after midnight until 4:30 am. No wind at all. Had a wood fire on yesterday so the house was lots warm in the outage.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on September 25, 2019, 08:28:42 AM
Was able to get contractor up to strip topsoil, lay breaker run and gravel, compact, and build a fairly large compacted gravel pad for my shed.  Going to be built by Amish company nearby, who everyone raves about.  I couldn't assemble a crew, find the time, buy the materials, etc....for what these folks are going to provide for the $$.  Just 14 feet wide-it has to travel down the road on a trailer-but 40 feet long, so will be divided by us into cabin area/shed or storage for future side x side unit.

Then, it rained a bunch again last night, lol, and will rain up there again today.  Full-fledged new system due by Thurs. night.  Many places are now at 300% of normal Sept. rainfall.  On way up yesterday, to help with work, I saw water in fields where I've never seen it before, including some small lakes!

Next week looks wet.

Mosquitoes are robust.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 25, 2019, 09:54:55 AM
That kind of fall was normal here back in the 70's. I can remember pulling trucks with tractors and harvesters had a skidder on the front ahead of the tractor. Could skate all winter on ponds that formed in the fall. Snow always came before Halloween. Never see that rain now, snow was here Oct 10 last year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on September 27, 2019, 07:34:56 AM
Well the air is getting crisp again. 48°F this morning at first light. No chance of precip today, but we did get a little yesterday, first in a while. SHould hit just 70 today, good working weather with the humidity dropping all day to about 35% or so they say. Wish I could be working at full steam, but with broken equipment, I will have to change plans and do what I can. Can't waste good weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on September 28, 2019, 12:03:21 PM
I think the too hot to cut wood weather is behind me.  :( 
Went outside at work yesterday around 5,I could feel it cooling off. That feels more like late Sept weather.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on September 28, 2019, 12:25:30 PM
light rain, but big drops.  feels like it could cut loose.  fire in the burn pit as i clean up bark and saw dust.  cool enough that walking by the fire pit is not uncomfortable.   smiley_turkey_hide food2 bon_fire usflag            feels like fall is coming
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on September 28, 2019, 12:57:26 PM
    Drought conditions continue here in WV. Statewide outdoor burning ban is in effect. Farmers are flooding the market with cattle they can't continue to feed. Deer are dying from a disease spread by some sort of fly and we are told will continue till the first freeze kills the flies. Today is first day of archery season and I don't know of anybody hunting them yet. My creek is not running and just a few deep holes with water full of minnows and chubs. Blue herons are coming up and picking them off. Weather is hot for here - 80s and 90s during the day. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on September 28, 2019, 01:13:35 PM
102 degrees yesterday.  102 degrees the day before.  Bone dry.  No rain for a month.  Plants are dying.  Every day in September has been over 90 degrees except for one. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 28, 2019, 04:15:13 PM
52F this morning and steady rain began a bit ago with temp at 60F. Was showers before that all day. Been digging spuds though, trucks hauling in steady.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on September 29, 2019, 06:25:20 AM
Yesterday it was 57 just before daybreak, today it is 67. This weather is unusual for sure. I know the tide will turn soon, but I am trying to make the most of it.
 Rain coming later in the week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 29, 2019, 07:29:28 AM
Going leaf viewing today. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on September 29, 2019, 11:50:45 AM
39 this morning here, but colder and frosty away from the lake. Been in the 40s and 50s with lots and lots of rain recently. Another wet fall, crops ain't coming out of the fields anytime soon, fall tillage isn't happening. Hopefully 2020 will be better.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on September 29, 2019, 12:59:18 PM
91 on the way home from church a few minutes ago...summer is still kicking around here. Mid 90s in the forecast and talking about breaking records by mid week... might cool down a little next week. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Mike W on September 29, 2019, 02:31:23 PM
had a cold front move in here a couple days ago, lots of rain at our place and high of 38, was in the mid 70's last week, a real sudden change real quick, woke up to a white hill side just across the river from us and only a couple hundred feet higher in elevation, not the sight i wanted to see this AM.  Suppose to warm up later this week into the lower 50's, sure hope so, still have a months worth of "getting ready" before the white stuff is here to stay for a while, snow in September!! :o, for our neck of the woods, it's been a weird year to say the least.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Steve Crook on September 29, 2019, 03:09:15 PM
Fresh snow and chilly here. Not the 18" that they were threatening. High winds yesterday that put to much power from the wind machine. fried the breaker and started a fire under the house. It didn't get a good start so only burned the breaker a shunt for the ampmetor scorched the mounting board and a little of the house belly material. a very close call. Replaced all the burned parts today and now am waiting for it to get warm enough to melt the ice on the generator to see if all is repaired. Living off grid has it's days
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on September 29, 2019, 03:28:41 PM
Dang Steve. That's exciting. The wrong kind of exciting  D^:

Pretty warm here; 83°. Tomorrow won't be too bad, but then we get a few days of obnoxious heat. Not looking forward to work.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: saskatchewanman on September 29, 2019, 04:46:14 PM
Watching the snow blow about an hour north of the MT border. Barely a week into fall and we have a winter storm warning. Hoping the roads are clear enough to get where I need to go tomorrow. 

Saskatchewan weather is always crazy but these past few years its crazier! Long stretches with no moisture then too much moisture. Record cold, record hot, record dry, record wet. 

Lots of crop to be harvested yet and its going to be tough to dry things down so it doesn't spoil in the bin (Not for me....thank God I'm out of that game!). Oh well.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on September 29, 2019, 05:41:02 PM
Was 42 at4.30 am 55 now with a cold drizell east wind
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on September 29, 2019, 06:50:34 PM
Leaf gazing from the studio window.

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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on October 02, 2019, 05:32:44 PM
I know that I'm not alone with the heat, but it was 97 when I pulled in the driveway this afternoon...  I've been a good sport about summer, but this is getting carried away... but it is what it is,  not much I can do about it. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 02, 2019, 05:36:31 PM
Fortunately for us up north we left that kind of heat behind us in July. I don't think August was much above 85 this summer. Last 2 summers was way too hot for the north. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 02, 2019, 05:44:58 PM
44° with cold north winds and on and off sideways drizzle.

I'm not sure if we hit 90° at all UP here this summer, if we didn't it wasn't but a day or two.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 02, 2019, 06:39:29 PM
95° today. I was clearing line with the brushcutter, and it kicked my butt.

Been an irritating week. My brushcutter died last Friday, so I put it in the shop. I was supposed to get "priority" service since I bought it there, but they hadn't even looked at it Monday afternoon. I needed it the next day, and since Husqvarna let me down, I was gonna buy a Stihl. No one had the big cutters in my area. Ended up going back to the shop, and buying the same model I already had so I could use it the next day. Got a text today. It was the coil in my original cutter, and they expect the part in a week or so. Don't much care now. If I had known it was gonna go down like it did, I'd have ordered a Stihl Friday, and I'd have had it Monday afternoon. I'm just about done with Husqvarna. I needed the machine, and it let me down. Neither echo nor Stihl ever screwed me like that.

Been working harder and later than usual, and of course it's been hot. My left boot got a big hole in the side, and I lost my TopSaw multitool today, though I did find it. The guy that designed the case should be kicked. It's yellow material. Just about the same color as leaves during the time of the year when people start ramping up saw work. How about glow blue??

edit:
Forgot. After a little more than hour, I lost the blade nut on my *new* cutter, so I couldn't do all the work necessary. Husqvarna has an issue with these. My original cutter loosened a few times, but I never lost the nut. I suspect the stamped metal nut protector has something to do with it, but I'm not exactly sure how. I didn't put it on when I installed my shredder blade, and it never came loose. My new one broke off, and once I removed the remnants, it hasn't come loose. That never happened at all with my echo. That had a hole for a cotter pin, but I quit using them after awhile cause it never once loosened.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 02, 2019, 09:50:42 PM
Seasonal changes are afoot. Today was truly bizarre. When I got up it was 68, when I came out of work at lunch time it was 80 and it got warmer by 2pm. Then the wind picked up and the clouds rolled in. When I left work it was in the low 60's and still dropping. It was raining as a line of showers passed through. The humidity was rising and at 6pm I was sweating like a pig as I did light work, then the temp dropped some more. In the mid-50's now and the pressure has been rising all afternoon.
 Tomorrow is predicted to be a rainy nasty cool day. Fall is opening up. I have my GOL3 class on Friday and it is supposed to clear by morning, and I sure hope so. I am not used to the cold snotty days yet, I need a couple of weeks.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 03, 2019, 09:36:40 AM
I saw them warm,hot,temps on the news. Never made it this far. MT gets 3 feet of snow and it's in the high 80's on the East Coast. More like fall temps here now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on October 03, 2019, 12:05:14 PM
97 today,  93 tomorrow and 66 Saturday... just a few more days...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 03, 2019, 03:17:11 PM
First snow expected to mix in with some rain tonight on the higher hills. Leaves still look nice, but the red maples and ash are getting bare. Had light frost last night. Sure nice and bright today though. :) Clouds are moving in now though.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on October 03, 2019, 09:06:34 PM
Had snow Saturday and Sunday night.  Probably 2 or 3" in total.  Been warm-ish all week.  Was 37° at 8:00 this morning and was greeted with this:

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Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 04, 2019, 07:03:45 AM
A cold drizzle across the land, 40F. No sign of snow, yet. I'll have to see if Katahdin has snow when I can see down there on Saturday. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on October 04, 2019, 07:30:11 AM
39 degrees this morning wife mentioned  turning the heat on. Going to have to fire up the splitter. I've only got half the wood laid in.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 04, 2019, 08:17:47 AM
   You guys just go ahead and send us some of that warmer, wetter weather. We are suffering a severe drought here. Deer are congregating around ponds and remaining holes of water in the creeks further spreading blue tongue virus and dying left and right. Fire danger is near explosive right now with no outdoor burning till further notice. It was around 90 here yesterday. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Sixacresand on October 04, 2019, 08:50:41 AM
The local TV weather man is bragging that today is the last Hot day in middle Georgia.  We'll see.   
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 04, 2019, 08:55:46 PM
You guys in a drought and was it TX a few weeks ago with all that rain. ::)  :(
Kinda on the cool side. Takes putting on some more clothes when I am driving the tractor. Weather guy said we have not been this cold since mid May.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 04, 2019, 09:15:00 PM
@thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) I have been following your weather for just short of a year now, and it seems not too far from ours, except you are colder and get much more snow BUT the trends are every similar. The cold front came through here yesterday and last night. It was 48 at 430 this morning and I was headed up past Bargemonkey country, so I dressed as well as I could guess. The sun was SUPPOSED to come out around mid-day, but it waited until we were leaving the woods at 430pm. Damp and nasty. I had on a long sleeve t-shirt, a wool shirt, and an 3 season jacket. I was not comfortable and at the lunch break, I added a hoodies. I didn't get warm until I started cutting and driving wedges. ;D First day of snotty weather is how I am listing it in 'The Captain's Log'. The added warmth of my chainsaw pants didn't help much. This is the precursor of things to come in the next days I guess. :D
 Incidentally, the temperature when I was arriving home at 6pm was only 1 degree higher than when I left the house at 530 this morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 04, 2019, 09:21:28 PM
Havent seen the sun in days. Cold and wet still here. Over 3" of rain in the last couple days temps in the 40s. Had the wood boiler going for 2 or 3 weeks now and itll be going til May or June now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 05, 2019, 09:45:55 AM
Yesterday was a chilly day, around 45-50° all day!

Went to bed with a frost/freeze warning on the news, got up this morning and everything outside was white, and only 28°!

Good thing I went out and covered things last evening!

Now I have to prep for picking the last bit in my little garden and pulling plants!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 05, 2019, 09:48:41 AM
Cool today. It shouldn't hit 70°. I'm getting ready to head to the office, and play around with my mill. Should be a good day  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 05, 2019, 12:51:02 PM
I am at work,but no frost on the truck at home. I did park it under the trees. Wife's car I was able to wipe off whatever was on the windshield with my finger. No hard frost there. But got to work,river only about 500 feet away and water was froze in the wheel barrows,¼ inch thick!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 05, 2019, 01:57:11 PM
Light frost at the house but in the woods south of here the puddles were crusted over. I think it is only 54F right now. But bright and sunny. Just started a little smudge a few minutes ago, was 68F in the house. ;D

Gardening here ended awhile ago, I just put on the manure and tilled it in today. All ready for next spring. :) Parsnip are still in the other garden and won't be pulled until next April or May. Funny though, the jalapeno peppers never was killed by frost yet. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 06, 2019, 07:32:18 AM
Turns out, the frost/freeze warning was correct, all of the plants in the little garden were wilted even though they were covered, so I picked what there was and pulled all of the plants!

Got lots of Cherry Tomatoes and a few cucumbers.

Done gardening for the year!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 06, 2019, 07:37:02 AM
Looks like it was-is all white here too. Even have water dripping,frost melting, off the fence.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 06, 2019, 03:33:50 PM
   You guys with all that rain and cold weather - feel free to send us some of both. We are still getting plenty of warm weather although it has cooled off a little and we are even getting some light rain right now and hopefully more tonight. We sure need it. Its getting so bad here the catfish all have ticks and fleas on them and the last time I went fishing I caught a half grown bluegill that did not know how to swim.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 06, 2019, 03:55:17 PM
LoL WV!

Sorta cool here today. Cloudy and threatening rain, but I'd like it cooler. Got some boards cut to size for my rustic half door. Still contemplating how I'm gonna put it together, and what hardware I'll use. Gonna be 75° tomorrow. That's way too hot.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 06, 2019, 05:13:40 PM
Two days of rain expected here beginning tonight. 1-1/2" predicted.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on October 06, 2019, 05:23:46 PM
Nice rain you're expecting SD.  We sure could use some around here.  At least it's cooled off a bit and starting to look like October.

The local weather people are calling this a "flash drought".  Plenty of water in the rivers and the water table, but surface water is non-existent.  Everything is turning brown.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 06, 2019, 05:54:16 PM
She's just hitting the window now as I type. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 07, 2019, 02:27:04 PM
Got up this morning,we always turn the heat down to 70° at night and I press it to go up,reading 72°,which I thought was odd,turned it up to 74,than off to the computer room to enjoy the FF. Get done doing that and head outside with a sweat shirt on. Had rained in the night and the wind was blowing. Must of been 60° outside :o  ,no wonder the house did not cool off much last night.  Worked up a sweat getting some wood at 6:30am. I was shocked to have it that warm,first thing in the morning,after a rain, with the wind blowing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 07, 2019, 03:16:47 PM
Yep, been a warm fall rain. And it has been raining here all day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 07, 2019, 05:24:47 PM
   We my be saved! We got a good soaking rain this afternoon and it is still a good steady trickle. The ground is soaking it up like a sponge. I can't see any obvious flow in my creek in the front yard yet but it will be moving within the hour I'd bet. This rain may bring down the rest of the walnuts off the trees in the yard and scattered around my field and woodlot. 

   My son said they had contingency plans laid out at the Alderson Prison Camp where he works (Former vacation site for Martha Stewart) as the Greenbrier River was apparently at near record low levels and another inch or two drop would be below the feed levels to the town's water system. Maybe the inmates won't have to be eating off paper plates, using porta johns and shower hours/restrictions after all.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 07, 2019, 05:48:37 PM
Kinda hot today. 78°, and we may get some rain later. Slight chances of rain through Wednesday.

Worked with the boss today, and he brought two nuts back and asked me what they were. He knew the walnut, but didn't know the hickory. Asked me if you could eat hickory nuts. I said "I don't know. Squirrels like them". He broke it open with my axe, and we tasted it. Pretty darned good! Kind of like English walnut, with a bit more complexity going on, and a bit of a citrus note. Not a lot of fun to open, and pretty lean on the good stuff, but I'll start picking them up when I see them. Sitting outside eating hickory nuts sounds like a good fall activity to me  :^)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 07, 2019, 06:01:49 PM
Well...........we eat pecans. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 07, 2019, 06:50:52 PM
Any Hickory nuts I've eaten were quite bitter!

Maybe if you let them ripen more they'd be better!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 07, 2019, 07:02:33 PM
Quote from: Chuck White on October 07, 2019, 06:50:52 PM
Any Hickory nuts I've eaten were quite bitter!

Maybe if you let them ripen more they'd be better!
From wikipedia...
QuoteThe nuts of some species are palatable, while others are bitter and only suitable for animal feed. Shagbark and shellbark hickory, along with pecan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan), are regarded by some as the finest nut trees. Pecans are the most important nut tree native to North America.
Hickory - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickory)
I couldn't say specifically which kind of hickory it was. My tree ID skills stop at the basic family of trees in most cases.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 08, 2019, 04:47:55 AM
I remember someone telling me that butternuts couldn't be eaten. I told that particular person to do more research. Well, it was worded a bit different than that. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on October 08, 2019, 05:11:40 AM
Bitter nut  hickory ,often called "smooth bark " has wood about like pecan but the nuts aren't good to eat ,squirrels don't mind .Shell and shag bark have tastey nuts but it's a chore to crack them .
The weather however has taken a cold snap of late .As I type my geothermal is on heat mode ,way too early to fire up the wood burner .Right now ,5 AM it's 44 degrees . 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 08, 2019, 05:17:11 AM
Just to be clear, I said butternut, which is sort of like a pecan, the nut has a similar shape, but rough furrowed surface under the husk. The meat tastes different. And more difficult to get at than ordinary pecans.

Some butternuts.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/SD_butternuts_2009.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 08, 2019, 06:38:03 AM
Butternut is sort of dying out in this area!

Once ripened, Butternuts are quite tastey, I've eaten lots of them over the years!

I find that the easiest/safest way to crack them is in a bench vice!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curved-wood on October 08, 2019, 07:28:14 AM
Almost no butternut tree anymore around here. Loggers say they are all sick and dying.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: nativewolf on October 08, 2019, 08:20:42 AM
@lxskllr (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=39990) Hickory nuts are almost all good.  The bitter comes from the membranes around the actual white nutty part of the fruit.  Native's (Native Americans) would eat Hickory nuts, Chestnut, Oak Acorns depending upon the actual tree putting out good fruit crop that year.  Acorns took are the tricky one as they are more infrequent producers at least here in VA (on purpose so that predation is kept in check and every few years the tree could overwhelm predation and have some seeds actually germinate).   Hickory is fairly dependable but a pain to shell.  Chestnut...I have no idea how dependable...sadly.  Maybe these new hybrids of the American Chestnut will work out, I hope to try some soon.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 08, 2019, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: curved-wood on October 08, 2019, 07:28:14 AM
Almost no butternut tree anymore around here. Loggers say they are all sick and dying.
Yep, from the canker. I am seeing a few die here now after hurricane Arthur blew in around 2014.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on October 08, 2019, 08:54:30 AM
I have heard of people roasting acorns like chestnuts although I've never done so myself .I have a giant black walnut in my woods right at 100 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter that produces the largest walnuts I've ever seen ..Falling from 60-80 feet up if they bonked you in the noggin it would lay you out cold and raise a lump the size of a golf ball .The squirrels take great delight storing them in a my old pick up truck,my bulldozer and fire wood stacks and burying them in my yard along with the hickory nuts .Some of them sprout .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on October 08, 2019, 09:38:55 AM
fall is here in Ks.  Would need a jacket to work outside this am.  headed to meetings so just in the car and into building.  funny about the chestnuts.  every Christmas we would play songs in high school band.  we had 13 drummers across the back of the room.  in front of us were the trumpet players.  one of the trumpet players name was Jeff.  during the holiday tune, in the line chestnuts roasting on a open fire,  all 13 drummers would sing, but replace "chest" with "Jeff's".  About half way through the song, he would stand up red faced mad, and interrupt the practice.   :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on October 08, 2019, 09:55:43 AM
According to William Bartram, a Botantist who came through central Georgia in the mid-1700's, the Native Americans harvested hickory nuts, smashed them, then boiled them.  The oil from the nuts rose to the top and they skimmed it off and used it as a source of fat for cooking corn cakes and hominy. He called it "hiccory milk".  Sounds like a good way to get the nutritional value from the nuts without having to try to pick out the meat from the shells which is almost impossible to do. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on October 08, 2019, 11:26:44 AM
I almost got nailed by an acorn the other day, DanG crow dropped it right beside me. :D Made me and the dog jump. No butternut or hickory around here, hazelnuts and walnuts are plentiful. Back to regular programming I see snow on the hills above town at around 4,000'. The mountain passes are getting nailed so it won't be long.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on October 08, 2019, 03:24:49 PM
Weather is good (80's) but the smoke is bad in the mornings:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20191008_b.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1570562532)
 
Those hills on the far side are only about 2 or 3 miles away.  Normally I can see the Sierras that are 60-70 miles away.  The winds die down overnight and the smoke settles in the valley.  Supposed to get 30mph sustained and 45 gusts tomorrow.  The smoke will be out of here but the fire may get out of control again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 08, 2019, 05:04:09 PM
Was a nice fall day, 60's and sun, light breeze to dry off the leaves from the rain.  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 09, 2019, 07:09:33 AM
Woke up this morning to 32°, and a frosty lawn!

Winters coming!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on October 09, 2019, 08:40:13 AM
The last 3 day's have been in the 60s and now a BIG snow storm on the way  :(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on October 09, 2019, 09:14:58 AM
Quote from: goose63 on October 09, 2019, 08:40:13 AM
The last 3 day's have been in the 60s and now a BIG snow storm on the way  :(
I bet you have you new tractor all ready to go, right?
That Colorado low is forecast to make it up here to Winnipeg too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 09, 2019, 12:48:58 PM
We'll have none of that stuff. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 09, 2019, 01:19:36 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on October 09, 2019, 12:48:58 PM
We'll have none of that stuff. :D :D
Nope, we won't either. Not none.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on October 10, 2019, 10:03:21 PM
33 and wet, snow is supposed to stay north and west. Got the cookstove and heaters in the duck blind this morning. Opens this weekend should be good with this storm, to bad I'm on call  :-\.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 11, 2019, 07:15:42 AM
It would appear that you got that mule just in time! I bet you come up with a windshield idea pretty soon. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on October 11, 2019, 02:45:33 PM
Spitting snow flurries over noon up 38 degrees now, about a month too soon for this stuff.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 11, 2019, 03:04:25 PM
65F here this afternoon with partial sun. Rain tomorrow, sun for Sunday Thanksgiving dinner. ;D ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on October 11, 2019, 06:01:39 PM
Well it looks we got lucky we are on the edge of this storm maybe 6 inches of snow here in the S.E. corner of N.D. some allready have close to 2 feet of snow :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 11, 2019, 07:50:02 PM
The hermit out your way (Bernstein) was trekking around in it with his M37 looking for the horses. :D

Snow on the pumpkins - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rag4SlkF_OE)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 12, 2019, 12:25:24 PM
Just light snow here. My heart goes out to the farmers out west with their snow and blizzard conditions ruining crops, delaying/wrecking harvest, livestock being lost, etc. 2019 is a year that will break a lot of farmers across the country. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on October 12, 2019, 12:56:25 PM
80 and sunny.  Definitely better than 95+, but I could deal with it being a little cooler. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on October 15, 2019, 07:02:36 AM
A frosty 32° this morning!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 15, 2019, 07:06:01 AM
48F and clearing skies. We had a cold front move through and a 2 hr rain before daylight. Going to be a beaut. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 15, 2019, 09:46:03 PM
The leaves are falling. Going to be able to see into the woods again. Been warm here,even first thing in the morning,so far!!!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 16, 2019, 05:01:52 AM
Another nice one on the way. Tomorrow will be nasty with wind and 1" of rain. Won't be any leaves here much by the weekend. Into the doldrums. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on October 16, 2019, 08:39:20 AM
Rain!  Much needed.  A nice soaker today.  Now they can plant the wheat in my field.  Excellent.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 16, 2019, 09:24:05 PM
Holy cow, we got a gulley washer going on here. Expecting an excess of 3 inches overnight. Been raining steady since 3pm and been heavy for the last few hours. I got some shop work done, but ain't doing much more with this. Hopefully the power stays on. They are calling for high winds in a few hours, gusting to 50mph. This should clear some leaves.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 16, 2019, 09:48:10 PM
   We're getting same weather as btullah I guess. Perfect for our needs. Slow drizzle and cooling off. We were is severe drought just a couple weeks ago and this is putting us back on track. If it keeps getting cooler I may even break out the bow or take advantage of the youth/senior hunts this weekend where we can take an antlerless deer that does't count against our limits. I had cut an order of board and battens for a customer and he picked them up yesterday while everything was dry so perfect timing for my sawing and his pick up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on October 17, 2019, 09:22:31 AM
Bad wind in my area as well.
Saw this in the drive to work:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10095/20191017_073803.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1571318453)
 

There is a car under there, a blue one tree landing on hood:


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10095/20191017_073810.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1571318453)
 

Sorry for the photo I was driving by.

Jim Rogers

PS. power was out on my street when I left.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 17, 2019, 10:21:40 AM
Rain started awhile ago, but I think it was down graded to showers. Looks about right. But it is 20 mph wind or so.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on October 17, 2019, 12:42:52 PM
We have had 3.5 inches of rain since last night and it is still coming down .This brings our total to 40.5 inches for the year so far ,I am glad it is not snow.We put our wheat in by September each year so it gets big enough to survive the cold winter .
We ended the growing season with just over 2400 growing degrees days.
Zeke
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: caveman on October 19, 2019, 01:15:28 PM
We got a lot of rain last night and this morning, probably over 3".  Last night around 11:30 my wife woke me up and said the t.v. news folks said that a tornado was headed our way.  We rousted the girls from their beds and all went into an interior room for the next few minutes.  It did not hit us but a few miles away there was significant damage.

The roof of the Kathleen Middle School was ripped off.  Several of JMoore's (John) neighbors had some property damage.  There were parts of barns and pool awnings in our weedy hay field, which is near John's.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22883/IMG_3766.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1571504628)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22883/IMG_3767.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1571504629)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22883/IMG_3769.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1571504631)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22883/IMG_3770.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1571504633)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22883/IMG_3768.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1571504634)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on October 20, 2019, 06:55:03 AM
Glad that you came through relatively unscathed. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 20, 2019, 08:03:07 AM
Late this week we had a gully washer with over 3" of rain. We didn't get as much damage as was predicted, mostly mild power outages fixed within a day. But yesterday was just a perfect work day. Temp was 32 at day break. Bright sunshine all day and the high hit around 62°. Today looks to be a little less. It is going to be overcast and barely make the mod-fifties. We should have some rain coming in for the second half of the day. I need to see how much I can get done. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 20, 2019, 08:12:53 AM
We hard rain and bad bad wind. I have no idea how much rain we got,but that wind was bad. I was without power for 32 hours. The problem must of been down at the end of the road,a dead end road. The town maintained road is fine,but someone put a small building in and put power to it. I did not bother going down there in the dark. Can get kinda greasy down there. Once we waited 3 days for the power company to cut a 6 inch dead fir off the line. Took 15 minutes for them to drive up and reset the breaker at the end of the road.
We was lucky on getting power back. I read in the paper yesterday it could be days before power is restored.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on October 20, 2019, 10:05:24 AM
51° and rain. Not sure how I feel about that. I was gonna work today, but didn't really want to. If it was light mist, I could have worked in it, and pretended I was on a pleasure hike in the woods. Would have been a nice fall day. It's still a nice fall day, but too wet for my gear, so I guess I'll be spending quality time with the cat today. Might open my new bottle of rye later. Yesterday I decreed the opening of drinking season. That starts when the weather gets nice, and will end some time next year; maybe April.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 20, 2019, 04:42:39 PM
We missed the heavir winds, but still 20 mph or so. It took the roof off the IGA in Mars Hill I heard. That is not 10 miles from here. I'd say we had less than an inch, it was showery and not steady. Glad everyone is safe. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on October 21, 2019, 06:36:58 AM
We had light frost in some open areas close to Toledo .Not so much in others .North of where I'm at the fields are like Kansas ,really open .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on October 21, 2019, 09:18:05 AM
Looking at heavy rain moving into the state this morning.  We don't need it.  Here it comes!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 21, 2019, 12:27:04 PM
Nice morning yesterday but cloudy, no real wind. Started raining at 11am and by 3pm I was wet enough to call it a day. It finally stopped around dark, too late to go back to work.
 Today is cloudy and cool, expecting some rain mid-week, the just cool and clear fall temps. Hopefully I get another good working weekend coming up. Much to do.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 21, 2019, 05:17:48 PM
I think the roof was steel nailed over shingles. It lifted the steel. So not that bad a deal. Mother was over there today and everything seemed to be back in place.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 21, 2019, 09:33:17 PM
A nice warm day,even if I was working. I took some pallets outside and was up against the building. I bet it was 70° there,move 10 feet from the building and the temp dropped 10°.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 21, 2019, 11:35:47 PM
Rain rain snow rain. That has been our weather for the last 2+ weeks. Temps in the 30s and 40s and double digit rainfall in the last two weeks. Dont walk off the gravel driveway or the sod will give way and you will be to your knees in the mud. Lots of grain crops rotting in the field, mud everywhere, once again fall tillage isn't going to happen, cover crops aren't going in, same story the last few years. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on October 23, 2019, 10:58:16 AM
windy windy it does not seem to stop smoked some sausage yesterday had a hard time keeping up with the temp took a hour longer the maples are almost bare
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 23, 2019, 12:24:03 PM
Wet!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on October 23, 2019, 12:27:18 PM
Was real windy on Monday, nothing yesterday or today but PG&E is planning on another "safety" power shutoff for an area further up in the Sierras.  

Brought my little genny down to run my refrigerator if needed.  The only thing I could find on my fridge is 5.2 amps!  I guess those new linear compressors don't pull too much - hoping my 800watt generator can handle it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on October 23, 2019, 04:18:04 PM
They cleaned up that three that fell on that blue car in the photo I posted on the 17th.

Here is a shot of the car:


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10095/20191023_074550.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1571861840)
 
Jim Rogers
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 23, 2019, 09:01:13 PM
We have been kinda wet here. But has not been that cold. I have seen rain and wind this time of year and I can't put on enough clothes to be warm. A sweatshirt is almost too much. That will be a changing any day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 23, 2019, 09:46:23 PM
Jim,

   Is that the Prius that hauled the heavy oak load? :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 24, 2019, 03:08:38 PM
Close to 2 inches or rain since 8am this morning. Temp is 35° so there has been some ice and snow mixed in as well. Ugly ugly weather. At this point it needs to get cold and freeze up, that's the only way a guy will be able to walk off the pavement without waders on at this point.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 24, 2019, 04:52:16 PM
We had probably 1-1/2" of rain yesterday according to the local weather. But was sunny today and winds swung around to SW. Probably got to 60F.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 24, 2019, 08:43:59 PM
Another warm day. T shirt,cutting wood and sweating,not too common this time of year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 25, 2019, 04:28:50 PM
50's here, but still warm when swinging a brush saw. Lots of sun. Rain coming though. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 30, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Yes,I got that rain a few days ago. That was a cold rain. More like it at this time of year. We was on the road yesterday and drove into many areas that was a heavy mist throughout the day,going there and on the way home too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 30, 2019, 08:56:07 AM
18° this morning and looks to be another nice cold day ahead. Had cold but sunny weather the last 2 days, it's been nice. Still too wet to walk off the pavement but at least it isn't raining/snowing (until tomorrow that is). 

Unless the cold persists and the snow stays away no harvesting, or fall tillage is going to take place around here. Most  loggers are sitting at home because even the sandy/gravel soil jobs are too wet to cut currently.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 30, 2019, 04:41:18 PM
We had two days of that mist here, but the tree trunks were dry, just some wet in the fir and old dead beech leaves. Man, did I say beech. This place is a beech thicket. I bet you could could easily count 200 stems in a 5 foot radius. I can only cut 50m x 40m in 8 hrs and 2 gallons of gas through the FS560 clearing saw. :D Wicked. Down now to a skeleton crew and two of them been sick. Been a one man show this week so far. A month ago one fella quit, had enough of the beech. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on October 30, 2019, 04:48:34 PM
about 32 degrees but real feel 19° F.  trees that were full of leaves last week are bare.  a light snow today and yesterday.  a not so gentle nudge from momma nature to get stuff done before winter.!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 31, 2019, 04:53:10 AM
Rain here for a couple days, suppose to be high winds to. Generator on standby. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on October 31, 2019, 03:41:46 PM
Woke up at 4 am it was 17 out side went to town and the standing water in the dich is getting hard cant walk on it yet but it wont be long befor we can :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on October 31, 2019, 04:14:18 PM
Goose, don't talk that way so soon. yikes_smiley fire_smiley

Nearly 60F here with rain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on October 31, 2019, 05:59:24 PM
Ice in the shallow ditches and puddles is thick enough to walk/shuffle on here. Pond is iced over but no walking on that for a while. Highest temp in the forecast is upper 30s and lows are in the teens and 20s so we maybe walking on the pond before long.

The good of the cold is the ground froze enough that guys can do some early morning harvesting and I'm sitting in the tractor plowing up frozen ground.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on October 31, 2019, 06:40:16 PM
70 degrees here in New York now but we are expecting up to 3 inches of rain and cold weather and lows in the 30s the next week .This is very warm for us for the end of October.
Zeke
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on October 31, 2019, 07:43:47 PM
Ayup,60° :o and rain. It's a warm rain too. A very light rain too. Halloween night.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: btulloh on October 31, 2019, 07:47:11 PM
Looks like all of us on the eastern seaboard have a very active front coming through. 78 right now. 34 tomorrow night. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on October 31, 2019, 08:38:53 PM
Ayup, 60's tonight 31 tomorrow night. Looks like it's going to be my first cold start Saturday of season. Great timing. Milling work to do in any event. Gotta get 'em milled up before it really gets cold. The wind last night stripped so many leaves off trees that I couldn't tell what color my truck was this morning. Tonight's high winds should put another dent in them but still lots left. I guess summer is over.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 01, 2019, 03:14:57 AM
68F here this morning and some strong wind a blowing through. Mist like rain to. I don't see any cold coming here in the forecast to freeze ground, just frost and 40's and 50's. Rain again mid week of next.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 01, 2019, 08:20:05 AM
SwampDonkey has a heat wave going through. :o
I only have 55°. Had rain and a very strong wind storm last night. Not much for wind now. Only without power for 2 hours this time. Lucky.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 01, 2019, 08:27:12 AM
22° and some light snow overnight. Been at least a month since the last time we saw 60°.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on November 01, 2019, 08:43:24 AM
Everything is white here
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on November 01, 2019, 08:50:35 AM
white here this morning, and the wind howled all night, so bad, at 1 point I was thinking is the roof coming off?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 01, 2019, 08:51:57 AM
We was suppose to get the heavy rain last night, it's been raining harder here since daylight than it did all night. The drive way is a sheet of water and sloped. No washes though, packed screened 1-1/4" gravel so holding well. The wind is gone down to a breeze. But the temp has dropped to 55 now. Might drop to 26F tonight, but going to be in upper 40's tomorrow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 01, 2019, 11:06:08 AM
The rain and wind started around 5:00 last night and gradually picked up speed late in the night, then it all got stronger through the rest of the night, and the wind was still howling this morning!

Power went out, here about 7:30 AM came back on about 10:45, and the wind is very slowly decreasing now!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 01, 2019, 02:06:10 PM
Began to clear, but the wind picked up some speed again, but not as bad. Some blue sky anyway. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 01, 2019, 10:32:44 PM
Ground is white outside now and the wind is howling. Makes for a long winter when it starts in Mid October
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 02, 2019, 06:10:31 AM
I am at 30°. Not that I like it,but that's how it should be.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 02, 2019, 07:25:52 AM
I am with you @thecfarm (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) , I don't like it, but it is as it should be. Gonna have to start the stove soon. It's gonna be cold down at the mill this morning, but I gotta get logs milled up.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 02, 2019, 01:31:48 PM
~4" of snow on the ground and still coming down, but right at the freezing mark so it isn't accumulating a whole lot more.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 02, 2019, 03:43:00 PM
Sunshine today and was 33 this morning and got to 50F or so. Had two partridge picking around all day on my work strip. It is heavy to beech and last week one fella said they found beech nuts in the crops of birds he shot. Been a few birds on that block. I think the neighbour bagged a deer down behind the house today. Been a few hunters down in there.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 03, 2019, 11:48:37 AM
A fine day here. Sun off and on,high 40's now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 03, 2019, 05:27:37 PM
Same here. But the sun in under the hill by 6:00 pm now, not liking that as much. :D
Title: Re: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Gearbox on November 03, 2019, 07:46:51 PM
Woke up to 19 degrees this morning . Light snow all day may have got up to 28 . Ponds and small lakes have frozen over . This is early for us we may be able to get the spear house out for opener on December 1 .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on November 03, 2019, 08:51:52 PM
It's been freezing or almost every night and mid 40's  day time .Checked all the machinery's anti freeze,good to go unless it goes below 40 below .I think I'm safe  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 04, 2019, 09:12:18 AM
More snow overnight. Looking at the forecast winter is here to stay now. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 04, 2019, 04:42:40 PM
Long range for the week says a snow storm Thursday night into Friday. Ground isn't even froze here yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on November 06, 2019, 08:31:05 AM
woke up to a dusting of snow, driveway melted. Lots of streamers coming off the lakes Calling for some below freezing for a few days and then the snow squals will stay.....winter is almost here
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on November 06, 2019, 08:47:56 AM
Looks like winter is here 25 out side and snowing :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 06, 2019, 12:28:30 PM
Down into the teens again the last few nights and looking forward more of the same. Calling for 3-5 more inches of snow this afternoon. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 06, 2019, 04:46:23 PM
Had a couple snow squalls move through today. One more day for me on the brush saw will wrap things up for me this year. I've got 3/4 of an acre to cut. Suppose to be a mix of rain and snow, then snow. Hopefully not coming until the evening. One never knows. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on November 06, 2019, 08:37:03 PM
Mid to upper 60s today and the "no shoulders" are still out and about.  I was measuring a cutover and about stepped all over a black snake.. no big deal but he raised up and tried to look intimidating. I stepped a few feet over and kept going. Luckily I was carrying the GPS,  because the other guy with me swung a few...hundred feet over and avoided the whole corner of the tract ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 07, 2019, 07:22:56 AM
Woke up this morning to 1/2 inch of snow on the roofs, I can still see the grass in the yard, but the snow is still coming down!

An inch or so is expected by this afternoon, when the snow is projected to end!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 07, 2019, 01:41:10 PM
~6" of snow so far today and they are saying another 6+ is possible by this evening and at the rate it's coming down I believe it. Temp is 21° so if I didn't know better I would think it's late December.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 07, 2019, 03:23:24 PM
The nastiness started here around 10:00 am and there was 1/2" on the ground when I finished up at 2:00 pm. Never bothered with a rain suit, just kept swinging that saw to keep warm. :D Done and over with.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 07, 2019, 04:02:42 PM
Well, it quit snowing around 2:00 and we ended up with about 1½ inches and now it's running about 35°
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 07, 2019, 06:06:38 PM
My turn tomorrow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 07, 2019, 07:15:52 PM
12-14 inches of snow today and it has finially let UP some. Down to 19° and north wind howling so its mighty chilly outside. Well below average that's for sure.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 07, 2019, 08:33:41 PM
Tomorrow is here. I doubt it's sticking on the roads,at this time. The wood pile was white.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 08, 2019, 03:30:43 AM
25F this morning and not snowing. The drive way here is bare and just a dusting on the grass. Not going to warm up much until Sunday, so the snow will be melted then I guess. Don't matter to me, I'm in a warm dry house. Ain't going anywhere too soon. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 08, 2019, 05:45:58 AM
Mid-20s this morning and we did not get the dusting they predicted for last night, but it was snowing just 20 miles west of here last evening and I am sure they got 2-4 inches or more. Barge must have some up his way to soften up his new landing ;D. Hopefully it dries up and I can get some work done this weekend. I have to work the afternoon shift tomorrow, but I will have the morning to get something done. Wish there was more daylight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 08, 2019, 07:04:29 AM
The field in front of the house is white,just barely. Behind the house the woods road is bare.Where there is gravel,there is no snow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on November 08, 2019, 08:56:36 AM
Yesterday, I made my annual trip up the ladder to the roof over my shop/office to clean all the dry leaves off the shed roof so that I can have a fire in the stove today.

The heat is on now.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10095/20191107_082625.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1573221359)
 

Jim Rogers
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 08, 2019, 08:16:56 PM
Last weekend when I was milling, it was in the mid 50's and I broke a good sweat doing leaves on Sunday. Tomorrow the high for the day is supposed to be 38° and the low for tomorrow is supposed to be below 20. I hope my PW extinguisher at the mill doesn't freeze and blow up. Mre snow due Monday night. I guess I need to get the tarp down before the snow takes it down. This weather came on pretty quick.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 08, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
I've been trying to work up a sweat all day. ;D 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 09, 2019, 08:25:43 AM
Quote from: thecfarm on November 08, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
I've been trying to work up a sweat all day. ;D
18° here this morning. Too much too soon, especially compared to 6 days ago.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on November 09, 2019, 09:08:44 AM
up to 74 today, down to 9 degrees tom. night.  very motivating.  gotta get fall stuff done.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 09, 2019, 10:51:34 AM
Was 20F this morning and sunny out. A walk into that north wind has some bite. I wasn't out in it, but got a report. :D Can see snow down on Katahdin. ;)

Been a cow moose around the neighbour's pasture knocking down fence.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on November 09, 2019, 11:00:31 AM
Lit my first fire last night. In the 30s now, and supposed to be 43° later. Fine fall day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 10, 2019, 10:31:06 AM
Temp is 26° and falling to the single digits for the next 2 days. They are talking about 20 inches of lake effect snow in places over that time also. Winter started with a bang... 

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 10, 2019, 11:17:09 AM
In reply #1567 that snow is still on the front steps. Non on the deck part just the steps. A little rock salt did that in.  Was just above freezing here. Almost high noon. The sun was out,but not no more.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on November 10, 2019, 03:02:07 PM
Mid 20s light snow all day
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 10, 2019, 04:41:38 PM
Was 25F in the morning and warmed to 32F by 4:00 pm, but it is suppose to stay colder the rest of the week. A little dusting of snow expected Tuesday. I did dig a few parsnip in the garden today, the bigger ones almost 2" on the crown. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 11, 2019, 01:28:22 PM
The snow we got on the 7th slowly melted away, but this morning when I got up and checked, there was another 2 inches to replace it!  It has started to snow about an hour ago and the forecast is for 7-12 inches by tomorrow! 

A little bit ago I went out and took the bucket off of my fel and put my snow-pusher on, so now just bring it on!  :snowball: 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 11, 2019, 02:21:31 PM
Was 25F again this morning by daylight, was warmer in the night, 36F at 2:00 am. Some sun today though. Cleaned the stove pipes this morning, not hardly anything to it. Wouldn't fill an ash shovel anyway after 2 months of fires. Most of that soot in the last 4 feet outside the house, above the roof. Been burn'n aspen, lots hot. Snaps and cracks like cedar, seems to last a good while to.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Pine Ridge on November 11, 2019, 02:54:58 PM
75 for a high yesterday, currently 27 and sleeting like the devil here in southwest missouri.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on November 11, 2019, 07:24:54 PM
Cold snap evidently coming out of Canada .Some snow,more on the way .Supposed to be down to 10 above tomorrow evening .Time to light the fire I guess .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 11, 2019, 08:17:01 PM
8° now with snow on and off all day. Right now I cant see 20 feet out the window it's coming down so hard.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 11, 2019, 09:41:32 PM
Well I test fired the woodstove yesterday, but based on what the weather guessers say, I will keep it going. The temp started dropping today at 3pm and will keep a steady decline up until Friday. It's 30° now and just keeps going down with no warm-ups planned during the day. BUT, it's 78 here in the den, so there is that. I still think it's too much too soon.
 I have milling to do and am not adjusted to the cold yet. I need a couple of weeks to wrap my brain around it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 12, 2019, 03:42:16 AM
Snowing here now, but not all that hard yet. I don't think this is going to be a big one for us anyway. They had a lot more snow last week to the south of us, we had just a skiff up here. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 12, 2019, 06:30:30 AM
Looks like about 6 inches of snow on the ground and still lightly falling!

This will likely be the first snow removal day for the JD1023E and snow pusher!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Bricklayer51 on November 12, 2019, 07:50:31 AM
About 4 inches on the ground and 15 degrees going to be a cold opening day
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 12, 2019, 07:52:28 AM
Freezing rain or ice in the mix here, only 23F right now. Must have close to 4" now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on November 12, 2019, 10:22:07 AM
Got close to a record low last night, couple of the office ladies that work in the office saw -4°  froze the pond completely over,  ot about 2 inches of snow ,it's made it to 11 above now. Too soon for this.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on November 12, 2019, 02:01:27 PM
We woke up to snow as well. It is very mild so won't last long, already turning to slush. I can just imagine the excitement on the highway.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: clww on November 12, 2019, 10:50:53 PM
I'm sitting up in Taylor, Michigan for most of the week. Got 8.5" of snow yesterday through early this morning. Tonight, expecting a record low of 9 degrees. Most snow the area has seen at one time, this early.
 Great week to visit the terminal... ::)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 12, 2019, 11:57:10 PM
2° now, didn't even hit double digits today. Last two days have been almost 30 degrees below the long term averages.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 13, 2019, 04:45:08 AM
We had an inch of crust on the new snow followed by a dusting on top. It is now 15F this morning and expected to tumble to 0 tonight and Friday night. Winter is here. :D ;D Was done snowing here by 6:00 pm last night and the full moon soon appeared and shined all night.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 13, 2019, 06:53:25 AM
The full moon and clear skies brought us our lowest temp yet this season, it was -4F at 6:00 here in Russell!

No snow fell here last night!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on November 13, 2019, 08:50:11 AM
-21C which is real cold here or anywhere.  Snow yesterday. Isn't it supposed to be  Fall?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 14, 2019, 06:30:12 AM
It's 22°, up on the hot side of zero this morning!  :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 14, 2019, 07:49:06 AM
Another 14° morning. All clouds for now, Might get up to 32°. Hope that wind don't come up again. Still white on the ground out there.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on November 14, 2019, 08:38:01 AM
Dumped snow all night, and it looks like it will be lake effects all day. 6" so far. Light and fluffy!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 14, 2019, 11:12:15 AM
Was 14F this morning and now overcast.

Today was the day to juice some garden berries. Made a batch of cranberry/current/black elder and at the same time raspberry/blackberry. Had 1 gallon of juice each, added 1 cup of sugar to each gallon and tossed in a spice bag with cinnamon and cloves, just a teaspoon in amount to get the essence. Bottled up 4 litres each. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 15, 2019, 04:27:53 AM
We never did get down to their predicted 0F, which is fine. Way off in fact. This morning it is 27F and warming up to the 40's they say. They sure know how to make TV news over nothing. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 15, 2019, 06:47:48 AM
We had 34° here when I got up, about 6:00.

Supposed to crowd towards 40° before the winds start in mid-afternoon!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 15, 2019, 07:56:14 AM
I never reached the 32° mark here either. Probably Portland did,1½ hours from me. Warmed up some since I got up,30° all ready. Kinda like when they stand on the overpass on the freeway and the freeway is bare and the speed limit is down to 45 mph. :D Makes for good TV reporting. They would not know what to do on the back roads of Chesterville with 2 inches of snow on the roads.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on November 15, 2019, 08:51:26 AM
Freezing rain, instead of snow overnight. Need to warm up the windows before we can scrape
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 16, 2019, 03:39:15 AM
Wow! Late afternoon and I was noticing some big old thunder clouds in the sky and peeks of sun. Sure enough, later that evening the light show began. :D Wind, snow, hail, lightning. Weatherman said look out for that cold front coming from Quebec, could be loss of power. Well, we never lost power but it was a storm like you would see in hot summer. :D

It was only 34F for the high, we never got to that 40F. And the cold front is no more cold than it has been, down to 14F this morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 16, 2019, 06:43:57 AM
Well, the predicted "cold spell" has arrived, it's only 6°F here this morning!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 16, 2019, 07:38:00 AM
Well the temp has been dropping steady through the night here but it is only down to 23°. The sun is a bit over the horizon and it isn't coming up yet (the temp). It's been much colder this past week, but today I plan on milling so...
 I have my digital ball and chain at home and I have to do some data validation before I can pull my boots on and get at it. Either way, it's going to be cold, but at least it will be clear.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 16, 2019, 08:49:11 AM
Been warmer the last few days and the snow has finially tapered off. By warmer I mean 13° and night and highs in the 20s, which is better than the single digit highs last week. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 20, 2019, 06:00:52 AM
I made it through with no ice. Rained for 24 hours. Lucky on that one. Temp stayed above freezing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 20, 2019, 06:28:28 AM
Everything was ice here followed by an inch of snow. Temp is 32F and dripping off the house porch.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 20, 2019, 07:18:23 AM
Yesterday we had about 1/2" of slush in the morning and light ineffective snowfall up to noon. Temps have been more normal which allows me to adjust to the season change more normally.  mid 20's to 30's through the night. overcast. light winds mostly.
 Today it should hit 40, tomorrow 45ish. I was hoping to take a day off and mill, but I have too much going on at work and am stuck. The weekend coming up looks good so far. Not enough daylight hours available. Winter may be coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on November 21, 2019, 10:37:01 PM
Dang weather but I learned something .It got down in the 20's last week and I thought the refrigerator in my garage went on the blink .
Geeze I just bought it this summer when the other one failed to keep my beer cold after 26 years old .Come to find out with the new way of making things cheap they need a special  heater gizmo to fool the thermostat if it gets below 55 degrees .Who knew that I ask you ? Mumble grumble --Any way here in the sunny south of the north pole it's in the 40's and clear .---and if any Canadians ask this fridge  was made in Canada-----  ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on November 22, 2019, 06:41:33 AM
We have 44° here this morning, but snow is expected this afternoon!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 22, 2019, 07:18:29 AM
It's exactly 44 here also this morning. The temp went over 40 yesterday and it was lovely working weather. Looks like tomorrow will be perfect, but we are expecting snow in the early morning hours on Sunday, which might kill the day for me.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 22, 2019, 07:31:39 AM
28F here and freezing rain again. ::)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 22, 2019, 08:07:36 AM
Rain for now has stopped. I have 32°.
That few inches of snow we got is just about gone. Just making room for more. ;D  About a ½ hour from me,it is gone.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 22, 2019, 11:41:22 AM
Has turned to rain here now. That just means the driveway will be a glaze of ice. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: GRANITEstateMP on November 23, 2019, 11:01:28 AM
It got windy in my part of NH last night.  I ran to groc shop about 7pm.  I got back a bit after 8pm to a Ash top blown apart on the road, and no power at my house.  Good news, the neighbors didn't loose power, and it just tripped our line fuse.  Not as good news, the local power Co-Op has a new deal where after hours if there 2 or 3 operators are busy, they outsource the call to other power dispatch centers - somewhere in the south!  They couldn't find my account, couldn't find my house, I read them the pole number...  I just about lost it, hung up and tired again.  Again couldn't find us in the system.  I spoke slowly, and counted a few times.  I gave her our address, then our road, I told her where the Line truck she needed to dispatch was located...  The lineman showed up about 5 minutes after I pushed the top off the road.  Couple nice fella's, they said that Northern NH was getting hit hard with wind.  Did a quick inspection of the line and poles to the house, said he wished they were all this easy as they put the fuse back in...  So yeah, windy in NH last night!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 23, 2019, 02:51:34 PM
Been windy here out of the NW, but not severe. Sort of gusty though. I know when I walked into it this morning around 9:00 am it felt like 0F. I had to sand the driveway as it was iced in. A 34F degree rain doesn't melt hardly anything at all. We have just as much snow as we started with because the old was all crusted over from the last storm. Still snow on the garage and on the porch and we had less than an inch (dusting) before the rain. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 24, 2019, 07:40:01 AM
33°F this morning and raining steady. We have some sleet/snow on the ground from the overnight and they say the roads are a tad slick. Looks like today is a washout. calling for steady rain until about 4pm or later. Guess I will be doing shop work, nothing going on with the mill today for sure.
 I just noticed this thread is 23 pages long. Seems like everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 24, 2019, 09:55:35 AM
28° here and a very light snow. Might change over to rain? One of those "depends" storms. We just had one of those the other day. Driving along all is fine,but go down a hill?? Might be ice. :o
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on November 24, 2019, 10:17:16 AM
We were in Branson, Mo.  My daughter drove home this past Friday. she left school about 9 am.  at 7am the freezing temps and light rain caused ice on bridges.  We lost a middle school teacher on a bridge at 7 am that Monique had to cross coming home.  it was still closed due to the accident.  With all the tragedy lately for all the members, I took note of our good fortune that she left later.  His truck lost control vs semi truck.  Sad for his family.  It took 4 years to teach M to drive, and I know what will happen if she ever hits ice and panics.  She had to scrape her windshield, and we knew about the accident as we watched her by phone on life 360 as she drove home.  Dad worried but you cannot keep them home forever.  she just turned 21 Saturday.  Lets all be safe and teach out children well!  God speed all.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 24, 2019, 09:18:23 PM
Well off we go to the Grand daughters 16th birthday party. She asked Grammie to make her a tie dye cake, So we had to deliver it.  ;D  Road was slushy here,than we hit the state road and no more slush.About 15 minutes away there was no snow. Which was expected.
We got a good inch of snow here. It's all loaded with water now. Had to run the wipers steady all the way to the Big party.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Nebraska on November 24, 2019, 10:07:41 PM
It was unfairly beautiful up here, calm hit sixty degrees, duck hunted with two of my son's, and a friends father. Duck hunting was only fair, too nice, but  the sausage, fried potatoes-n- oinions, and eggs ,plus a near perfect sunrise, made up for it. Understand completely about the fear of kids coming home from college in weather. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 25, 2019, 04:22:50 AM
Sleet and snow here, mostly snow all night. Looks like 3" so far, still falling from the sky. Not a lot of wind, yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on November 25, 2019, 08:14:33 AM
A big one is going to crank up and go through our area Tues night/Wed.  But where I am, it will be rain.  Farther north, up to a storm max of 24 inches of snow in U.P.

2 days later, same type of system is expected to follow same path.  Rain in our area, heavy snow to north and west.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on November 25, 2019, 09:29:56 AM
The weather guesser are making this storm set to last longer and longer.  Now they are saying from 10 am Tuesday through Sunday rain down here and up to 2 or 3 feet of snow up the hill by Thanksgiving.  Going to retrieve my mill head today and batten down the hatches for the winter.

Edit Monday evening - it was 28°F when I got up there at 7:30 am and made it up to 40° when I left at 1 pm.  Had to stand by the fire every once in a while to get my hands working again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 25, 2019, 01:22:48 PM
Yeah, total of 3" I think for here, was wet snow. The driveway is melting where the gravel is exposed. Truck melted off and the snow slid of the main roof of the house. Suppose to be 2 more storms by first of next week.
Been too warm to keep steady fire here, for at least a week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 26, 2019, 07:44:56 PM
Winter storm headed this way, guessers are calling for anywhere between 8" and 24" of heavy wet snow. I'm hoping for the low end of that. Been mild in the 30s so the snow we had melted and the ground thawed out so it is a muddy mess outside and plowing snow is going to be miserable.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 27, 2019, 02:45:11 AM
Been like spring here for a couple days, driveway ice about all melted out and had a rain shower roll through here yesterday that none of the weather guessers predicted. Water was actually stream down the driveway like late April. Was 42F, but that should be normal for November highs. That earlier cold snap set everyone back a bit.  :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 27, 2019, 10:56:18 AM
Interesting. I just went back to the old weather thread and looked at the posts from others and myself of exactly a year ago. HUGE DIFFERENCE! If I had been complaining about the weather this year, I will stop right now, because last year was SO much worse (2° here before Thanksgiving). What we have now is workable. I see my comments from last year and know now that I am mush better off this year. (Ironically I was resetting my mill bed exactly a year ago this week, and this weekend I am doing the exact same thing in a different location.)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 27, 2019, 01:55:16 PM
I remember that too. Seem like the wind was blowing on Thanksgiving Day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 28, 2019, 12:47:26 PM
34° here now,all clouds now. Did see the sun peak out,for a minute and I do mean a minute. Was raining last night. Even had a thunderstorm around 9pm. Changed over to snow sometime. An inch of wet snow,again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 28, 2019, 01:27:40 PM
We had a little under 2" here after midnight, more toward morning. Was all done by 11:00 am and around 34F out now and melting off the porch.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 28, 2019, 02:03:39 PM
About 14" of heavy wet snow yesterday (had a water equivalent of 3"). Had sustained winds in the 40mph range and gusts in the 60s. So we lost power for much of the day, many are still without and it may not return until the weekend. 

Its 30 degrees so the ground is soft and the snow is like mashed potatoes so it's hard to plow or blow. 

Calling for another heavy wet storm to roll thru on saturday which could set power crews back a couple more days.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 29, 2019, 06:29:36 AM
I hope everybody had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving here in the States. I had been looking forward to the long 4 day weekend for a few weeks now thinking I might get the mill reset. Not making much progress on that. 
 But now they tell us the first significant snow of the season will start here on Sunday of around 6". Normally this is no big deal, just 6" but ti will shut my access off to the old mill site and I have stuff scattered all over that needs to be stored, covered, or cleaned up. I woke up sick yesterday so this is going to be a tough slog to get things done. They predict snow from daybreak on Sunday until after sunset on Monday. Now I am really bummed that I could not force myself to do more than an hour or two's work yesterday with the 'good' weather. It was damp and overcast all day, but the temp was up around 45° and even with the 25mph winds it was very workable.
 Here's hoping for another busted forecast. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on November 29, 2019, 07:43:23 AM
KVLY is saying 12 to 16 inch starting today into late Saterday after noon

Now WDAY is saying 4 to 6 inch same time frame best part is both chanels are in Fargo  :D 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 29, 2019, 07:59:59 AM
20 miles south of us had about 12" of snow in the last one, I guess we was lucky. :D

Windy today, upper 20's.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 29, 2019, 08:38:57 AM
Calling for another 12-20" here with "the possibility for significant lake enhancement" which means who knows how much. Temps are going to be in the low 30s so its bound to be another heavy wet mess.

If it was 10 degrees colder it would be powdery and much easier to deal with.


Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on November 29, 2019, 12:53:01 PM
Sunny, 42°, and breezy. I'd kind of like to do some tree work, but don't want to drive to it. Spent a couple hours working today, and I'm now sitting by the fire and eating nuts, trying to decide what whisky I want. I'm thinking it's gonna be Highland Park. Sure would be nice to do something outside though...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 29, 2019, 03:31:43 PM
Maybe, cut some firewood. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: lxskllr on November 29, 2019, 04:06:50 PM
Firewood's cut and seasoned. I brought a couple wheelbarrows to the porch. I have three piles on the porch, When one's finished, I restock it to get rid of moisture, and go to the next. I could have milled some spruce, but I'm still not exactly sure what I want to do with it. Apple tree needs to come down, but that's even more firewood I don't need atm. Maybe next year... Locust will come down next fall. I want to see it bloom one last time this spring.


I'm done around here. I have tree work at work to do, but that's a drive. It's also a little complicated. Some low key chainsawing or hammer swinging would have been good today. Oh, well. Can't have everything. Hard to complain about too much firewood, a glass of whisky, and nothing that needs to be done  :^D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 30, 2019, 04:00:29 AM
Still that wind out there, been 3 days. Temp has dropped to 15F this morning, that's the end of spring. Stove is chugging along. You can here that wind whistle in the flu up here on the hill. ;) I told the builders and furnace/flu installer, no worry about draft up here. Everyone got a good chuckle. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on November 30, 2019, 06:06:20 AM
I have 15° here too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on November 30, 2019, 06:20:25 AM
It was 20 when I got up an hour ago. I guess the weather is setting up for tomorrow's snow. Yesterday it never reached 40, but there was practically no wind so it was very workable. I could have done without the mud. Where I am working it is that clay type stuff that sticks like dog poop.
 Today is not supposed hit 40 either and most of the day should be in the low 30's but I am hoping that wind stays low. Expecting snow beginning tomorrow morning, so today is snow prep day for the season. This will be our first real plowable snow. I have a lot to do, just waiting for first light.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on November 30, 2019, 10:50:56 AM
Snowing DanG hard here the tracter and snow blower will get a work out tomorrow sure glade I got a cab with a good heater this year 8) :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 30, 2019, 11:28:07 AM
A lawn mower with a front mounted blower won't do it, eh? :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on November 30, 2019, 11:46:28 AM
@goose63 (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=23477) 
We get these Colorado Lows that dump snow on you guys in the Dakotas and us up here in Manitoba.
Could you just shut that thing down before it gets up to Canada?
Go ahead, be greedy, and keep the whole Dang thing for yourself, ok?
😉
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on November 30, 2019, 12:11:55 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on November 30, 2019, 11:28:07 AM
A lawn mower with a front mounted blower won't do it, eh?
Nope the drifts are knee deep and growing
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on November 30, 2019, 04:53:31 PM
The old hermit's take on good wool socks. :D

Great Sox - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXBmN6_Uno)

He won't have to worry about stock. They sell well and well stocked. :D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on November 30, 2019, 09:56:52 PM
Snow started here about an hour ago and there's already 4" on the ground and it's supposed to snow until midday tmrw. Could be a dandy.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 01, 2019, 05:34:41 AM
We could be in for a dandy here too. Just a little early, but whatever. I am mostly ready for it. It should start here around mid-day and they are calling for about 12" in my section, Barge may actually have a little less than me for a change, but maybe not. :D
 I woke up at 3am with bad leg cramps and this cold is kicking my butt, finally got up at 4am. It was 15° and dead calm. I still have to hook up the low and work on it's rigging (not quite as good as I would like), but I have at least 8 hours to make that happen. The temp is not supposed to hit 32 until Monday afternoon and they expect the snow to run from mid-day today until Monday evening. The high end of the guess is 18" and the low end is 10". It is what it is. I have shop stuff to do if I start to feel just a little better. Hope everybody gets through this in easy fashion.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 01, 2019, 07:00:02 AM
Just 8°F here this morning, with light snow expected this afternoon and into the evening!

No significant accumulation expected!

Right now, the ground is about "half" bare!

Snow only where the sun hadn't shined in the last few days!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 01, 2019, 07:13:43 AM
Dropped to 12F here, a  little bit of wind still rolling through. Clear blue skies though.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Firewoodjoe on December 01, 2019, 07:31:52 AM
Still 29 here but a storm went through last night. Freezing rain and switch to snow. Got 2-3inches of fresh. My daughter was right, we should have gotten a tree yesterday. I wanted to wait until today. Now all my trees are covered in snow! Part of the fun I guess😊
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 01, 2019, 07:48:44 AM
@Andries (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=9307) Ihope that new fence I put up was some help with the stopping the snow :D

@SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) Ineed to talk to that old hermet those socks look like some thing I could use ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 01, 2019, 08:29:31 AM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) you've been working hard.  chewing 2 to 4 tums for leg cramps in the middle of the night will usually stop them within a few minutes.  the calcium relaxes the muscle.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 01, 2019, 09:01:59 AM
Quote from: doc henderson on December 01, 2019, 08:29:31 AM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) you've been working hard.  chewing 2 to 4 tums for leg cramps in the middle of the night will usually stop them within a few minutes.  the calcium relaxes the muscle.
Its been going on for a while now. The last week is getting worse. Thanks for the tip @doc henderson (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41041) , I'll give it a try. Been looking at a product called 'Mag R&R' ever hear of it? Not sure if it is worth a try at 40 bucks.
 And,  no snow here yet, but I see a small line of stuff on the radar as a precursor.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 01, 2019, 09:08:29 AM
Magnesium would help.  but remember any magnesium orally will be a laxative.  salt substitute is KCL and the potassium could help too, but you have to be careful.  I think tums is fairly safe unless you have kidney stones ect.  calcium carbonate (tums) is cheap as well and works in a few minutes.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 01, 2019, 09:27:25 AM
Old Greenhorn,I get them leg cramps when I don't drink enough water. Or that is what I think. Don't get the cramps too often,only once every few months. I wake up in agony and head for the water. Drink 4-5 glasses and in a few minutes all is good.  But than I am up the rest of the night going to the bathroom. ::) I think the tums would work better.  ;D  But drinking enough water throughout the day would work for me too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 01, 2019, 09:29:36 AM
Quote from: goose63 on December 01, 2019, 07:48:44 AM
@SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) Ineed to talk to that old hermet those socks look like some thing I could use ;D
Lives near Walcott. #5985 off Highway 18. Go on a sock raid. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 01, 2019, 11:03:10 AM
Quote from: thecfarm on December 01, 2019, 09:27:25 AM
But drinking enough water throughout the day would work for me too.
Not enough chocolate. ;D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 01, 2019, 11:49:50 AM
I help out the national pecentage that each person eats of chocolate in the USA each and every day. ;D But if it helps out on cramps,I can give it a try and eat more!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 01, 2019, 11:50:41 AM
12-14" of fresh snow this morning. Hope this first 2 months of winter isn't a sign of what the next 5 months will bring. Our temps have averaged something like 9° below average and we have had over 50 inches of snowfall and it's only december 1st.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 01, 2019, 01:11:42 PM
And snow it begins..... Started around noon and now it is rolling along, building up quick with steady big flakes.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 01, 2019, 01:13:30 PM
Suppose to be sunny tomorrow before the storm hits tomorrow night. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 01, 2019, 02:33:02 PM
Walcott thats just a hop and a skip fron me

Got the yard cleand out and a mile and half of road done Rory takes care of the north mile and I take care of the south mile but Rory broke his tractor my little Mahandria got a woek out today 8) 8) 8) 8) :snowball: :snowball:  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 01, 2019, 03:09:21 PM
Quote from: goose63 on December 01, 2019, 02:33:02 PM
Walcott thats just a hop and a skip fron me

Apparently, he drove grader for the township, retired. But now drives his brother's grader. I do believe their is a national trail, something the settlers travelled, that runs along his fence. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ljohnsaw on December 01, 2019, 06:20:04 PM
I'm done sawing for the next 5 or 6 months...

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30640/20191201_Castle_Peak.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1575242381)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 02, 2019, 06:11:04 AM
9F and partly sunny at least. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 02, 2019, 06:49:56 AM
Well, the snow kept up well into the night, but not too bad, we ended up with about 3 inches of new snow and 24° this morning!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 02, 2019, 09:58:47 AM
Well yesterday it started around 11am and by 5pm we had all of 2 inches. Then between 5 and 7 we got 40 more inches. then it settled down, we had a period of sleet and by 5am today we had 10 inches, still snowing. I got in the Mule at 5:30 and did a quick job but covered it all for a first pass and was only 10 minutes late for work. Now they say another 4-10 inches by tomorrow morning. Of corse the heater fan motor switch shaft sheared clean off (in the "off" position) yesterday before I started plowing, but nothing else broke or went wrong, so there is that. I have a switch on order.
 Boy am I GLAD I got the mill moved and set up before this happened. This would have shut me down for a month by the time it melts enough. Sometimes I get lucky. 8)

 It's not supposed to get much over freezing for at least the next week, and there is a small chance of snow mid-week, but all is good. I am in 'whatever mode', I can take what comes. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 02, 2019, 12:25:44 PM
6 inches of slop here in A-town.  Go north and see 2 and 3 times as much.  Evidently, Escanaba, directly to our north in Michigan's U.P. had a good snowfall, something like 20+ inches yesterday.  Bayfield, WI received 30 inches of snow from this system.  Tree farm area got a foot.  Glad I got my shed up before all this.

USGS already foresees spring flooding as very high likelihood in this region.  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on December 02, 2019, 12:40:05 PM
Woke up to about 6" of snow this morning, supposed to be above freezing later so it will turn to slop. This is our second dusting. DanG city plow buried the sidewalk, a little  hard on an old guy. :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on December 02, 2019, 01:15:29 PM
16 inches of snow here this morning and still coming down.I just hope this stuff melts because the ground is not frozen solid yet .I can remember a few winters where the ground never froze and snow came in December and did not leave until April.It makes it hard to get around to spread poo and gets logs out when the ground is not solid.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: GRANITEstateMP on December 02, 2019, 06:17:06 PM
It didn't start here till a bit after 4pm Sunday. I headed out to plow at 3:30 this am and we had 6 to 8in every spot I checked.  About 11 today it started snow/sleet/misting, that made it everything super fun > >:( Weather guesser's are saying another 5 to 7 tonight, we'll see. At least me and the boy got a hour on the atv's rippin dohnuts on the drivway -aka- spreading sand ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 02, 2019, 07:29:32 PM
I got 2 or 3 inches here overnight. I don't know about anyplace else. My first winter retired from the town I sat in the house watching it snow, giggling like a school girl in a short dress that the phone wasn't going to ring calling me to come to work. It can snow again tonight. I won't be getting myself all exercised over it
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 02, 2019, 07:35:17 PM
Strange weather .The eastern and New England states are getting hammered  and it missed us .The normal snow belt that hits Cleveland and Buffalo has it's normal southern tip about 40 miles north of here .If the jet stream changes it shifts about 40 miles south and dumps it right on us.The last few years it's shifted clear down to Cincinnati 120 miles to the south .
Never the less I'm still ready if it hits .Jeep is good to go .Gasoline powered bulldozer tarped down and up on railroad ties .25 gallon of gasoline .two generators  and freezer full of food .10-12 cords of wood split, stacked, tarped . Maybe I should get a few more cases of beer just in case . ;D  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 02, 2019, 09:10:27 PM
@51cub (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=31048) I get the giggle like a school girl metaphor. but if it is snowing, I think we all want to know why you were wearing a short dress? :o :o :o   8) 8) 8)   :) :) :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 02, 2019, 09:14:22 PM
Still no snow here.Yet. And yet is the key word word here. Been snowing about a ½ hour from me all day. More of a coastal storm,this time and so far. It's a coming. I guess this was a 2 part storm. More coastal today and moves inland tonight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Logger RK on December 03, 2019, 05:59:19 AM
The weather forecasters were right this time over my way. South Range Wis got around 24 inch if not more of snow. Started Saturday noon. Couldn't even finishing hunting till dark,and couldn't get out Sunday. They did call it a blizzard & it was bad. The city 15 miles north of me is still not opened up totally. But the grandkids are happy cause no school still today. Glad I happen to have my Tree Farmer C7D home at the time. I'll dig out my 12 foot plow today for it. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: GRANITEstateMP on December 03, 2019, 06:14:46 AM
Woke os to 6 more inches of snow this am. No school for the boy again today :(
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 03, 2019, 06:24:30 AM
Well it pretty much stopped snowing last evening. I got 90% of the cleanup done. Nothing coming when I went to bed at 8:30 (still sick). Got up at 5:30 and we have another 4-5" of the white devil on the ground. 27° here ow. I guess it's time to start all over, but I feel lousy this morning and am having a hard time motivating my butt. It looks fluffy but who knows. 1st week of December and this is already a drag. Gonna be another long day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 03, 2019, 06:27:57 AM
Quote from: doc henderson on December 01, 2019, 08:29:31 AM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) you've been working hard.  chewing 2 to 4 tums for leg cramps in the middle of the night will usually stop them within a few minutes.  the calcium relaxes the muscle.
BTW @doc henderson (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41041) this was super advice! I take a couple before I go to bed and have had no issues in two days! It works like a miracle. Thank you!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 03, 2019, 08:26:07 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 03, 2019, 08:51:44 AM
No snow here yet, but it is moving north. I can see it beginning south of Bridgewater, Maine from the big window.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 03, 2019, 05:56:14 PM
We had 7" here during the daylight hours and it's all over now.

Here's the old hermit reporting in up by you Goose. ;)

Snow - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_yatMz8bkY)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 03, 2019, 06:15:14 PM
Quote from: doc henderson on December 02, 2019, 09:10:27 PM
@51cub (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=31048) I get the giggle like a school girl metaphor. but if it is snowing, I think we all want to know why you were wearing a short dress? :o :o :o   8) 8) 8)   :) :) :)
Well, Doc. It's my house. I wanted to move to NH for 43 years. Nobody here but the cat to laugh at me.I'll wear what I want! :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 03, 2019, 06:58:55 PM
@Swapdonkey looks like you caught the edge of it. It was weird down here in the center. We got a bit over a foot, but other areas not far from us 10-20 miles got 2" or more. Albany says it is the 8th biggest snow storm they ever had with 24". Seemed a little whimpy to me. Whatever, it is over now and mostly cleaned up. The temp is not going to go over freezing until next Monday when they expect rain. I hope that cleans us up a little. I am hoping to do some cutting, skidding, and milling this weekend.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 03, 2019, 07:47:53 PM
Woke up this morning,the ground was white. Just barely at that. Than by 9am it started to snow. Off and on all day,maybe 4 inches.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 04, 2019, 08:02:33 AM
26° when I got up. First time I have slept past 5am in a week! The snow is done, and we had some melting yesterday so now the icicles are forming in all the usual places. Forecast for today is clear and overcast with low winds and a high in the mid-30's. It would be a great working day.
 I called in sick, because I am finally losing the fight with this head cold/cough thing and am miserable. The lack of good sleep doesn't help. I hate being home sick and not getting some work done, but I feel like [junk]. I don't like to waste sick days being ....... sick.
 It's not supposed to break well over freezing until next Monday. I was hoping for some good melting but I guess it will take a while. The 35 degree stuff really doesn't cut it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 04, 2019, 08:24:38 AM
I was up plowing at 4:00 am and 28F at that time, so I know where your coming from. :D

Sunny day here. I don't get paid on sick days, and never knew some people can bank such days until I knew of someone taking retirement early and living off banked sick days for like 2 years. Must be a government thing because Irving, one of the biggest private corporations around, sure ain't giving no one a free ride. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 04, 2019, 08:30:22 AM
28° now, will get up to 60° and sunny today.  will mill some wedding cookies (whole new meaning)  later today.  was sick most of last week, so catching up after sleeping through some great weather days off.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 04, 2019, 01:31:12 PM
Been busy plowing snow 6 of the last 7 day's UP here. This winter I have 4 houses/farms to keep plowed out with about 20 miles between so it's a project to keep things cleared out.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on December 04, 2019, 01:44:24 PM
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/19307/20191130_124046.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1575484637) 
A flock of Canada geese on the Red River in Winnipeg. 
They're hesitating to head South because we've been having a milder than normal fall with only an inch of snowfall.
Next week we've got some -5° F weather forecast, so @goose63 (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=23477) will see them in the Dakotas soon enough. 
I better finish off my milling of storm trees, before Mama Nature shuts me down.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 05, 2019, 04:02:13 AM
Did reach 32F yesterday and the road was melting off with help of sand/salt dusted on the road. Was nice day for my 4 mile walk. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 05, 2019, 09:35:28 PM
Sun could of stayed out more,but it was 36° today. Roads are all cleared again.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 05, 2019, 11:37:34 PM
More snow...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 06, 2019, 08:01:33 AM
27° this morning, been pretty much like that all week. It's been solid overcast for 3 days with just 10 minutes of sunshine yesterday. Very damp and depressing. The highs are in the mid-30's. The next 3 day or so look about the same with colder daytime temps, then there is a front coming in with wind gusts Sunday afternoon and the temp will start rising through Monday with rain until Tuesday night, then we repeat the cold cycle process with some snow, etc.
 It's depressing and I am sick of being sick. I haven't left the house in 3 days except to get the mail.  I know things at work are going to heck while I am home, but I have nothing left in the tank. I just feel miserable.
 It's barely December and I already have that mid-winter depression.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 06, 2019, 10:25:48 AM
my grandma used to say, " I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"!  Maybe a struggle at work in your absence will help them know how important you are to the company.... Oh well prob. not right!?  get well. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 06, 2019, 11:31:20 AM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on December 03, 2019, 06:27:57 AM
Quote from: doc henderson on December 01, 2019, 08:29:31 AM
@Old Greenhorn (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) you've been working hard.  chewing 2 to 4 tums for leg cramps in the middle of the night will usually stop them within a few minutes.  the calcium relaxes the muscle.
BTW @doc henderson (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=41041) this was super advice! I take a couple before I go to bed and have had no issues in two days! It works like a miracle. Thank you!
I do one better,I take magnesium/calcium in the morning, stops the leg cramps. The best of all my dehydration is at a minimum now, I used to urinate so much, I thought I had prostate problems.  I now urinate less, no cramp and the magnesium/calcium allows my body to process all the water I was drinking. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 06, 2019, 11:37:01 AM
Whoops, forgot to post my weather, I was side tracked by the cramping post.
A beautiful snowfall overnight and some sunshine this morning.
-4C  or 26F A beautifull day. The lake is frozen over and the otters are in the bay playng where the river comes in, as its not quite frozen over yet. 
Taking the day off to enjoy!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 06, 2019, 01:07:33 PM
Partly sunny today, in the upper 20's A little bit of a NW breeze. Nothing to stop me from my 4 mile walk. Road is pretty much bare to pavement. Expecting rain on Monday and 40's. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 08, 2019, 07:26:26 AM
Today is the coldest we've had so far, at 6:00AM we had -2°F

We still have about 6" of snow here!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 08, 2019, 08:29:20 AM
12F here this morning and frost on the bushes. Dead calm and bright sunshine. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ed_K on December 08, 2019, 09:54:36 AM
 2° this morning an the 17" of snow has sunk to 12". I had a hard time walking the maple orchard to pick up some of the plastic lines that got baried. This rain coming is going to turn what's left to an ice nightmare.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 08, 2019, 09:59:01 AM
Just coming back from the dump. I have 24° and frost on the bushes down by the brook.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 08, 2019, 10:01:24 AM
planning on a high of 54 today. so lots of things to finish up.  high tomorrow of low 30s.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 08, 2019, 10:10:38 AM
12° here this morning, calm wind, bright sunshine. It amazes me over the past year that @SwampDonkey (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) and I have had identical weather conditions or more than a few days, it seems to happen quite often, especially in winter. We still have about 10" of snow pack and might be getting some more mid-week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 08, 2019, 10:13:56 AM
You might be in the same belt as I am,Old Greenhorn. MI weather is like what I have. Takes a day or two to get here,but what MI gets,I usually do.
I notice that with SwampDonkey too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 08, 2019, 11:06:14 AM
We always blamed it on the Ohio Valley up here. Jet stream dips down in there and shoots it up north. ;D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 08, 2019, 01:13:33 PM
Cold and snow. 25+ inches on the ground and maybe another 2 foot on the way over the next 2 days. Shes winter for sure.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 08, 2019, 01:36:29 PM
Mid 20's now and SW winds. Sun is fading.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: A-z farmer on December 08, 2019, 06:45:34 PM
2 above zero here this am and our 26 inches of snow has settled to about 18 inches.i hope the snow melts because the ground has not frozen solid yet .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 09, 2019, 05:39:50 AM
We could see up to 2" rain here starting after noon. And near 50 degrees during the rain.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 09, 2019, 06:39:45 AM
Weather is running like a rollercoaster here now, this morning at 6:00 we had 40°F.

It's what we refer to as "cold weather", so many people start with the sniffles, then some get worse!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 09, 2019, 02:09:45 PM
Snow and more snow. Had to haul and load calves this morning headed to Iowa, and by the time we were done loading 2 semis there was 4" of fresh snow. Supposed to drop down into the single digits and snow for 2 more days.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 10, 2019, 05:45:41 AM
Well, we certainly got the rain here and it did get near 50F, but I still see lots of snow. Although the driveway appears to be bare now of any ice. I think the wind as shifted now.

I've got to check the Christmas lights for water. The weather knocked out the outside plug in, which has a built in breaker switch. I know those LED's have a big plastic bulb that screws on over the light, and they get loose. So probably water in one of them. Once daylight comes, the search begins. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 10, 2019, 05:56:55 AM
I have 45° now. I only had a few inches of snow. Last night the field was still white. I went out with my head lamp,looks pretty much bare now. Just making room for more snow. Suppose to get up to almost 50° today. That will melt the snow too. Not raining out now.
Don't take much wood to keep warm at 40. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 10, 2019, 06:50:29 AM
Yeah, definitely no wood fire here today. 8)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 10, 2019, 06:58:56 AM
Wow, 48°F here at 6:00 this morning with winds, and winter storm advisory for tomorrow!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 10, 2019, 07:06:55 AM
I haven't walked around to check the snowpack yet, but ti is 41° as I type this. The temp has been on the rise since noon yesterday and should get over 50 today. Then it begins a long steady decline. Maybe a touch of snow overnight tonight, but I doubt it, then cool, then hitting 40 over the weekend. Time for more milling then.  :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 10, 2019, 07:53:42 AM
30 below wind chill here. I wish those guys in Canada would close the gate
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 10, 2019, 08:20:24 AM
We can get real cold here now in next two days.  Arctic gate open.  It doesn't bother me.  We will warm back into 20's and thirty's a few days later, then back down again, rinse and repeat.  Average temperature readings are thus derived from these normal swings.  

Snow didn't do much around here.  Couple inches maybe.  Much more to our north.  My tree farm area is well blanketed now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 10, 2019, 08:40:02 AM
Rain all day yesterday,40F, a few inches of snow left on the ground. 26f this morning and the snow is coming in off Lake Huron and Georgin Bay with the cold front. We will see how much we get
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Logger RK on December 10, 2019, 08:46:57 AM
Close to another foot of snow yesterday & now -5 this morning. Nice day to finally get my Bear Paw Skidder Chains on. This deep snow will be a challenge,but that's part of the fun with Logging
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 10, 2019, 11:43:18 AM
Over a foot of snow yesterday and last night and still coming down. 8° this morning with windchills well below zero. Visibility was near zero with the sideways snow blowing from canada.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 11, 2019, 07:26:52 AM
BERRRRR 13 below with a light wind
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 11, 2019, 08:16:20 AM
20F this morning and overcast. A little smudge on to take the edge off. ;D Not much for snow left around. Rain again coming Saturday. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 11, 2019, 09:54:23 AM
24F windy with snow flurries today, I have a 1.5 hr drive to the city today and i bet it turns into a 3 hr drive with the flurries coming in
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on December 11, 2019, 11:27:43 AM
Quote from: goose63 on December 10, 2019, 07:53:42 AM. .. . . I wish those guys in Canada would close the gate.
The latch on the big gate is broken, and it's too cold to fix it.
You'll get what we get @goose63 (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=23477)  :D 
Feeding wood into the shop stove at 6:30 this am. 
Did I mention that burr oak is the best firewood going?
Full moon, clear sky and as cold as death. Beautiful.
When the smoke from the chimney goes straight up - yep, thats a three dog night.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: K-Guy on December 11, 2019, 11:31:53 AM
I think that before I moved to Maine from Northern BC, I might have left the fan on!!  :D ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 11, 2019, 01:40:16 PM
Quote from: K-Guy on December 11, 2019, 11:31:53 AM
I think that before I moved to Maine from Northern BC, I might have left the fan on!!  :D ;D
Shame on you @K-Guy (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=35658)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 11, 2019, 02:37:05 PM
Temp is hovering around 3° today with more snow was -11° last night. Wind coming across the ice cubes on the lake straight from Canada so it feels in the minus double digits. 

Too cold for this time of year.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 11, 2019, 02:41:57 PM
Well, the bears are still around frolicking in the snow. New prints during the mild spell. Been eating corn according to his bowl movements. ;D He likes to follow my trails as any critter would. ;) But now the corn was just cut the day before the rain. He'll probably soon go to his hole on the side of Mars Hill some place. Not unheard of to see bear in December around here. Seen a moose, more like heard him, running on the crusty snow about 100 yards in the softwoods. Lots of other tracks around. Saw an old deer track on my trail. Never going to see many deer here, never was even 50 years ago. We had lots of deer in NB, but not around here. Three or four in a bunch, versus 40 - 100 deer in a herd up on the Tobique. That's why sportsman from down south went up there. ;)

Cleared here after dinner and clear for tomorrow. 20's for temps.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 11, 2019, 02:52:53 PM
Need a photo. Afternoon sun hitting the window so it looks a little hazy out. Someone running a drier over in neighbouring Maine. ;D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Weather-Dec11-2019.jpg)

Front yard and across the spud field.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/Weather-Dec11-2019-2.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 11, 2019, 09:11:43 PM
Did not get above freezing today. The fields are bare at my house.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 12, 2019, 04:58:41 AM
14F this morning and strong winds began around 4:30 am. Crystal clear with moon light out.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/moon-silouette.jpg)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 12, 2019, 09:01:00 AM
A-Town can get just a little snow out of today's event.  Tree farm in Oconto County can see up to 9 inches today.  Forecast has been for a snowy winter since mid-summer.  I hear nothing but scoffing at meteorology, but if you ask me, it is getting pretty darn impressive.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sharp edge on December 12, 2019, 01:59:28 PM
Were way past "dreaming of a white christmas" and on about the 10th episode of "new fallen snow"  :new_year:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 12, 2019, 11:43:57 PM
The snow can quit anytime. Over 26 inches in the last 3 days. It just keeps coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 13, 2019, 04:01:56 AM
Those lakes would be great snow makers for ski hills. Is there any hills big enough up there for a ski business? ;D

Our next snow here is expected Tuesday, but 1" rain predicted for tomorrow. That will be interesting driving for the first couple hours when the rain hits 15F pavement. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Logger RK on December 13, 2019, 07:01:20 AM
There's Duluth Minn about 20 miles south of Me that has a Ski Hill called Spirt Mountain. They had to cancel a Snow Mobile,Snow Cross Race 2 weeks ago when The Bluzzard came through. If I  happen to be in the right spot at night I can see it lite up pretty good. Also, 3 more inchs yesterday of snow. The morning before was -20F. It's been a cold snowy fall. And yes I did get my Bear Paws on the other day. So we be Logging On. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 13, 2019, 07:12:32 AM
If you want to know my weather conditions, just ask @SwampDonkey (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009)  :D. His is pretty close to mine, just add a couple of degrees. It was 23° this morning and we too are expecting over an inch of rain from later today through Sunday morning/Afternoon. Not conducive to getting a lot of work done, but I try never to waste a weekend. I have rain gear.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 13, 2019, 07:17:26 AM
25° here in Ks now.  our weather is just like @Old Greenhorn (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103) & @SwampDonkey (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1009) .  expecting a high today of 59 so just add 30°. :D   get ice and freezing rain this Sunday.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 13, 2019, 07:21:31 AM
Yeah that's close Doc ;D. Our daytime high will be in the high 30's and the temp is predicted to stay on a steady incline hitting mid 40's by tomorrow afternoon, late. So 45 vs. 59, yeah, nearly identical. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 13, 2019, 08:10:00 AM
Quite a few ski hills around. The porcupine mountains state park and ski hill is right down the road. UP the road an hour and a half is Mt. Bohemia which is ranked number 1 in the state for ski hills last I heard. Also hundreds of miles of groomed snowmobile trails.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 13, 2019, 08:53:03 AM
Not much for snow here yet as per photos, but I live 4 miles from a ski hill in Maine. But in New Brunswick the closest is on Crabbe Mountain about an hr's drive. Sometimes we get a winter of ice and rain, then we can get a winter of non stop snow. And that had always happened here despite the hypists. Falls true with the growing zones in NB that have been unchanged every 30 years. Try and grow a peach or a magnolia up here, despite green houses selling them every year. I've yet to see one survive and flower. Even black walnut gets beat up real bad. Bristly locust has been planted up here since the 19th C, gets about 20 feet tall with a lot of dead branches every spring and finally dies back to the stump to sucker a bunch of new ones. That tells more more truth about the climate than the talking heads. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 13, 2019, 09:22:16 PM
32° and rain. Suppose to get an inch of two of rain. 40's tommorrow,3-4 nights from now singles numbers,teens during daylight hours.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 14, 2019, 12:01:52 AM
It keeps bouncing up and  down ,From 20's to forty's ..Run the wood burner  full on with the fan or off ,too danged hot ..Not that I mind lady fair setting around in her undies .More so she might get a bit  a little red faced if company arrived unannounced .Wouldn't bother me in the least bit.. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 14, 2019, 04:32:28 AM
Roxie's mouse clicks have power, she banned underwear photos a few years back. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 14, 2019, 06:37:30 AM
Starting out warm again today, now it's 40°!

It just seems like every other day!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 14, 2019, 06:41:57 AM
36F here now and raining so far. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 14, 2019, 07:14:20 AM
Raining here at about 34. My driveway was close to a skating rink and that is a dirt driveway!!!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 14, 2019, 09:06:01 AM
20° and more snow, just an inch or two sp far though. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 14, 2019, 09:24:28 AM
I wish it would make up it's mind what to do .Cold,warm cold warm .Make a fire ,let it go out on and on and on .Good heavens alligators in Ohio and polar bears in Louisiana . 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 14, 2019, 10:06:34 AM
Freezing rain for a good part of the night here. The temperature kept going up overnight though. Rain and 41 now. Supposed to be like that pretty much all day. Then partly sunny tomorrow
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 14, 2019, 02:29:48 PM
Been raining hard here all day long. 39F and holding steady since mid morning.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 14, 2019, 05:05:41 PM
I've got 45° and maybe done raining?
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 14, 2019, 06:55:19 PM
Rain and then wet snow all day, a sloppy mess. Frezzing rain coming now
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 14, 2019, 08:23:45 PM
Snowed steady all day but only got 5 or 6 inches. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 14, 2019, 09:58:03 PM
Nope,not done raining. Boy it this was snow I would sound like chevytaHOE5674. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 15, 2019, 05:35:59 AM
48F here this morning and light rain, fog and wind. No fire today. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 15, 2019, 06:28:52 AM
Rained hard from Friday afternoon through the night and was a steady drizzle Saturday morning. It was in the low 40's. We did some shopping in the morning and when we got home the rain had pretty much stopped, I skidded up one log and it still wasn't raining, so I opened up the mil and got into it. Of course as I got to the edging and finishing the rain became steady again and I was slowly getting soaked so I closed up and it rained  through the evening. Temp held steady in the mid 40's. They predicted more rain today, but the radar is clean and they took it off the forecast. It's 41 now and supposed to stay in the high 30's low 40's through the day. Here's hoping.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 15, 2019, 08:58:40 AM
The temps have dropped here, was 39 an hr ago, I suspect down to 32F now without looking. Wind just a whipping out of the west.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Logger RK on December 15, 2019, 09:17:31 AM
I was all set to skid some wood I sheared yesterday cause my house thermomator said only -6F at 5am. Then local news comes on & says -20's up north of me. I went & checked my Hoopdee thermo,it say -29F. I then dug my house sending units out of the snow that's near my porch. And it's been dropping since,-26F last I looked So on to Plan B. Cut firewood. Saw's easier to warmup then a Skidder. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 15, 2019, 09:58:24 AM
started out as rain yesterday and turned to snow and its been snowing since. Sloopy wet snow all day and then the temp dropped 25f and everything is frozen solid, snow is coming in off the Great Lakes all day today
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on December 15, 2019, 03:24:00 PM
Pretty decent day here. The car thermometer is reading 59 and it's bright and sunny.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 15, 2019, 06:31:52 PM
Stayed in the mid 30s here all day. Some sun, some clouds. A pretty fair wind all day. It's 31 and the wind chill is 18. Fair and bright tomorrow
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 15, 2019, 07:35:16 PM
Weird day. It stayed steady at around 40 until 2:30 when it slowly started dropping to 33 now, we had wind some up in the 30mph range or more, we had to sun poke through once in a while, then we got snow flurries here and there. A little bit of everything but rain. Oh yeah, and we have mud now too. I wish it would freeze back up. The skidding is rough. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 15, 2019, 09:22:51 PM
Ended up with 14 inches of snow this morning. High temp today was 12° with a NW wind from someplace mighty cold. Don't get much else down around the farm when half the day is spent plowing everything out and the rest is spent feeding/watering cattle and tending the wood stove.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 16, 2019, 04:39:19 AM
It's 15F here this morning and high wind to boot. Suppose to drop down to 5F sometime. Snow coming tomorrow I guess.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 16, 2019, 07:03:22 AM
Well in a strange diversion from swampdonkey's weather we are at 25° this morning and dead calm wind. We are expecting snow overnight turning to sleet freezing rain during the day tomorrow...maybe. 2-5 inches, enough to be annoying. Down in the city, 90 miles to our south they expect freezing rain throughout. I have shop work for the evenings, so I am OK, but I hate wasting time on snow, and it covers my wood stack, so more work. Oh well, it's winter. :) Happy Monday everyone.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 16, 2019, 07:17:51 AM
Our wind here has slowed a bit, and I expect it to drop with the sun tonight. That means cold if the predicted 5F is accurate and it is not going to cloud up until tomorrow.

It was 22F here at midnight, but dropped there after.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 16, 2019, 08:08:25 AM
When son and I tromped thru our trees yesterday, we were walking in right around 24 inches of snow on the ground there.

  A lull in the weather this week with little to no action.  Good-we need cold stuff to freeze the soaking-wet ground under the snow as best as possible.  I have a crew doing much cut-stump work in a woods we are restoring here in this town.  They are cutting buckthorn and non-native exotic honeysuckles and treating the stumps with herbicide.  Colder is the best answer for these guys.  On a "warm" day, say 38 degreesF, their Carhartt pants are soaked up past their knees.  On cold days, they can work and stay warm and dry.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 16, 2019, 09:14:57 AM
Really no snow on the ground. Some in places in the works. I have 20° and still a wind blowing out there. Blew all day yesterday too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 16, 2019, 05:48:32 PM
Suppose to be down below 10F tonight. But the snow has been called off for the next week, just snow showers. ;D And that wind is suppose to whistle through again. We've had about a foot less of snow this year than last. Look'n like one of them ice and rain winters so far. Winter is weird with brown grass and weeds everywhere. ;) :D Starry night here.

Got one of them new fangled Smart TV's for ma today. They got more connections than a computer these days. Well, they are computers. More and more stuff integrated into them. One wonders what's next. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 16, 2019, 06:28:28 PM
Cold and with a good stiff breeze all day. Snow coming tomorrow, anywhere from a dusting to 4in for me here depending who you listen to, more for the southern part of the state. Then colder than a well drillers coveralls for 2 or 3 days after that
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 16, 2019, 08:03:12 PM
Well looks like I got my wish, sort of. I Looked at the 6 day forecast today and it is not supposed to break the freezing mark in the foreseeable future. We are marked to get 3-7" of snow tomorrow, which I consider and annoyance snowfall, but whatever. I'll just waste time plowing again. I am glad the mud is hardening up because I am tired of slipping in the mud around the mill. Steady cold for sure but that is easier to adjust to than the up and down freeze and thaw nonsense.
I think this snow will slide south of TheCfarm and SwampDonkey, but there will be some up in Bargemonkey territory. For sure the whole northeast looks to be pretty cool in the coming week.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 16, 2019, 08:27:17 PM
We had a nice day of mostly sunshine and around the freezing mark.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 17, 2019, 03:39:53 AM
Well it's 15F and not as cold as predicted, like 10 degrees warmer. That's fine by me. ;D

Stars and moon are still shining here at the wee hours. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 17, 2019, 04:22:57 AM
25° here steady fine snow coming down. Only about an inch on the ground and a plow just went by, I have no idea why. Overtime, I guess. ;D Hopefully this stuff will stay cold and fluffy, quick plowing.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on December 17, 2019, 06:26:34 AM
55 and raining this morning,  should hit mid 60s this afternoon. I was hoping that the rain would stop early today,  but it's supposed to continue until mid afternoon... I guess it will be an office morning 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodcutter_Mo on December 17, 2019, 07:25:41 AM
21°F with a wind chill in the teens. We got close to a half inch on ice yesterday and overnight about an inch of snow fell. It may be an interesting drive to work this morning  :o :D. Yesterday evening there were cars slid off the highway about a quarter mile appart all the way home, fortunately I didn't see any accidents that would have involved injuries. When there is ice on the road, SLOW DOWN people! 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 17, 2019, 06:58:22 PM
Well this was a good plain old snotty nasty day. A little bit of snow then a bunch of sleet topped off with some freezing rain. It only piled up about 2 inches but it was miserable to plow and I moved almost as much dirt. But it won't go over 30 for the next 7 days so I wanted to clean up what I could. It was refreezing as I plowed. Tomorrow I'll have to get some salt on it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 17, 2019, 09:23:34 PM
Only a few inches of snow since my last update. Temps are around 10° and the windchill is about -10°. Tomorrow is supposed to be colder yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: firefighter ontheside on December 17, 2019, 09:38:20 PM
We got about 5" yesterday.  Enough to cause snow days for today and tomorrow.  Had to take the boys with me to shovel the parking spots and sidewalks at wife's office.  The 12 year old was very helpful.  He did get donuts out of the deal.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 18, 2019, 03:57:27 AM
18F this morning and no sign of any white stuff. Fire is a might bit warm this morning, won't add anymore wood until tonight I think. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 18, 2019, 05:56:11 AM
I have 24° now. Got about 4 inches yesterday. The snow showers brought in another inch in the night. This was all snow!! No rain and no rain in sight.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Ed_K on December 18, 2019, 07:22:09 AM
 22° this morning,we got 5" yesterday. Yesterday afternoon I ran the garden tractor snowblower did the drive, Rita's parking space and the walkways and this morning woke up to another inch  >:( :(. It's hard to clean up 1".
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 18, 2019, 09:43:12 AM
-3° this morning and just a skiff of new snow. Windchill is bitterly cold.

Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 18, 2019, 06:32:49 PM
Ended up with about 6in of snow here. Clear and bright today made it nice and easy to cleanup. Cold and windy tomorrow
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 19, 2019, 07:55:52 AM
And now, of all things, a big warmup.  We could conceivably lose our snow cover by Christmas here, although up north it is too thick to completely go away that quickly.  I imagine we'll still have bits of slushy stuff around here in A-Town but it won't likely be the winter wonderland scene one might have expected, given all the snowfall already this fall.

Temps are forecast into the 40'sF by early next week.  Guess I'll take advantage of the mild conditions and take a brother or son or two up and start pruning lower limbs off of softwood timber trees at the plantation.  We do bits of this every winter and I may as well get started.  I and my associates find this work enjoyable and we all like working outside in the winter.  If the snow pack goes down a bit up there, it will only help us get around.

We're pruning lower limbs on white pine, red pine, Norway spruce, and hybrid larch.  Many of these trees are intended as legacy trees but we still like to raise them up.  The trees would eventually do the same, but we avoid lots of knots in any wood that could potentially get processed.  Other than that, we just like a high-crowned forest.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 19, 2019, 10:32:08 AM
Limbing up the white pine will actually help deter rust, so that is a good thing. The rust enters live needles and migrates to the stem. And lower limbs in the damp shade are most prone to it. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 19, 2019, 10:34:28 AM
Been nothing here except flurries and squalls, nothing to stick to the ground. We to are expecting another warm up, but it's coming from the NE off the Atlantic I hear.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 19, 2019, 10:40:19 AM
Yes, rust is one of the reasons we do that in these relatively open-grown WP.  Of course, with their rapid growth, they are beginning to shade each other out.  But we've got at least three reasons to raise up softwoods on our site.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 19, 2019, 01:26:12 PM
12° when I got up today, then at sunrise it dropped to 10 then began climbing a while later. 20 at midday with some breeze, but mostly clear. Clear and cold for the next 5 days or so and it might touch 40 over the weekend. I took the plow off last night :). Hoping to hit it hard this weekend to finish milling up the framing lumber. No snow in the foreseeable future. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 19, 2019, 04:52:07 PM
I think I saw 14°. But with that wind,it was a a lot lower.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 19, 2019, 08:18:27 PM
Cold here today! Squeeky cold, snow flurries all day
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 19, 2019, 08:35:39 PM
We had -12°F this morning at 6:00, and right now it's -6°!

Only got up to 5° on the "hot side" of ZERO today!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: james on December 19, 2019, 08:54:18 PM
lo 60's to 70 here in yuma , still wearing shorts and a tee shirt 40- 45 at night ;D ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 19, 2019, 10:10:02 PM
Quote from: james on December 19, 2019, 08:54:18 PM
lo 60's to 70 here in yuma , still wearing shorts and a tee shirt 40- 45 at night ;D ;D
Sorry to hear that. How do you grow good strong big trees without some decent seasonal changes?  ;D :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 20, 2019, 04:35:30 AM
15F here this morning, haven't had accumulating snow in weeks. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 20, 2019, 05:55:45 AM
I have 10°. Well really 9.but 10 sounds better. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 20, 2019, 06:47:56 AM
We have -12°F here again this morning!

Not much will get done outside, it's even to cold to snow!  bon_fire
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: dgdrls on December 20, 2019, 06:53:51 AM
Quote from: Chuck White on December 20, 2019, 06:47:56 AM
We have -12°F here again this morning!

Not much will get done outside, it's even to cold to snow!  bon_fire
Hunker down Chuck and don't start any motors unless you really have too.
It's about 8F on the Hill here in CNY
D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 20, 2019, 07:27:21 AM
Warmer this morning, just a little. 18 when I got up and it dropped to 14 at sunrise. Supposed to hit 28 today with just a breeze. Over the weekend we are expecting highs in the high 20, maybe a bit higher and i can certainly work with that. No precip in sight. Today is my last work day of the year then I have a lot of work to get done between the holidays.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 20, 2019, 08:26:15 AM
sunshine and 50 the next few days.  we take what we get and don't throw a fit!  Nice to have a catch up day for the fall stuff
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 20, 2019, 09:10:20 AM
20 degrees ,low wind ,no new snow .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 20, 2019, 12:26:59 PM
It's never too cold to snow.... lol

Getting into the 30s UP here for a few days which is much appreciated after our recent cold weather. No fear of losing our snow as there is plenty to go around.

90 inches or 7.5 feet of snowfall so far this season and winter hasn't started yet.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on December 20, 2019, 03:46:47 PM
We had cool weather then snow, today it is above freezing and everything is a sloppy slushy mess. Apparently the mountain passes are closed because of heavy snow, avalanches or rock slides. Good thing logging is shut down over Christmas, the roads and landings will be next to impassable.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 20, 2019, 05:27:44 PM
It didn't feel as bad here as the temperature sounded.At least when the wind wasn't blowing.It never did get much above 10°. Supposed to be cloudy tomorrow but going up to near 30
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 20, 2019, 09:47:07 PM
You are right about never too cold. I can still hear my Father say,It has to warm up to snow.  ;D  We would have some below zero temps. Not a cloud in the sky. Than the clouds would come in and it would warm up to about 20 and snow.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 21, 2019, 04:38:17 AM
All depends on the source of snow. I would imagine if it were -20F with wind whipping across the open lakes you'd get snow. But I don't know for how long before the lake froze up. ;D I've not recalled any snow here over the highlands any colder than mid teens, most of the times in the 20's. And a mid teens snow is a cold one. But the temps can drop like a rock after a snow when clearing with 30 mph winds for 3 days sometimes. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 21, 2019, 06:39:44 AM
Now I know why the truck turned over kinda slow,1 above will do it.
We got warmer weather coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 21, 2019, 09:19:51 AM
When the wind is really whipping the lake doesnt like to freeze even at -20°. I'm so close to the lake (less than half a mile) that our lake effect snow doesnt usually pickup until there is some ice out there, until then points inland get the lake effect (just 10 miles inland from the shore has already had 10 feet of snowfall).

Guess every area is different but we still get system snowfall even when the temp is well below zero. Few years ago when the lake froze over we still got plenty of system snow when it was -20.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: ponderosae on December 21, 2019, 10:20:23 AM
Advice from the national weather service today was to turn a vehicle around if roads are flooded, because most flood fatalities occur when drivers don't. Seems like common sense, yet I wasn't aware that still happened so often (apparently smart phones don't increase the common sense, or maybe people take more chances because they have a phone, as if it were a floatation device).

A related kind of fatality I'd read about was carbon monoxide poisoning of a mother and child, while the father was scraping snow off of a vehicle left running to warm them up (or in traffic jams, perhaps in snow especially). These things can happen faster than you can dial 911. That's why we have weather forecasts...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on December 21, 2019, 11:39:31 AM
I came home around 11 last night, it was still above freezing. Raining at 7:30 this morning, everything is covered in slush. The dog, a Shih-Tzu, wasn't happy. She got off the road to do her business, sunk to her belly and had difficulty getting out
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 21, 2019, 12:09:48 PM
Wow, that cold down there cfarm? Was 17F here this morning, only built a morning smudge around 5:00 am and haven't put another stick in for hours now. The sun comes in the big windows in the winter time when it shines bright and warms it like a radiator. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 21, 2019, 01:01:21 PM
Whooopeeeeee we are up t0 38 now I like it
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 21, 2019, 09:22:10 PM
Oh yea it was. I work at a hardware store and some had -4. Probably down by the wood yard was -4 at my house. The bog is about 100 feet away.But we are on another warm spell. High noon high 20's maybe even the high 30's are a coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 22, 2019, 03:59:13 AM
Yikes!! Retreat! ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 22, 2019, 07:34:00 AM
16 this morning. Supposed to hit 40 today but based on yesterday's experience, I will wait and see. I just went out and turned on the heat in the shop because I have a helper coming over (very rare) and I want him to be comfortable. 40 is comfortable, right? ;D
 If I can get these timbers cut them I might run the mill this afternoon. If not, there is tomorrow. As long as we have no snow or ice, I am happy. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 22, 2019, 09:32:32 AM
14 here now. It was 10 about 3 hours ago. Going to be near 40 today with sun and clouds. Supposed to be about the same tomorrow then mid 30s on Tuesday
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 22, 2019, 08:55:38 PM
Did not get above freezing. It was close,real close. But no melting going on with out some help from salt.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 23, 2019, 05:11:58 AM
We had 30F here for a high yesterday, it is now 28F this morning. It snowed :o for 3 hrs to give us less than an inch of fresh snow for Christmas. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 23, 2019, 06:46:31 AM
Good heavens it's supposed to hit 50 today and 55 tomorrow . I'm going to let the fire go out until it gets cold again .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 23, 2019, 07:51:36 AM
Well it got over 40 yesterday with some sun to boot. Everything was so frozen hard that melting did not start until about 3pm and very soon after, it began to refreeze. Looking for  high of 48 today. I think I will let the stove burn out so I can clean the ash out. It's building up. I have a little milling to do and lots more shop work to go yet. This weather comes at just the right time for a change.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 24, 2019, 06:55:14 AM
Well, it broke 50 yesterday! I turned off the shop heat at noon, I like keeping it at 45 because that is a good working temp. It was warmer outside then in the shop. I also got the house stove cleaned out and restarted that last night. Looking to break 40 today and clear skies. Great weather going into the holiday. I know folks like their white Christmas, but I hate having to plow on Christmas morning, kind of kills the buzz. Most of the folks who want a white Christmas don't own plows. ;D
 Enjoy the holiday folks, short workday for me too.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 24, 2019, 09:19:38 AM
We had our 2 days in the 40s and now back to the low 30s. Pleasant weather for the holidays. No new snow but still a few feet on the ground so a white Christmas for sure. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 24, 2019, 09:30:25 AM
Beautiful here yesterday. I took a ride with a friend up to Bradford VT and was dressed too warm. It's going to be sunny again today but about 10° cooler. Still not hard to take. Tomorrow should be about the same with a few more clouds
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 24, 2019, 09:30:54 AM
I still have about 4 inches of snow on the ground. Temps are in the 30's for a while. I did not see the 40's temps. I betcha Portland has no snow. No storms in sight,around 20 at night,high noon 30's. Looks like another warm Christmas.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 24, 2019, 10:17:10 AM
supposed to reach 66° today and no moisture.  got cold and ice coming this weekend. hohoho.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: curdog on December 24, 2019, 10:19:50 AM
55 this morning and heading to 70... definitely not Christmas weather 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 24, 2019, 07:16:47 PM
Mid 20's here today and the wind blew that dusting of snow off to the woods. Had no fire all day here, until this evening. Lots of sun again, radiant heat off the windows. Easy on the wood pile. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 26, 2019, 08:00:21 AM
Up at 1:30 am power is out so out I go unhook the snow blower back up to the genset better go check to see if thy got the power back on  :snowball: :new_year:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Stephen1 on December 26, 2019, 09:25:26 AM
Broken cloud cover and 78F, but them I am in Sunny Florida for Christmas Vacation. We are in Lauderdale by the Sea!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on December 26, 2019, 10:16:50 AM
Good morning !
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35190/snow__12__26_19.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1577373400)
 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 26, 2019, 11:54:50 AM
Was near 10F this morning and full sun today. Lots of sun, so don't need wood for most of the day. :)

Seen fresh bear tracks up by the woodlot so they are still not in den here.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jim_Rogers on December 26, 2019, 01:20:58 PM
I'm in NC and it's 66° here now.

Jim Rogers
PS also on Christmas break.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on December 26, 2019, 01:30:58 PM
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35190/snow__2__12__26_19.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1577385006)
 The bottom of my driveway this morning
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 26, 2019, 01:33:03 PM
You guys must have lots of yotes to. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on December 26, 2019, 02:13:14 PM
This is a pack of four in broad daylight. Last week a neighbors dog was killed by a bear. The dog was 200 pounds !
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 27, 2019, 06:08:34 AM
Another round of ice expected today. 10F this morning, so has some warming to go before ice turns rain. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 27, 2019, 06:40:38 AM
Temp rose a little through the night and it sounded like the rain started around 1am or so. Raining lightly off and on now and 38°. Glad my lumber is inside. I'll get a couple hours of work in then off to the movies with my bride. I am thankful for the mostly mild temps we have had of the holiday break (except for the first day or two). Hopefully this rain will clear some of the ice that has remained since early last week. Walking across the yard is hazardous and I keep spreading some sawdust and stove ash on the ice to get a little traction. When it is frozen, it is like a teflon pan, you could kick a hockey puck 100 yards without trying. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 27, 2019, 08:09:26 AM
I have 26° and I can hear the rain hit the trees. Might get above freezing today.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 27, 2019, 08:29:20 AM
Get ready @Andries (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=9307) 12 to 18 inch of snow on the way :new_year: :new_year:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on December 27, 2019, 09:24:35 AM
I see your forecast Goose.
But we're three hours drive North, and our weather Guessers are saying no snow for us. This winter, we haven't had any snow to speak of.

My snowblower is starting to give me supermodel attitude: "I don't leave the shed for less than $10,000 dollars a day!"
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Okefenokee_D on December 27, 2019, 11:29:26 AM
Quote from: tule peak timber on December 26, 2019, 02:13:14 PM
This is a pack of four in broad daylight. Last week a neighbors dog was killed by a bear. The dog was 200 pounds !
The dog bothering the bear or what?





It is in the 60s-70s here. Temps will drop to the 40s and 50s then back up to the 60s and 70s. Sometimes we get back to the lower 30s at night. Georgia weather. 🤦🏼‍♂️
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 27, 2019, 12:01:33 PM
Light freezing rain has begun here now. :-\
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 27, 2019, 03:01:01 PM
We've been mostly gloomy but well above average temps in the 30sF and 40sF.  Not much precip really in last coupla weeks.  Now big system coming in with up to 2/10ths inch of ice, then between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain, and all that possibly followed by significant snow by Monday.  See how it all plays out.

I prefer moist weather/climates to dry, but we really don't need any more moisture for oh....4 months!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 27, 2019, 08:43:56 PM
Started out with freezing rain this morning. Temperature started going right up though. It's still above freezing now and starting to clear up a little bit
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 27, 2019, 09:41:05 PM
Another mess this morning,nothing above 30mph. On the back road I have to travel,20 was all I dared. All ice. There was some sand and salt,but temps at 28° and freezing rain,covered that quick. The state road was better,I dared to go 10 mph faster. :o I think the rain only lasted about 4 hours,but long enough.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 28, 2019, 03:45:00 AM
Yep, quite a mess alright. And now it is 32F and clear with stars out. So will be getting colder. Gotta get some sand with salt from the DOT this morning.

Nice day to brush the stove pipes to. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 28, 2019, 05:54:16 AM
I have 35°. I suppose it stayed above freezing all night. Dirt driveway does not know it's above freezing. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 28, 2019, 09:12:52 AM
We are at 25 no snow yet but its on its way and to last till Monday
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 28, 2019, 09:25:44 AM
rain here for a few days, huge thunder this am about 7 am.  shook the house!  above freezing so no ice for now.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: tule peak timber on December 28, 2019, 09:57:41 AM
Quote from: Okefenokee_D on December 27, 2019, 11:29:26 AM
Quote from: tule peak timber on December 26, 2019, 02:13:14 PM
This is a pack of four in broad daylight. Last week a neighbors dog was killed by a bear. The dog was 200 pounds !
The dog bothering the bear or what?





It is in the 60s-70s here. Temps will drop to the 40s and 50s then back up to the 60s and 70s. Sometimes we get back to the lower 30s at night. Georgia weather. 🤦🏼‍♂️
No,, the story is that the home owners left dog food outside and the dog attacked the hungry bear. The dog was a bull mastiff and was gutted...
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 29, 2019, 05:08:38 AM
Morning fire is on, but it is 28F and a lot of wind. Probably won't need any more wood if the sun is out bright today. :)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 29, 2019, 06:37:51 AM
Pretty day here yesterday, got into the mid 40's with sunshine. It took out some more ice and was great for milling that last log. Didn't need hardly any heat in the shop until evening, but I ran out of oil and had to fetch some more.
 Had a weird weather spike at 1am this morning. The temp went from 30 to 39 and back down to 30 withing an hour and a half. At the same time the wind went from 2mph to 15, then back to 2 and there was a pressure drop and rise, all in the same hour and a half. I am assuming something was passing through, but it was quick.
 Now it's 27° with just a tiny breeze. They are predicting rain with freezing at elevation to start this evening and run right through until mid-day Tuesday, around 17" total or so, they guess. I think it will be headed your way on Tuesday SwampDonkey. Guess I had better get my flooring lumber in the shop tonight so it can stay dry.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 29, 2019, 07:58:00 AM
I don't know where all that went to we have maybe 4 inch now lf the power will stay on its been out 3 times sofar.

Do i put the snow blower back on or wate ? :snowball:
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 29, 2019, 01:32:31 PM
@Andries (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=9307) you better stay up there I 29 is closed fron S.D. TO Canada and I 94 from Fargo to Bismarck
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Andries on December 29, 2019, 01:51:38 PM
Thanks for the heads up @goose63 (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=23477) 
Our Colorado buddies have sent you that storm - it seems to have stalled out right on top of you. (Don't blame me! 😉)
Manitoba might get just a little dusting of snow.
When the power is on for a while, check the NOAA radar for the Upper Mississippi - what you see there might answer your 3 pt. snowblower question. 👍
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 29, 2019, 02:58:57 PM
Close to 1.5" of rain last night and this morning and heavy ice on everything expecially the roads. Neighbor kid had his hockey skates on and was skating down the blacktop road earlier. Temp is supposed to drop some and over a foot of heavy wet snow is supposed to fall. Just awful outside you cant even walk around with risking broken limbs.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 29, 2019, 03:21:22 PM
The ice is not that thick here, but you don't even dare walk on the road here without chaulk boots on. Driveway is sanded, but still a mess. Been snow squalls here all day. The big snow starts tomorrow, I guess this is the pre-show. :D  Been upper 20's all day.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 29, 2019, 04:45:32 PM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on December 29, 2019, 03:21:22 PM
The ice is not that thick here, but you don't even dare walk on the road here without chaulk boots on. Driveway is sanded, but still a mess. Been snow squalls here all day. The big snow starts tomorrow, I guess this is the pre-show. :D  Been upper 20's all day.
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The power is back on for now the way the wind is blowing it will be a big mess in the morning  
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 29, 2019, 05:23:11 PM
Yep, and mine are Viking logger boots. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: wisconsitom on December 29, 2019, 09:08:31 PM
Rain, fog, snow.  Rinse and repeat.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Woodcutter_Mo on December 30, 2019, 12:16:29 AM
We had some really good weather for the holiday week with upper 60's. The weather is cooling back down to 40's for the highs now. We had strong storm last night and tonight some rain that might produce a few flakes of snow by tomorrow. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 30, 2019, 05:37:22 AM
Well, it started drizzling yesterday afternoon as I was dragging my lumber inside. They have predicted some nasty ice just north and west of us overnight at 1,000' and above. Our temp here has been holding steady at 33.5° right through the night, so we dodged a bullet. Still it was on my mind and I got up at 4am because I couldn't breath (sawdust packed sinuses) and was concerned about the ice. We have not had a serious ice storm here in a very long time but I still remember how dangerous they can be.
 Raining now with a few heavy bands and it looks like it is headed up to SwampDonkey's neck of the wood, or maybe just south of him. Gonna be a snotty day. I am probably not going to do any yard work. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 30, 2019, 06:41:48 AM
We're forecast to receive ICE today, temp now is 34° - 35°
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 30, 2019, 07:07:54 AM
8" snow predicted for up this way, coming tonight. Sunny here this morning. Temps down in the teens here.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: doc henderson on December 30, 2019, 07:21:25 AM
a little snow and ice overnight, but warming today and no moisture till Thursday.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 30, 2019, 07:27:14 AM
I have 25°,but wind blowing and making it feel a lot colder. No sun  here, all clouds. Yes, snow is coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: goose63 on December 30, 2019, 07:32:08 AM
10 inch of snow here still a few flakes comeing down a lot more north of here 29 and 94 still shut down wind still blowing

You can bet my road is a big mess will start on it when the sun comes up :new_year: :new_year: :new_year:

 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: 51cub on December 30, 2019, 08:53:19 AM
Started snowing here about 9 or 10 last night. 5in so far, but alot of sleet mixed keeping it down. Beautiful yesterday, I went out and got myself some Christmas presents before I put the plow on the truck. It's so nice to put a plow on in the daylight, and it's not so cold you don't mind so much if you end up having to lay on the ground, and it's not snowing or sleeting down the back of your neck
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: OntarioAl on December 30, 2019, 08:57:20 AM
I have 12 inches and more is coming
storm is spinning over Lake Superior and picking up more moisture
Cheers
Al
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 30, 2019, 09:18:57 AM
Calling for up to 16" of snow today with the possibility of "significant lake enhancement" in certain areas. Waves are rolling in off an angry lake, radio says 8-13 footers and I'd believe it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 30, 2019, 09:45:04 AM
I'd lot rather have some of that snow than the ¼ inch of ice they're warning us about.

No ice or snow here yet, but the rain is really coming down right now!

From what I hear, the town of Canton (15 mi away) is pretty-much iced in!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Al_Smith on December 30, 2019, 10:51:18 AM
I had the bright idea of making a run to Louisville Ky .to see my grandchildren yesterday .It's about 4 hours .I made it down I-75 about 10 miles in a down pour to the point I couldn't hardly see the road .Went back home ,another day ,soon .
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 30, 2019, 11:01:33 AM
Dont worry chuck we had ¼"+ of ice yesterday and last night before the snow started. So as the snow starts piling up it's all on top of ice. Got the tire chains on the tractors and pickup yesterday because moving snow without them will be difficult. Got the generator dug out of the shop because with ice, heavy wet snow, and 60mph wind gusts possible I'm sure our power will be off at some point. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 31, 2019, 05:52:02 AM
The snow has come and still snowing. Snowed maybe 16 hours. A slow storm. Maybe 4 inches out there. Suppose to have another 4-6 coming.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 31, 2019, 07:13:59 AM
Snowing here now, but might get some of that freezing rain in it before it's done. Then rain coming by next week again. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 31, 2019, 07:18:43 AM
There was just a trace of new snow this morning at 6:00, now there's about an inch and it's still coming down pretty good!

Wet, heavy snow and 34°!

Never did get any ice here!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Old Greenhorn on December 31, 2019, 08:07:14 AM
Quote from: SwampDonkey on December 31, 2019, 07:13:59 AM
Snowing here now, but might get some of that freezing rain in it before it's done. Then rain coming by next week again. :D
How much snow did you get SwampDonkey?
 I's 34 here now, the temp waved between 32.5 and 33.5 all night. Overcast, dripping, no precip now but might as well be. ;D I just shoveled the sleet off the trailer but there is a thin layer of ice. I am on my way to pick up a loaner planer about 20 miles from here. The task for the day is to get it here, wire up a temp 220 drop and get it working.
 Might get a little snow tonight during the new years campfire, then mid 30's tomorrow, then back to work and I don't much care. ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Chuck White on December 31, 2019, 09:08:59 AM
Well, that snow didn't amount to much <1inch!
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: PineNut on December 31, 2019, 10:57:55 AM
 I guess spring must be on the way. We have narcissus blooming. The daffodils are up but not ready to blooming yet. I am sure that we will see some more cold weather but spring is nice when it gets here. But then we may have our snow in March.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 31, 2019, 12:01:47 PM
Only got about 13 inches of heavy snow here, the new farm 9 miles away got 16-18". Lots of blowing and drifting some 5 or 6 foot tall.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: sawguy21 on December 31, 2019, 12:02:58 PM
A bit of a mess here this morning. About 4" of snow and still coming down, the temperature is around freezing so it is sloppy. The roads are icy as the sanding crews barely keep up. The plow buried my parking spot so it is a bit of a struggle to get out. Did I say I dislike winter? ;D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 31, 2019, 01:12:24 PM
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on December 31, 2019, 08:07:14 AMHow much snow did you get SwampDonkey?
Maybe 2" so far, a little wind with it. Coming off the Atlantic here from the NE. Still snowing, but I can see 3/4 mile. 25F here, but it can freezing rain at that temp.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: thecfarm on December 31, 2019, 05:57:28 PM
We got about 6 inches, but had to get some light rain at the end of it.
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on December 31, 2019, 06:17:16 PM
I'll tally everything up in the morning. It's still nasty out there. :D
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: chevytaHOE5674 on December 31, 2019, 06:58:14 PM
Holy woah spent the entire day plowing and moving snow. 6 foot tall drifts take a lot of time to move out of the way. Sun came out about half an hour before sunset for the first time in about a week. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 01, 2020, 06:15:49 AM
Wow that is some work to move 6 feet of snow. I remember grandfather telling me about the snow up on the Gaspé, Québec. They made paths in the deep snow to get in and out of the houses and maybe woodsheds. They would just plank over the paths to get in and out and never have to shovel them again that winter except to open the path entry up. 8) Remember there are three large bodies of water around the Gaspé, it's out on a peninsula. He used to take my uncles up there to get on bush plains to fly into northern Québec doing surveys. The plains were otters and beavers type with skis. I've flown in those many times, but with pontoons to land on lakes and ocean in northern BC. They are 1940's vintage plains and still going strong.

We had 8" of snow, no ice. I finished up plowing at 6:30 am local time. We's 1 hr ahead of eastern here. ;)
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: WDH on January 01, 2020, 08:10:43 AM
Y'all could just live under the snow, like the voles ;D. 
Title: Re: The weather 2019
Post by: Jeff on January 01, 2020, 09:05:19 AM
On to the weather 2020!
the weather 2020 in General Board (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=108943.0)