The weather

[chevytaHOE5674]

Warmed up to 17* here. Supposed to drop back to around Zero tomorrow for a few days. The lake effect snow just keeps piling up, its snowed pretty much everyday since last Sunday. I've had to plow more in the last week than the rest of the winter. Looks like we are finally getting back to a "normal" winter.

[SwampDonkey]

Just one cold day here and the weekend is warmer in the forecast. It's always cold here the day before a warm spell. I know that sounds goofy, but for the last week it was mild, so one cold day ain't noth'n. ;)

[Magicman]

Wow, I am loving what we are having.  30's at night and 50's during the day.  Perfect.   

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah, it's mild again here, in the 20's this morning before light. Easy on the wood pile.  ;D

[Autocar]

We had and still have a hard wind out of the west northwest, temperature is dropping. Looks like we may have some winter the rest of the week.

[chevytaHOE5674]

Its 10* out with sustained winds at 35mph and gusts to 55 and 60mph coming off the lake. Wind chills are getting close to 25 and 30 Below zero. And of course with that wind coming off the lake the snow just keeps falling. Plowed 8" yesterday, 6" on Friday, and there's 3-4" out there now and drifts about 1-2 feet tall in places. Thank goodness for a heat in the pickup, I really feel bad for some of my neighbors with snow blowers and stuff out there clearing snow in this weather.

[thecfarm]

That's a liitle cold with the wind blowing.  :( and coming off the lake too.

[JohnM]

Not looking forward to this coming week. :(  NOAA is saying daytime highs of 8 to12, overnights -8 to -12.  Late nights stoking the stoves.  Yuck.

[martyinmi]

Its 10* out with sustained winds at 35mph and gusts to 55 and 60mph coming off the lake. Wind chills are getting close to 25 and 30 Below zero. And of course with that wind coming off the lake the snow just keeps falling. Plowed 8" yesterday, 6" on Friday, and there's 3-4" out there now and drifts about 1-2 feet tall in places. Thank goodness for a heat in the pickup, I really feel bad for some of my neighbors with snow blowers and stuff out there clearing snow in this weather.

Just got back from town with a State Journal in hand for my pretty bride(I'm romantic that way). One bank thermometer says 11* and another says 13*. We had 45+ mph gusts last night, but no snow. If you can, keep that white stuff up there!
The boy and I are getting ready to go in the woods and buck up some trees I felled a couple days ago. Wind is only gusting at around 25 mph now, so we shouldn't even feel it in the woods.

[SwampDonkey]

Stiff wind out there right now and 36 F.  ;D

[Autocar]

Our wind has pretty well laid,but we picked up cloud cover this afternoon and the temperature is in the twentys. I hope it clears off by dark  ;).

[snowstorm]

a hot 41 here today the rest of the week highs 0 to 10

[thecfarm]

I had 4 this morning,12 out now. No clouds to keep the heat in.The cold is coming.

[Chuck White]

Yesterday we had a high of 36°F, but the wind was blowing at 35, gusting to 45mph.

Nothing outdoors that needed to be done, so stayed inside all day.

This morning, up at 7:00 and +2°F.

Want to go put up more sap line, but that's questionable at best, at this point.

[chevytaHOE5674]

Its -3*F outside and according to the weather guessers that is supposed to be the high for today. Sustained winds at 20mph gusts to 45mph or so. And of course its snowing to beat the band out there with 6" of snow since late last night. Supposed to keep on snowing until Friday they say. Was out feeding the animals at 6 this morning and it was mighty cold with that wind. Now I'm trying to get up the ambition to go out and fire up the truck and get to plowing....

[thecfarm]

Must be the lake effect with the snow? Most times when it's that cold here in Maine,it does not snow. Most times when it's in the single numbers there is not a cloud in the sky. My Father would say,it has to warm up to snow. Usually it's in the high teens and 20 to snow.

[chevytaHOE5674]

Its a mix of lake effect and system snow. Typically lake effect snow is light and fluffy when its this cold, but the snow falling now is heavy and dense as it is system snow from a clipper. Days like these must be the reason we are near the 3rd snowiest city in the country..... 8)

[SwampDonkey]

0 this morning, a little wind, but not a driving wind, no snow moving. Only 5 here right now, and it sure feels it. I discovered the plow boy musta backed up and struck the mail box. Looks like it took the top part clean off, then he got out and set it on top of the post as if that was gonna cure it.  : So I see a lop sided mail box, went a moved some snow that blew in and seen the damage. Went and got some tools and some bolts because all the side rivets were pulled completely through. Did a real good number. So I put everything back together as best as one could. A half acre intersection and still have to back up over my mail box with the wing of the plow. We've had a new driver since last year, I think he needs to be taught how to drive first off, then how to plow. There, said my piece. Cold finger tips during the fix'n process, got a little bite on one finger tip but stood over the shop stove and thawed out and the sting disappeared, good sign. Hit your finger tip a crack with your hammer and you'll get the same feeling. ;D :D

[Al_Smith]

They missed it yesterday .Called for a low of near zero but it never got below 19 .Right now 11:30 it's 22 and dropping .60 percent forecast for snow Friday .

[tyb525]

Temps forecasted for below zero tomorrow morning, with wind chills around -25F. Brrr!

too bad our woodstove isn't working, man there is a huge difference between furnace heat and wood heat.

[beenthere]

tyb
What is it that a woodstove can't work?  Just add wood and light......... ;D

Agree that there is different heat from the wood. BIG difference.

[SwampDonkey]

Big time difference. With wood it heats more than the air, but the walls and the floors.

Is the stove still giving you draft troubles?

[isawlogs]

  We are in a little cold snap for the week, it is -22C and going down for the night. Warming up for friday , and some snow with the warmer weather.

[tyb525]

Big time difference. With wood it heats more than the air, but the walls and the floors.

Is the stove still giving you draft troubles?

Ever since the new liner was put in, almost zero draft. Last season, I cleaned it before the season, and in 2 months the thing was totally clogged with creosote. Even with a clean flue there was no draft, every time door was opened smoke filled the room, even if you opened all the vents and got the fire really roaring, it was still smokey. This was with good hardwood dried a year or two, same kind of stuff we've always burned.

So it's got to be something with the new liner. I know they put in a tee where the thimble in the wall connects to the liner, but they didn't cap off the bottom of the tee, so I think that is allowing more air to be sucked from the cleanout in the basement than through the stove.

Mom was supposed to have a different chimney guy come out and pull the liner to cap off the tee, but apparently that never materialized. Saves me from cutting firewood, but I enjoy doing that. Not burning wood sure does jack up the electric bill, even with a heat pump.

[SwampDonkey]

I was kinda wondering if the liner reduced the volume of flow from what it was in the first place. I think it's fine to go from smaller to larger, but not the reverse.