The weather 2025

[doc henderson]

15 here.  still snowing, but gotta work the next 6 nights.  So, cleared the driveways and put out salt.  still ice underneath the snow.  Not done snowing yet.  hands were cold enough I warmed them up by the stove before peeing inside.  Not usual for me if I am in the shop! 

will be below 0 F the next four nights and not above freezing (32F) for over a week.

[Wlmedley]

Had a nice winter day yesterday. Ground frozen and no snow. Now under a winter storm warning and getting some snow. Expecting freezing rain later and then more snow. Below freezing temperatures are forecast for all next week. I've got plenty of wood and put the blade on my tractor yesterday so should be fine. Will be a miracle if the power stays on. I have a welder I can use for power but it drinks the gas.

[doc henderson]

had the forks on so after the track loader warmed up, I put the bucket on, but it had snow packed on the mounting plate.  It would not latch so had to hit the important spots with a handheld Mapp gas Bernzomatic torch.

[SwampDonkey]

We might have an 1" of snow here after days of squalls, if you stretch the tape a little.

7:00 pm here and it's 10°F outside and wind. I see Tippy was around today, tracks along the tree line.

[thecfarm]

Looks like 8 here and I'm not checking to see if the stars are out.  

[SwampDonkey]

8° and windy here this morning. Waiting for my coffee before I head to the shop to build the morning fire. 

[doc henderson]

It is 3 degrees here with a -25 degree wind chill.  And Swamp I did not have to put any firewood in the stove for 6 months last spring and summer.  

[SwampDonkey]

Gotta have heat up here from Sept 15 to June 15, whether it wood, electric, propane or oil. Even 60° is cold sitting in your living room chair. 

55° and 28% RH in the shop this morning. Almost 70° and 24% RH when I just left the shop.

[thecfarm]

6° and at least it's above.
Looks like 24 for a high today.
Still no storms in sight and nothing above freezing.
The end of the week it almost makes its, but only 30.

[SwampDonkey]

Looks like a sunny day here,  I see stars. But the next three days is squally weather and clouds. I see no mild spells here for the next 2 weeks. But we know how accurate that is, not very. :D

90° and 18% RH a moment ago in the shop and temps still climbing. Just 3 chunks of spruce. Like Jesse said, "you'll be able to heat this with a candle". :D

[aigheadish]

Snowed around 8" or so here, still going but mostly blowing and about 25 degrees. Backhoe made it a time and a half up the driveway, then stalled out, so it's stuck, but not in the way. I'll try some fuel additives later, if I can get to the store, in case I've got frozen lines or something. It's got non-gel stuff but no non-freeze stuff in it. 

[Old Greenhorn]

Low of 17 this morning and supposedly headed up to 28, we'll see. The is no snow in the forecast but I am looking at the radar and see that storm the gifted Austin and others is headed our way. The forecast here says no snow, and maybe it will slide just to our south or dry up before it arrives, but right now it looks like e may get a little of it. At least the winds are under 5mph for now.

[aigheadish]

It's snowing harder now than it did all yesterday, but claiming it's only adding a couple inches. I have my doubts! 

[Wlmedley]

Freezing rain last night on top of snow. Many power outages but amazingly mine stayed on. Now getting more snow and the wind is picking up. I'm debating on whether to get the tractor out and clean off my driveway before we get much more or wait. Usually better to get it off before it gets to deep. Only going to get colder for the rest of the week. I've got 1000' of driveway which is mostly on a hill so tractor works good going down but coming back up is sometimes a problem.

[Rhodemont]

27 Deg over cast with steady 6 mph breeze.  Still not feeling 100% after NYC especially after gong to the cold windy Patriots game yesterday.  I keep looking out thinking I need to get moving but one more day will be worth it.

[Old Greenhorn]

Temp just kept slowly dropping all day long. down to 17 now and solid overcast when the sun went down. Got the shop up to 65 today after a few days of warming fires. I think I'll plan a shop day for tomorrow. Kind of long range planning for me, usually I decide in the morning.   But I am tired of cold feet and finger at the mill. I haven't worked int he shop to 'do' anything since before Christmas. Not sure what I will find, but there is plenty of choices. There is supposed to be some sunshine in the coming days which we haven't seen in a week pretty much.

[Wlmedley]

Spent a couple hours cleaning most of the snow off my driveway and by the time I was finished my fingers were numb. Knew that it wasn't finished snowing but if I let it get very deep I can't tell where the driveway is exactly and I didn't want to run in the ditch or over the hill. I have a blade on the back of my tractor and I push snow going backwards so I don't tear my gravel up to bad. Got a couple more inches so I'll have to go back tomorrow but it won't be as bad. I don't really need to go anywhere but you never know when something might happen and I would have to be able to get out.

[twar]

Yesterday: shovel 6" of light fluffy snow, 25F
This morning: shovel 12" of heavy wet snow 33F
Later today: shovel expected 6" of additional heavy wet snow/water/semi-frozen stuff 32F
Tomorrow: walk/work on a hard shell/layer of frozen stuff 25F

[SwampDonkey]

What sun?  Haven't seen much even yesterday. Looked like it was going to be sunny until 10:00 pm, snow squalls all afternoon.

15° this morning and light snow falling from squally weather. Too cold to get much from it, so it just squalls, squalls and squalls and more squalls all week long. 

56° and 30% RH in the shop this morning.

Notice this morning in email is a 10% rebate on the power bill. I'll take it. :D

[thecfarm]

I saw that storm on the news that is going straight across the US. 
This time it did not take a turn and come up to Maine.
I have 13 this morning.
Still no storm in sight.
The weather guy did mention a storm. but still too early to say what will happen.

[aigheadish]

This was a very nice light fluffy snow for us. I didn't do much shoveling until this morning and it moved nicely. 

I have turf tires on the tractor (and it's gasoline) but I'm wondering with the backhoe trouble I seem to have, if I should get some chains for it, put on the blade and park it in the garage for the winter. Seems like if I can get it started it's likely to keep going and be much easier to move if it doesn't keep going. I like the angle on the blade too, for snow moving.

[Ljohnsaw]

For the next week or so, highs right around 60, overnight 40s.

[SwampDonkey]

24° here tonight and still snow in the air. 

[thecfarm]

20° tonight and the wind is busy out there!!!
I am not cutting wood tonight.
Snow on Saturday, but they say right now no more then 2 inches. They are still watching that storm.

[Old Greenhorn]

Well another cool day here again today, high of 28 and a low if 14, bu the wind, it was a whippin' all day! Gusts of 20+ here and there means it wicks the heat off the shop building pretty quick. But I have been keeping the thermal mass up the last week, if not really 'heating the shop' and so today it was pretty easy to get it up to a nice 65° working temp. No issues. Down in the teens again tonight, and another shop day tomorrow. I might get back to the mill on Friday when it warms a tad.