The weather

Magicman · December 23, 2011, 09:15:00 AM

We are always either up or down. By the time we get a good flicker going with a good bed of coals, we gotta turn on the ceiling fan to cool off.

sandhills · December 23, 2011, 10:38:18 AM

Norm, I'll chip in on the snowmobile as long as you guarantee it will work, I REALLY like no snow, less work, less feed. We have been having trouble with sick calves though, wish it would get cold and stay cold (without the snow)

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SwampDonkey · December 23, 2011, 10:51:03 AM

This time of year I keep a good thick bed of coals going, lay a couple slabs of beech/sugar maple on that and it goes all day. Yesterday I put in wood at 8 am and never put another stick in until 4:00 pm. Keep the thermostat on 75 and the coals last and last. ;D

I only use an armload of wood in the shop, and often have the door open even when it's below 0. ;D

Raider Bill · December 23, 2011, 11:01:08 AM

Looking like mid 80's for the big day this year. T-shirts and a bike ride down to the beach. 8) 8) 8)

Warbird · December 23, 2011, 11:05:16 AM

We're supposed to get 2 - 4" of snow today and then by Christmas Day, we are supposed to have high temps of -20 to -30. I will take the snow over frigid temps any day.

Magicman · December 23, 2011, 11:22:19 AM

Ouch !!!

thecfarm · December 23, 2011, 11:44:51 AM

Ouch is right. That will freeze up your grits.
Just about 3 inches here. Temp is 36 and the snow is wet,just right to make a snowman. Think I'll go get the Grandkids and start building. ;D

Coon · December 23, 2011, 12:55:12 PM

The weather is going to be mild to say the least around these parts for Christmas Day with a high around 34 F >:( It's not gonna feel like Christmas at all. It's supposed to be around around -10 F around this time of year. With enough snow to go sledding but not this year :(

thecfarm · December 25, 2011, 07:46:48 AM

Got down to -3 in the night. First time this cold all season. when I first got a few hours ago it was 4 above,now it's 6 above. Most mornings lately it warms up fast. Everyone in this area got a white Christmas,about 3 inches. A few hours south did not.

SwampDonkey · December 25, 2011, 07:52:42 AM

We have about 4 inches from Friday and it was -8 at 7:00 am , but has been warming up. It's now -5. Suppose to reach 7 today for a high, and going to be snow showers for today and tomorrow.

Magicman · December 25, 2011, 09:19:27 AM

Rain all day today. Lots of kids with new bikes will be unhappy. :-\

Magicman · December 26, 2011, 11:32:39 AM

This is one lazy rainy day. I don't even plan to eat too much.

SwampDonkey · December 26, 2011, 03:23:22 PM

It's turned mild here again, but not above freezing. Around 25 F. It had been near zero at night for two days. Going to be overcast for a few days I guess. We still only have 4"-5" inches with a little dusting added last night. It's nice that there is no wind.

Autocar · December 26, 2011, 03:41:47 PM

Still mild here in northwest Ohio and still tons of standing corn I checked a few ears and some of them were moldy, it's a tuff year as far as the weather goes.

Coon · December 26, 2011, 03:43:19 PM

The pavement is wet here. Was raining and turned tosleet/snow. >:(

SwampDonkey · December 26, 2011, 04:30:36 PM

Can't imagine corn being any good this late. The Mennonites tried harvesting it late and dumped $100,000 of spoiled corn out in the field in January. They left the farm and sold this spring. The corn thing happened about 7 years ago.

Autocar · December 26, 2011, 04:41:53 PM

Iam not sure but I think it can be used to make ethanol fuel, thats a big thing aroud here.

SwampDonkey · December 26, 2011, 04:58:18 PM

I wouldn't know, there are no ethonol plants around here. But Irving Oil and other refineries blend it. I suspect it comes from the US as the Quebec government tried it and closed the doors to no more ethanol projects a couple years ago or more. Quebec has a huge agricultural sector compared to the Maritimes.

SwampDonkey · December 26, 2011, 05:43:05 PM

Looks like rain coming tomorrow night for a couple days. The branches of the jet stream are converging and making snow to the west and rain to the east were we are. ;D

JV · December 27, 2011, 01:02:44 PM

Well, those who were wishing for a white Christmas here were disappointed. My wife bought two saucer sleds for the grandkids to slid down our long lane. It started snowing last night and is coming down pretty steady now. Now the problem is by the time they visit this weekend the snow will be gone. Warmup in the 40's by the end of the week and almost 50 by New Years. Weird winter and if you believe the Farmer's Almanac, it's going to be an up and down winter with a cool dry spring and a cooler, dry summer for our area. Looks like my outdoor work will wait until spring when the mud drys. I had to store my Christmas present from Santa at another location other than the new shop. I had hoped to be up and running by summer but I guess it will get done when the weather permits and on days when I am able. :-\

WDH · December 27, 2011, 09:06:53 PM

It rained. Amazing, as we are 13" below normal. All our rain went to the Mid-East and Mid-West.

SwampDonkey · December 28, 2011, 12:04:41 AM

It's almost 40 F and raining here now.

thecfarm · December 28, 2011, 07:23:54 AM

The 3-4 inches of snow is gone as far as I tell can just walking to the mailbox. Wife woke me up in the night and told me the wind was blowing hard. I said yep and went back to sleep. ;D We must of got some rain too. The ground feels soft. Very odd for the end of Dec in my area. Should have a foot or 2 of snow and temps should be below freezing at night and through the day on most days.

Patty · December 29, 2011, 07:19:10 AM

This winter has been extremely mild....no snow, no freezing rain, in fact no notable moisture at all since about last June. :( If we don't get rain or snow soon, we will head into spring with drought conditions. Temps have been in the 40's pretty much all of December, when normally we have below freezing with tons of snow.

The weather cycles are interesting, and the older I get the more I recognize the cycles. Back in the 70's & 80's we had mild winters with little snow. Then in the 90's the temps dropped and the snow piled up. The common saying among us old folks was "These are the winters I remember as a kid back in the 50's and 60's." The first decade of the 2000's was harsh winters with lots of ice. Then this summer everything changed and us old folks were saying that we could feel a drought settling in. To ensure the drought, we went out and bought a snow blower! It worked....not an inch of snow yet this winter.

I have a feeling we are cycling back into the mild winters again. But the Farmers Almanac says we will snowfall (6-10") every week from here on out through spring. We shall see!!

thecfarm · December 29, 2011, 07:30:25 AM

I had a high of 55 yesterday,but that was in the early morning. The temps started to fall around 9-10 am. It's 11 now. Weather man said it was going to get cold. I always like to hear them say that. I can't remember what they say when it gets below zero.