THE ENDLESS WINTER....

[NorthernWinos]

This winter seems never ending....
We get a teaser, a few 'nice' days...when it melts, or almost melts...
Then, we get another slap in the face from the National Weather Service and Old Man Winter...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
249 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. SOME AREAS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
94 WILL RECEIVE UP TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR THE NORTH AND SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

</pre>To keep my sanity I go OnLine....check this Froum for new Posts...then I go to the Airlines Web Site and look at our tickets...Just to make sure they are for real....

And, it tells me...13 Days to Departure...
And. once again....
Life is Good!!!

 

[pelican]

Yeah, prediction of a foot of snow they said on the news. My kids are already counting on that 2 hour late start tomorrow and the snow hasn't even begun to fly!

 

[hannabarn]

You didn't keep it over there!!! It's snowing like crazy here this afternoon. Predicting 5 to 8" here in Hayward! THANKS ALOT!!

 

[grapeman]

It hit 40 here today! Yipeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
Close to 50 tomorrow and rain! Then 20's for the next week. Gotta love this time of year.


And I almost forgot - winds ovr 50 mph. This weather really blows bigtime.

 

[PolishWineP]

I have a friend driving here right now from Hayward. It's nasty cold and windy, but it has stopped actually snowing. Now we're just rearranging it with the wind.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Clear and very cold.....Good Night!!!!!

 

[BikerShannon]

That is a cool picture! You should make a wine label out of it.

 

[PeterZ]

It was 71 here yesterday. They are saying flurries tomorrow.

 

[rgecaprock]

80 predicted today, Azealas are in bloom, leaves on trees, flowers everwhere, grass green. Supposed to get cool this weekend in the 60's.


I hope that winter will soon be over for your Northerners!!!!

 

[NorthernWinos]

It's doomed to be another month of winter...
Why do we live in this God Forsaken Country???
11 Days to departure....
Life is Good!!!

 

[hannabarn]

NW, The brief respite from the weather will be great but you KNOW you will be happy to return to your lovely abode!!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Was -21°F this morning....didn't get much over 0° today.....

-17° already this evening....suppose to only get to -15° to -20°....

Not suppose to last many days....



The swings in temps are really hard this time of the year....the sun is
so warm during the days, you know that sap is starting to run...

Running the fans on the grain bins a lot now...the sun is warm and
shines on the sides of the bins warming them...so keep the fans running
to keep the grain cold.





This has been a really brutal winter...



Twinkle Twinkle Evening Star....

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

Ah, the Moon smiling at Venus...and now I'm out to look at Saturn's rings, can you tell what my latest hobby is?

 

[hannabarn]

Ah, the Moon smiling at Venus...and now I'm out to look at Saturn's rings, can you tell what my latest hobby is?

Drinking too much wine????

 

[PeterZ]

Our flurries predicted for Saturday turned into 18" of snow. It's still on the ground today. Why couldn't it have waited a day? I would have the day off.

 

[Wade E]

We are geting 10"-15" as we speak!

 

[gaudet]

its a bright sunshiny day out here, 50-60 degrees, pass the spf 45

 

[grapeman]

I can put up with the horrible half inch of snow we got!

 

[vcasey]

its a bright sunshiny day out here, 50-60 degrees, pass the spf 45

After the wind and rain yesterday we have cooled down to the 60s as well. Fortunately this too shall pass and we'll be back in the upper 70s and maybe even the 80s by the weekend. I'm not even going to bother putting the top up on the jeep. And yes sunscreen is standard equipment!
VPC

 

[hannabarn]

We only got about 5" of snow but this morning we woke up to Minus 22F. This winter has been brutally cold but not a lot of snow!!