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Uh, it’s cold.
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-42ºF air temperature?? Man... that's the kind of weather makes you think 2 full cords of firewood would have been a better idea.
Rain for the foreseeable future. To go to the store or not... that is the question. We're out of potatoes, too. I wanted to make hasselback potatoes this week. Oh, and I can get some cheese. Not too much. Maybe a few pounds of two year aged cellar cheddar.
Had a few cold mornings this past week, as can be seen in my truck windshield.
I’m giving it to wed and then the real heavy coat is going to be washed and put away. I have a good feeling about the weather in after Thursday in my area (NorthEast NJ)
That resembles the view through the windshield of a vw bus I once towed...only it wasn’t frost. It had deadhead stickers plastered all over it. The driver using his natural Jeff Spicoli voice kept asking from my back seat, “Wow, how long you gonna hold me lawman.”
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That good feeling is about to disappear with tomorrows weather forecast of snow/sleet.
Half days for New Jersey kids today because a few flurries are coming down. Every since that November out of nowhere nightnare, everyone in charge in NJ is just plain paranoid about any snow.
Had a little bit of frost on the windshield again this morning and we could see it on the roofs of our neighbors. The wind has been the worst part. For us southern California's who are not used to the temperatures dipping below 60, let alone hitting the high 30's low 40's, and then add in the wind chill factor. It has been pretty darn cold lately.
Happens every other year, though. I had some actual frost on my windshield this morning. I had to scrape it off. 
It wasn't windy, thankfully. Though it was windy last week. We're expecting some more rain and then a clear week or two. I suspect more rain next month. If next year is a dry year, we're in trouble.
I usually do a test step when I walk out of the house and make sure the solid stone isn't iced over and I don't find myself mimicking an ice skater until the gravel zone where I do a swan dive unless I'm ready. Thankfully hasn't happened in a long time.
It wasn't windy, thankfully. Though it was windy last week. We're expecting some more rain and then a clear week or two. I suspect more rain next month. If next year is a dry year, we're in trouble.I usually do a test step when I walk out of the house and make sure the solid stone isn't iced over and I don't find myself mimicking an ice skater until the gravel zone where I do a swan dive unless I'm ready. Thankfully hasn't happened in a long time.
You need a whole new crystal ball there man.
Or at least a down-filled windbreaker.
Some relief. Dry weather all of this week except at the very end of the week. Morning temperatures should be a bit higher. Not long til DST and then another month and some weeks for Easter.
Neither Coulter or Conway are here, though.
Yah, I won't mind when this gift from Lake Huron and far points northwest manages to get far enough east so it's just a problem for Atlantic fishing.... gusts of 60mph in the forecast here (and warnings from utility companies about the possibilities of being without power for days) are rather unsettling, since it's single-digit weather trying to move in now.
At least points in the westerly half of NYS are pretty well clear of 55-60mph gusts as the cold front overtakes what was originally a southerly flow. It's been an interesting 24 hours with some thunder and occasional torrents of rain here before the snow squalls moved in. Now we're almost back to standard February coldness except for the still high winds and those northerly counties caught in true blizzard conditions, they're really in for it with ongoing lake effect snow expected off Ontario.
On the winds, any that are sustained for a long time in one direction and run over 40mph with higher gusts can take an unendurable toll on trees and certain structures. Our high wind warning period in total here for the current gig is almost 36 hours. I keep looking at the couple of older maple trees along my driveway... and I'm going to have an arborist look at them after this year's sap and mud seasons. The prevailing wind should take those trees towards my garden, not the house, if they do fail sometime, but I don't care about that any more because the wind does have other options. My option is swapping those trees out as firewood (and some dough) in exchange for peace of mind!