January 2010
26 posts
Wind Chill: 5pm: Well…I don’t think I’ll be outdoors photographing the moon tonight. The wind chill will be even lower than previously predicted. Right now, the wind is gusting up to 25mph, and the temperature is 10.4F. By the time the moon crests the trees, the wind chill will be approaching -20F, and it will be rather dangerous to be outdoors due to the possibility of frostbite...
Photographing the Moon and Mars tonight: Hmmm…the feel-like temperature will be around -13F (and with a 19mph wind) at the time I would be trying to photograph the Moon, so I don’t know if I will be able to keep my fingers warm enough to do it…We’ll see…But, the sky will be crystal clear and gorgeous. If you are braver than I am, set your camera at about an ISO of 800...
Snow Total Thus Far: We have received 51” of snow this season. Of course, most of it melted away in the last warming trend.
Deep Freeze: The weather sure is changeable. We received 0.5” of new snow overnight, and now the wind is blowing at 20mph, the high temperature for the day will be 14F, with a feel-like temperature in the negative numbers all day. At 5:50 am, as I write this...
Late Day Weather Update: Right now the outdoor temp. is 48F at 8:30 pm, and it is raining and very windy (gusting to 30mph). What a wild afternoon and evening we’ve had. We got lots of hard, driving rain today and are hoping there won’t be too much icing over night. We are going to get rain mixed with snow tomorrow. Ugh…….
Weather Update: We are supposed to get a deluge of rain today, from 1-2 inches over a 24 hour period. The high temp. should reach 46F. Yowzer! I am so bummed out because I did school work all day yesterday and did not get out snowshoeing. Now, I’ll have to wait until the next snow storm, whenever that will be. We are in a warming trend at the moment. Ugh…
Family Fun: Check out our MND Family Blog for a little Family Fun Video.
Snow Total Thus Far: 50.5” of snow this season.
More Snow: We got 5 inches of snow over night and into the morning.
Snow Total Thus Far: We have received a total of 45.5 inches of snow this season.
Snowy Day: We received 4.25 inches of snow by 4pm today. I’ll go out tomorrow morning to measure the next lot of snow!
Snow Total Thus Far: 41.25” of snow thus far this season.
Weather Update: By 3 pm we have received 9.5 inches of new snow! Gotta go shovel…
Family Fun: Check out our MND Family Blog (under “Links”) to see Kasha running down a trail in our back yard. She is enjoying the warmer weather.
Reputable Charities: Go to Charity Navigator.org to find reputable charity organizations and ratings of those organizations.
Update on Giving to the Red Cross: Check with your credit card company. Discover Card has a “Donate Now” button that you can click to donate your Cashback Bonus, and Discover will match your donation dollar-for-dollar to the Red Cross effort in Haiti.
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Weather: We have several high pressure systems across the U.S. that will be giving us a gorgeous week with sunny skies and cool (below freezing) temps. These lovely days are perfect for getting outdoors for a hike in the woods or a snowshoe around the pond. Today, I took a break from working on our mid-term exam to go for a walk in the woods with Neighbor Carla. We did almost the same route as...
Wind Blown Snow on Caesar Pond Video: It was a bit breezy on Caesar Pond this afternoon and I thoroughly enjoyed watching snow whip along patches of cleared ice surfaces. The windchill temperature was about 6F. Brrr…..
Snow Total Thus Far: 31.75 inches of snow this season.
Snow total from this storm alone: 19.50 inches…Now, that’s a good old fashioned snow storm!
More snow: We shoveled an additional 9 inches of snow from what had fallen since I made the last measurement.
Weather Update: The heavy snowfall has stopped, and it is alternately lightly snowing/misting today because the temperature has...
Snow Total Thus Far: 22.75 inches of snow this season.
Snow by 2pm: We have 8.5 inches of new snow (or “hydrometeors” as Drew calls them) so far today.
National Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Snow Q & A
Snow Total Thus Far: 14.25” of snow this season.
Snow: We got 2 inches of snow during the day today. It is nice and sticky.