Crazy 2018/2019 winter temps

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Well here in Montana it has sure been a strange one. Last Saturday it was 58 degrees at 5pm and by 7pm it was 15degrees. Had massive snow melt on frozen ground and then it froze like a skating rink.

Sunday morning was -5.

It’s forecast to be -5 to -10 today with wind chills at -35.

We don’t call it a vortex, just winter in Montana, lol.

But for the most part it has been super mild this year.
 
sounds like WI.
 
It's 27 degrees here with it raining pretty good, AccuWeather has us getting over half inch of ice, lets hope they're wrong.
 
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Watching that one closely. 8-12" on the ground here and a lot of trees down. The T6 is getting a workout as winter has arrived in earnest in the PacNW, albeit pretty late. We were without power yesterday, but the house stayed comfortable in the 70-72 range in spite of a stiff north wind.

Unfortunately, what we have here is making its way eastward. Batten down the hatches Michigan and Wisconsin.
 
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begreen said:
Watching that one closely. 8-12" on the ground here and a lot of trees down. The T6 is getting a workout as winter has arrived in earnest in the PacNW, albeit pretty late. We were without power yesterday, but the house stayed comfortable in the 70-72 range in spite of a stiff north wind.

Unfortunately, what we have here is making its way eastward. Batten down the hatches Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Poor, early flowers...

Looks like it is coming in waves, Begreen. Good luck and be safe.
 
Power was out in many places yesterday with the massive wind storm we had yesterday on southern Vancouver Island and the south coast. Now the snow! We had four inches on the ground from earlier in the week and four inches in the last 2 hours! The long range doesn't look promising...
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Went from an afternoon of this...
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To an evening of this...
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Just to keep it wood stove related!
 
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Albergsteve with that forcast looks like you are going to need a little more of the 3rd picture.
 
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Albergsteve with that forcast looks like you are going to need a little more of the 3rd picture.
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Much more. And that 5cm they forecast for today turned in to 25cm. Another 15cm by Tuesday. This is unusual for us.
 
we are minus 24 inches of snow for this year so far. every time we get snow it gets either washed away because it turns to rain of we have 40 to 50 degree temps to melt the remaining. we are going to get another 6 inches tuesday night into wednesday morning but by friday night into saturday 50's and a rain storm
 
Meh- I was out ice fishing in -15 yesterday. Unfortunately we’re used to this crud, lol.

I’d love to have a pellet stove in my shanty :)
 
begreen said:
Watching that one closely. 8-12" on the ground here and a lot of trees down. The T6 is getting a workout as winter has arrived in earnest in the PacNW, albeit pretty late. We were without power yesterday, but the house stayed comfortable in the 70-72 range in spite of a stiff north wind.

Unfortunately, what we have here is making its way eastward. Batten down the hatches Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Have you folks dug yourself out yet? With the 4'' last night, we're up to 26'' in the last seven days. We're really done with winter.;hm
 
With temps in the 40s we're in meltdown mode. The yard still has about 4" to go, but I have the driveway clear now and yesterday they finally plowed off the mass of ice and slush off our road. A friend of mine up north got 30", then some more on top of that. He sent me this picture during a sunny break a couple days ago. This is the path out of the house. He didn't get much further. His Kubota is alright for the level areas but the ice layers and packed snow made things too skiddish for clearing their road that day. He was sliding sideways on even a gentle incline.

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begreen said:
With temps in the 40s we're in meltdown mode. The yard still has about 4" to go, but I have the driveway clear now and yesterday they finally plowed off the mass of ice and slush off our road. A friend of mine up north got 30", then some more on top of that. He sent me this picture during a sunny break a couple days ago. This is the path out of the house. He didn't get much further. His Kubota is alright for the level areas but the ice layers and packed snow made things too skiddish for clearing their road that day. He was sliding sideways on even a gentle incline.

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The skiing is great!
 
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The skiing is great!
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Lucky you. You must be high ==c in altitude. Down close to sea level the snow is disappearing quickly. Up in the mountains it's a whole different story. Snoqualamie Pass got 53" in Monday's snow.
 
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Lucky you. You must be high ==c in altitude. Down close to sea level the snow is disappearing quickly. Up in the mountains it's a whole different story. Snoqualamie Pass got 53" in Monday's snow.
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We’re still mostly snow covered at the house but it is melting. I’ve been spending Fridays at the mountain. Today is the first day we could get out of the driveway without 4wd!
 
Hoping to start thawing out some time soon. Getting a little worried about the load capacity of the roof.

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Just went thru a frigid 4 day period and its 52 today supposed to be 67 by this coming friday. March s indeed coming in like lion and going out like a lamb.
 
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Finally, equilibruim!

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We just broke the record for warmest winter day today. Quite a change from a month ago.
 
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And 79º today. Highest winter temp since 1894 when they started keeping records for here. Beat the old 1951 record by 16º!
 
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