another winter weather advisory in effect - be careful out there!
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY.
* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. UP TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID AND
UPPER 20S EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY
RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE VALLEYS. SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
MPH ALONG THE RIDGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news....
REALLY hoping the temps go up as predicted later in the morning tomorrow!
Stay safe and warm, y'all...........Barb
It looks like we have about 2" of snow here, but it's melting on the roads so far.
We've survived OK. Had less than an inch of ice where I live, but it was beginning to melt well before noon. Could have been SOOOO much worse!
Happy New Year!
We only got about a quarter inch here, but at least it wasn't on the roads!
geez I opened the Forum and saw Chantells new thread and this one too--scared the crap outta me- LOL
Yes, Sally, me too. Glad everyone is checking in. Stay safe out there.
Scared me too... thought Becky's mom had had a setback... happy to hear it was just a winter storm warning! We stayed home & safe here last night. :-)
We are getting it now. Has been snowing on and off for a week. Lots of blowing and drifting. They just closed Interstate 90 down, from our area up into New York. All fire departments have been called out to assist with the shut down. It is not good to be out on the roads. It is so cold that the ice melt for the roads is not effective and have been applying a cinder mix.
Here is a few pictures from outside, I am staying home!
Yes, there is a water garden out there some where!
I thought I saw a bird fly into the evergreen!
Lady, That metal tree sculpture is beautiful! It looks great against your white fence.
The back yard hiding promises of spring blooms.
Thanks Stormy, it's a snow gauge, but since the snow drifts so much it is not an accurate measurement, each birds beak is 6 inches. When it is up to the Cardinal (top) that's 3 feet.
ladyg, love that tree sculpture - how cool that it's a snow gauge to boot! Sounds like you're really getting slammed. I know your part of the world can deal with snow, so this must be a monster storm for you. Good plan to just stay home.
Most of the 17" we got on 18-19 December is gone, except for places that never get sun, and where it was piled by snowplows. It's just been frigid AND incredibly windy here - gusts up to 50 MPH yesterday and some today too. I'm staying inside as well!
Hope everybody's warm and cozy, enjoying the finale of this Holiday season, as 2010 moves in...
No snow, but cold and biting wind! DH and Samson came back from their walk earlier and even Samson was getting blown around...I'm wearing extra warm 'jammies while I'm working ^_^
As I sit here freezing inside, and freezing whenever I go outside, I thought I'd work on some of the snow/ice photos I took last month. This one was taken on New Year's Eve, after the ice storm. Brrrr - it makes me cold(er) just looking at this frozen dragonfly, one of my Haw Creek Forge critters.
Hmmm. Maybe I should be working on the spring and summer photos... ya think? ^_^
YEEESSSS!!
LOL! Through chattering teeth, I said to DH tonight that I'd even deal with the horrible mosquitoes if it meant I could be warm again...
Boy, today's 25 degrees, no wind, and some sun felt almost balmy! Now to wait and see what we wake up to...Sorry ladyg, we are wimps down here in the South! You've got more now than we ever see in a whole winter!
Diva, your Dragonfly looks like he's been shivering. Today was definitely OK. Don't know about tomorrow.
Sally, My snow gauge is almost covered. It is snowing again tonight and will continue tomorrow. I was out yesterday to fill the feeder and was up to my knees in snow. I had to break through a thin crust of ice, good thing I had on heavy sweat pants, the ice was sharp.
Diva, the dragonfly needs a Kleenex! LOL
We're down to just a few patches here & there, mostly grass, but my young neighbor is hoping for a snow day tomorrow... we're supposed to get more than 3 inches but so far have had just the teeniest bit, enough to lightly dust the road but not enough to show on the grass.
Jill, your young neighbor could move here, but the weather has to be worst then this for a "snow day" sometimes there is only a 2 hour delay put up till the plows get out to most of the roads.
It is still snowing!
The snow gauge is reading 24 inches, but it is much deeper in some areas.
Here is my 2 foot iron bird bath.
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Love those pix, Lady.
Wow Lady... you are buried up there!
We got about 3 inches overnight, and the birds are very active this morning!
VWR, We sure are!
I took a walk down to the bank to deposit my check, took the camera with me.
Looking up the side walk on one of our main streets.
Snow and Icicles hanging off the Church.
Down the road at the end of my block.
Over head
Sun trying to come out.
Snow covered giants.
My back yard behind the garage.
And last one! My watergarden, the waterfall is still running and you can still hear the water running when you stand in the right place.
Wonderful photos, LadyG!
We got only a dusting, probably a bit more (or ice) in the mountains.. and yep, school was canceled. We had to have a ton more snow than this to even get a delay, let alone a cancellation, growing up in Pittsburgh!
About 2 to 3" laid here.
lovely winter walk, ladyg!! Gotta love it, we had two hour delay for two inches ghere this am!
Chris, I'm sure by now the lake should be frozen? Ric