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Just shaking my head in marvel at Texas weather. Yesterday afternoon it was 90 degrees F. By 6 AM today it was 40! But at least we finally got some rain with the cold front. I was beginning to think about Elmer Kelton's fine novel The Time It Never Rained.

Now it's sunny and 46 with a 15 mph north wind.

Ken

Ken that's the first rain we have had in a month and a half. Sure feels good outside.

We're in the midst of a Santa Ana wind storm. For those that are not familiar with the Santa Ana winds, they are winds that blow from East to West across Southern California. Since they blow from the deserts that are to the East of Los Angeles, they are very dry winds - and that is what creates all the problems with wildfires. Right now, there are at least three fires burning in SoCal. None are very close to me - the nearest is about 40 miles away. The other aspect of these fires is that the freeways will be shutdown, and that creates havoc for 100 miles around. Some of the busiests freeways in the country are currently shutdown where the I5, I405 & I210 come together near Porter Ranch & Santa Clarita in the Northern San Fernando valley.

I can see a huge band of smoke blowing out to the ocean that is passing about 10-15 miles South of me.

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:21 pm Just shaking my head in marvel at Texas weather. Yesterday afternoon it was 90 degrees F. By 6 AM today it was 40! But at least we finally got some rain with the cold front. I was beginning to think about Elmer Kelton's fine novel The Time It Never Rained.

Now it's sunny and 46 with a 15 mph north wind.

Ken

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:37 pm Ken that's the first rain we have had in a month and a half. Sure feels good outside.

Amen, guys. Up until this last little rain, we had received a total of 2/10s of an inch since July 1st. I am so happy to break the hot, dry spell that we had been in.

Ray

Paladin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:54 pm

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:21 pm Just shaking my head in marvel at Texas weather. Yesterday afternoon it was 90 degrees F. By 6 AM today it was 40! But at least we finally got some rain with the cold front. I was beginning to think about Elmer Kelton's fine novel The Time It Never Rained.

Now it's sunny and 46 with a 15 mph north wind.

Ken

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:37 pm Ken that's the first rain we have had in a month and a half. Sure feels good outside.

Amen, guys. Up until this last little rain, we had received a total of 2/10s of an inch since July 1st. I am so happy to break the hot, dry spell that we had been in.

Ray

Same here Ray. After a rainy spring and early summer we had only a quarter inch of rain since June. Several times the weather guessers would say it was gonna rain but until last night we would get nothing, or just a light sprinkle. I saw the pasture grass drying up but the weeds still growing (the ones cattle won't eat). That's what reminded me of The Time It Never Rained because that's what Kelton described. Of course, in the book those conditions lasted for years.

Folks around here got a good first cutting of hay but not gonna be much fall hay produced. I've seen people cutting and baling the roadside ditches. The price of hay will be high before is winter is over.

Ken

Well here in my little piece of Texas Heaven we started off with some overnight showers, low 40's, with a current temp of 63 and clear skies most of the day. The forecast says we are looking for a sunny weekend, but start next week off with rain showers and temps back up in the low 80's.

We have well over a foot of snow already. Can't remember having so much, so soon. The weather ramps back up to the 60's today and tomorrow.

We've had snow and rain for several days now but the temp is just above freezing so nothing is staying. We are pretty water logged from way too much rain all the way back into summer. It feels like it's been cold and rainy forever. If this moisture pattern keeps going as it gets colder, we are going to be neck deep before Christmas. ____Dave

Sorry fellas....well, not really....hoping for a cold, cold winter this year....the summer is overstaying its welcome.

Forecast low of 65 Fri am.!

Mild temps here now but we have only had rain twice in the last two months, and the most recent rain didn't amount to much at all. We had to start using City water at the farm, the spring has really slacked off.

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:15 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:54 pm

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:21 pm Just shaking my head in marvel at Texas weather. Yesterday afternoon it was 90 degrees F. By 6 AM today it was 40! But at least we finally got some rain with the cold front. I was beginning to think about Elmer Kelton's fine novel The Time It Never Rained.

Now it's sunny and 46 with a 15 mph north wind.

Ken

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:37 pm Ken that's the first rain we have had in a month and a half. Sure feels good outside.

Amen, guys. Up until this last little rain, we had received a total of 2/10s of an inch since July 1st. I am so happy to break the hot, dry spell that we had been in.

Ray

Same here Ray. After a rainy spring and early summer we had only a quarter inch of rain since June. Several times the weather guessers would say it was gonna rain but until last night we would get nothing, or just a light sprinkle. I saw the pasture grass drying up but the weeds still growing (the ones cattle won't eat). That's what reminded me of The Time It Never Rained because that's what Kelton described. Of course, in the book those conditions lasted for years.

Folks around here got a good first cutting of hay but not gonna be much fall hay produced. I've seen people cutting and baling the roadside ditches. The price of hay will be high before is winter is over.

Ken

The price of hay over here has gone through the roof.

Arctic cold this morning, -5 air temp and at least -20 with the wind, had to be -30 last night. Pigs made it through in the barn, our Mangalitsa boars are out in the trees but fare well with their heavy coat. One of the craziest starts to a winter I can remember, starting on Sept.27.

Montanaman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:40 pm Arctic cold this morning, -5 air temp and at least -20 with the wind, had to be -30 last night. Pigs made it through in the barn, our Mangalitsa boars are out in the trees but fare well with their heavy coat. One of the craziest starts to a winter I can remember, starting on Sept.27.

Wow! Now that's some Winter weather there. I'm hoping we get some snow locally this Winter so I can do some XC skiing around my place. The Farmer's Almanac says we're supposed to get some.

We had some more rain early Sunday morning until almost Noon, but we could use more.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:42 pm
Wow! Now that's some Winter weather there. I'm hoping we get some snow locally this Winter so I can do some XC skiing around my place. The Farmer's Almanac says we're supposed to get some.

We had some more rain early Sunday morning until almost Noon, but we could use more.

Good luck with the snow this year, lots of XC skiing around here and some really nice places to go. Another brutally cold night, just got back from town at -15 air temp with a cold wind, -25 wind chill. Supposed to warm up now over the next few days.

Only getting a dreary, rainy day here, temperatures around 40°, but I bet others are getting some adverse conditions.

Wishin' I was up north.....in the old home town.

Here....well, it's gonna be 82 today, BUUUUUUUUUUUT tomorrow the forecast high is 62 and I know that ain't cool for most of you
fellas, but that's 30 degrees below summer weather and a forecast low in the 40's Tue morning

Scott, my kids should be in your neck of the woods tomorrow and at 62 degrees tomorrow, they'll be the ones wearing Tee shirts and shorts and complaining about the heat. OK maybe not the complaining part. ____Dave

Kind of pretty this evening.____Dave

Earlier today. ____Dave

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!

Here is what we started out with in Ponder Country. Here is what my brother woke up to this morning.

We are starting out at minus 15 (wind chill around minus 35) but it's suppose to get up to almost 10 above this afternoon. ____Dave

At least here in Ponder Country our weather is nothing like where
Dave and my brother Gary are located.

Beautiful pictures Dave. Thanks for showing them. Keep it up there!

Ken

Gray and gloomy and 52 degrees. It’s been raining nonstop for the past 12 hours.
I’ve got a new pond in the back yard that wasn’t there before. Really unusual weather for this time of year but I’m glad it’s not all snow and ice (that’s just a bit farther north of me).
I’m okay with torrential rain in the middle of a January!
Jeff