Winter Weather...finally

And I don't mean "finally"  as in I really want to get winter weather.  We have just had a really unusually mild cold season this fall and winter.  Since November I have noticed in my Facebook memories that 7-10 years ago from November through now we have in past years had random snowfalls and/or times of sustained temps in the teens, even down into the single digits.  But this year we have yet to get down below the upper teens.  I think in December maybe it got down to 19 degrees, maybe 17 degrees depending on the thermometer, but only for one or two nights. 

This is currently on our radar:


 

Oh.  That's cool, my screen copy and paste actually caught the video!  Anyway.  On the map we are located under the word "Lebanon" almost in the center of the picture.  The thermometer here says it is 39 degrees out.  We are getting a smidgen of mist out there now, but no rain, sleet or snow yet. 

There have been predictions of up to 6 inches of snow, only 2 inches of snow, or maybe perhaps the snow will miss us altogether.  But they have been consistent in predicting that the temps will go down considerably.  Based on this prediction they have cancelled school for the day.  In fact schools have been cancelled pretty much all around the area.


 AMI = Alternative Methods of Instruction.  The district provides like 5 days of AMI per school year and students are provided either a paper packet to do at home, or are to do work online, depending on grade level.  In high school I'd hazard a guess that up to 90% of Ellen's work is on the Chromebook anyway, so getting a snow day only means she can stay in bed and do school work, instead of going into town to the school.  She's cool with that.  

Ah ha!  It's about 6:45 AM and I can now hear rain on the sky lights.  We are so desperate for precipitation I am actually glad to hear it.  Gary has had several calls about people worried that their wells are going dry; and he has lowered at least one well pump in the last year. We are hoping and praying this winter and coming spring that we will get enough water to fill the ponds and raise the water table.  

Thanks for reading!

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