Last Day Thaw

hey gb! its been a couple of degrees above freezing since yesterday but sadly, this too must end. it is supposed to be cold aka windchill tomorrow til like saturday i think, ick!

No January thaw but we had a Janary Blizzard! Totaled out with 10 inches of snow and 2 inches of ice last Tuesday resulting in power outages and blocked roads. It was a mess! Our power was out for 4 days. We toughed it out the first night with propane heaters but as soon as they cleared the trees from our road we weathered the rest of it from the comfort of a motel! LOL Yesterday it was 55 degrees so as you might guess we have power now and today has been flooding everywhere. Now tongiht we are predicted the same thing again just a little weaker storm moving through only threatening us with 6-8 inches of snow and 1 inch of ice. That should be a treat! LOL I am so ready for Spring. The snow is no biggie but this crazy ice is nuts! This is a pictue of some of the lucky trees on our property that managed to remain standing after all of this! Winter's not over yet for us!

A January thaw??? We haven't even had a January freeze in south Texas. hahaha That sure is a big change in temperatures in a day's time. We have big changes at times also but not sure if it is that much of a change. We have a northerly wind now and it is 70 and will be in the 30's tonight.

This weekend was absolutely beautiful....except it gave us hopes of spring being right around the corner...and as I type the temp is dropping again and windchill advisories are in effect...wonderful minnesota!

Blue skies here in PA.. Temp right now is 42...but the week says lows in the single digits..and then Thurs. low 19 and Fri. low 30's..we still have a good foot of snow here...and it is nice to see it melting... This is a shot of my back deck railing with new snow from the storm we had a few days ago..

Ours was early on in the month, actually before the deep freeze hit. But, after having bitter bitter cold and wind and rock hard ice and snow from being frozen all week, we had a thaw on the first day of February. From the teens and twenties on Saturday to the mid-50s on Sunday! It was nice for a while to see everything white, without it being so deep we couldn't get around. It's pretty when it's a white wonderland. So clean, so bright, so fresh.

So far Grandpa Bob all we have is cold and wind. Right now there is no snow here. I am glad to see that. Its been in in the 30's all the way to the high 60's. I like it like that. I hope we dont get any snow at all.But we still have all the way to March to go.

It actually got colder in January here, but that is only fair because so far our winter had been pretty tame. But today the ice that had come in last week, which had got school canceled for four days, started to melt. I was going into the pharmacy this morning, and right before I stepped inside, two feet in front of me, all of a sudden four large chunks of ice fell off the roof, right in front of me. One after another, big blocks just dropped. If I had been two feet closer, I'm pretty sure it would have killed me. At least it would have split my head open. I'm surprised no one thought about knocking the chunks off. It is a good way to get sued.

51 degrees...was that you running around in your speedos?

Well, according to the various prognosticating rodents out there, we can look forward to 6 more weeks of winter, so enjoy the thaw while you can.

We got that on Sunday and it was wonderful! They don't do the side streets here and I didn't want to drive on my street due to all the ice. By 1pm it was melted enough so that I felt good about going out so I did. I'd been stuck here for a week! It's cold again but I'm so glad we had that little thaw. We have 4-5 inches of snow left from the 10 that fell but the sun is shining and it's so much nicer. I'm ready for Spring!

Hi GRANDPA BOB, We have snow today after so many years and its about 6inches and tomorrow it will turn to ice I reckon so we have to make the most of it while it last. Tamara

Hey Grandpa Bob! We had the same crazy azz weather! It got up to 53 degrees here Sunday! It was beautiful! Now it's back down to the 30's and going back down to single digits and snow! This is so weird! Just can't figure out this weather anymore! Then after a few more days it might go back up again! Not really a good thing because people get sick like this! Who knows! Can't do anything about it anyway!

The weather here was fine for January, we had a few cold days and nights, but some of the days were sweater weather, and you could even turn your heater off in the day time. The temps would start dropping around 4ish in the evening. Today it rained and they have snow flurries in the forecast for tomorrow but I don't think it is going to do anything. Today is Groundhog day and they say the ground hog saw his shadow so look for 6 more weeks of cold weather. Yours patio will get its cover of snow back.

question rather if we had any freeze, and we did actually get down below freezing a few times....

Wow that is hot for you guys. Did you have to turn the air conditioner on? heehee I bet you where out in the sun and it felt so good. Did you open up the house and air it out? When it warms up like that I open the house to get fresh air even if it is not super warm. I get the feeling like the house gets to bad of air when it is closed up like that.

We had a really cold one Bob with lots of ice and some snow. The ice was the worst as it was black ice somedays. It got down to about -7 here and boy was it cold. I hate it so much and cannot wait for spring. This week has been a different story. We are snowed under in the UK and Ireland. Aiports are closed LOL, as they are idiots over here. I bet your airports do not close and millions stay off work. Well its February, so I am off topic this week. Take care Bob:)