It would just be nice if we could all be here, watching King Kong tonight

[rolanni]

Yesterday, we took a Writers Half Day, knocking off for a late Chinese lunch, followed by a couple games of Scrabble.

Today, given the news that Winter, is, indeed and at last, coming to Central Maine, includes a trip to town to pick up necessities that we would have gotten on our next Regularly Scheduled Trip to Town, early next week, however! That is now inked in as a Storm Day.

This is what the next few days look like, here at the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory:

Winter is set to arrive in stages, starting tonight with a session of freezing rain, moving into Sunday with 1-3 inches of snow and ice expected. We get a breather Sunday night into Monday, except for temps 'waaaaaay lower than we've been used to even on the overnights thus far, then Tuesday? Stuff gets real.

Tuesday Watching a potential winter storm. Snow during the morning will become a mix of wintry precipitation during the afternoon. High 19F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 100%. 5 to 8 inches of snow and ice expected.

Tuesday Night A wintry mix early will taper to a few snow showers late. Low 19F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 70%. Snow and ice accumulations less than one inch.

Wednesday will be calm, with a little freezing rain on the overnight to keep our hand in.

On the one hand, 60F/16C on December 25 in Central Maine is Just Wrong.

On the gripping hand, I was enjoying this shovel-free time.

What's the weather look like at your house?

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Comments

[thewol.livejournal.com]

Here in the rectangular bit at the top of TX, we were in the 60's for the week of Christmas, but now at a quarter of Sunday it's 33F and heading for an overnight low of 22F. Winds are from the NNE at 32 mph, gusting to 45. We are supposed to get a "wintry mix" of precip tonight -- I haven't looked outside to see if it's here yet. The low pressure swirly thing that's driving "Winter Storm Goliath" is due east of us, straddling the AZ/NM border at the moment and heading straight for TX. Our "high" tomorrow is forecast to soar all the way up to 27F with snow predicted. In fact, we are under a "blizzard" warning" with accumulations of 3-5 inches Sunday night will be a balmy 18F. Monday will be sunny and warm with a high of 32F, cooling down to a brisk 15F Monday night. Highs/lows predicted for Tues of 36F/11F and Wed of 33F/6F, at which point it will officially be colder than a wedge. Whatever snow accumulation we get Sunday will probably be with us for the rest of the week. Since we are officially "semi-arid" in these parts, the local wet-weather driving skills leave much to be desired, so whenever we get snow or freezing precipitation, it is automatically a Demolition Derby Day. In view of the current weather forecast, I think I'll stay off the streets for the rest of the week. I've got a full pantry, shawls, an electric kettle, lap robes, a cat, knitting to do, TV to watch and here directly I'll go dribble the kitchen faucet. My town is at the same latitude as Casablanca, Morocco (33.5667° N), so needless to say, we do not insulate houses or pipes with the same foresight as you Maine-liners.