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Winter has arrived to the pan handle.............

After no snow so far all fall, fall/winter made up for it by snowing over a foot and a half of snow from about 2 PM yesterday to early this AM. Part two as predicted has been the morning temp of 20 that during the day has gotten colder to the current 13. While no more snow is predicted for the next few days, its supposed to get colder than its been since 2004.
How does a low of 3 above tonight with a high of 6 tomorrow sound? By Monday, a bit nippy at 8 to 15 BELOW zero with a high of 3 above and with the winds of the approaching front, wind chill temps of 40 below zero are expected. It isn't supposed to 'warm up' until late next week when a "warmer" cold front moves in and with it the next chance of snow.
Already just today, there are several inch to over a foot long ice sickles hanging off the roof line.
I like the ones that look clear but with speckles from other water drops that have frozen on the main ice sickle. They look pretty cool to me. No pun intended!
Other news of importance was brother Michael's call saying that he is cancer free at this time! GREAT Christmas news!!
A short post this time as we're supposed to be going to a 'get together' in about an hour. I'll post again later. Tad

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Camdin said…
Hello, I am glad to hear Micheal is cancer free what a Christmas gift.Our weather out on the high desert is cold, cloudy and the winds are blowing super hard.we even have our pellet stove going in the living room this stove can really put out the heat to the point of getting all the rooms warm... Stay warm and a good week ahead...
December 13, 2008 at 6:37 PM
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