It’s snowing pretty good, having started about 8:45. Temperature is around the freeze. Decks are becoming slick. It isn’t expected to amount to much, but I will report if it does. The weather service says it does not expect any … Continue reading →

It started snowing pretty enthusiastically a little before 9:00 AM. It’s not forecast to amount to much, but that doesn’t necessarily hold about 2,000 feet. The temperature is a degree or two above the freeze. Our steps are still icy … Continue reading →

Now that’s it’s January, it may be time to sum up the fall season. The summer was very wet, and the first part of fall continued wet. But for six weeks or so of October and November, we had the … Continue reading →

From the Guardian’s UK edition: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/08/climate-crisis-experts-2020-joint-hottest-year-ever-recorded

We had a very light snow last night, more like grapple. It stuck mostly to the decks, stairs, and railings, and those are slick. It’s two degrees below the freeze where we are, and the roads were wet when it … Continue reading →

From Bloomberg Law : https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/garland-would-bring-rare-environmental-chops-as-attorney-general?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36009

From the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/26/mass-die-off-of-birds-in-south-western-us-caused-by-starvation-aoe?utm_term=8e65cf71ab81da53711a2aa69b324337&utm_campaign=GreenLight&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email

Merry Christmas! At 8:00 it’s 19 degrees, and the forecast high is 26. There’s maybe a half inch snow on the ground, except where it drifted. It was a wet snow, and the ground was warm, but with the temperature … Continue reading →

Sleeting pretty good out there with a driving north wind. Just started about 4:00. Could get nasty. It will freeze hard tonight. Get home soon, that’s my advice.

Right outside your window the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is happening now. Jupiter is the big planet directly west and Saturm is the red planet up about 1;00 above Saturn. Hasn’t been this close since 1623. It’s also the … Continue reading →