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heirloomgal

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What a winter, coldest and snowiest I can remember in a long while. Gonna be -33C/ -27F tonight and tomorrow night. There has been a lot of -30ish weather. Thank heavens we have space on both sides of the driveway for the snow, because I can see the spark of snow wars in the distance with some of the neighbors whose driveways abut one another. Really lots of snow this year and people are running out of places to pile it. Some of the front yard trees are piled right up to the canopy. I can't help but wonder if that's bad for the trees.
 

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[piled up snow] I can't help but wonder if that's bad for the trees.

i don't think so as there are trees growing in places on mountains that get a lot of snow up to the tree line. that's the point where trees can't persist because they can't grow enough (too cold for too long).

if the piled enough snow to last a lot longer it would probably kill the trees but that would take a lot of snow at lower elevations.

with a warmer climate the treeline has changed in some places by hundreds of feet.
 
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What a winter, coldest and snowiest I can remember in a long while. Gonna be -33C/ -27F tonight and tomorrow night. There has been a lot of -30ish weather. Thank heavens we have space on both sides of the driveway for the snow, because I can see the spark of snow wars in the distance with some of the neighbors whose driveways abut one another. Really lots of snow this year and people are running out of places to pile it. Some of the front yard trees are piled right up to the canopy. I can't help but wonder if that's bad for the trees.
We are getting a strangely warm winter. It often feels like April!
 

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strangely warm winter
And, this is in such contrast to other areas of the US.

We didn't hit a record for any highs, this week. The storms are sliding into the Seattle/Vancouver area with the forecast to bring rains all along the coastal area of the Pacific Northwest. We have an 80% chance of rain over this weekend. Snow level dropping to 3,000 feet elevation by the end of the storm. There is only about 12 inches of snow on the nearest mountain Snotel report and that amounts to 3.9 inches of water. It's good to see that there is some up there but it says 25% of normal.

Apparently, this deficit is throughout the Cascades. The national news stories about the recent floods on the westside of those mountains should have made more emphasis that the warmer weather and heavy rain in that area resulted in significant snow melt at high elevations, result –– serious and sudden flooding at lower elevations.
 

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Rain and grey skies today. Temps in the 30F over night and maybe reach 59F during the day. Rain drops on the window… looking out towards the tiny greenhouse.
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We're back in the polar vortex again with minus numbers F and in the 20s C. I predict this will be one of those years where it goes from winter to summer in a single day. Hopefully that day is not too far off. Dogs are going stir-crazy as their outdoor time is limited to quick runs out to potty and back in again before their paws freeze.
 

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looks like we missed whatever was supposed to get here last night but this morning we might get a few flurries.

the forecast removed all mentions of any snow, rain, ice, sleet, etc... but i do see something on the radar so we'll see what actually gets here.

they have not changed the forecast high of 39F for today though... are they doing a psych job here?
 

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looks like we missed whatever was supposed to get here last night but this morning we might get a few flurries.

the forecast removed all mentions of any snow, rain, ice, sleet, etc... but i do see something on the radar so we'll see what actually gets here.

they have not changed the forecast high of 39F for today though... are they doing a psych job here?
It is supposed to snow this weekend. We usually get a couple big storms each winter. This year we have had zero snow. We shall see if the snow pans out!
 

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