Your weather

[airgunaut]

We drove into a completely unexpected snow event on our way to the next county. State highway crews were already scraping the road, but the snow intensified on our return trip many hours later. High temps were supposed to be in the mid- or high-30s but I doubt it got above freezing all day. Nights have been dropping into the single digits, with more coming.

Minutes after we got home, there was an accident one mile south of the road we turn onto to go home. We must've passed the site barely ahead of when the wreck happened. Whew.

[avator]

Looks like it's done raining... for now.
I need to get out and drag in some fire wood.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

It is -11 degrees F below zero this morning here in my part of central north east Minnesota.
The wind chill is around -30 F to -35 F degrees below zero.
The high today should be around +8 F.
It is supposed to warm up to +25 F tomorrow and stay there until Saturday.
After Saturday it could get even colder with daytime highs that are below zero.

Best Wishes - Tom

[Back_Roads]

  Bracing myself for the next round of cold Tommy is sending my way next

[avator]

Global warming at it's finest.   

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

  Bracing myself for the next round of cold Tommy is sending my way next

  Bracing myself for the next round of cold Tommy is sending my way next

Here it comes James, heading your way too. 

Best Wishes - Tom

[Hoosier Daddy]

9f degrees here this morning... Been in the teens for a while now but this is the first morning in single digits.
 I am officially over it and ready for April. 

[Madd Hatter]

9f degrees here this morning... Been in the teens for a while now but this is the first morning in single digits.
 I am officially over it and ready for April. 

Same here in Prescott this morning.🥶🥶

[Motorhead]

Not a cloud to be seen ... bright Blue skies, sunrise temp @ 42*f now 50* at 10am
Simply beautiful winters day 

[anti-squirrel]

We're a balmy 36* F with the typical intense mid-Winter sun.  Sunglasses are a must if you go outside; I have some Wiley-X prescription safety/sunglasses- probably the best investment I've made on anything in a long time.

We're in for wintry mix this weekend, so I'll probably be skipping a float down the James to our property.  OTOH, I can start building the frame for my newest Bad Idea, FrankenMower 2, 1st build.  My old push FrankenMower needs a carb, coil, and sparkplug, so I'll be working on it as well.

[ricksplace]

Tommy -I didn't notice you taking my picture this morning!  It was -27C (-16.6F) this morning with 25cm (10") of fresh snow to shovel. Beautiful day for skiing.
Up here we say we get 10 months of winter and two months of poor sleddin'.

The ice racing guys are happy. They can race this year. Last winter was so warm the ice on Lake Superior maxed out at 11 inches thick in a sheltered bay. They can't get insurance if the ice is less than 18 inches thick. Lake Superior ice is usually three to six feet thick around Thunder Bay and the Northern shore.

Here's a short video of Rick Mercer ice racing in Thunder Bay.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DGFPGDpzQAh0&ved=2ahUKEwiU7e7hh_aKAxVUMTQIHZTKJo8Qjjh6BAggEAE&usg=AOvVaw1voB0KXJY6h6MKYeDHxgIT

[Back_Roads]

 Looks like good clean frozen fun Rick, back in my wild days I would do just that at the same speeds in my Opel Manta, yes I had roll bars and at lest one helmet LOL

[Blowpipe Sam]

Yesterday was raw and bitter here in sunny Flarda.  I don’t have to take a boat out if the temperature is below 40 F.  We don’t want to give any tourist  hypothermia.  No one showed for the 0940 boat but I had a couple of hardy fools on the 1100. By then the temperature had risen above freezing and I knew it would be warmer out on the river.  The river is a stable temperature year round.  69. F.  The first two boats were cold enough to aggravate my frostbitten hands and I had to wear gloves but after that it improved.  Temps climbed into the high sixties this afternoon and I walked the dogs in shirt sleeves.  This is the best time of year to be in N Florida even if it is overcast, raining, and cold.

[Madd Hatter]

It's a lot warmer here at home than it was at my daughter's house. It was in the 20s with wind chill of 17f.

[airgunaut]

Yesterday was raw and bitter here in sunny Flarda.  I don’t have to take a boat out if the temperature is below 40 F.  We don’t want to give any tourist  hypothermia.  No one showed for the 0940 boat but I had a couple of hardy fools on the 1100. By then the temperature had risen above freezing and I knew it would be warmer out on the river.  The river is a stable temperature year round.  69. F.  The first two boats were cold enough to aggravate my frostbitten hands and I had to wear gloves but after that it improved.  Temps climbed into the high sixties this afternoon and I walked the dogs in shirt sleeves.  This is the best time of year to be in N Florida even if it is overcast, raining, and cold.

Any mass fish kills from the cold weather? I drove to that part of FL in February 2010. Camped in nothing but below-freezing temps even in Louisiana FL, until I got south of Pensacola. And it was still pouring cold rain. When I arrived at Fort DeSoto SP, the stench of the rotting fish on at least one beach was overwhelming. We all had to step carefully. It was colder in FL than it was in mid-coast ME at that time!

[Hoosier Daddy]

Tomorrow is the foretasted to start warming trend to the 30's on Saturday... then slammed back down into the negatives starting Monday

[Blowpipe Sam]

Yesterday was raw and bitter here in sunny Flarda.  I don’t have to take a boat out if the temperature is below 40 F.  We don’t want to give any tourist  hypothermia.  No one showed for the 0940 boat but I had a couple of hardy fools on the 1100. By then the temperature had risen above freezing and I knew it would be warmer out on the river.  The river is a stable temperature year round.  69. F.  The first two boats were cold enough to aggravate my frostbitten hands and I had to wear gloves but after that it improved.  Temps climbed into the high sixties this afternoon and I walked the dogs in shirt sleeves.  This is the best time of year to be in N Florida even if it is overcast, raining, and cold.

Any mass fish kills from the cold weather? I drove to that part of FL in February 2010. Camped in nothing but below-freezing temps even in Louisiana FL, until I got south of Pensacola. And it was still pouring cold rain. When I arrived at Fort DeSoto SP, the stench of the rotting fish on at least one beach was overwhelming. We all had to step carefully. It was colder in FL than it was in mid-coast ME at that time!

The river stays warm enough and it never freezes long enough here for a fish kill on the Wakulla.  The Wacissa river is longer so it is subject to fish kills but it takes at least three nights in the 20's to cause one.  I've seen fish kills and I've also seen fish stunned by the cold so that they floated to the surface.  Once the sun warmed them up a little they were able to swim away.

[Madd Hatter]

Suppose to go down to 20f tonight but warm up to 58 tomorrow. Not sure about wind. Normally the highs are only in the 30s and 40s.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

The Arctic Blast has arrived.
-1 F this morning with a -25 F wind chill.
The high for tomorrow is predicted to be -5 F and - 10 for a Monday high.

Best Wishes - Tom

[avator]

Rain right now but should stop within the hour. The sun is supposed to come out and temps to raise to low 70's. Then rain is supposed to return around 5 or so this evening for a few hours.