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9 years ago

Started raining here yesterday. Turned to snow during the night and might keep snowing until Wednesday. Temp is hovering around 32 though. Had an interesting drive here in SD though this morning. I wrote about it in WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TODAY.

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glenda_al

9 years ago

Severe weather headed our way and RAIN! YES! Blessed rain! Been in stage 4 drought conditions. They are hoping we'll have enough to put out some of the wildfires.

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9 years ago
Going to get much-needed rain here soon. The downside is that it might put our hardscaping work behind schedule ;(
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marilyn_c
9 years ago
A little front came through, so it was windy and over cast. I thought we'd get rain, but only a slight sprinkle. I think tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.
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9 years ago
We're looking at three days of rain [which has started now] with a possible total accumulation of three inches. It's cold and nasty outside...but we need the rain so badly that I'll willingly curl up under my toadstool until it's gone. It's been many, many years since CT has seen this severe of a drought condition. I've lived here for 28 years and I can't ever remember it being this bad. All water sources are at their lowest and all users are either on automatic restriction or being asked to voluntarily restrict. I purchase my potable water because I had recent health difficulties brought on by the contaminated local water supply. Right now...I'm very glad I made this decision.
Rosie
9 years ago
California has been in severe drought for the past several years, but this winter is shaping up to be a wet one in N. Cal. October brought record setting rain. This past week brought another series of wet storms which finally started to clear up this morning. Today was partly cloudy/partly sunny and cold (high 40's). Similar weather is expected for through this next weekend with highs in the mid 40's to mid 50's. Snow is in the forecast for Monday, but less than an inch is expected.
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 years ago
Ditto what Glenda said. I'm very interested in the wildfire report tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be nil!
moonie_57 (8 NC)
9 years ago
We have some rain in the forecast over the next few days but temps are going to be mild. So far we've only had 2 or 3 mornings in the low 30's and frost several times. Like in glenda's area, there are some wild fires in the western part of the state that will hopefully be helped by the rain.
lindaohnowga
9 years ago
Glenda's weather is heading to Georgia. We've had extremely strong winds this entire day. The rain is to start later tonight. We too are in a severe drought condition, some 40 days with no rain. Praying the rain puts out the fires in the north GA area.
carol_in_california
9 years ago
It rained yesterday.....half an inch. Everyone is so excited.

Our central coast is in extreme drought and has been for 5 years.

Today was cloudy with intermittent bursts of sunshine.....warm enough to open a few windows for several hours.

The weeds and California poppies are thriving and I have some volunteer tomatoes coming up in several places.

No more rain predicted for a couple of weeks.
lily316
9 years ago
We basically haven't had a rainy day since May, so we'd better get this rain that's coming. Every other time it totally misses us...goes north, south, east or west. Sooooo dry. Driest fall ever and hottest year ever with every month 5 degrees above normal.
jemdandy
9 years ago
We've had 24 hrs of off and on rain - accumulated an inch or more. High temp was 40 F.
phyllis__mn
9 years ago
Most of our 13" of snow is gone as it's been raining and temps in the 30's.
chisue
9 years ago
We've already had a hard freeze, so...maybe this is our Indian Summer. It's sunny now and predicted to reach 57F today. However, I see a low of 29F in the forecast a few days from now. Very Short Indian Summer!
stacey_mb
9 years ago
Our later-than-usual snowfall is happening today with just below freezing temperatures. Roads are very icy and dangerous for driving. Sadly, the husband of a friend died yesterday when his car went out of control and hit another vehicle.
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 years ago
(((stacey, friend and family)))
sheilajoyce_gw
9 years ago
I live in coastal Southern California, and we had two days of mostly gentle rain and cooler weather with the front. We welcomed it but would have loved more. It was hot on Thanksgiving; so much so that I served brunch on the patio. I had bought cider to mull for the afternoon, but it was just too warm for mulled cider. So I saved it to make for Christmastime. My younger son loves to build fires in our family room fireplace, but it was too warm for a fire on Thanksgiving itself. We did have a good fire during the rain.
Rusty
9 years ago
We hit just over 90 degrees here yesterday, it's 88 now. Also very dry, we need rain bad, but none in sight. I think a small front is due in sometime next week, I'll believe it when I see it.

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ldstarr
9 years ago
After our 10" of snow the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, we are now having another warm spell. It was 50ish yesterday and quite sunny. More overcast today, but 56 degrees this afternoon. Tomorrow it is supposed to reach the low 60's, but begin to rain.

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