Murphy's Weather

Currently 30 with an average wind from the E of 10 mph making it feel like 21. Dew Point 30, Humidity 97%, Barometer 29.93 & falling, Visibility 1.0 mi., Sunrise 7:50 am, Sunset 6:02 pm. 100% chance of morning freezing rain turning to rain, high 42. ESE winds 10 – 20 mph.

60% chance of an evening rain/snow mix changing to overnight snow. Low 17. WSW winds 20-30 mph with gusts to 40.

Got another .20″ of overnight ice/rain. Yesterday measured .52″. The iced rain gauge pretty much sums up trying to measure stuff this week.

This is ridiculous. Last week we dealt with the bitter, brutal cold and the snow. This week it’s ice. Got a solid icing yesterday, the trees, etc., still haven’t de-iced. Today the freezing rain will become rain, which will make everything a bleeping nightmare by tomorrow morning as we’re expecting a flash freeze overnight. Everything should resemble a skating rink by tomorrow’s commute. Just insane weather.

I’ve lived in and around this area for the past 60+ years and I’ve never seen schools closed for a week and more at a time. Last week they were mostly all closed, this week seems to be ditto…and then, yes, this is clearly nuts, the schools had some sort of ‘legitimate’ reason to be closed for a couple of days and then Viola! more weather closing. Now anyone with a working brain would have figured out that due to the horrendous weather conditions, whatever ‘meetings’ or whatever could have been cancelled or postponed, right? No…obviously no working brains involved, so the kids will be going to school this spring/summer long into the month of June to make up for these days. I’m betting they’re going to hate that with a passion. About like most of us are hating this winter’s rugged weather.

Currently 30 with an average wind from the NNE of 6 mph making it feel like 24 degrees. Dew Point 29, Humidity 95%, Barometer 29.94, Visibility 4 mi., Sunrise 7:51 am, Sunset 6:00 pm. Cloudy today with a high around 35. NE winds 5 – 10 mph.

70% chance of another night of freezing rain. Areas of patchy fog. Low 28. E winds 5 – 10 mph.

Had .52″ of liquid in the gauge once I melted down the frozen rain. Branches all coated with ice and plenty of power outages (lucky me, this time I wasn’t numbered among them), bad roads to drive on with traffic signals out. Not a pleasant morning. And it looks as if another night of freezing rain is taking aim at us tonight. Not good. As much as I hate the cold and snow, I’ll take that over this ice stuff any day. Oh well…we’re heading toward March and that’s a very good, encouraging thing.

Currently 27 with a N wind of 8 mph making it feel like 19 degrees. Dew Point 21, Humidity 77%, Barometer 30.17 & rising, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:52 am, Sunset 5:59 pm. Overcast today. NE wind 5 – 10 mph. High 32.

100% chance of wintry precipitation overnight. 1″ of snow and ice possible. Low 24. E winds 10 – 20 mph.

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 10pm Tuesday through 1:00pm Wednesday. Freezing rain, sleet & snow expected. Significant icing possible.

Not looking forward to Winter Storm Lucian breezing through. Snow and cold are one thing, ice is quite another. The most dangerous of winter situations. Driving is a dangerous nightmare, chance of power outages…nothing good to look forward to over the next day or so.

Currently 46 with an average wind from the S of 12 mph making it feel like 41. Dew Point 44, Humidity 92%, Barometer 29.72 & falling, Visibility 9 mi., Sunrise 7:54 am, Sunset 5:58 pm. Cloudy today with an 80% chance of light rain, mostly in the afternoon. High 48, SW winds 10 -20 mph.

Cloudy overnight with a low of 21. WNW winds  10 – 20 mph.

Much warmer right now. SO good to walk outside without freezing to death. Lots of the snow cover is packing down and melting – down to about 7″ now. Will be lots lets over the next few days. Can find no fault with this. Dealing with fog is ever so much easier. Lucky this latest winter storm – Kai – is missing us and going way off to the north. Not good for the UP, but for us, we’re only going to get some light rain from it.

Currently 43 with an average wind from the W of 12 mph making it feel like 36 degrees. Dew Point 41, Humidity 93%, Barometer 29.85 & falling, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:55 am, Sunset 5:56 pm. Cloudy with periods of drizzle. High 44. SW winds 10 – 15 mph.

Cloudy with off and on drizzle. Areas of fog. Low 39. SSW winds 5 – 10 mph.

Deep, slushy snow all over the parking lots, drives and some sidewalks right now. The rain and the increase in temperature is doing a good job of melting the mountains of snow, but leaving a mess to wade though as it does. The smart people are wearing boots, those not quite so bright are wearing soggy socks and shoes. Oh well…At least we aren’t dealing with that bitter, brutal cold for now. What a week we’ve just gone through!

Currently 20 with a SSW wind of 11 mph making it feel like 8 degrees. Dew Point 20, Humidity 99%, Barometer 30.09 & falling, Visibility 5 mi., Sunrise 7:56 am, Sunset 5:55 pm. Partly cloudy morning becoming a cloudy afternoon with a 50% chance of freezing drizzle. High 38. SW winds 10 -20 mph.

50% chance of drizzle overnight, dense fog. Low 34. SSW winds 10 -15 mph.

Not a bad morning, much better than the past week has been. At least the temperature and the wind chill is over zero. Would be nice to be able to say we’re going to finally have a dry weekend, but Mother Nature is a beastly creature at best, so no, we can’t go that far. Chance of drizzle, freezing drizzle, rain. Just more discomfort added to what’s already here. I’d love to get out to the store this morning. SO much snow out there and the roads are still a nightmare for the most part. Just so tired of this weather.

And yes, that annual rodent popped out and predicted an early Spring, but right here, right now, nobody is going to be much in the mood to believe it. Would be nice, but not very darn likely.

Currently 3 with an ESE wind of 4 mph making it feel like -4 degrees. Dew Point -6, Humidity 61%, Barometer 30.42 & rising, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:57 am, Sunset 5:54 pm.  Mix of sun and clouds today, high 16. SSE winds 5 – 10 mph.

Cloudy tonight with a low of 8 mph, SSW  winds 10 -15 mph.

First day in some time where we have an above zero temperature. Wind chill still down there, but this tiny warm up is encouraging.  Still 15″ of snow on the ground, but only a scant .20 feel last night. That’s good as the snow simply did not want to quit this week.

I’ve heard that the entire month of February is due to be below average, which is NOT good news, but hey…we’re heading in the right direction. Eventually it’s going to warm up and put this dismal winter behind us. Can’t wait!