Calm before the Storm

Oldtimer · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject: Calm before the Storm

Beautiful day again- 40 degree shirt sleeve weather....But it looks like we are in for a change tonite---Winter Storm Watch for MT., Dakotas, Canada... Supposed to be freezing rain coming in from Saskatchewan tonite turning to snow-- 4" to 18" depending on where you are......But temps remaining in the 30's for the rest of the year......

I'll take a little snow over cold anytime.......

greg · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

45 F this morn,crazy weather for us, kinda scary whats gonna happen when the snow hits....cows still grazing, just started feedin horses other day,ya i do believe its the calm before the storm O.T

Big Muddy rancher · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

It's still better then the storm before the storm and the next and the next. Like we have had some years. A couple years ago you didn't leave home in the morning knowing that you could get home in the afternoon.

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Which way is this storm headed? We could use some snow but i just checked the forecast for here and its talking showers.... Rolling Eyes

Oldtimer · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

greg · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject:

Even if I didn't see your pics I woulda believed you O.T....you have more snow then we do but our hayfield also has green in it.Thats why our cattle still grazing

Oldtimer · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

Got about an inch of sloppy wet snow during the night- predicting another 3 inches today- temps are hovering right around 32 degrees with little wind.. With the old snow and ice hidden underneath it makes walking in some places a little hazardous as I found out when I was packing in some grain to the young bulls........

PureCountry · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:57 am Post subject:

Our cows are out on swath-grazing and we're lovin' it. The calves are growing like weeds and the cows are actually putting weight on. When we went over our feed analysis, the forage specialist said the only trouble we'd have with it, would be the cows getting fat. So it's pretty good stuff. There's enough feed to last until about the first of February, then we're gonna wean.

Great year to be a grazier. Wink

Oldtimer · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

Wierd -Wierd Weather...Ended up with only an inch of wet snow out of that last storm.....Then today was pea soup thick fog all day-- and now the weather boys are predicting freezing rain for tonite and rain for tomorrow...Seems more like the weather they normally get west of the Continental Divide....

Long range forecast says temps with highs in the 20 to 40 range and lows in the 10-20 range thru the middle of January...

The pessimist in me wonders what the full moon will bring in for the rest of January and Feb...

theHiredMansWife · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject:

By the time that storm got over here it was rain. Pure and simple rain. We didn't get much, maybe a quarter inch. But *rain*, at the end of December? And it still didn't freeze, even last night.
Today was in the low 50s again...

Turkey Track Bar · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject:

We got home from our trek to Colorado late yesterday afternoon, with the last 8 miles being the worse---I bet we had 5+ inches of very wet snow (like a mountain snow rather than plains snow!) and probably got close to 5 more inches last night.

I think this wet snow will be a blessing--we were starting to get dry. I hope those in the southern plains of OK and TX get some moisture soon, as well as those in the southwest and Colorado!

I'll try and get a picture tomorrow of the wet, heavy stuff!!!

New Years Cheers---

TTB

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