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Since Jersey Lilly mentioned 7 inches of rain...here's our forecast: :shock:


A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS HEAVY WET SNOW DEVELOPS OVER
THE AREA. THE HEAVY EARLY SEASON SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE DOWNED TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES MAY BE
COMMON BY MONDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTALS OVER 10 INCHES POSSIBLE
LOCALLY.
 
It's been lightly misting here all day until about 2 hours ago, it actually turned to rain. First rain we've had since Early August. I'm sure glad to see it. Now the forecast is for rain and snow tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully it stays liquid and doesn't turn white. Snow now will knock my barley & oats over. I was waiting a few more days to get past this wet spell before I swath it.

Batten down the hatches FH, stay warm and dry when you can.
 
We got about 4 inches on the mountain Thursday and they got 18 inches in the high Uinta mountains along the Wyoming/Utah border. Welcome to fall in the west. If ya don't like the weather just wait 20 minutes!
 
Yep-- sounds like starting tonite- a week of nasty weather...Rain/Snow, windy and cold-- with temps dropping down into the 30's for highs and teens for lows (that should nip the skeeters :wink: ).....But then about mid month warming back up into the 60's...
 
Cows know the weather is changing....My son went up this morning with the 4 wheeler right at daylight and was going to make a circle in the community pasture looking for our cows and start pushing them together- and we were coming up a little later to help gather them and sort them out....A little after 8 he called and said don't bother coming up- as he found all of them within a 1/4 mile of the gate- and already had them kicked into the empty pasture to the north....I'll let them work thru that on their own today (and maybe tomorrow too if its nasty as they predict) and then on Tuesday trail them the final 10 miles home...
But they knew it was getting time to go home- and all gathering near the gate....
 
We got two inches here in Jerome, it will probably melt soon, it is a heavy wet snow that is breaking many trees
 
Oldtimer said:
Cows know the weather is changing....My son went up this morning with the 4 wheeler right at daylight and was going to make a circle in the community pasture looking for our cows and start pushing them together- and we were coming up a little later to help gather them and sort them out....A little after 8 he called and said don't bother coming up- as he found all of them within a 1/4 mile of the gate- and already had them kicked into the empty pasture to the north....I'll let them work thru that on their own today (and maybe tomorrow too if its nasty as they predict) and then on Tuesday trail them the final 10 miles home...
But they knew it was getting time to go home- and all gathering near the gate....
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They do know when it's time to head home. Do you have to normally do much sorting? We don't, the two herds seem to stay separated during the summer, with the younger cows "mingling" a little, and some of the bulls. Our cows always hang on the south side of whatever pasture they may be in, and the other permittee's hang to the north :D .

When we bring the forest cattle home, my personal cattle hang together in their little "click" until we start feeding. It's interesting how cow families hang together as well. We kept a few old cow pairs home this summer, and ran them with the yearling heifers. The old cows which had 08' heifers "paired" back up with them (not nursing them, just wanted them around), and when I seperated them this fall, bawled for them.
 
WyomingRancher said:
Oldtimer said:
Cows know the weather is changing....My son went up this morning with the 4 wheeler right at daylight and was going to make a circle in the community pasture looking for our cows and start pushing them together- and we were coming up a little later to help gather them and sort them out....A little after 8 he called and said don't bother coming up- as he found all of them within a 1/4 mile of the gate- and already had them kicked into the empty pasture to the north....I'll let them work thru that on their own today (and maybe tomorrow too if its nasty as they predict) and then on Tuesday trail them the final 10 miles home...
But they knew it was getting time to go home- and all gathering near the gate....
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They do know when it's time to head home. Do you have to normally do much sorting? We don't, the two herds seem to stay separated during the summer, with the younger cows "mingling" a little, and some of the bulls. Our cows always hang on the south side of whatever pasture they may be in, and the other permittee's hang to the north :D .

When we bring the forest cattle home, my personal cattle hang together in their little "click" until we start feeding. It's interesting how cow families hang together as well. We kept a few old cow pairs home this summer, and ran them with the yearling heifers. The old cows which had 08' heifers "paired" back up with them (not nursing them, just wanted them around), and when I seperated them this fall, bawled for them.
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Nope-- you hit it perfect- usually very little sorting as my cows pretty much stay together...And then the other cows in the pasture all go out to the south- while mine go out to the north-- so they even divide up more this time of year....About the only time we had problems was when we took a bunch of yearlings down- and they'd get all mixed up....

About all I'll have to do to get these home the rest of the way is open gates- and keep the neighbors who's pasture I trail thru cows away- and these old girls will go home on their own....And if its a cool day- they'll make that 10 miles easily in 3 hours....
 
it started raining lightly about dark last night, not sure when it switched over but we have about 2-3 inches of snow this morning and still coming down. glad we got the rye seeded sat. night :D
 
We're just starting to get the first misty rain here....Foggy out- with a Temp of 42 with about a 10-15 mph breeze.....

Sounds like most of this storm/snow will stay south of the Missouri- altho our area could be nasty and cold all week with lows down into the teens....

But the weather boys are still predicting a warm up next week- with temps approaching back to near 70.... :)
 
It rained here last night and is a mixture of rain/snow now.

Brother-in-law who lives in Buffalo, Wyoming said they got
2 feet. :shock: :shock: :shock: No kidding.
He said he stood outside last night and listened to the trees break.
A big tree fell on the neighbors house... :shock: ...he said it's
the worst he has ever seen. Very still and all that wet, heavy
snow...breaking the heck out of the trees. :cry:

I wonder about the sheep in that country...wonder if any are still
on the mountain, or if they have brought them out already.
 
I Luv Herfrds said:
Just a bit of rain and a couple of snow flakes. Looks like it all pretty much went south of us.
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Same here- barely enough to make the ground wet--and tomorrow they are saying sunny and back in the 50's.... :)

But not everywhere in the state was that lucky...Some pictures from the Rapelje area:

http://5barx.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3487
 
started raining here Sat. around noon, turned into snow Sunday afternoon, woke up to no power this morning and 6 inches of heavy wet snow, trees snapped all over the place
 

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