viejo gringo

It only snows in the Rio Grande valley about once every 100 years
---Yea, it is xmas eve and it is sleeting and SNOWING--my grand daughter just made two snow balls---flowers are covered with sheets and they are damp and frozen solid---expect 50 tomorrow---80 on Tuesday....now that is my kind of winter...VG

CinnamonGirl

Mom measured fifteen inches....and they still haven't plowed our street

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Blackthorn

Well at least I was sleeping though the highlighted hours below....FARRRGIN COLD!!!!

Past 24 Hours
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MOST RECENT DATA: 10am est 25-DEC-04

LOCATION TIME TEMP REAL REL WIND PRES VIS. WEATHER
* deg FEEL HUM DIR/SPD inches miles
* F F pct mph
HAMILTON, OH 11am 7 10 79 WSW/5 30.43 10 SUNNY
12pm
1pm 12 9 58 WSW/7 30.37 10 SUNNY
2pm 13 12 53 WSW/6 30.35 10 SUNNY
3pm 14 11 51 WSW/6 30.33 10 CLEAR
4pm 14 10 44 WSW/6 30.33 10 CLEAR
5pm 11 4 50 NW/7 30.32 10 CLEAR
6pm 7 2 57 NW/6 30.31 10 CLEAR
7pm -2 7 71 0 30.32 10 CLEAR
8pm -6 4 78 0 30.32 10 CLEAR
9pm -8 2 82 0 30.32 10 CLEAR
10pm -10 0 81 0 30.32 10 CLEAR
11pm -11 -1 78 0 30.30 10 CLEAR
12am -11 -1 74 0 30.32 9 CLEAR
1am -14 -3 78 0 30.31 9 CLEAR
2am -15 -4 77 0 30.30 8 CLEAR
3am
4am -18 -7 81 0 30.28 8 CLEAR
5am -18 -7 81 0 30.26 7 CLEAR
6am -17 -6 82 0 30.25 7 CLEAR
7am -14 -3 78 0 30.26 8 CLEAR
8am -12 -1 78 0 30.29 7 MOSTLY CLOUDY
9am -10 2 81 0 30.29 6 HAZE
10am -4 9 82 0 30.29 5 HAZE
HAO 22 temps: high= 14 at 3pm low= -18 at 4am mean= -4.1 precip= 0.00

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scott_p_1

We got out suckerpunch early-mid november. Got a foot and a 1/2 one night. Haven't really had anything big since then.

Thought I'd share a picture of one of last years big storms with everybody:

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Grasshopper Green

There isn't a whole lot of snow here right now, maybe an inch or two. We really haven't had any bad storms yet (knock on wood). Hopefully we don't get any either; on the day after Christmas last year we got the worst storm in 22 years. That sucked!

Oh how I miss NC, with snowfall maybe once a year.

Hubby better agree to move after he finishes school

raeanna74

I honestly have to say that I love the snow. I don't enjoy the intense cold we've gotten this week. A constant 10-20 below is a bit cold. It's starting to warm up again. Only 1 degree F right now. Not below zero. That's more bearable.

As for snow. I can find lots of things to do in it. love when it's just slightly slippery and I can do the run and skid thing. I did that through the Walmart parking lot to get to my car on Mon this past week. Maybe people thought I was nuts. I figured - hey I'm slipping and sliding anyway so I'll just make it a controlled slide and have fun with it.

I enjoy cross country skiing, skating (my favorite), making snow men, snowball fights, making quinsies (a different version of the igloo), and the candle light ski-walks that our local state park holds about 4 or 5 times a year.

It's awesome. Get a park sticker and you can go, walk through the dark woods with only candles to light your way. Others walking along the trail in the dark that sometimes keep to themselves or join you to chat along the way. At the end of the trail is a large log shelter with huge fireplaces and roaring fires, hot chocolate and hot dogs to eat before heading back on the trail to your cars. Not something you can enjoy quite so much without the snow and chill.

Did you know that an igloo or quinsy with a 1 foot thick wall can maintain a temperature of about 40 inside, sometimes even warmer??

I love to make snow cream (a version of icecream that my Alaskan relatives shared with us). Made with eggs, cream, vanilla, and sugar and lots of clean white snow. Mmmmm - goes great with pound cake. DEFINATELY NOT diet food.

I love making molasses candy. If you've read "Little House in the Woods" you might remember it.

I can think of so many good things about winter.

Besides can you think of a better excuse for snuggling up inside with your sweetheart and shutting off the outside world for just a little while.

That all said I do get a bit of cabin fever during January. I think it makes me appreciate the rain in spring and the warm days in summer that much more.

BTW Dawson and Co just couldn't resist calling while we were in the low negative temps this week. They just had to tell us about their 70 temps and going to the beach.

Every season and climate has it good points I think.

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Frowning Budah

I went home to Colorado for Christmas and got snow. Cold and ugly for a few days I was home. Went back to Florida. Guess what, cold and ugly and yes just a few flakes for Christmas. Actually warmer in Colorado. Oh well. Merry Christmas