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Looks like we may escape this one as its a bit warmer than expected but over the weekend we may get an ice storm. How about an ice storm in Arizona, sounds like fun, :)
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So far so good but waiting to see what will happen tonite and whether we wil see a significant freeze.
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Cold high pressure system setting on top of us. It makes for very beautiful sunny days, but damn cold ones. Toward morning we get a hoar frost (would be dew in the summer), so every morning there is a dusting of fresh white powdery snow. It was -18F this moring with a high expected of -5F. And the -5F is expected to be the high for the next several days. Our old leaky house's heating system on a calm sunny day can keep the house about 65F above ambient. It will be days of sweaters and long johns and a warm laptop on the lap will actually feel nice and welcome.

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Abit more dry snow last night, and cleaned most of it up this morning. Freezing rain is on the way on Saturday followed by more wintry mix on Monday and Thursday of next week. The pattern appears its going to change at the end of next week.
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Freezing rain all day so pretty much trapped at home.
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It is 15 below zero now and going down quickly. I think -25 is the project low and they are calling for 35-50 mph winds. The high tomorrow is expected to be -10 and windy, so it looks like we will be at home all day as well.
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We've never been below zero here and Ive been here since 1967. Here they think the 20s are cold.
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Thankfully the temp came up and melted the accumulated ice from last nights freezing rain. Roads were nasty and a few trees went down from the weight.
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Spent 5.5 hours yesterday shoveling the sleet off the sidewalks in our 17 building complex. Miserable conditions and now Im at home resting as i overdid and am having some physical issues.
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We had two weeks of nice early spring weather. The frost was out of the ground and the grass was starting to look a bit green. It was 50 yesterday. But it ended at sunrise this morning when it started snowing. We have ~5 inches down now and it is expected to continue snowing until 9pm, so we could end up with 8-10 inches when it is over. It is 30 out now and the snow is wet and heavy. My back is aching just thinking about shoveling. As a silver lining with the frost gone gone it should melt and sink into the ground, which will leave everything just perfect for spring planting.
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