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[Dave]

This morning it is 13 degrees out. If it keeps this up I might have to go search for my long handles. I know they are here somewhere. The question is where. I haven't seen them since last January. The wife wouldn't take them to the Goodwill........... well maybe I hadn't worn them in months.

 

[CowboyRam]

It was about 10 here this morning. I usually don't get out the long handles until it drops below zero, or I know I am going to be out in it for a long time. Just feeding I'm usually not out all that long.

 

[Warren Allison]

65 here, and raining. Was in the 30's for lows last weekend. This is what happens to us down here in winter. Cold and clear for a few days, usually windy. Then it warns up for a few days, but when it does, it rains. I got behind tagging the calves, and banding and giving a tetnus shot to the bull calves, because it was too cold for me to do it Sunday. Today I decided it was too wet. The rain is supposed to get out of here tonight, then start clearing up and cooling down again. I am gonna just do it tomorrow, whatever the weather is.

 

[Katpau]

Just the opposite here, most of the time. If the temperature is above 65, it doesn't rain, but as soon as the temperature drops to a point where the grass won't grow, it starts raining.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

When does the grass start growing again in SW Oregon? Grass hay is expensive and hard to find.

 

[Ned Jr.]

We had a wind chill of -20 this morning.

 

[Ouachita]

Y'all are tougher than woodpecker lips.

 

[Dave]

We had a wind chill of -20 this morning.

We haven't had any wind. Last week it was socked in fog. Low about 18-20 and a high about 24-26. Felt a whole lot colder than 13 did this morning. Yesterday and today no fog and sunny. The high around 37-38 and it was down right comfortable.

 

[Warren Allison]

Just the opposite here, most of the time. If the temperature is above 65, it doesn't rain, but as soon as the temperature drops to a point where the grass won't grow, it starts raining.

Which side of the Rockies are you on? Down here, we get warm moist air out of the gulf, until a cold front from the north/Canada pushes down in a high pressure center. The high pressure center brings down the clear, and cold.

 

[Katpau]

We are well east of the Rocky Mountains and also east of the Cascade Mountains. We get extremely dry summers, with very little rain from mid-June through September. If we are lucky we may get rain in October, but it seems like it needs to get cold to trigger the rain. From November through mid-March it will rain often. It begins tapering off in March until there is almost nothing.

 

[coachg]

We've been in n the 20's a couple of mornings. Pretty cold for December in N Alabama. I've put on my insulated long handles a few times. Mainly when I'm putting out hay on the open tractor.

 

[Dave]

We are well east of the Rocky Mountains and also east of the Cascade Mountains. We get extremely dry summers, with very little rain from mid-June through September. If we are lucky we may get rain in October, but it seems like it needs to get cold to trigger the rain. From November through mid-March it will rain often. It begins tapering off in March until there is almost nothing.

Correction. Unless Roseburg and the entire state of Oregon moved a long ways you are well WEST of both the Rockies and the Cascades. In fact as the crow flies Roseburg is only about 60-70 miles east of the Pacific Ocean.

 

[Katpau]

Correction. Unless Roseburg and the entire state of Oregon moved a long ways you are well WEST of both the Rockies and the Cascades. In fact as the crow flies Roseburg is only about 60-70 miles east of the Pacific Ocean.

You are absolutely correct. I would blame spellcheck, but it was just another senior moment. My husband is always yelling at me "No...Your other Left!", whenever I turn the wrong way from the direction he just called out. I meant to type West but my hands typed East. Apparently I have now added East versus West to my lack of direction.

 

[Dave]

You are absolutely correct. I would blame spellcheck, but it was just another senior moment. My husband is always yelling at me "No...Your other Left!", whenever I turn the wrong way from the direction he just called out. I meant to type West but my hands typed East. Apparently I have now added East versus West to my lack of direction.

Maybe you are so far to the west that you are now east.

 

[Brute 23]

It's 40 deg this morning. We have shut down on non-essential activities due to weather with the exception of hunting.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

It's 40 deg this morning. We have shut down on non-essential activities due to weather with the exception of hunting.

Say what? 40 degrees is barely long sleeve weather. It's -4° here and it's pretty much business as usual. Lol

 

[Brute 23]

Say what? 40 degrees is barely long sleeve weather. It's -4° here and it's pretty much business as usual. Lol

Not in the STX. You should see how many clothes my dad put on this morning. Every one is walking around like Cartman on South Park.

 

[redcowsrule33]

Woke up to-11F with the wind blowing. Was in the 40s this weekend and will be back up to the upper 30s in two days. Might have to wear gloves.

 

[Dave]

Not in the STX. You should see how many clothes my dad put on this morning. Every one is walking around like Cartman on South Park.

40 degrees is a darn nice day. Much above 90 here in the summer and everyone is running for cover. The regional differences in the weather and how they affect people is always interesting. I worked with a guy from Forks WA up in SE Alaska. Both of those areas get 200 inches of rain a year. He said he was visiting his sister and husband in Louisiana. They had a logging company down there. He said there was a light rain falling. The husband told the sister to call the boys and tell them no work today. "No use a man working in weather like this." He told his BIL don't ever come to Forks because if you don't work in the rain you will never work.

 

[Ouachita]

Maybe you are so far to the west that you are now east.

At that latitude, she's about 18,000 miles east of the Cascades