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Yep . . . the land of NASCAR (er, NASCRAP) is expecting white stuff.
It's March the FIRST . . . the trees got spoiled a couple of weeks back when we had highs in the 60's and they're now wanting to bud out. Spring isn't officially in for about 3 more weeks yet.
The Weather Channel just announced the snow is in Atlanta right now as I'm typing. We're expected to start seeing ours sometime this afternoon.
Right now we've got rain and have had it since Friday afternoon. Nonstop rain. The low Friday was around 50 and stayed that way through the morning yesterday. Then the temp started falling into the 40's and by the time I left the Litter Box around 4, it was in the low 40's. I picked up what little we needed (needed more drinks, cleaning stuff and a loaf of bread) made a quick smoke run, then to the drugstore to pick up meds before heading home.
Right now the temp is holding at 33 and we've got sleet that's been falling all morning. It's accumulating a little on the trees and power lines. Depending on which channel you listen to, the amount of snow expected changes slightly:
Weatherbug: 4-8 inches expected by morning.
Digtriad.com (aka WFMY News2) 3-7 inches total
WXII (Channel 12) - 3-5 inches (that was yesterday at 6 a.m.)
And of course, with any icing, we can expect possible power outages. I've got the cell phone charged (just in case we lose power) and the laundry is almost done (gotta have clean clothes.) Plenty of groceries in the house (got a bunch stocked up on Wednesday.)
We'll probably have slick roads for the next couple of days: lows tonight are expected to be around 25, high maybe 33 again tomorrow and a bone-chillng 14 for tomorrow night.
Bright side is that we're expecting upper 60's for highs by Friday.
Strange weather it is here in North Carolina . . .
It's March the FIRST . . . the trees got spoiled a couple of weeks back when we had highs in the 60's and they're now wanting to bud out. Spring isn't officially in for about 3 more weeks yet.
The Weather Channel just announced the snow is in Atlanta right now as I'm typing. We're expected to start seeing ours sometime this afternoon.
Right now we've got rain and have had it since Friday afternoon. Nonstop rain. The low Friday was around 50 and stayed that way through the morning yesterday. Then the temp started falling into the 40's and by the time I left the Litter Box around 4, it was in the low 40's. I picked up what little we needed (needed more drinks, cleaning stuff and a loaf of bread) made a quick smoke run, then to the drugstore to pick up meds before heading home.
Right now the temp is holding at 33 and we've got sleet that's been falling all morning. It's accumulating a little on the trees and power lines. Depending on which channel you listen to, the amount of snow expected changes slightly:
Weatherbug: 4-8 inches expected by morning.
Digtriad.com (aka WFMY News2) 3-7 inches total
WXII (Channel 12) - 3-5 inches (that was yesterday at 6 a.m.)
And of course, with any icing, we can expect possible power outages. I've got the cell phone charged (just in case we lose power) and the laundry is almost done (gotta have clean clothes.) Plenty of groceries in the house (got a bunch stocked up on Wednesday.)
We'll probably have slick roads for the next couple of days: lows tonight are expected to be around 25, high maybe 33 again tomorrow and a bone-chillng 14 for tomorrow night.
Bright side is that we're expecting upper 60's for highs by Friday.
Strange weather it is here in North Carolina . . .
Still cold though--it was only in the 30s yesterday. Didn't stop me from taking the MG out for some 'spirited' driving. It's March, when is it going to start warming up? I'm tired of being cold, dammit!
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