Wednesday, 9:15 am: Hmm, it snowed last night leaving light dusting of snow, but during the day yesterday, we had over a half an inch of rain. I think the weather gods are having some epic duel in the skies. Needless to say I am as confused as the weather again.

The loggers have finished their harvesting down our road for this winter. Over the past few days they have been busy removing their large equipment and hauling it out on flatbed trucks. They were under the gun to quickly get it out. If they waited too long they would be stuck, both literally and legally; because with all the warm weather and the melting snow the logging equipment would become mired in mud deep in the woods. Also our dirt and gravel road becomes very saturated from snowmelt, and the large heavy trucks would damage the road, so our town posted weight restrictions. The loggers face stiff fines if caught using the road after it is posted. So until next winter we have peace and quiet again, and some trees can survive a few more years.

My wife is from Germany, so we follow the weather in Germany on Deutsche Welle television via satellite. It is interesting to watch their temperature variations throughout the entire country. Normally there are only a few degrees difference between temperatures from north to south, or east to west. And frequently it is “partially cloudy” or partially sunny”. I am sure there is some fine line that differentiates the two weather conditions. I’ll have to look it up sometime. For today, at least, our local weather is much like typical German weather, or like my overcoat – drab and gray.

Current conditions from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 30° (F.)

Barometer: 29.13 and steady

Humidity: 80%

Winds: NW at 4 mph & variable

Skies: 100% overcast

Visibility: ca. 1 mile

Precipitation: occasional light snow

Since midnight:

Low temp: 27.8° (F.) at 6:08 am

High wind: 13 mph at 8:53 am