Friday, 9:45 am: We’ve had a lot of rain since yesterday; so far 1.30 inches, and it continues to rain. Depending on how you look at it; it’s not quite enough to swim in, and more than enough to be uncomfortable when we’re outside. Staying inside and baking cookies seems like a good option today.

While my wife is downstairs baking in the kitchen, I am sorting out our new satellite Internet setup. It’s been raining so hard that the signal drops out from “rain fade”. I hope doesn’t happen too often, and which means today’s blog sits in my computer waiting to be uploaded into cyberspace. We’ve been busy emailing friends and family our new email address, and resetting different permissions on our computers and security software. Technology, the Trojan Horse of the 21st Century; at least I hope not.

The NWS says all this rain should be turning into snow this evening with a possibility of several inches of accumulation here in the far north. Naturally we have a veterinarian appointment tomorrow morning, which, in my jaded view of life, means it will probably snow a lot, and continue to snow well into tomorrow. The dogs love it, but driving might be precarious. We let their office know we might have to cancel at the last moment. More confusion, more rain and maybe more snow.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 40.2° [F.]

Barometer: 20.057 & falling rapidly

Humidity: 100%

Wind: NNE at 2 mph very light & variable

Visibility: < 1 mile

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: .50 [½] inch – rain

Storm total since yesterday 1.30 inch – rain

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 39.1° [F.] at 3:39 am

High wind: 11 mph at 9:12 am