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[252chevyboyz]

Thoughts and prayers go out to all the individuals and familes effected by the tornadoes in Alabama

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[rck76]

I see 2 problems with this picture 1)The high was only supposed to be 49 and it's 55 2)It's northern Ohio and it's January...

We have had a couple minor snow storms this winter but I think all together it adds up to about 5 inches. The first one we got was 2" and then we had another one that was about 3". It's all gone now obviously. Is anyone out there having a normal winter at all?

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[252chevyboyz]

Not having a normal winter here either I don't think. It was suppose to be 62 here today and a high of 67 tomorrow. Doubt we will have any snow this year. Your def not the only one though.



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[rck76]

Well, I guess where I am the temperatures at least go below 32 at night. I don't see one day in the forecast where you are where the temperature gets that low at all. I guess February is our last hope. Oh, btw, it's warmer here in Ohio than it is in North Carolina(at the moment anyway)? That's weird:crazy:

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[252chevyboyz]

Yea yalls temps are closer to winter temps than ours. Feb is my last hope for snow but I'm in doubt. I'm thinkin we are in our "spring warmup"

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[rck76]

I'm thinkin we are in our "spring warmup"

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I hope not but it is possible

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[252chevyboyz]

I hope not either. One thing I did find this winter is that the farmer almanac didn't predict any snow this year ill be darn if it wasn't true

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[rck76]

I'm not sure if I believe in the farmers almanac but it does call for snow in February for the great lakes region anyway.

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[252chevyboyz]

I don't rely on it but I just remember the forecast for this winter. A lot of family friends that are big tobacco, cotton, soy bean, and corn farmers actually do rely on it but they also look the weather channel and the GSM models

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[CJM]

It was even said, before winter got underway, that it would be a dry one for most. I guess thats good, in a way. Whereas last year, when all the snow started to melt & it caused all that flooding along the Mississippi river. If the water wasnt so cool, its warm enough here to go swimming.

 

[252chevyboyz]

@CJ: I know that flooding last year was horrible. Snow is a beautiful site when it is falling and is on the ground but it is a problem when it starts melting

Also here is a pic of my current wood pile. It hasn't been stacked yet and I am trying to find a place to stack it because I got a feeling it will be sitting there til next year haha

 

[Kias]

Ahhhhh, the good 'ole Farmers Almanac. Fun book to read, would never use it for predicting weather. It has a self proclaimed accuracy rate of 80 to 85% yet when a study was done on it in the 80s it was only 51% accurate for temperature and 52% accurate for precipitation. The same study showed the National Weather Service has a 60% accurate rating in seasonal outlook predictions.

I can also guarantee the multi million dollar farm operation straight across the street from me does NOT use the Farmers Almanac for his farming operation. That place is more high tech then the control tower at ATL.

However, I can almost guarantee I could find a copy of it in their house.

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[252chevyboyz]

@kias: I bet that is a nice operation across the street. What are they producing the most of down that way? Also I didn't mean like totally rely on the almanac but they read it on a regular basis. There are much better forecasting techniques than the almanac. Anyway your current conditions look kinda like the current conditions of one of my favorite mountain cities named Boone. I know those 37mph gusts will cut right through you. Also thanks for the stats of the weather channel and the almanac. Didn't know that

 

[Kias]

They alternate between corn and soy beans. Their combines have to be the coolest things in the world! Using gps those behemoth machines drive themselves back and forth across the fields. At the same time it's keeping track of the yields during harvest. If the yield is low in a particular spot, they'll use the gps coordinates to go out and take a soil sample. Then the fertilizer machine (sorry, not a farmer and don't know the correct term) will be programmed to put in more/less/whatever it needs in that exact spot as it drives by.

They put all the stuff in their 15 or so giant silos and wait patiently while they watch the price. As soon as it hits a certain price, that place comes alive and there are trucks in and out of there 24/7 hauling it down to the Toledo port.

Watching that place operate is amazing, but at the same time, after living here for six years, I understand why the small farmers are going under, and the big farmers are getting bigger. The small farms don't have a chance!

Current weather: 31 degrees, sustained winds around 30mph, gusts to 60mph. Typical.

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[252chevyboyz]

Just another day at the office. Gotta love landscaping



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