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My sunset picture was from Saturday night, the day of the storms.  Stormy days seem to produce some of the most beautiful sunsets.  Although we received no severe weather here, the winds did a lot of damage to o […]

Last night, a rare, catastrophic tornado outbreak occurred over portions of the Southern and Midwestern US. As of Saturday afternoon, 34 people were confirmed dead, with an estimated 75-100 deaths across Missouri, […]

Our morning started out quiet but now the wind is really howling.  My weather station is showing winds from 23-30 mph, but I know we are having gust stronger than that.  In fact, it blew my lawn swing over and I […]

We are currently under a high wind watch beginning at 8AM tomorrow morning, until 8PM tomorrow evening.  You would never know it to be outdoors today.  Winds are light and we have clearing skies.  A local me […]

We woke to a white world this morning with about 1.5″ of new snow.  Highs today are expected to reach near the freezing mark, so I’m not expecting it to last long.  Also, we have a period of very warm weather c […]

Today is not a nice one for having to be out and about.  We have very strong winds out of the west which makes it feel much colder than it is.  We had a mix of rain, snow, and sleet yesterday which turned into a […]

Today is quite pleasant although the wind is brisk and is chilly when it hits you.  At least we have a little sun shining through a thin veil of clouds.  There are predictions of a major snow event for the n […]

Sorry for my hiatus on Wednesday and Thursday. Personal problems did not allow me to post anything on those two days.

My wrist/arm discomfort continues to bother me about the same over the past few days as the […]

After having 5 inches of snow cover just a few days ago, we are now totally snow less.  Our high today did reach 50°F very briefly, and temperatures are now dropping.  We have some very cold weather on the way bu […]

My wrist/arm discomfort bothered me about the same today as the weakness stabilized but is still there with certain muscle movements/actions that is still troubling at times. Wearing the wrist brace overnight and […]

It’s the last night of November and the end of meteorological autumn in the Northern Hemisphere!  As of the 29th, it was the 3rd warmest November in PDX history, at 50.2 degrees F (about 3.0F warmer than […]

Another winter weather advisory was posted yesterday afternoon and we received an additional 3 inches of new snow.  Some of what we received Saturday melted but we are still left with 5 inches on the ground.  A […]

My wrist/arm discomfort bothered me a bit more today as the weakness has increased with certain muscle movements/actions that was more troubling at times. Wearing the wrist brace overnight and applied the Voltaren […]

My wrist discomfort bothered me a bit more today as the weakness has increased with certain muscle movements/actions that was more troubling at times. Wearing the wrist
brace overnight and applied the Voltaren […]

Yesterday, we were under a winter weather advisory which was to start at 3 PM.  Mother Nature couldn’t wait, and light to moderate snow began to fall at around 10 AM.  It didn’t stop until well after dark and t […]

My wrist discomfort bothered me a bit less today but I still have weakness with certain muscle movements/actions that was more troubling at times. Wearing the wrist brace overnight and applied the Voltaren early […]

A winter weather advisory was issued early this morning from 3 pm until midnight.  But the snow began around 10 am and has continued since then.  My daughter and I had to go out, and coming home, the roads were r […]

And it even knocked “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” off the air

My wrist discomfort bothered me a bit less today but I still have weakness with certain muscle movements/actions that was more troubling at times. Wearing the wrist brace overnight and applied the Voltaren early […]

Yesterday morning the UK Met Office named the low pressure system that had been talked about for a while as a potential snowmaker “Storm Arwen” (a name of Welsh descent meaning “noble maiden” and given to the […]