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Christmas Eve
Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Holidays, Weather on 24-Dec-2013
Not exactly a traditional Christmas setting but a lovely day for December 24. We had lots of sun today, no rain and a high temperature around 47 degrees.
Sun setting on Mt. Si
First Winter Snowfall
It’s very wet and will probably be mostly gone by tomorrow but we had our first real snowfall of the season overnight.
Snoqualmie River from Mt. Si Road bridge
Snoqualmie Falls Again
The sunlight was better today so I thought I’d do another series of photos at Snoqualmie Falls. Here’s one I like:
Snoqualmie Falls
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Snoqualmie Falls
Today looked like the last opportunity to get some photos of Snoqualmie Falls before the weather warms and we have week of more of rain. With the heavy mist it was difficult to get a shot that adequately conveys the eerie majesty of the Falls in winter but here’s one effort:
Snoqualmie Falls
Brrrr! Coldest Days of the Year
Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Weather on 5-Dec-2013
We are in the same deep freeze that much of the country is experiencing. It was around 25 degrees overnight –the coldest day of 2013 so far— with a forecast of 13 degrees for Saturday night: super cold for us.
Leaf Frozen in Our Creek
Related articles
- Seattle Bracing to Get Even Colder (SeattleTimes.com)
First Round of Winter Golf
It’s not officially winter yet, of course, but this morning’s freezing temperatures were cold enough for me to consider today the first round of winter golf. And what an exquisite start to the day it was: heavy frost, wispy fog, snow on the mountain, a large heard of elk in their usual place in the meadow opposite Mt. Si Golf Course. On our way to the 10th tee I got this shot of Meodowbrook Slough adjacent to the parking lot.
Meadowbrook Slough
Dreary Day but Fall Colors Still Beautiful
Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Weather on 27-Oct-2013
It’s been a gray weekend with a little drizzle today; and noticeably cool. So far, though, most of our trees have retained their leaves, especially the maples and dogwoods. Here’s one of our oldest trees, a little dogwood (a pink flowering cornus Kousa) that has been transplanted three times and now sits in the very northwest corner of our lot.
Whew! We Just Missed the SD Blizzard
Wall, SD, Oct. 4
Well, maybe not “just missed” but we were in Wall, SD 18 days ago and the temperature was in the low 80’s. Today there’s a blizzard covering the entire Black Hills and I-90 is closed between Wall and Sheridan, WY a stretch we drove as late as September 12.
Related articles
- Snow buries SD, Wyo., as storms threaten Midwest (themorningsun.com)
- I-90 Blizzard Hammers S. Dakota, Wyoming (theepochtimes.com)
Hint of Winter
With a brief break from the rain and a few minutes of sunshine I was able to spot some snow on the peak Bessemer Mountain behind the house. It’s about 55 degrees down here but apparently quite a bit nippier at 5,100 feet. And Kamikaze Falls is roaring after the record rain fall.
It’s still only September…
… but the weather is more like November. This might end up as the wettest Seattle September since 1978; thirty-five years ago. That will be no surprise after watching the University of Washington and Oregon football games yesterday and having peered out as pretty much steady rain since Tuesday. I see SeaTac airport had 1.71 inches of rain yesterday and Astoria, on the coast, got almost 4 inches. The Weather Channel is forecasting a major storm tonight with 2 to 5 inches of rain and winds as high as 70 mph.
Related articles
- Saturday was wettest September day on record (komonews.com)
- 2 storm systems will make for a windy, wet fall football weekend (seattletimes.com)
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