..And the seasons are changing

[Bill, KD0HG]

Not sure I'm ready for this, the eggplant isn't even done yet.

WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
500 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SATURDAY...

.A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER COLORADO
SATURDAY...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. SUNNY SKIES
OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUDS THIS
EVENING AS MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
LATE TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. WINTRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY
ALL DAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE MADE DIFFICULT
BY SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
  SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES AND THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AFTER
  MIDNIGHT AND BEFORE SUNRISE. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE MOST OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
  BEGIN TAPERING OFF SATURDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN
  THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES BY LATE SATURDAY. 4
  TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE
  FOOTHILLS. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS.

[flintstone mop]

Weather service 'predicting' a worser winter than last year for N.E. Ohia.....MORE lake effect snow and BRUTAL temps..starting in DECEMBER.......Get those aerials installed and battin down the hatches!!!!!!!
I'm sure Western Pa. will get a mother load of white stuff.

[k4kyv]

Which reminds me, now that I have just finished breakfast, I need to shut off the computer, get my arse in gear and back to work on the house siding repair/painting project.  We don't have too many nice days left before the November gloom and pre-Thanksgiving monsoon season set in. Beautiful low humidity and 80-degree clear blue skies predicted for the next few days.

[WD8BIL]

Sorry to hear that, Bill. It starts early up there.

This was first week of October in 2001. Centennial, Wyoming!

Nice day was Sunday on arrival at camp.
Snow came 2 days later!

[W1RKW]

A friend of mine just emailed me some pictures of his new place in Idaho with a half a foot of snow just dumped yesterday.

The shack here is in the basement.  Looking at the thermometer, the temp is at 62 which I find surprising at this time of year.  The temp in the basement for most of the summer was steady at 69 or 70. The temp usually lags considerably from one season to the next.  All of a sudden it's chilly.  I turned on the 813 rig, V2 and NC300 for the first time since spring to break the chill. The smell of dust on power resistors and tubes......