"Ol Man Winter AND Springtime Twisters . . .

[TexasTimbers]

The weather lady just threw me a curve. Not only are we getting hit with that nasty northern weather come midnight, this evening we are going to get hammered with "springtime-like severe thunderstorms with large hail gusty winds and the possibility of isolated tornados, followed by an Arctic cold front with sleet and freezing rain .. ." and maybe even SNOW! YUCKO! 
Great. Hail then sleet. Which magically turns into my alltime favorite . . . MUD! 
I have stacks of stickered lumber and timbers laying all around the yard from trying to organize it that I was just gonna tarp because I still haven't freeze-proofed my well, outside faucets, or the new plumbing under the add-on. AND I still have to go get my skid steer in the woods, and try to overcome the urge to cut down more walnut.
that's what happened to me yesterday. i was just going to go load it and come back and do all this winter preperation but I drove right by a perfect walnut that is probably a veneer up to about 20 feet if I knew how to grade, and one walnut led to another.
My problem is that I will have to walk past about another dozen trees going in to get the machine and then drive past them again on the way out.
I think I will unload the chainsaws before I head out this a.m.
Anyway, nasty weather is coming. I need a new attitude about it - it bums me out.   

[Woodwalker]

Not to wish any bad luck on you, but hope most of that stuff kinda gets hung up and don’t make it all the way down here.
But, I got my pipes wrapped a couple of days ago. I’m usually out in the dark and blowing cold trying to hold a flashlight and wrap the things. Every year calves, horses and/or goats will have pulled the insulation off all the faucets they can get to.
If you need to get rid of some of that walnut, well I guess I could be forced to take it.

[tcsmpsi]

Well, from the looks of it (forecasting), at least some of it is expected to venture this far.  Thunderstorms/wind tomorrow, down in the 20's tomorrow nite.

Running air conditioning in the shop at the moment.

[SwampDonkey]

Kev, I wouldn't think it would be that severe cold there. I could leave my house still up this way and not worry about pipes freezing, only if the temps went into the 20's and never got above 32 f during the day, for several days, would I be worried.  Hmm might make a difference if you have no basement though. Houses without basements? Whoever?  Making too much about nothing.  Snow? That's great stuff up this way, but seems it comes later and later in our winters (the permanent stuff). It keeps the ground frost from getting too deep and stops the freeze/thaw cycles that heaves the ground and young trees so bad with hoar frost.  We just don't like to shovel the stuff so much, because when it starts it sometimes don't stop for 5 or 6 months.

[sawguy21]

DanG, we were going to send some of our winter southeast before anybody noticed.

[beenthere]

That cold snap sure is dipping far down the plains states, as I see Branson, MO (wife is there this week) will dip to 14° F tomorrow night. About the same temp as WI is expected to get, but our things with water in them (sprayer pumps, water pumps, outside faucets with hoses hanging on them, exposed water pipes, chemicals that are not supposed to freeze) are normally taken care of by this time. Suspect that isn't routine for this time of year down through KS, MO and into TX, OK, and AR.  Look out, and hope yo'all fare well this week.
I've plenty of wood in, and ready neer's I can tell at the moment. 

[Coon]

Yeah but instead you punted it east to the prairies.  Oh well just gotta get used to it now....

Brad.

[crtreedude]

I hesitate to mention this but we aren't having anything but good weather... Except for Harold having to worry a bit about his volcano, not much in the way of things falling out of the sky to worry about.

Just felt you all wanted an update... 

[sawguy21]

Thanks Fred, just what we wanted to hear.  Coon, we are more than willing to share, got enough winter for everybody.

[SwampDonkey]

Hovering around freezing today and real fine snow, almost looks like fog. Roads are slippery in my neighborhood. Staying home, no bush wack'n today. 

[Kevin_H.]

Well watching the noon news, it looks like thunderstorms, possibly severe, tonite and then what they are calling a significant winter storm with freezing rain sleet and snow on thursday... What a bummer!

Hey Bibby are ya getting that winter mix yet?

It is 72 here and 30 in kansas city.

[estiers]

I don't know about Bibby, but here in Topeka, it was 73 yesterday, and now only 25....

[SwampDonkey]

35 here now and it's switched over to rain. It tried to snow all day but was bouncing back and forth from snow myst to freezing rain. The mail box was covered in ice, now everything is slush. Had less than 1/2" snow. I don't think it's going to amount to much from what I've seen so far. Might change by saturday as we are suppose to get the tail end of a snow storm coming from the 'Shield'.

[KENROD]

Here in N MO the rain is startin ta freeze on twigs an such. Supposed ta get significant freezing rain tonight then snow tomorrow. 

[Larry]

Yea, Kevin…28 degrees in KC and 71 degrees 250 miles south in NW Arkansas.  Ran the trotline twice today…got 3 catfish this morning and 2 more little while ago.  Also did a little woods walking and brought home 3 ticks.  Doubt iffen I’ll run the trotline tomorrow…sure hope it gets cold nuff to put an end to the ticks.

BIL called from College Station, Texas...mumbled something bout he is going quit piggy huntin in his shorts and find his Carharts.

[sawguy21]

-5C here and light snow but more coming. We had a big dump of wet slop Saturday night then the temp dropped and it froze. Had a visit with amberwood and his wife on Monday afternoon,  took them almost 3 hours to cover the last 60 miles. All the ditched cars and rigs on hwy 1 are being left until safe to send out the tow trucks.

[SwampDonkey]

Probably lots of snow in Banff and Jasper by now. Over 2 feet in Colorado mnts now.

[sawguy21]

They said the Icefields Parkway was challenging.

[SwampDonkey]

Must have been fun going up/down that switchback by Columbia glacier.  I was there in April when stuff was closed up. The sun was shining all day, so I stopped by Columbia. Got out and looked up at the glacier to see this huge snow storm coming down. I packed it in and flocked out of there toward the Athabasca and after I got to them long valleys going into BC I never saw another snow flake from there to the coast. 

[Kevin_H.]

Well everytime I watch the weather man, er person they come up with something different, so I guess I will wait until it happens and see what we get, I am working a 36hr shift on the ambulance starting tomorrow morning so it is bound to be interesting.