Weather

Oh, I just had to say it, didn’t I? Late last night, after all of three flakes fell on dry, frigid Taos, I tweeted my prediction that there’d be no more snow, har-har. Typical wise-ass snark on my part, only this time I’d forgotten that one of my Twitter followers is the “warning coordination meteorologist” [...]

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At least they lowered the estimated speed of the “frequent gusts” tomorrow from 70 mph like I’d read earlier. That was disconcerting, but it also made me laugh. Nature rules as the weather just goes BOOM here, swinging wildly from one extreme to the other. Instead, the weather people tell me the wind will only [...]

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Yes, I know it’s spring. That’s why I decided to amuse you by publishing the whole forecast: … Winter Storm Warning in effect from midnight tonight to 6 PM MDT Wednesday… The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow… which is in effect from midnight tonight to 6 [...]

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This is what it looked like three days ago. That’s heavy wet snow coming down. Then it got down to single-digits and froze all the slush. Most of that melted over the last two days, which were sunny and spring-like, except for semi-frozen mud in all the shady places. More snow predicted for Wedneday. Springtime [...]

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Quite often I drop whatever I’m doing and walk outside with my camera. To get this shot and today’s FotoFeed, I had to hike a couple hundred yards through the mud and cactus in my Crocs twice, but it was worth it. The scale is what constantly gets me. The overwhelming immensity of it all.

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We had the windows and front door open for a long time late Sunday afternoon, airing the place out. That worked out pretty well, since the wood stove was still cranking. Below is a view of what would be the front steps, if we had any. I’m posting this at just a little before 3:00 [...]

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The terrible aftermath of a predicted foot of snow three days ago is shown below. Avert your eyes now if you are overly sensitive to human tragedy!

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Egad, I seem to be incubating a head cold. Hopefully not, but perhaps instructive, given recent events. At any rate, I’m shutting down early tonight. Might as well, because the following is forecast for tomorrow: … Winter Storm Warning in effect from midnight tonight to 6 am MDT Thursday… The National Weather Service in Albuquerque [...]

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