Fun stuff!! I'm just glad that I don't live SE of you! =)

We've started having a heat wave this past week ... right now it's about 7C (45F) and the wind has finally died. We had 3 days this past week where the winds *averaged* more than 20 knots. Thursday's average was 35 knots! ... at least I think it was the average (I think I need to load the software for my weather monitor on my computer to get better reporting ... but I'm pretty sure I'm reading the monitor correctly. I wasn't home on Thursday to really verify it).

However, the Cascade Mountains have really been getting dumped on with this past week's stormy weather! The mountain pass (Snoqualmie Pass) between here and Seattle along I-90 has been opened and closed so often the truckers have set up a permanent camp here in Ellensburg (I'm just kidding about that, but we *are* Truck Stop USA <g> ... and this is where the DOT closes the road when they close the Pass ... even though it's about 50 miles from here). The main reasons for the closures have been avalanches and avalanche control. It's pretty nasty up there right now and it's currently closed. In fact, two of their 6 traffic web cameras have been knocked out of commission by avalanches!

Ah, winter ... gotta love it!! <g>

~~Bonnie





>Heads up.
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>Another cold snap has developed up north. These things head south east most of the time. Temp this morning -31C with a wind chill
>of -43C, The C and F thermometers meet at minus 40.
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>Good luck - that is all