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I don't know yet. Thinking of putting a 10 ft long, one inch pole in the ground alongside a fence post in the middle of the yard with some zip ties to help keep it more stable. I have a small yard in an urban type location, so it's not quite as open as I'd like.

Well, this event made me bite the bullet and buy a new weather station. I had an Accu-Rite that was pretty good, but the wind sensor never worked right. Today it's showing my my max gust at 18 mph, and even during Sandy only had a gust of 26 mph. I was doubling them to come more in line with other nearby stations, but it's not accurate doing that. But after 10 years, the temp sensor, or I think the fan aspirator had quit working, so my afternoon highs were way off, including a 122 one day last summer when we were actually in the mid 90's. Humidity is backwards too. Reading 99% when it's sunny and 2% when it's raining. Anyway, here's my new present to me... https://ambientweather.com/amws2000.html It has good reviews, so I hope it's accurate and reliable.

That's exactly what I got here.... 0.08" Not enough to be beneficial, but just enough to prevent me from cutting the grass.

What solid, soaking rain? Not here. We didn't even get a tenth of an inch, and that includes yesterday. I guess you guys got more down that way?

Thanks for the replies, guys. Like I said, I wasn't trolling, just trying to understand. I guess living in an urban environment (even though Tamaqua is small, it looks like a ghetto) and driving down the road, I don't see some of the good parts. I just know that, to me anyway, seeing a green, colorful landscape is more enjoyable than the grays, browns, and whites of winter.

I know that differing likes and opinions are what makes the world great, and it would be dull if everyone was the same, but I just can't fathom the love of winter. I get not liking high heat and humidity, but what's not to like about 75 degree days and a green, living, vibrant landscape? What is so enduring about winter that you guys like trees that look like dead skeletons, brown dead looking grass, a monotone and dull landscape, sunsets at 4:30pm, and air that makes you shiver and shake? I'm not trolling with this post, I'm just trying to understand.

See. It stayed clean...

Yup. As long as it doesn't move, it should stay clean despite the rain...

I washed the tractor trailer today. Wheels and tank are shining nice and pretty, and it should stay that way as it'll be parked until Monday... hopefully.

I know. At this point in time it's just funnin' around. That's why the laughing emoji at the end...

Knock it off already...

Oh, and we had a couple of snow showers in Tamaqua last night. I did see the warmth for Wednesday. CTP had 74 for my backyard in this morning's forecast.

I did mine on Saturday and again this afternoon. Had I waited for the weekend, I'd have had to raise the blades or I'd have cut more off than what is generally accepted turf practice.

And I did just that when I got home from work. The fertilizer I put down a week and a half ago kicked in and it needed it...

I'm not sure why it says "hot" when this thread gets active, because it only gets active if it's cold and/or snowing... Anyway, just prior to FROPA, it was almost 70 in the Fogelsville/Trexlertown area when I was unloading at my customer. By the time I got back to the well to reload (a half hour away) it was down to 54 and is now 52 ten minutes later.

As I said, each night a degree colder on the forecast... Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 28 As for the other "issues". To those who responded, thanks!

Wow...all the way down to Texas and Oklahoma...

Each new evening forecast cycle lowers my overnight low for Thursday morning by a degree. Now it's 29. Getting frustrated, and the weather is just adding insult to injury as far as life and my outlook on current circumstances is concerned...

I haven't planted anything yet, but our perennials are established already. Bleeding Hearts are about 10 inches high and the Black Eyed Susans are growing. Tulips are ready to pop open. Ma Nature has 'em going good so far.

I'm not liking the forecast low of 30 Wednesday night/Thursday morning. I hate dropping below freezing after established growth/greenup has taken place.

Now THAT is flippin' funny!!!

You guys and your snow... This was on I-81 by Minersville this morning.

Thanks! I didn't even realize it. If I did, I would have made it more ceremonious...lol